Manhattan · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Times Square
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
These are my five favourites in Manhattan, out of the 89 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.4.
All five are inside 400 m of Times Square, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Hotel Riu Plaza Manhattan Times Square
★★★★★4.7 from 9,392 reviews
Hotel Riu Plaza Manhattan Times Square comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 9,392 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under poi and around $372 a night on the dates we checked.
89 hotels in Manhattan qualified for this list and five made it. Casablanca Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Hotel Riu Plaza Manhattan Times Square
★★★★★4.7 from 9,392 reviews
200 m from Times Square, about a 2 minute walk
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2Casablanca Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 681 reviews
200 m from Times Square, about a 2 minute walk
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3New York Marriott Marquis
★★★★★4.4 from 16,264 reviews
under 200 m from Times Square, about a 1 minute walk
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4The Chatwal - The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
★★★★★4.5 from 474 reviews
200 m from Times Square, about a 2 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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5The Iroquois New York
★★★★★4.5 from 861 reviews
400 m from Times Square, about a 5 minute walk
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
How this list was put together
89 Manhattan hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Times Square second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
Works weekends at an animal shelter and saves the pay for off-season flights. Hostels, night buses, and volunteering at animal sanctuaries for a bunk. Six countries in three years.
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