Dream Hotel
New York, NY 10019
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Editorial Review for Dream Hotel – by Linda Harel
The Scene
The surreal dream theme behind Vikram Chatwal's newest hotel explains the oddities that appear everywhere. In the golden-lit lobby, a copper statue of Catherine the Great, Neptune and Madonna with child sits surrounded by mismatched armchairs. Nearby, a spherical aquarium runs from the ceiling, through the glossy black floor and into Subconscious, the cave-like underground lounge. Two other lounges include the 1950s French Riviera-inspired Ava, which hovers above the city with a view of Times Square, and the brightly striped lobby-level Dream Lounge.
The Details
The 220 blue-lit rooms are ideal for floating off to sleep. Fluffy beds are made with ultra-plush feather duvets and 300-count Egyptian cotton sheets. Comfy Kashwere robes in closets and Molton Brown toiletries in bathrooms make waking up feel cozy, too. Rooms are equipped with wall-mounted plasma televisions, digital cable, high-speed broadband Internet access and fully stocked mini-bars.
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User Reviews for Dream Hotel
07/14/2008 Posted by servicegonewrong
Last night some friends of mine had an out of town guest that we wanted to meet up with and have a low key Sunday drink. Two of us live in Midtown West so we went for the Dream rooftop bar, big mistake! Me and a friend were the first to arrive when we were sat in the "first time cocktailing waitresses" section, she would take our order and then come back about 20 minutes later. We would be okay with it except she wasn't helping other tables, she was no where to be seen. I texted my friends that were coming and asked what they wanted to drink to try and help the process and she took even longer than before. I had enough and was ready to go, I asked to put 4 out of the 7 drinks on my tab. She came back 25 minutes later with a bill that was wrong, I asked her to redo it and give me the bill voided out, since she had already run it. It took her 3 more tries and she still didn't get it right, I paid cash for the one she kept forgetting. Finally the manager comes over to ask how she can help and I explain to her how the night has been and she gave us a bunch of excuses and offered us a free round, if we had another hour to putz around then I would had another but at this point it was all taking way to long. I declined and she then asked me if I was having fun and smiled blankly. Everyone at the table was shocked she was so rude but it all makes sense. If she is the one training the waitresses or at least managing them then that place has no hope. I would rather drink urine from a central park public bathroom than go to this place again.
Pros: I got nothing.
Cons: Bad service, bad service, bad service, did I say bad service yet?
06/26/2008 Posted by pmackint
From the moment we walked into the Dream Hotel, our nightmare began. It's pretty hard to dislike anywhere when alcohol and friends are combined - but this place totally missed the mark with it's pretentious attitude and strict rules. We wanted to leave before we'd finished our first drinks. If they weren't so overpriced we would have. There were more bouncers than waiters - and all of them wanted to make drinking with friends as difficult and unpleasant as possible. More than once, members of our party felt like we were back in school, and on detention! There is a cheap Irish bar down the road - and it turned out to be great fun. Go there instead!
Pros: Looks really funky
Cons: Is actually really pretentious - and doesn't deserve to be...
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