New York In December
Discussion
Hi All,
Flights all booked for my wife, I and two of our close friends to fly out to New York on the 10th December for four nights.
We're staying at the InterContiental in Times Square so nice and central.
Our friends have very kindly given up their air miles/hotel points to make this a special trip for all of us so i'd like to go someway in repaying this by taking them out to dinner one night - any recommendations on somewhere special for say £50-100 p/head?
Also - any recommended food places off the tourist trail?
Finally - any must sees for New York and anything that is over-rated tourist nonsense that should be avoided (all subjective I know).
Cheers,
Phill
Flights all booked for my wife, I and two of our close friends to fly out to New York on the 10th December for four nights.
We're staying at the InterContiental in Times Square so nice and central.
Our friends have very kindly given up their air miles/hotel points to make this a special trip for all of us so i'd like to go someway in repaying this by taking them out to dinner one night - any recommendations on somewhere special for say £50-100 p/head?
Also - any recommended food places off the tourist trail?
Finally - any must sees for New York and anything that is over-rated tourist nonsense that should be avoided (all subjective I know).
Cheers,
Phill
Cheers mate! Ok, now we're back I thought i'd update this thread...
Flight out - BA Business Class on Thursday lunchtime (excellent) / First class home was even better (again BA)
New York Airport to Hotel transfer ($60) as a fixed price in a town car
Intercontinental Hotel Time Square - Views from our room on the 33rd floor were great but felt that the room was basic (no real storage) and breakfast was very expensive
Time Square itself - impressive to see but wouldn't want to stay around there again (getting around on Sat was horrendous)
Rockefeller - Loved it (we got a day/night ticket) so went up in the day and later on again in the evening which we much preferred.
WTC - Very humbling experience
Highline (http://www.thehighline.org/) - Loved this, one of my favourite parts of the trip - would love to see it in the summer.
Helicopter ride - 19 mins exploring the city (from the river) - loved this, great way to see the whole city (circa £105 each)
Grand Central Station - Was great but not sure about the Apple Store in there!
Bryant Park - Small Christmas market there which was nice to wander around
Food:
Katz Diner - Ok but I wouldn't hurry back
Evergreen Diner - Great pancakes
Pershing Square (http://www.pershingsquare.com/) - Diner at Grand Central Station - very nice!
John's Pizzeria (http://www.johnspizzerianyc.com/) - The best pizza i've had in a long time
Spotted Pig (http://www.thespottedpig.com/) - Highly recommended (you can't book but around a 90min wait for food)
Pearl Oyster Bar (http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/pearl-oyster-bar/) - Again highly recommended, you can't book but we got a table on fri night straight away
Views from the Press Lounge @ Print were excellent - http://www.printrestaurant.com/the-press-lounge/
We walked about 12 miles a day, it's nice and easy to get around (and surprisingly warm last week). As there were four of us yellow cabs were pretty cheap
In general we found New York expensive but we were expecting that so no issues. We can't wait to go back
Flight out - BA Business Class on Thursday lunchtime (excellent) / First class home was even better (again BA)
New York Airport to Hotel transfer ($60) as a fixed price in a town car
Intercontinental Hotel Time Square - Views from our room on the 33rd floor were great but felt that the room was basic (no real storage) and breakfast was very expensive
Time Square itself - impressive to see but wouldn't want to stay around there again (getting around on Sat was horrendous)
Rockefeller - Loved it (we got a day/night ticket) so went up in the day and later on again in the evening which we much preferred.
WTC - Very humbling experience
Highline (http://www.thehighline.org/) - Loved this, one of my favourite parts of the trip - would love to see it in the summer.
Helicopter ride - 19 mins exploring the city (from the river) - loved this, great way to see the whole city (circa £105 each)
Grand Central Station - Was great but not sure about the Apple Store in there!
Bryant Park - Small Christmas market there which was nice to wander around
Food:
Katz Diner - Ok but I wouldn't hurry back
Evergreen Diner - Great pancakes
Pershing Square (http://www.pershingsquare.com/) - Diner at Grand Central Station - very nice!
John's Pizzeria (http://www.johnspizzerianyc.com/) - The best pizza i've had in a long time
Spotted Pig (http://www.thespottedpig.com/) - Highly recommended (you can't book but around a 90min wait for food)
Pearl Oyster Bar (http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/pearl-oyster-bar/) - Again highly recommended, you can't book but we got a table on fri night straight away
Views from the Press Lounge @ Print were excellent - http://www.printrestaurant.com/the-press-lounge/
We walked about 12 miles a day, it's nice and easy to get around (and surprisingly warm last week). As there were four of us yellow cabs were pretty cheap
In general we found New York expensive but we were expecting that so no issues. We can't wait to go back
Edited by pmanson on Wednesday 16th December 21:15
Edited by pmanson on Friday 18th December 08:51
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