Looking for a place to stay in lower east-side I came across Hotel on Rivington. I would rave about this place if I would not have found out that the price we paid for our rooms is not available anymore...
This Hotel does many things right (more than most others). The rooms a "simple" no fancy decor the only thing spectacular is the view you have. Most rooms have two glass fronts so you are sort of in the middle of New York.
They offer some nice amenities like an ipod docking-station to listen your music. The beds are Tempur-Pedic , which is fantastic! I slept like a baby. The bath rooms are fancy some even have steam showers! The minibar offers a wide selection from nice beers to sextoys... You also find a list with all good restaurants and cafes of the neighborhood in your room along a nice selection of magazines. Particularly nice are the fresh baked cookies you get every evening. Of corse we got different ones every evening.
The lobby is on the second floor and there you also find a lovely lounge with a pool table which, when we were there, no one used.
Street level is a nice bar and their restaurant Thor which we did not get to check out.
Most amazing where the doormen. Every single one of them was fucking handsome! All dressed in black "gaban" jackets...

So what did we not like about Hotel on Rivington? First the breakfast wasn't very nice beside bagels you don't get anything nice. No cheese, horrible jam and filter coffee! you have to pay extra for the cappuccino! Thats probably why we did not eat at thor restaurant. Second it lacks a bit the friendly atmosphere one is looking for when inna foreign city. And third we paid 240$ for the room which is normal these days but a lot of money for a bed. Now they only have rooms for 400.- which I find just too much for any Hotel Room, I rather spend that money in a nice restaurant or shop or go more often.

www.hotelonrivington.com