- 188 rooms and suites, Madison at 76th
- Bemelmans Bar with the Ludwig Bemelmans murals
- Café Carlyle, the supper club room
- Owned by the Rosewood collection
The Carlyle opened in 1930, was the Kennedys' New York residence, and has refused on principle to be turned into something else. Bemelmans on the ground floor — the Ludwig Bemelmans murals, the piano from six until late — is the most photographed hotel bar in the city and still, on most nights, the most pleasant.
The rooms have been updated suite by suite over the past decade without losing the layouts. Ask for a suite on a high floor on the Madison side. Book the Café Carlyle one night for the cabaret programme and Bemelmans the next, on stools at the bar.
Book it for the night at Bemelmans.
