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The Pierre is a historic Fifth Avenue grande dame on Central Park, managed by Taj Hotels, in New York’s Upper East Side.
The Pierre opened in 1930, a 41-story tower on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park, modeled after Versailles by the architects Schultze and Weaver. It has been a byword for old New York ever since, all neo-Georgian detail, checkered marble, and trompe l’oeil murals. There are around 189 rooms and suites, with Turkish marble bathrooms and views over the park or the skyline.
Dining centers on Perrine, the French-American restaurant, and Two E Bar & Lounge, whose afternoon tea has been rated the city’s best, with live jazz at weekends. The Rotunda, with its 1967 murals, hosts tea and supper. There is a fitness center and Taj wellness treatments, though no spa in the resort sense.
It is a grown-up, classic hotel for a Manhattan stay, pet-friendly, and a longtime wedding address. It suits couples, gay or straight, after old-school glamour. Central Park is across the street, with Madison and Fifth Avenue shopping on the doorstep.
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- Historic 1930s grande dame on Fifth Avenue at Central Park
- Town & Country’s best afternoon tea in New York at Two E
- The Rotunda, with its hand-painted 1967 murals
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Rooms
Some of the most expensive private apartments in New York have been part of The Pierre. Some of them were sold in the late 50s. Residents included the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Aristotle Onassis. In 2019, an apartment at The Pierre went on the market for a monthly rental price of half a million bucks, making it the most expensive rental property in the Big Apple.
Fear not, normal rooms at the hotel aren’t cheap but they do come at reasonable 5-star prices. The smaller rooms are very stylish and have an air of unpretentious luxury. Superior Rooms are bigger with 300 square feet of space. Many rooms come with lavish Indian ornaments.
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Dining
Perrine is the signature restaurant, an all-day French-American room with Indian touches that nod to the Taj ownership, on a site once helmed by Auguste Escoffier and now by Executive Chef Vincenzo Garofalo. Two E Bar & Lounge serves an afternoon tea that Town & Country has rated New York’s best, alongside a Tiffin & Tea service and weekend jazz. The Rotunda, ringed by Edward Melcarth’s murals, handles tea and supper. Room service runs 24 hours.
Wellness
The Pierre is a classic city hotel rather than a spa resort, so the wellness side is modest: a fitness center, and a menu of Taj treatments drawing on Indian healing traditions, delivered in the spa treatment rooms or in your room. There is no swimming pool. The real luxury here is the address, the quiet of an Upper East Side tower, and stepping straight out into Central Park for a morning walk among the trees.
Location
The Pierre stands at 2 East 61st Street, on Fifth Avenue directly across from Central Park, in the heart of the Upper East Side. Central Park is across the road, the flagship stores of Fifth and Madison Avenues are on the doorstep, and the Museum Mile, with the Met and the Frick, is a short walk north. Midtown, Times Square, and Grand Central are all within easy reach on foot or by subway from the 59th Street stations.
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