The Hotel Chelsea

The Hotel Chelsea, a 250-unit hotel at 222 West 23rd St, built between 1883 and 1885, keeps a penthouse spa with a private terrace garden. Hydrotherapy amenities include a traditional Swedish sauna, aromatic steam rooms, rain showers and a fireplace lounge, open to hotel and local guests alike. The menu covers massages, facials, body treatments, healing arts and couples treatments, with lymphatic drainage massage and a facial series from an esthetician with over 25 years in the treatment room. Spa hours run 9am to 8pm, gift certificates are sold, and booking is online. Dining on site includes Café Chelsea, a lobby bar, El Quijote and Teruko. Rated 4.7 from 706 Google reviews, 603 of them five stars and 19 one star.