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PUBLIC Hotel

New York City, New York • Lower East Side • SPLURGE

avg. $453 / night

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Free breakfast

Breakfast-included rate options available

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Complimentary room upgrades (subject to property availability)

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At a glance

Herzog & de Meuron–designed Lower East Side hotel with exposed concrete, ash wood interiors, and a rooftop bar overlooking the Empire State Building.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts seeking affordable luxury design

Highlights:

  • Herzog & de Meuron tower with board-formed concrete facade
  • Exposed concrete ceilings and ash wood interiors in every room
  • Rooftop bar framing Empire State Building through bamboo canopy
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PB hotel design editorial

Ian Schrager's long argument with luxury — that great design should not be the exclusive territory of expense accounts — found its most direct expression when PUBLIC Hotel opened on the Lower East Side in 2017. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the 367-room, 26-storey tower rises from Chrystie Street in board-formed concrete, its facade carrying the raw texture visible in the images through to the exposed ceilings inside every room. The exterior streetscape is dense with uplit hornbeam trees and clipped hedging that form a green wall along the pavement, giving the entrance a quality closer to a Manhattan garden than a hotel drop-off. Inside, the interiors split between two registers. Standard rooms are spare and warm — light ash wood cladding wraps walls and ceilings in a continuous timber shell, broken by the bare concrete soffit above and a marble-topped Saarinen-style side table below. Suites push toward something more atmospheric: amber candlelight, dark walnut headboard panels, a gilded baroque mirror set against stripped plaster. The rooftop bar frames the Empire State Building through a latticed bamboo canopy threaded with ivy, while the ground-floor bar beneath a suspended garden of hanging ferns — its backlit shelves stacked with vibrantly coloured infusion bottles — carries the theatrical instinct Schrager has applied to public spaces since his Studio 54 days, now channelled through the material rigour of one of architecture's most disciplined practices.

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Ian Schrager's flagship hotel defines luxury for all with thoughtfully designed rooms, a chic sociable lobby, hidden garden, and stylish bars - a cultural hub blending sleep, work, play, entertainment, and unforgettable views.

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PUBLIC Hotel Reviews

2,632 reviews

"Great location, cool design and a lovely workspace on the first floor are this hotel’s spikes. On the other hand, the prices are shocking (I booked two rooms for four nights) and the service is atrocious (not the cleaning staff, they’re lovely but the client facing staff) : first there is no breakfast area (“closed”) so don’t expect a buffet (haha) no… you have to line up to a Frenchy looking counter that takes in customers from the street with fake breads on the wall where they push you and bark at you and tell ou you can only have disgusting stuff and not the rest and oh the espresso is not included so you have to pay 6 USD for one shot (after paying thousands for the stay …). Then even better is the rooftop: there the views are spectacular but the prices are shocking (I also had bought in advance a credit for drinks that was never credited to me by the way - a cool way to fleece you …) and then listen to this : the “charming” waitress came with our bill on the card machine asking for the “customary” 18 to 25% tip but I looked at the amount and it didn’t seem right so I asked for an itemised bill and hey presto another bill came that was 33% cheaper … so wait she wanted us to pay a 25% tip on an amount that she had ALREADY inflated with a 25% tip. Wow. Welcome to PUBLIC HOTEL. Get ready to be fleeced - by design."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Aug 26, 2026

"First time here it was beautiful and so accommodating. Lysandra and Chris H. really made the experience, extremely attentive, great service, and vibes. Will be back for sure!"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Aug 24, 2026

"Avery and all of her colleagues were so accommodating I couldn’t recommend this space enough. Jaime took great care of us"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Aug 23, 2026

"Great location and atmosphere including the coworking space. Peyton at front desk is great."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Aug 23, 2026

"Peyton was great with service"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Aug 23, 2026

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