10 Mejores Hoteles de Lujo 5 Estrellas en Nueva York, EE. UU. — Los Íconos de Manhattan (2026)

Some hotels are just a bed for the night. The Plaza is basically a piece of New York itself. This white, castle-shaped French Renaissance building has stood on the southeast corner of Central Park where it meets Fifth Avenue since 1907 — cross the street and you are in the park, turn the other way and you are on the most expensive shopping street in the world. Inside it is a world of crystal chandeliers, gilded high ceilings, thick carpet, and the signature 24K gold fittings in the bathrooms. The heart of it is Palm Court, under a beautiful stained-glass dome, which has served afternoon tea for over a century. Anyone who has seen Home Alone 2 or The Great Gatsby has already seen this lobby. The subway is about a 2-minute walk, with MoMA and Times Square close by. Reviewers rate the atmosphere, location, and icon status as unbeatable. Overall 8.9/10 — built for couples, families, and luxury travelers who want to sleep inside history.

The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park sits right on Central Park South — one of the most coveted addresses in Manhattan — facing straight into the park with nothing in the way. The detail people talk about most is the park-facing rooms, which come with a telescope on a stand for watching the leaves turn, the birds, and the skyline across the green. Open the curtains in the morning and it feels like a moving painting hung in your room. The decor is classic old-New-York townhouse: warm tones, fine woven fabrics, crystal chandeliers, marble bathrooms and thick carpet — timeless elegance over cutting-edge minimalism. Inside the building you get the well-known La Prairie spa, the Auden Bistro & Bar, and 5-star service that reviewers praise almost unanimously: staff remember your name and sweat the small details. It is a few minutes on foot to Fifth Avenue, Carnegie Hall and the subway. Overall 9.0/10 — a fit for couples, families and anyone who wants to wake up to a park in the middle of the city.

The St. Regis New York is the legendary hotel that millionaire John Jacob Astor IV commissioned back in 1904 to be the grandest place to stay in the city, and it still reads as pure Gilded Age today. The tall Beaux-Arts building sits right on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, dead center in Midtown, a few steps from the renowned flagship boutiques and Central Park. What sets it apart is the St. Regis Butler Service — a personal butler on call 24 hours for every room, the original that luxury hotels worldwide later copied. Inside it runs to crystal chandeliers, marble and grand classical art. The other highlight is the King Cole Bar, home to Maxfield Parrish's Old King Cole mural and the birthplace of the Bloody Mary. Reviews are unanimous that the service exceeds expectations; the trade-off is a price near the top of the city. Overall 9.0/10 — built for couples and luxury travelers who fall for a classic hotel with a real story.

The Peninsula New York sits right on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in the middle of Midtown, inside a stately Beaux-Arts building that dates to 1905. Step out the door and the renowned luxury shopping strip is lined up in front of you, with MoMA, Central Park and the Broadway theaters all a few minutes' walk away. The thing reviews mention most is the signature Peninsula service: polished, attentive and genuinely distinctive. Rooms start at around 370 sq ft, noticeably bigger than the Midtown Manhattan norm, and come with the brand's signature bedside panel for lights, curtains and temperature. Up top, the Salon de Ning rooftop bar looks out over the Midtown towers, while the spa and the indoor pool under a glass roof make a quiet oasis in a city that never sleeps. It holds both Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond. The trade-off is a price that matches the name. Overall 9.1/10, best for couples, luxury travelers and business guests who want a central address with top-tier service.

Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown sits inside a slim glass skyscraper in the middle of Tribeca, one of the chicest and quietest neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan. It opened in 2016, so it feels newer, cleaner, and more modern than the city's grand old-building hotels. The thing reviewers agree on most is how unusually large the rooms are by Manhattan standards, starting around 430 sq ft and decorated in a warm, residential style that reads more like a private luxury apartment than a hotel room. Review scores run especially high for cleanliness (around 9.4) and bed comfort (around 9.5). On the amenities side there's a 7-room spa, an indoor pool, a gym, and CUT by Wolfgang Puck — the well-known steakhouse right in the lobby. You can walk to SoHo, City Hall, the Hudson River parks, and it's a short distance to the Brooklyn Bridge. The trade-off is the downtown address, a fair way from Midtown and Times Square. Overall 8.8/10, best for couples, quiet-loving luxury travelers, and finance-district business guests.

