Nine Orchard
Hotel · Chinatown ·
Historic bank turned stylish hotel with creative cuisine & cocktails
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9 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 Get directions
Historic bank turned stylish hotel with creative cuisine & cocktails
9 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 Get directions
"Ask any in-the-know New Yorker for their favorite neighborhood, and chances are the Lower East Side will be it. The place teems with urban cool. Tattoo parlors on every corner. Low-key restaurants where the plates rival those in SoHo, but the crowd is a blend of skaters, designers, and musicians. When Nine Orchard opened June 2022 on a historic corner in the neighborhood, it brought with it a degree of sophistication seldom celebrated here. There are the historical bones, for one, located inside an old, grand bank, with an airy lobby bar humming under old vaulted ceilings that rival those up at Grand Central. Classic dishes like steak au poivre and frites are exceptional at the attached Corner Bar (the tables are lovely with their minimal settings, but the pick of seats is one of the 40 stools at the wraparound bar). With a full belly, you’ll happily plunk down into one of the property’s 113 guest rooms with simple wood bed tables and hand-carved chairs that feel like a groovy space to tune into the custom radio stations created for the hotel by DJ Stretch Armstrong and Devon Turnbull, New York-based DJ and producer who focus on New York-inspired music on all four of the in-hotel stations. Whatever station you choose, this landmark hotel offers locals and visitors alike a sense of being grounded in a place, and pays homage to the neighborhood and its city as one of the very best in the world." - Jessica Sulima
"Texas-based company McGuire Moorman Lambert Hospitality (MML) has officially acquired Lower East Side hotel Nine Orchard, which includes on-site restaurants Corner Bar, Swan Room, and Blue Room. So this means that mega-British American chef April Bloomfield will have a hand in the hotel’s food services, restaurants, and bar, including Corner Bar and Swan Room. The team doesn’t have solidified plans as to what they’ll do with the property, and it would take a year for any potential changes to happen." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Located in a landmarked former bank circa 1912 that opened in 2022, the property is the subject of talks for a takeover of its on-site restaurants by a Texas hospitality group. Community Board documents indicate the group is on track to take over the hotel's restaurant, the lobby bar, and potentially the rooftop; April Bloomfield overseeing the Manhattan property would be part of her new role with the group. The liquor license application submitted to CB3 outlines plans to operate a "New American restaurant with an emphasis on seasonal cooking," open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to midnight, with a maximum of 68 tables and a bar area (the application notes the building, which includes multiple restaurant areas, seats potentially over 400, with more than one bar). A source says that if the deal goes through, the hospitality group will not make changes to the culinary staff for at least a year. The property has already been a flashpoint for restaurant drama—an initial flagship lobby restaurant opened in 2022 and drew immediate buzz, a ground-floor fine-dining concept was fully designed but never opened, and earlier ownership tensions have been reported—and the hotel was purchased in 2011 for $33 million amid rapid neighborhood change." - Melissa McCart
"In Dimes Square there’s a buzz that’s reminiscent of some of Downtown’s earlier golden ages — and, in Nine Orchard itself, there’s a hotel with enough character and personality to become a proper neighborhood institution. What was once the Jarmulowsky Bank building retains much of its century-old grandeur — they quite literally don’t make them like they used to. As ornate as the façade and the public spaces may be, particularly the historic bank lobby with all its vaulted wonder, the rooms opt for something a little more subdued." - Mark Fedeli
"Housed in a 1912 neo-Renaissance bank building in the murky terrain between Chinatown, the Lower East Side and the Big Apple’s newest unofficial neighborhood, the hipster-laden Dimes Square, Nine Orchard is a 12-floor, marble-clad temple to hospitality. The 113 rooms in this Two-MICHELIN-Key property have custom-made bed frames, Mid-Century Modern design vibes, and Bluetooth speakers that can tap into your phone or one of four hotel stations with New York-themed music curated by DJ Stretch Armstrong. The ground-floor cocktail bar, the Swan Room, boasts soaring marble ceilings and well-executed libations." - David Farley