The Rittenhouse

What the classifiers highlight

Facing green Rittenhouse Square, the 118-room hotel keeps oak floors, gilded wallpaper and silver travertine bathrooms in its suites behind a facade that reads urban rather than grand. Forbes rates it Four Stars, points to Lacroix for one of the city's best brunches, and to a 3,000-square-foot spa and salon lit by ceiling skylights.