The Whitby Hotel, Firmdale Hotels

What the classifiers highlight

Kit Kemp filled this Midtown hotel with bold color against Midtown's muted backdrop, steel Crittall windows framing art-heavy rooms. MICHELIN gives it Three Keys and Forbes notes the 147-seat Whitby Theater, a private cinema, alongside the Orangery, the Drawing Room and a courtyard terrace where afternoon tea is served. Interconnecting rooms and suites make it workable for families too.