Close Icon
Gear IconImportant Reminder:The City Guide app will be sunsetting on December 15, 2024, with the web version to follow in early 2025. Please visit our FAQ to learn more or to download our Swarm app.
Learn more
The Empire Hotel

The Empire Hotel

Hotel and Cocktail Bar
Lincoln Square, New York
Save
Share
7.2/10
384
ratings
  • Stars
  • Tips
    Karin B.
    "Don't forget to get the Chuck Bass Cocktail at the lobby bar!"(12 Tips)
    Lydia B.
    "Amazing trip for gossip girl fanatics!"(4 Tips)
    Danielle C.
    "The Sobieski Cytron martini at the rooftop bar is to die for."(6 Tips)
    Marc S.
    "location across the street from Lincoln Center and the rooftop"(4 Tips)
Tips and Reviews icon88 Tips and reviews
Filter:
  • chuck bass
  • rooftop
  • gossip girl
  • lincoln center
  • scenic views
User icon
Log in to leave a tip here.

Sort:
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Marc S.heart icon on user image
    Marc SOctober 6, 2017
    Rooms are small and in dire need of renovation, but you can’t beat the location across the street from Lincoln Center and the rooftop is worth a visit. Also, you can make like you’re Chuck Bass.
    Upvoted 2 hours ago
  • Karin B.
    Karin BäcklundJanuary 13, 2014
    Great hotel with small but nice rooms, great restaurant and very friendly roof top club with a view to kill for! Don't forget to get the Chuck Bass Cocktail at the lobby bar!
    Upvoted Sep 19
  • FRITZ f.heart icon on user image
    This is an elegant hotel close to Lincoln Center & a short walk to Central Park. It is not cheap but heck, what is in NYC, right? But you are getting reasonable value here for what you pay for though.
  • The Empire Hotel
    The Empire HotelOctober 21, 2013
    Enter your favorite picture of Central Park in our #CentralParkFoliage contest to win a FREE night! *Photo does not have to be original https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireHotel/app_451684954848385
  • Damian B.heart icon on user image
    Damian BayonaMay 3, 2015
    One of those rooftop bars that makes you feel like you are in the center of everything. Great views. Inside and outside seating areas.
    Upvoted 14 hours ago
  • Ece C.
    Ece CAugust 27, 2014
    Friendly people, great location, stylish hotel. Don't expect too much from their breakfast, you will only have bagels, pastries and classic corn flakes with paper containers and plastic cutlery.
  • Lydia B.
    Lydia BuckiusMay 25, 2015
    Amazing trip for gossip girl fanatics! Grand and dark lobby that reminds you of the one and only Chuck bass. Any girl will feel like Blair Waldorf when you arrive to the Empire Hotel.
  • Curbed
    CurbedMarch 25, 2014
    The rooftop plunge pool at the Empire Hotel comes with private cabanas equipped with ceiling fans, LCD TVs, iPod docking stations with speakers, mini fridges, and telephones. Read more
  • Duncan P.
    Duncan PJSeptember 3, 2014
    Sad the pool closed early but they had a good sense of humour and sent me an apology from chuck bass
  • Kevin G.
    Kevin GrahlAugust 6, 2014
    Every Gossip Girl fan should stay here while visiting the Big Apple. Nice comfy rooms and the view from the roof is amazing!
  • Cocktails & Couture
    Cocktails & CoutureJuly 12, 2011
    The hotel lobby is breathtaking...great boutique hotel in a primo location. The bar in the lobby is comfortable and has a nice array of hard to find wines.
  • Cosmopolitan Magazine
    Pucker up to one of Cosmo's Sexiest Cocktails: The Oral Pleasure. It's a juicy mix of blood orange puree, tequila, and pear liqueur served with a candy straw. Yum! Read more
  • AC C.
    AC CapehartDecember 8, 2021
    If you want to take the stairs, they are just through non-descript double doors in the corner past the elevator
  • Liana C.heart icon on user image
    Liana CascianiJuly 17, 2015
    Haggle with the concierge to get a lower rate or upgrade with your room. If your Sicilian or Italian use it to bond!
  • Neal H.
    Neal HillApril 26, 2014
    There's a nice lounge on the second floor to relax. Bathroom... Wi-Fi... all the amenities of home!
  • Jónína H.heart icon on user image
    Jónína HansenJuly 20, 2018
    Really nice going to the rooftop grab a couple of drinks and enjoy the view ☀️
  • Fekete A.
    Fekete AnnamáriaAugust 11, 2014
    Good hotel in the upper west side nyc.:) the view is good from the rooftop swimming pool.
  • Pascal M.heart icon on user image
    Pascal MSeptember 28, 2018
    Although they are slowly improving some parts of the hotel (in room AC) they still have an issue with sound isolation and especially the windows. If you look for quiet. This is not the place for you.
  • Danielle C.
    Danielle CopelandOctober 16, 2012
    The Sobieski Cytron martini at the rooftop bar is to die for.
  • Maybelline New York
    Maybelline New YorkSeptember 5, 2012
    What’s New York without a stylish rooftop soiree? Party like Chuck Bass right across from the shows at Lincoln Center.
  • Barbara
    BarbaraNovember 20, 2013
    Very small rooms but well designed. Bigelow bath products. Mini-bar. The windows open for fresh air.
