Hotel Name: The Greenwich Hotel

Number of Rooms: 88

Location: At the intersection of Greenwich and North Moore streets, in the heart of tony Tribeca

A beloved Tribeca hideaway that manages to feel like the perfect boutique hotel and a private residence rolled into one, The Greenwich Hotel is what happens when a Robert de Niro passion project lands in the lap of longtime New York real estate developers Ira Druker and Richard Born. Part of de Niro’s Greenwich Avenue mini empire – which also includes on-site restaurant Locanda Verde and neighboring Tribeca Film Center – the hotel is warm and residential, without feeling staid. Think weathered (but not worn!) leather settees, oriental rugs, Carrera marble, Moroccan tiles, and deep mahoganies. If you can fathom ever leaving the hotel’s leafy green central courtyard, the underground Shibui Spa is worth a visit.

What We Loved: This is a niche call-out, but for us, the wonder of the Greenwich is all down to textures - weathered Moroccan floor tiles in the bathrooms, rough-hewn stone fireplace surrounds in the double-height North Moore Penthouse, lush bunches of the season’s first delicate sweet peas in hand-blown glass vases on the coffee table in front of a February fire.

What We Didn’t Love: Some of the courtyard facing rooms can suffer from sound bouncing up during breakfast and happy hour – if you’re not an early riser, make sure to book a room facing the city.

Right For: We have clients who return to New York three or four times a year and religiously stay at the Greenwich – it does cozy, understated luxury better than any other hotel in the city and is perfect for those who treat New York as their second home.

Wrong For: People who are looking for the Bright Lights/Big City flash of Midtown Manhattan may feel a little out of the action tucked into this quiet corner of Tribeca.

Best Time to Visit: The hotel is the buzzy social center of the Tribeca Film Festival, held each year in late spring.

TLF Tip: The ceiling of the subterranean Shibui Spa is a 250-year-old farmhouse roof and was imported in its entirety from Japan, meaning there’s no better place in town to get seriously zenned out.