"The top-hatted men holding the door for you are an appropriate prelude as you walk into this iconic New York building. The Central Park Ritz underwent a refresh in the first half of 2019 and the hotel has indeed transformed. New layouts for the rooms, new drinks at the bar, new art everywhere; this is not your grandfather's Ritz. Everything, from the bespoke, and sometimes surprising furniture (the boring old desk chairs in the suites have been replaced with massive mid-century style loungers) to the honor bar spotlighting small batch and local offerings, to the photos on every wall featuring images of powerful women all over Manhattan, makes the experience here current in a way that hotels in Midtown often are not. It's a gorgeous example of how old New York can be 21st century compatible." - CNT Editors
