Where We’d Stay in New York During the US Open

Where We'd Stay in New York During the US Open

Five hotels for doing US Open week properly.

There are two ways to choose a hotel for the US Open.

Stay as close to the courts as possible. Or remember that you're also spending a few days in New York.

We'd choose the latter.

The 2026 US Open runs from August 23 to September 13, with the singles main draw beginning August 30. And while the tennis takes place in Queens, we'd still base ourselves in Manhattan.

Because after the last match, there are dinners to make, hotel bars worth returning to and an entire city outside Arthur Ashe.

These are the five hotels we'd book.

FAENA NEW YORK

New to New York. Already on the list.

For those who prefer knowing the new address before it becomes the obvious one.

Faena New York sits along the High Line in West Chelsea, inside the One High Line development. The arrival brings Alan Faena's rather theatrical approach to hospitality to Manhattan: art, dining, music and wellness included.

La Boca is led by Argentine chef Francis Mallmann, while The Living Room has live entertainment nightly. Then there's Tierra Santa Healing House: 17,000 square feet dedicated to wellness.

For US Open week specifically, there's another reason it makes the list: Faena is currently offering a Grand Slam Experience with round-trip airport transfers, daily breakfast and a few hotel extras.

It's the newest hotel here, and certainly the one we're most curious about.

Maison Routes take: Come for the tennis. Stay for the scene.

THE MARK

Where Fashion Week energy meets US Open week.

Some New York hotels have a good address. The Mark has the address.

Madison Avenue at 77th Street places you on the Upper East Side, a block from Central Park and surrounded by one of Manhattan's most established neighbourhoods.

But location is only part of it.

Jacques Grange designed the interiors, Jean-Georges Vongerichten is behind The Mark Restaurant, and the hotel has cultivated the kind of fashion-world following that cannot really be manufactured.

That makes it particularly right for US Open week, when sport, fashion and New York society have a habit of ending up in the same places.

There may be newer hotels in the city. Few feel quite as socially New York.

Maison Routes take: Book it for the Upper East Side. Stay for the people-watching.

BACCARAT HOTEL NEW YORK

For those who prefer their tennis with a little glamour.

Understatement was never really going to be the point at a hotel created by Baccarat.

The Midtown property translates the French crystal house into hotel form: crystal, rich interiors and a decidedly more glamorous approach to New York.

And after a long day at the Open, the wellness credentials are surprisingly convincing.

Spa de La Mer is the first dedicated La Mer spa in the United States, while La Piscine is the hotel's heated indoor pool, complete with private cabanas.

Then there's The Bar.

Which is why Baccarat makes sense for the kind of US Open trip where the match is only the beginning of the evening.

Maison Routes take: Tennis whites by day. Baccarat after dark.

AMAN NEW YORK

Come for the tennis. Stay for the three-floor spa.

If the hotel is going to be part of the trip rather than simply somewhere to sleep, Aman is difficult to ignore.

Aman New York occupies the landmark Crown Building at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street and has just 83 suites. They are among the largest in the city, and every suite has a functioning fireplace.

But during US Open week, we'd book it for the wellness.

Three floors and more than 25,000 square feet are dedicated to the Aman Spa. There's a 65-foot heated indoor pool, hammam and banya Spa Houses, cryotherapy, a cold-plunge terrace, reformer Pilates and contrast therapy.

After an afternoon in the stands followed by a five-set night session, it all starts to feel remarkably sensible.

If you want the most uncompromisingly luxurious stay on this list, this is it.

Maison Routes take: Take the tennis seriously. Take the recovery even more seriously.

THE ST. REGIS NEW YORK

Old New York still knows how to do it.

Not every hotel on the list needs to be new.

The St. Regis occupies one of those Fifth Avenue addresses that immediately sets the tone: Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, with Central Park, MoMA and the luxury stores of Midtown nearby.

Its guestrooms and suites have recently been reimagined, but the things that make the hotel distinctly St. Regis remain, including its signature Butler Service and the King Cole Bar.

And that is precisely why we'd consider it during the Open.

There is something appealingly old-school about returning from Arthur Ashe, changing for dinner and stopping downstairs for a drink before heading back into Manhattan.

New York has no shortage of hotels chasing whatever comes next.

The St. Regis doesn't particularly need to.

Maison Routes take: For those who still prefer their New York with a little ceremony.

SO, WHICH ONE WOULD WE BOOK?

It depends on the trip.

Aman New York for ultra-luxury, privacy and serious post-match recovery.

The Mark for the Upper East Side and the fashion crowd.

Baccarat for glamour and after-dark New York.

Faena New York for the newest address, and the one worth knowing now.

The St. Regis for old-school Manhattan done properly.

Would we choose a forgettable hotel simply to be closer to the courts?

Probably not.

The US Open may be the reason for the trip.

But this is still New York.