Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown

I can’t say enough positive things about the downtown Four Seasons. As you can see from my roughly 75 reviews, my wife, daughter and I have stayed in some of the best hotels in Europe and North America. This particular one is in our backyard, and we simply wanted a luxurious background to our young daughter’s rainy-day birthday: an indoor picnic, a swim in the pool, a walk around downtown with umbrellas. Everything from an ambitious kitchen (even for room service) with Peugeot salt and pepper grinders, extremely cordial and accommodating staff, exquisitely beautiful decor both in and out of the room, and an uncrowded opulent feeling without any stuffiness, all of this is achieved, although at a high price. Our no-frills, standard room on the 11th floor was booked at $750 a night, and room service itself is quite expensive. But if you can afford it, you really can’t go wrong here. Covid restrictions are sensible and non-intrusive. The pool, for example, is open all day and limited to about 10 people, but was more or less deserted during our mid week, mid day stay. We had dinner at a popular French restaurant called Odeon and found it a little disappointing, no match whatsoever for Balthazar, which is where I would go if you want a lovely meal or a family friendly place. The in-house restaurant called simply “Cut,“ prepared our wonderful lunch, and it’s a bit of a scene, but you can’t go wrong there either. Highly, highly recommended.

We typically stay uptown or in the soho area but had a reservation for Nobu downtown and figured we would make a night of it in NYC. The Four Seasons exceeded our expectations. We do regular “staycations” in NYC and typically stay at Crosby Street Hotel, The Pierre, The Ritz Carlton Central Park (pre-pandemic) and The Surrey (pre-pandemic), FS downtown may be my new favorite! They went above and beyond to impress and delight us. The room was immaculate, the service outstanding, the bar at the restaurant, fitness room/pool - all amazing! Thank you to Sierra who with only 20 minutes notice put together an amazing birthday welcome full of surprises. I still don’t know how she did it but what a wonderful testament to their commitment to make every guest’s stay exceptional.

Wonderful! In room dining food was delicious!!! The scenery was amazing. We even watched a scene from an HBO series be shot by the hotel! It was great! The staff was friendly. The room was comfortable.

Great location good service super clean room and that’s The only reason I only stay with Foor Season around the world I ask for extra coffee pods and the lady that clean our room left me extra and extra ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can’t remember her name but she was working on 3/14/21 thank you again

The Four Seasons is a nice place to stay. You get exactly what you would expect...a clean modern room ---nothing over the top. The view is nothing special...just NYC buildings facing north with a glimpse of the river in the way way distance. For $1000 plus for the night, no breakfast or anything else included except for the gym (EXCEPT when CLOSED on a Sunday morning from 7-10am) and a lap pool. The gym was rented out to what we were told was a private group from 7-10am on a Sunday morning! To me that is unacceptable! I CAN understand max 8 people in the gym at one time, but being that I showed up at 7am when the gym just opened, I was willing to leave when the other reservationists showed up. No luck! I would have to wait until 10:30 to use the gym. Sorry, I cannot afford to buy out your gym for 3 hours so I can have it all to myself! I'm afraid to ask what that would cost! Oh and the pool is lap size but kept at 85 degrees. I requested that the water be cooled off upon arrival to the low end of the mandated 83-85 degrees. Again, I was told they would put in a "request ticket" but unfortunately it was not honored. Someone later let me know (unlike the front desk personel and the spa desk attendent) that management does not permit cooling of the water. I chose the Four Seasons Downtown for the lap pool (25 yards) and the gym. The gym I never got to use as I was only staying for the one night. The pool caters to the kids and slow swimmers. A request to management: please cool off the water of the pool---79-82 degrees is much more comfortable for those who like to swim laps in your prized lap pool! At least for the first hour of the day, please. And really, closing the gym off on a Sunday morning for 3 hours is unacceptable and shows a disregard to your guests who are not willing to buy out the gym. In sum, I can get a comparable room for half the price at other 5 star hotels in NYC that offer a clean modern room but no pool and probably smaller gym that is available on a weekend morning.