Anglophiles will love this Midtown luxury hotel which offers the finest elements of British sophistication and understatement. The 500-square-foot London Suites, with bed chamber and separate parlor, were conceptualized by British interior architect David Collins, and are decorated with parquet flooring, custom-woven banquettes and embossed-leather desks, plus tech pleasures like iHome players and Mitel touchscreen phones. If the biggest and best is what you're after, book the 2,500-square-foot penthouse, which is spread out on two floors with 180-degree views that include Central Park and the George Washington Bridge. It includes a dining room that seats eight and access to the Chef's Table in the hot-and-hyped onsite restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the London. The hotel partners with Quintessentially, a luxury concierge service famous for pulling strings and doing the impossible, like scoring same-night seats to the most popular Broadway shows or chartering a private jet on a moment's notice. If you'd rather stay in, calls across the pond are on the house eight hours a day.

The London NYC Amenities:

• 561 rooms. Wireless Internet access. Restaurant, bar. Airport transportation available. Fitness center. Business center.