Address
111 East 48th St
New York
NY 10017
Tel: +1 212 755 5900
Fax: +1 212 644 0079
Reservations
Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly or toll-free at: 877 508 9890.
Owner
The hotel is owned by InterContinentalTM Hotels Group, the hotel division of InterContinental™ Hotels Group PLC of the UK. InterContinental™ Hotels Group has more than 3000 hotels in close to 100 countries, including two InterContinental hotels in New York City.
General Manager
Leland M. Lewis
Interior Designer
Rooms and restaurant rejuvenation - Forrest Perkins.
Location
Located off fashionable Park Avenue in the heart of midtown Manhattan's East Side, near New York's most exclusive Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue shopping, fine dining, Broadway theaters, the Chrysler Building, world-famous museums and the Rockefeller Center.
Historical Notes
The hotel has 686 luxurious guest rooms, including 86 suites and 35 Business rooms, many offering city views. The hotel will complete an extensive rejuvenation of all rooms, restaurants, meeting rooms and suites in fall 2001, in conjunction with its 75th anniversary. It will also be reclaiming its original Barclay name.
The hotel will bring a heightened level of personalized service and style with its elegant, residential design and state-of-the-art in-room facilities. The guest rooms have been designed to be interchangeable as a comfortable, stylish home setting to that of a home office setting with accessible components. Custom-made desks were built to fit each room's individual design to make it spacious, fully flexible and adaptable for professional and any practical use. Each room is furnished with dual-line telephones, voicemail and modem hook-up capability and the newest addition of centralized heating and air conditioning throughout. Spacious and well-appointed marble bathrooms feature telephones, make-up mirrors, scales, terry-cloth robes and hand-held hairdryers.
Business Rooms
Thirty-five Business rooms offer much needed amenities for the business traveler. These include a spacious desk with storage for stationery and supplies, easy-to-reach, surge-protected outlets and dataport, as well as a printer cable, state-of-the-art printer / fax / copier and items that are so important, yet so easy to forget: copy paper, note pads, stapler, scissors, paper clips and pens.
Other Features / Amenities / Services
Barclay Bar & Grill
A midtown restaurant and bar located within InterContinental The Barclay. Recently rejuvenated, the Barclay Grill offers to New Yorkers and visitors a range of American-European fusion cuisine with a decadent grill finish. The Barclay Bar & Grill's comfortable, lounge-like setting terraces onto the most beautiful Lobby in New York City! Allows for one to see and be seen while enjoying fare from breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. We are known for our signature cocktails crafted by our bartenders, well-paced pre-theater meals, and the best value Sunday Brunch in the city.
The Barclay Bar & Grill also boasts a very well-appointed private dining room that serves as the perfect setting for breakfast, lunch and dinner gatherings, socially or business driven. Personalized menus designed to your specifications and professional waiting staff are all part of the package.
Open:
Monday through Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner - 7:00 am to 11:30 pm
Bar - 11:30 am to 1:00 am (last call 12:30 am)
Reservation number: +1 212 906 1400
Private room bookings: +1 212 906 3144
Meeting Facilities
The hotel has 18 beautifully designed rooms totaling over 13,800 square feet, catering capabilities from 320 for a reception, 300 theater style, 250 banquet style to an intimate dinner or meeting for ten people. The rooms provide elegant facilities for everything from a gala ball to a full-scale business meeting. High ceilings, architectural details, soundproofing, and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems lend an upscale and professional ambience to any function. Rejuvenation of the meeting rooms and conference facilities is also scheduled for summer this year. Each of the meeting and conference facilities will be individualized and will reflect an updated, elegant and sophisticated look with all-new carpeting, wall covering, custom-designed Axminster carpets in a setting with appealing color and light.
Business Services
The hotel offers a comprehensive list of services for the business traveler, including mobile phone and laptop rental, secretarial services, translation, high-speed Internet access and much more.
Health Club & Spa
Complimentary service to guests, the club offers extensive Cybex� workout stations, Lifecycles�, Stairmasters�, treadmills and free weights, saunas, steam rooms and shiatsu and Swedish massage. The club also has a limited number of memberships available to local residents and businesses wanting a convenient, full-service midtown club.
Nearby Attractions
111 East 48th St
New York
NY 10017
Tel: +1 212 755 5900
Fax: +1 212 644 0079
Reservations
Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly or toll-free at: 877 508 9890.
Owner
The hotel is owned by InterContinentalTM Hotels Group, the hotel division of InterContinental™ Hotels Group PLC of the UK. InterContinental™ Hotels Group has more than 3000 hotels in close to 100 countries, including two InterContinental hotels in New York City.
General Manager
Leland M. Lewis
Interior Designer
Rooms and restaurant rejuvenation - Forrest Perkins.
Location
Located off fashionable Park Avenue in the heart of midtown Manhattan's East Side, near New York's most exclusive Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue shopping, fine dining, Broadway theaters, the Chrysler Building, world-famous museums and the Rockefeller Center.
