Romer Hell's Kitchen

About Romer Hell's Kitchen

Romer Hell's Kitchen suits travelers who want a Midtown base a few blocks from the Theater District rather than on top of it. The hotel stands on Eighth Avenue at 51st Street, so Broadway evening curtains are a short walk. Business travelers are within easy reach of the office towers around Sixth Avenue, and couples find restaurants and bars throughout Hell's Kitchen on the surrounding blocks. Late arrivals are met at a 24 hour front desk.

Romer Hell's Kitchen is a four-star hotel in Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan, with a supplier guest score of 4.3 out of 5 from 612 reviews. Expect a practical city hotel rather than a resort. Listed facilities include a fitness center, a restaurant and breakfast, and free wifi runs through the building. Stays here tend to be short city breaks, work trips and theater weekends. Booking opens in the IMPT app, which shows live prices for your dates.

Rooms and listed facilities

The listed facilities cover the practical parts of a stay. Air conditioning, free wifi and a safe suit business travelers working from the room, while a fitness center and a restaurant keep evenings simple. Families can ask about cots and room arrangements when booking. Late arrivals find a 24 hour front desk. Parking and pets are listed, so confirm the details with the property before traveling, and ask about laundry service and luggage storage if you arrive before check-in time.

The setting

Romer Hell's Kitchen sits on Eighth Avenue at 51st Street, on the eastern edge of Hell's Kitchen where the neighborhood meets Midtown. Times Square is about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) away in a straight line, the Fifth Avenue corner of Central Park about 0.7 miles (1.1 km), and Grand Central Terminal about 0.9 miles (1.4 km). Penn Station is about 1 mile (1.6 km). The surrounding blocks are busy with everyday shops and places to eat, and the streets grow quieter as you move west toward the Hudson River.

Location and neighborhood

Hell's Kitchen sits on the west side of Midtown, between the Theater District and the Hudson River, with Eighth Avenue as its eastern seam and the waterfront a short walk west. Ninth Avenue carries most of the neighborhood's everyday eating, and the side streets between Ninth and Tenth hold smaller places that fill at lunch. For a work trip the position is practical: offices in Midtown are within walking distance, and the long blocks west of Ninth Avenue are quieter at night. Romer Hell's Kitchen puts you inside that grid rather than at its edge.

Morning on these blocks moves fast: deliveries along Ninth Avenue, commuters heading east toward Midtown offices, and full coffee counters on the corners. Times Square lies just east of Eighth Avenue, close enough to reach on foot and easy to avoid on an ordinary working day. Broadway cuts diagonally across the grid, so a route that looks simple on a map takes longer than expected; allow for it. Between meetings, the Hudson River Greenway offers a flat, car-free stretch for a short walk, and the river piers are open public space. Romer Hell's Kitchen keeps the working day within walking reach.

Getting there and around

Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station are both within easy reach, around 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from the area center, which matters on a morning when a train leaves early. Airports are the variable: JFK and Newark are typically 45 to 75 minutes from Midtown depending on traffic and connections, and LaGuardia is the closest by road, with the free Q70 bus linking to the subway. From Romer Hell's Kitchen, count around 14 miles (22.1 km) to the airports and around 0.4 miles (0.6 km) to the Midtown core. The subway runs 24 hours a day; tap a contactless card or phone, and check service changes with the MTA before a tight connection.

Nearby sights and food

Most of the well-known sights sit within a short walk or one subway ride. Times Square and the Broadway theaters of the Theater District are just east of Eighth Avenue. Central Park begins at 59th Street, and the observation decks at Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building and Hudson Yards are all within a few kilometers of the area center. The High Line starts at Gansevoort Street and runs north to Hudson Yards, a useful weekend walk. The 9/11 Memorial and the Staten Island Ferry terminal are further south, best reached by subway.

Eating is the neighborhood's other business. Ninth Avenue is the spine of it: Thai, Turkish, Greek, Mexican, Peruvian and Japanese kitchens, pizza by the slice, ramen counters, bakeries and delis open from breakfast, plus a run of casual places where a solo diner can eat quickly between meetings. Restaurant Row on West 46th Street packs more places into one block, with formal dining rooms and a pre-theater rush in the early evening. West of Ninth Avenue the blocks turn residential and quieter, with small wine bars and takeaway counters. Book ahead for dinner on a show night.

A day from Romer Hell's Kitchen

Start with coffee and breakfast on Ninth Avenue, then walk east across Eighth Avenue to a morning of meetings in Midtown; the grid keeps blocks short and addresses predictable. Break at midday in the Hudson River Greenway, where a bench and the water give a short pause. Spend the afternoon in the western blocks of the Theater District, or take the subway north to Central Park and walk a loop from 59th Street. Eat early on Ninth Avenue to beat the curtain crowd, then see a Broadway show; evening curtains are typically at 7 or 8 pm, so check the show. The walk back to Romer Hell's Kitchen is short and mostly west.

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Facilities listed by the supplier

As listed by the booking supplier; a facility not listed here may still exist. Confirm anything important with the property.

• 24 Hour Front Desk
• Air conditioning
• Alarm clock
• Banquet
• Bath
• Bathroom
• Breakfast
• Cleaning
• Coffee
• Crib
• Dry cleaning service
• Entertainment activities
• First aid
• Fitness Center
• Free Wi-Fi
• Garage
• Hairdryer
• Housekeeping
• Internet access
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Luggage storage
• Non smoking rooms
• Parking
• Pets allowed
• Refrigerator
• Restaurant
• Safe
• Shower
• TV
• Telephone
• Toiletries
• Towels
• WC
• Wheelchair accessible
• Wi-Fi