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The Chatwal, Broadway's Five-Star Hotel Gem

  • Jan 13
  • 4 min read

Our APAP conference is held each January in midtown Manhattan, and normally I head home to Brooklyn each night and take the subway in the morning to be back at my booth. This year, the introvert in me decided it would be much easier to keep energized if I stayed at a hotel in walking distance, so I reached out to The Chatwal, a Virtuoso preferred hotel partner in the heart of Broadway's theater district.

 

I met their Director of Sales at Virtuoso Travel Week last summer, and I knew The Chatwal would be a great fit for my clients coming to New York City not just because of its fantastic location on 44th Street, but because it's rich in theater history too. Indeed, I soon booked a room at The Chatwal for a friend and former BAM colleague in town from L.A., and he loved it! Since it's only a 10-minute walk from our conference, I reached out and stayed there on Saturday and Sunday in a Deluxe King room.

 

The history, architecture, location, staff, art deco design, and delicious food all make this a luxury gem with a warmly welcoming style of hospitality that's not stuffy. Fancy a tour? CLICK HERE for our short video tour of The Chatwal's Producer's Suite on Nine Muses Travel's YouTube channel!

 

The hotel description below is from their website.

 

Rich History

 

Before becoming The Chatwal, New York and The Lambs Club Restaurant and Bar, this iconic Stanford White-designed building was the epicenter of American for the 20th century. The building originally opened in 1905 as home to the prestigious Lambs, America’s first professional theatrical club. Organized in 1874 by a group of actors and enthusiasts, The Lambs occupied a series of rented quarters before settling at 44th Street. The American club took their name from a similar group in London, which flourished from 1869-1879, in the name of drama critic and essayist Charles Lamb.


Stanford White, a partner at prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, was the original architect of The Lambs clubhouse. His design principles embodied the “American Renaissance,” as seen in his work on summer homes for the Astor and Vanderbilt families and such formidable structures as The Washington Square Arch, Madison Square Garden and the New York Herald Building.

 

For The Lambs, he designed a six-story, neo-Georgian brick building featuring a facade ornamented with ram heads. A boisterous grill room and billiard room were on the first floor, a banquet hall on the second floor and a theater on the third floor. The top floors provided space for offices and sleeping quarters, often utilized by members traveling to The Great White Way from Hollywood. The size of the building was doubled in 1915 when an addition was constructed on the west end of the building, a virtual copy of the original. In 1974, the building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks and Preservation Commission.

 

Since the club’s founding, there have been more than 6,000 Lambs, with an elite roster reading like a Who’s Who of American theater and film: Maurice, Lionel and John Barrymore, Irving Berlin, Cecil B. DeMille, David Belasco, Charlie Chaplin, George M. Cohan, Douglas Fairbanks, John Wayne, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire, who was famously quoted as stating, “When I was made a Lamb, I felt I had been knighted.”

 

The hotel description below is from their Virtuoso listing.

 

76 guestrooms and suites offer a fresh perspective on the luxury hotel experience. This exacting example of deco modernism sets the stage for your stay. Every inch of the sleeping quarters was customized by Master Architect and Designer Thierry Despont. Mr. Despont drew inspiration from the famous Malletier of the period, elevating the classic travel trunk to objet d'art. Flourishes of angular nickel trim accent glimmering jewel-toned glass. The highest quality bath products available revive while the finest linens invite a perfect night's sleep.

 

The hotel's common spaces seem to be taken from the pages of Van Alen, Hood and Roth during the rise of New York's Empire Deco period. The days of the smart cocktail are revisited in The Bar at The Lambs Club, just off of the lobby as a preamble to the culinary tour de force that is The Lambs Club Chef, Jack Louge, brings a return to glamour with a nod to comfort in a private, club-like setting with this spectacular 90 seat restaurant serving modern, New York cuisine with seasonal ingredients. A 2,500 square foot mezzanine lounge with 20 foot viewing windows allows a birds eye perspective on 44th Street and the lobby below serves handcrafted, prohibition era cocktails and light bites.

 

The Chatwal Wellness Center at The Chatwal features three treatment rooms; three private changing suites with steam showers and choice of aromatherapy; an Infinity Saltwater lounge with a Jacuzzi and lap pool designed to simulate natural water currents; a relaxation lounge with an assortment of resort refreshments; fitness center; and manicure/pedicure studio.

 

EV Charging is available for guests who prefer to commute into the city with an electric vehicle.

 

Virtuoso Amenities included for Nine Muses Travel's guests:

  • Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability

  • Daily breakfast credit of $40 per person

  • $100 Hotel credit

  • $50 Spa treatment credit

  • Early Check-In / Late Check-Out, subject to availability

  • Complimentary Wi-Fi 

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