Mandarin Oriental, New York takes over floors 35 and up of the Deutsche Bank Center (formerly the Time Warner Center) at Columbus Circle, on the southwest corner of Central Park, and has been open since 2003. The thing every review fixates on is the view — because all the rooms sit high in the sky, looking down on the full green sprawl of Central Park, the Manhattan skyline and the Hudson River, depending on which way your room faces. Inside there is the well-known 14,500-square-foot Mandarin Spa and a 75-foot indoor pool under a glass roof you can swim laps in while taking in the city. The upper-floor restaurant and bar open onto park and skyline views too. It is a roughly 2-minute walk to Central Park, the 59 St-Columbus Circle subway station sits right under the building, and a covered passage leads into the Shops at Columbus Circle with a Whole Foods. The trade-off is a high price. Best for couples and travelers who want a wall of city out their window.

Aman New York is an ultra-luxury hotel tucked inside the Crown Building, a 1921 landmark on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, right against Central Park. It opened in 2022 billed as one of the most expensive and most private hotels in the city. Aman built its name on quiet resorts set in nature worldwide, and here it drops that whole philosophy into the middle of Manhattan. There are only 83 rooms, every one with its own fireplace, high ceilings, and a Japanese zen tone designed by Jean-Michel Gathy. The heart of the place is the three-floor Aman Spa covering more than 2,300 sq m, with a 20-meter pool ringed by daybeds, a rooftop garden, and an underground jazz club that channels a 1920s speakeasy. Reviews praise the calm, the privacy, and the close personal service. The trade-off is a price at the very top of the city, and not everyone feels it pays off. It lands at 8.7/10, best for couples and luxury travelers chasing private quiet over flash.

The Mark Hotel sits on the corner of 77th Street and Madison Avenue, in the quietest and most upscale stretch of the Upper East Side, inside a 1927 building that French designer Jacques Grange gut-renovated into one of the most distinctive hotels in the city. What everyone remembers is the bold black-and-white striped graphic floor in the lobby, mixed with vintage Italian furniture and contemporary art for an Art Deco mood that plays rather than preaches. You're one block from Central Park, about an 8-minute walk from the Met, and right on Museum Mile and the Madison Avenue shopping strip. Inside there's The Mark Restaurant by chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a stylish bar, and a Frédéric Fekkai hair salon. Reviews single out the warm, attentive staff. The trade-off is a steep price, and some standard rooms run smaller than the rate suggests. Overall 9.0/10 — great for couples, luxury travelers, and art lovers who want the quiet, upscale side near the park and museums.

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel has stood at the corner of 76th Street and Madison Avenue in the heart of the Upper East Side since 1930, a 35-floor Art Deco building that once housed presidents, royalty, and movie stars — earning it the nickname the Palace of New York. What sets it apart is how completely the old-world feel survives: a marble lobby, antique art and prints lining the corridors, and elevator operators still in white gloves walking you up the way they did a century ago. Inside, Café Carlyle is a small cabaret room famous for up-close jazz, and Bemelmans Bar has walls covered in original murals by Ludwig Bemelmans, who illustrated the Madeline children's books. You can walk to Central Park in a block, the Met in about 10 minutes, and you sit right on Museum Mile and the Madison Avenue shopping strip. More than 900 reviews rate it 9.4, praising royal-level service and an atmosphere you can't find elsewhere.

Baccarat Hotel and Residences New York is a 114-room boutique five-star on West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue — and it sits directly across from MoMA. Step out the door and you are in the middle of Midtown Manhattan, a few minutes' walk from Fifth Avenue, the edge of Central Park, and the Broadway theaters. What makes it singular is that it is the first hotel from Baccarat, the legendary French crystal house that is more than 250 years old, so the whole building glitters with chandeliers and crystal like a jewel box. Interiors are by the French duo Gilles & Boissier, warm Parisian luxury throughout. Reviewers keep coming back to two things: Spa de la Mer, the only La Mer spa in New York, and a blue-lit indoor pool that many rank among the prettiest hotel pools in the city. It holds both a Forbes Five Star rating and a spot on Condé Nast Traveler's Gold List. The trade-off is compact rooms and top-tier prices. Overall 8.8/10 — best for couples and design-led luxury travelers.