Historical Notes
- 1926 - Originally known as The Barclay, the hotel opened in November under the aegis of the Vanderbilt family. Popular in social circles, it was the most luxurious hotel built by the New York Central Railroad and one of the most glamorous and elegant hotels in Manhattan
- 1938 - The Cornell Club moves into the entire 3rd floor. It would stay for 12 years. Other Ivy League schools have called The Barclay home over the years
- 1945 - The famous Lobby birdcage made its debut, the first of its kind
- 1978 - InterContinental Hotels purchased The Barclay, restoring it at a cost of $32 million, becoming the Hotel InterContinental New York in 1982
- 1995 - $20 million restoration of the hotel's public areas, including a restoration of the Lobby, featuring Tennessee marble floors, Tiffany-style skylights and original cornices and ceilings
- 2001 - As part of its 75th anniversary celebration and multimillion dollar rejuvenation, the hotel is reclaiming its roots by renaming the hotel InterContinental The Barclay New York
The hotel has 686 luxurious guest rooms, including 86 suites and 35 Business rooms, many offering city views. The hotel will complete an extensive rejuvenation of all rooms, restaurants, meeting rooms and suites in fall 2001, in conjunction with its 75th anniversary. It will also be reclaiming its original Barclay name.
The hotel will bring a heightened level of personalized service and style with its elegant, residential design and state-of-the-art in-room facilities. The guest rooms have been designed to be interchangeable as a comfortable, stylish home setting to that of a home office setting with accessible components. Custom-made desks were built to fit each room's individual design to make it spacious, fully flexible and adaptable for professional and any practical use. Each room is furnished with dual-line telephones, voicemail and modem hook-up capability and the newest addition of centralized heating and air conditioning throughout. Spacious and well-appointed marble bathrooms feature telephones, make-up mirrors, scales, terry-cloth robes and hand-held hairdryers.
Business Rooms
Thirty-five Business rooms offer much needed amenities for the business traveler. These include a spacious desk with storage for stationery and supplies, easy-to-reach, surge-protected outlets and dataport, as well as a printer cable, state-of-the-art printer / fax / copier and items that are so important, yet so easy to forget: copy paper, note pads, stapler, scissors, paper clips and pens.
Other Features / Amenities / Services
- Complimentary Health Club & Spa
- Business Center
- Multilingual Concierge staff
- Caswell Massey and Floralia Florist stores adjacent to hotel Lobby
- Lodgenet Entertainment Center, featuring the latest movies, Internet capability and video games
- In-room safe-deposit boxes
- Complimentary daily newspaper
- Full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act in specially designed guest rooms, bathrooms and public areas
- Braille elevator and guest room signage
- Sophisticated fire safety system including smoke detectors / alerts for hearing and visually impaired guests
- TDD telephone display and television tele-caption decoder for hearing-impaired guests
- In-room pay-per-view television programming
- Valet parking
Barclay Bar & Grill
A midtown restaurant and bar located within InterContinental The Barclay. Recently rejuvenated, the Barclay Grill offers to New Yorkers and visitors a range of American-European fusion cuisine with a decadent grill finish. The Barclay Bar & Grill's comfortable, lounge-like setting terraces onto the most beautiful Lobby in New York City! Allows for one to see and be seen while enjoying fare from breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. We are known for our signature cocktails crafted by our bartenders, well-paced pre-theater meals, and the best value Sunday Brunch in the city.
The Barclay Bar & Grill also boasts a very well-appointed private dining room that serves as the perfect setting for breakfast, lunch and dinner gatherings, socially or business driven. Personalized menus designed to your specifications and professional waiting staff are all part of the package.
Open:
Monday through Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner - 7:00 am to 11:30 pm
Bar - 11:30 am to 1:00 am (last call 12:30 am)
Reservation number: +1 212 906 1400
Private room bookings: +1 212 906 3144
Meeting Facilities
The hotel has 18 beautifully designed rooms totaling over 13,800 square feet, catering capabilities from 320 for a reception, 300 theater style, 250 banquet style to an intimate dinner or meeting for ten people. The rooms provide elegant facilities for everything from a gala ball to a full-scale business meeting. High ceilings, architectural details, soundproofing, and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems lend an upscale and professional ambience to any function. Rejuvenation of the meeting rooms and conference facilities is also scheduled for summer this year. Each of the meeting and conference facilities will be individualized and will reflect an updated, elegant and sophisticated look with all-new carpeting, wall covering, custom-designed Axminster carpets in a setting with appealing color and light.
Business Services
The hotel offers a comprehensive list of services for the business traveler, including mobile phone and laptop rental, secretarial services, translation, high-speed Internet access and much more.
Health Club & Spa
Complimentary service to guests, the club offers extensive Cybex� workout stations, Lifecycles�, Stairmasters�, treadmills and free weights, saunas, steam rooms and shiatsu and Swedish massage. The club also has a limited number of memberships available to local residents and businesses wanting a convenient, full-service midtown club.
Nearby Attractions
- World-class shopping: Bergdorf-Goodman, Tiffany, Gucci, Prada, Versace, Christian Dior, Chanel, Saks Fifth Avenue, Burberry, Bloomingdale's
- Museums: Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Landmarks: Rockefeller Center, St Patrick's Cathedral, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall
