Baccarat Hotel and Residences New York
An indoor pool and hot tub a hundred metres from MoMA
About this hotel
The Baccarat Hotel and Residences sits on West 53rd Street, close enough to the Museum of Modern Art, St Patrick's Cathedral and Radio City Music Hall to reach any of them on foot within a few minutes. Baccarat crystal fills every room, alongside Parisian-styled décor, a flat-screen TV, a sofa and desk, with bathrobes and slippers in the marble bathrooms. Downstairs, the indoor pool sits with a hot tub, a fitness centre and a spa and wellness centre on the same floor, while the on-site French restaurant covers dinner without a walk outside. A 24-hour front desk and a personal host assigned to each reservation round out a stay built around quiet, attended service rather than a busy hotel lobby.
- Indoor pool and hot tub
- On-site French restaurant
- Steps from MoMA
- Personal host service
Our take
A traveler building a trip around Midtown's museums who wants a quiet, attended hotel rather than a busy lobby scene gets the most from this address, the personal host and 24-hour front desk both point that way. The indoor pool and hot tub work as a wind-down after a day at MoMA rather than as a headline resort feature. Anyone wanting a large pool or an outdoor swimming option should look elsewhere, this is a compact wellness floor, not a resort pool deck.
- ✓Time a MoMA visit for mid-afternoon so the hundred-metre walk back leads straight into a swim and hot tub session.
- ✓Book the on-site French restaurant the same night as your swim, it saves a walk after using the pool.
- ✓Ask your personal host about spa scheduling at check-in, it's a service specific to this property.
Why we love it
- Indoor pool paired with a genuine hot tub
- A hundred metres from the Museum of Modern Art
- Baccarat crystal furnishing every guest room
- Personal host assigned to each reservation
Why guests love itA guest planning a Midtown museum trip finds real convenience here: the hundred-metre walk back from MoMA leads directly to an indoor pool and hot tub, rather than a longer transit ride after a day on foot. The fitness centre and spa and wellness centre sit on the same floor, so a swim, a soak and a workout fit into one stop rather than three separate bookings. What it doesn't offer is size, this is a compact wellness floor, not a sprawling resort pool.