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M Manhattan · Lower East Side ★★★★ 4-star $$$ Est. 2014

The Ludlow Hotel

Factory-window rooms and a garden bar in the middle of the Ludlow Street strip.

180 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002

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The Ludlow Hotel, Lower East Side, New York City
The Ludlow Hotel, Lower East Side, Manhattan.

What The Ludlow Hotel actually is

The Ludlow sits on the busiest block of the Lower East Side and leans into it. Rooms have steel factory windows, reclaimed oak, and brass fittings, with the smallest categories genuinely compact — this is a downtown hotel that expects you to be out.

Dirty French, the Major Food Group brasserie on the ground floor, and the ivy-covered Lobby Bar with its outdoor garden are the social centre. Katz's Delicatessen is two minutes away, and the F train at Delancey is three.

What stands out

  • 01 Steel factory windows and reclaimed oak throughout
  • 02 Ivy-covered Lobby Bar with a garden terrace
  • 03 Dirty French by Major Food Group downstairs
  • 04 In the middle of the Ludlow Street bar strip

Rooms and suites

Standard King

Sleeps 2

Compact, with a factory window and a brass-fitted bath.

Deluxe King

Sleeps 2

Larger with a seating area and city views.

Terrace Suite

Sleeps 3

Private outdoor terrace on upper floors.

Room names and availability vary by season — the live inventory is on the booking page.

Facilities and amenities

  • Fitness centre
  • Lobby Bar and garden
  • Dirty French restaurant
  • Room service
  • Concierge
  • Pet friendly
  • Bicycle storage
  • Business services
  • Meeting space
  • Wheelchair accessible

Eating and drinking on site

Dirty FrenchFrench brasserie by Major Food Group
The Lobby BarCocktails and garden terrace

Where it sits

Tenement history on one block and a natural-wine bar on the next. The LES has the highest concentration of late-night rooms in Manhattan and hotel rates that undercut Midtown.

Nearest transit

  • Delancey St–Essex St (F, J, M, Z)
  • Bowery (J, Z)
  • 2 Av (F)

What's nearby

  • Tenement Museum
  • New Museum
  • Essex Market
  • Katz's Delicatessen
  • Dimes Square

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Questions people ask about The Ludlow Hotel

How small are the standard rooms?

Standard Kings are genuinely compact — closer to a European city room than an American one. Book Deluxe if you need space to work or unpack.

Is it noisy?

Ludlow Street is a nightlife block, so lower floors hear the street on weekends. High floors and the courtyard side are much quieter.

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