  • Nadia I.
    Nadia IssaBellaFebruary 27, 2015
    The bar really does look like the sort of place that Chuck Bass would frequent/own. Xoxo
  • Gary B.heart icon on user image
    Gary BarrettDecember 28, 2014
    The location is great, but it not worth the room cost. Small rooms with old decrepit finishing.
  • Lee
    LeeFebruary 14, 2012
    The bouncers need to check their ego. You all work at a hotel not the white house!!!! Assholes!!!
  • Daniel P W.
    Daniel P WallaceJune 22, 2011
    Been here 10+ times
    The lobby bar is an awesome place to have a drink & Courtney at the front desk will get you a gym hook up.
  • Alex R.
    Alex RobinsonNovember 28, 2011
    Chuck Bass sure picks his hotels in style, so enjoy the rooftop bar like any Bass should.
  • Daniel P W.
    Daniel P WallaceJune 22, 2011
    Been here 10+ times
    The lobby bar is an awesome place to have a drink & Courtney at the front desk will get you a gum hook up.
  • Anoud ..
    Anoud ..July 6, 2013
    Great location(near lincoln corner). I guess they have a club outside but there is 2 things I didn't like, 1:the elevators and slow and you have to wait 30 minutes. 2:the rooms are tiny:/
  • Juan M.
    Juan MunozSeptember 26, 2015
    Don't ever stay on the 11th floor unless you are able to fall asleep with high-decibel music.
  • Peter K.
    Peter KloproggeMarch 24, 2011
    Want free Internet: use empire as username and upperwest63 as passcode. Got this from staff after pressing that their website states that there ia free Internet.
  • Cheryl C.
    Cheryl ConteeDecember 8, 2010
    Modern yet comfortable design, nice rooftop bar and near Lincoln Center, Juilliard and Broadway. Recommended!
  • Peter K.
    Peter KloproggeMarch 24, 2011
    Want free Internet: use empire as username and upperwest63 as passcode. Got this from staff after pressing that their website states that there ia free Internet.o
  • Alan M.
    Alan MortonNovember 26, 2018
    Unimpressed with this hotel the ventilation makes a heck of sound all night long room in need of a refurbishment!
  • Stuheart icon on user image
    StuMarch 25, 2017
    Cozy but expansive lobby.
  • Ana N.
    Ana NajdovskaNovember 2, 2013
    I love this hotel, it makes me feel like im part of some GG scene
  • Wendy G.
    Wendy GMarch 23, 2011
    Been here 5+ times
    Make sure not to get a room next to the elevator! Rooms are small, and they have smoking/non-smoking ones!
  • Mohammad S.
    Mohammad SalawatiSeptember 25, 2013
    A non Free Wi-Fi 😒
  • Claudia B.
    Claudia BoscardinSeptember 13, 2014
    Been here 5+ times
    Never accept the room 841, it feels like a closet and the AC does not work properly. The cleaning is very superficial. I will not go back to this hotel 😝
  • Cynthia A.
    Cynthia AndersonFebruary 14, 2011
    Been here 5+ times
    Do NOT lean back on the pillows on couches in the lobby bar,like everything else in the hotel they are falling apart and will leave you covered in feathers!
  • SityGrl ✈.heart icon on user image
    Lobby is a beauty. Room decor was not so great..
  • ✰ David M.heart icon on user image
    Rooftop bar at sunset is very romantic
  • Tauri L.
    Tauri LFebruary 16, 2012
    Been here 10+ times
    Get a Junior Suite, well worth it for a long trip!
  • China Grill Management
    China Grill ManagementJanuary 10, 2012
    Eat at Ed's Chowder House, Party at The Empire Hotel Rooftop!
  • Kenneth T.
    Kenneth TiongNovember 16, 2012
    Incompetent hotel. A request for a knife at 812am only produced a knock at my door at 836am, after multiple calls saying I was in a hurry.
  • Phil K.
    Phil KamJune 30, 2012
    No shorts? Seriously in this 90 degree weather for a outdoor bar? For real shorts can be more stylish and chic than crotch showing bandage dresses these hoes are wearing. Skip this place. Next.
  • Alexandra P.
    Alexandra POctober 18, 2013
    Lobby bar is dog friendly!
  • Adam L.heart icon on user image
    Adam LipkinJuly 27, 2013
    Avoid. Location is great (and the staff are nice), but broken showers, maids who ignore "do not disturb" signs (and who "accidentally" walk off with electronic devices), and more plague this place.
  • Nigel G.heart icon on user image
    Nigel GlasgowJune 18, 2018
    Very decent. Needs room service though
  • Bruna V.
    Bruna ValençaSeptember 10, 2013
    The installations are perfect but the quality of the service needs improving. The people from the front desk are rude!
  • David W.
    David WolfApril 7, 2011
    The drinks may not cheap but they are huge!
Photos666 Photos

Related Searches

  • the empire hotel new york •
  • the empire hotel new york photos •
  • the empire hotel new york location •
  • the empire hotel new york address •
  • the empire hotel new york •
  • empire hotel new york •
  • empire hotel line new york •
  • empire hotel  new york •
  • empire hotel, roof new york •
  • the empire hotel new york •
  • the empire hotel lincoln square new york

Foursquare © 2024  Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA