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Hotel Information: The Garden City Hotel has been Long Island's principal celebration and meeting hotel since 1874, as well as a social, dining, and nightlife center. Socialites of a bygone era—such as the Astors and Vanderbilts—sojourned here. Charles Lindbergh spent the night before flying across the Atlantic to Paris in 1927. Twenty-first-century celebrities have succeeded the social elite as habitués.
Rebuilt four times, most recently in 1983, and renovated in 2003, the hotel preserves 19th-century opulence, a tapestry of marble, crystal, mirrored and upholstered walls, fireplaces (now gas), and brocade-and velvet-seating. Background music is classical.
Amenity highlights: Highly acclaimed Polo Restaurant serves New American dishes such as fresh-pea ravioli with crabmeat in lobster coulis; pan-seared, wild, striped bass in Basque-style pepper stew with clams, chorizo, and saffron potatoes; and antelope loin with dauphine potatoes. The Rein Bar and Bistro features a live jazz band performing Top 40 hits on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. A complimentary health club includes an indoor pool and a spa tub.
Insider tip: Garden City, now a leafy village, was created in the 19th century on 10,000 acres of treeless plains by Alexander Turney Stewart, a Scot from Northern Ireland who had become a New York City department-store mogul. On request, the hotel provides a Heritage Tour map of historical buildings and sites surrounding the hotel.
Rooms
The Garden City Hotel offers 280 guestrooms in a nine-story building with fieldstone entrance and brick clock tower. Rooms' color schemes vary, but all rooms have traditional decor, including dark-wood furniture and brocade bedspreads and drapes.
Amenities include bathrobes and slippers, desks, two-line speakerphones, laptop-sized safes, and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Televisions also provide Internet access (surcharge) via wireless keyboards, as well as offering premium channels and pay movies. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations, telephones, and Bath & Body Works toiletries.
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Internet access - wireless
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper (M-F)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Internet access - TV
- Internet access - surcharge
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Minibar
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom telephone
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Sewing kit
- Slippers
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Television
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Window opens
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
The hotel's health club includes a 40-x-12-foot heated indoor pool and a 12-person spa tub. For surcharges, personal trainers are available for yoga, Pilates, weight training, and pool aerobics instruction. The hotel supplies a map of a five-mile jogging route through the city.
Eisenhower Park, five miles away, includes three 18-hole golf courses. Other recreational facilities within five miles include horseback riding, tennis, ice skating, and racquetball. The south side of Long Island, within 10 miles of the hotel, features beaches, has fishing-charter centers, and includes Jones Beach State Park, a popular boardwalk destination for activities like pier fishing and miniature golf as well as swimming.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Swimming on site
- Racquetball/squash nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Pilates classes/instruction on site
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Playground nearby
- Golfing nearby
Property Amenities
Centrally located in Garden City, this stylish hotel is close to shopping and corporate offices, and a mile from the Long Island Children's Museum.
In addition to the 40-x-12-foot heated indoor pool and 12-person spa tub, the complimentary health club includes women's and men's saunas and steam showers, an enclosed sunbathing patio, two rooms for massage (surcharge), and a fitness center with cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights. For surcharges, personal trainers are available for yoga, Pilates, weight training, and pool aerobics instruction.
Beauty services are available in the on-site hair salon. Cell phones and computers can be rented from the business center, which also offers faxing, copying, and express mail services.
A business center contains two computers with high-speed Internet connections, a printer, a fax machine, and a copier (surcharges for all).
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Spa tub
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Health club
- Room service (24 hours)
- Bar/lounge
- Event catering
- Ballroom(s)
- Business center
- Banquet facilities
- Internet access - wireless
- Audio-visual equipment
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Computer rental
- Conference room(s)
- Number of rooms: 280
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Beauty services
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Dry cleaning service
- Shoe shine
- Hair salon
- Parking (valet) $10 per day
- Number of floors: 9
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Billiards nearby
- Business services
- Wedding services
- Concierge desk
- Elevator/lift
- Exhibit space
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness equipment
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Patio
- Pool table nearby
- Sauna
- Technology helpdesk
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Small pets only
- Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Fees
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at check-in, check-out, or time of service.
- Valet parking: $10 per 24-hour period in garage with in/out privileges
- Self parking: complimentary
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Dining
Polo Restaurant - Acclaimed formal restaurant with massive wrought-iron chandelier, dark-wood paneling, arched mirrors, ivory-colored brocade walls, polo-themed paintings, high-backed bronze chairs. Seasonal New American cuisine. Open Tuesday–Saturday for dinner, Sunday for brunch. Saturday for afternoon tea.
Rein Bar & Bistro - Dark-wood columns and ceiling, high-backed brocade banquettes, vividly colored paintings, white table linens, gas fireplace, lighted onyx bar, plasma TVs. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night cocktails. Lunch and dinner menus of appetizers, sandwiches, salads, pasta, fish, steak. Live musical entertainment Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
Atrium Café - Three-story atrium with mirrored walls, beaded chandelier. Open for breakfast.
Address
45 7th St
Garden City, NY 11530
USA
Nearest major airport:
New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
Area:
Rockville Centre, New York, United States of America
