The Muse New York

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Muse New York, in Manhattan, is one of those. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside,…

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Muse New York, in Manhattan, is one of those. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out an in-house restaurant, on-site parking and reliable wi-fi as the small things that add up over a stay. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 3,500 reviews, with a strong consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Expect to pay something in the region of €367 a night, a middle-of-the-road entry on the board, especially when stacked against nearby alternatives. The honest read on The Muse New York is that it deserves a side-by-side look against the bigger New York names rather than a headline of its own.