2026 location index
Best Hotels in New York City
Compare 58 hotels using seven years of Forbes Travel Guide recognition history, weighted toward recent performance.
Ranked for consistency
New York City hotel rankings
58 hotels
| Property | Score | Destination | Country | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baccarat Hotel New York | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mandarin Oriental, New York | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Peninsula New York | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The St. Regis New York | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Trump International Hotel & Tower New York | 5.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Park Hyatt New York | 4.60 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York | 4.25 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| The Towers at Lotte New York Palace | 4.17 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Andaz 5th Avenue | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Crosby Street Hotel | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Dominick | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Greenwich Hotel | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Langham, New York, Fifth Avenue | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Lowell | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Mark | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Plaza Hotel | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| The Whitby Hotel | 4.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Equinox Hotel New York | 3.99 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Conrad New York Downtown | 3.98 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Pendry Manhattan West | 3.97 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Aman New York | 3.86 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad | 3.86 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel | 3.69 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | |||||
| The New York EDITION | 3.25 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Archer Hotel New York | 3.02 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Gild Hall, A Thompson Hotel | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Loews Regency New York Hotel | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lotte New York Palace | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Smyth Tribeca | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sofitel New York | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Sherry-Netherland | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The William Vale | 3.00 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| The Times Square EDITION | 2.99 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| The Wall Street Hotel | 2.98 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| The Fifth Avenue Hotel | 2.77 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| W New York - Union Square | 2.77 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| Four Seasons Hotel New York | 2.75 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| The Kimberly Hotel | 2.57 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hard Rock Hotel New York | 2.44 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Park Lane New York | 2.44 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| InterContinental New York Barclay | 1.69 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Conrad New York Midtown | 1.13 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| The Chatwal, A Luxury Collection Hotel | 0.97 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| The Knickerbocker Hotel | 0.97 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC | 0.72 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Hôtel Plaza Athénée New York | 0.58 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | |||||
| The Surrey | 0.58 | New York City | United States (NY) | 4 | |||||
| Andaz Wall Street | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| Chambers Hotel | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| Gramercy Park Hotel | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| InterContinental New York Times Square | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| JW Marriott Essex House New York | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| Soho House New York | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 | |||||
| The NoMad Hotel | 0.43 | New York City | United States (NY) | 3 |
Our methodology
Recognition that lasts
Hoslog looks across seven years of published designations. Recent recognition carries more influence, while earlier years reveal consistency. When a hotel goes unlisted, its previous recognition gradually fades.
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