Top Hotels in NYC: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards | Condé Nast Traveler

"Since opening in 1930, The Carlyle has felt to me like a living legend of New York elegance—witty, worldly and nostalgic—with ornate features like the Dorothy Draper lobby and famed Bemelmans Bar, legendary elevator operators, and rooms that improve the higher you go; the hotel's cultural cachet is illustrated by its devoted admirers and even a documentary about its enduring allure." - CNT Editors