PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

The hotel's namesake, Roger Williams, in time abandoned his puritanical roots to become a secular leader. This Murray Hill hotel, formerly known as the Roger Williams, shed its traditional, slightly worn veneer and was reborn in 2005 with a glitzy, colorful new look and style -- not to mention a hip name. This Roger wears its new look well. Starting from the welcoming lobby with its odd assortment of mod yet comfortable seating and where small jazz combos entertain 3 nights a week, to the many different varieties of rooms -- some small, some generous, some with huge landscaped terraces, others with views of the nearby Empire State building and all with impressive amenities such as colorful quilts, flat-panel televisions, complimentary high-speed and wireless Internet, and good-size marble bathrooms -- the Roger is now one of the top choices in what is a quiet yet convenient Midtown location. A floating granite staircase leads from the lobby to a mezzanine lounge, where you can have breakfast in the morning and drink cocktails by candlelight at night.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2008, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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