The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

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Every U.S. president since Truman has treated this Upper East Side hotel as an unofficial New York home, Princess Diana among the regulars. MICHELIN gives it Two Keys and notes Café Carlyle, a 90-seat cabaret room running since 1955, and Bemelmans Bar, its murals tracing Central Park through four seasons. Forbes counts over 20 suites with baby grand pianos.