The Civilian hotel brings creativity, innovation, and the history of Broadway to the forefront, offering you a boutique stay with New York soul. Just steps from Times Square, you’re in charge of your stay at this hotel, with different benefits to add on in resort so your trip is as basic or as inclusive as you wish – it’s completely up to you! Civilian represents it’s local community with the rooms designed to evoke the ambience of theatre dressing rooms, and light fixtures with drawings of all 41 Broadway theatres, every last detail has been considered. Sip your way through a full bar in the 2nd floor lounge before you head out into the town, another space that plays homage to all things theatre!
Amenities
Bar
Internet Access
Restaurant
Safety Deposit Box
Where is it
Located on W 48th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, one mile from Penn Station and Hudson Yards.
Hotel information
203 guestrooms across 27 floors, all featuring an eclectic art collection and vintage design details, along with air conditioning, safe, hairdryer, handheld steamer, organic bath products, TV. and complimentary WiFi access.Cozy Rooms are smaller in size with one queen-size bed sleeping maximum 2 people.
Please note: Two twin beds or two queen-size beds can be requested at an extra cost
Spacious rooms are larger in size with views of Hudson Yards or the Theatre District, with either 1 king-size bed, 1 queen-size bed, or 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults.
2nd Floor Lounge (open for breakfast daily, and features a full cocktail bar open Thursday – Saturday evenings). Rosevale Kitchen and Cocktail Room (elevated American dining). Starchild (rooftop lounge serving drinks and light bites).
TMPL Health Club* with gym, salt water pool, steam room and sauna located just one block north of the hotel.
Complimentary WiFi access. Concierge.
This hotel has no resort fee.
*Denotes local charge.
Please note: Guest must be 21 years of age to check-in.
Please note: Basic daily housekeeping included in rates.
Based on 673 reviews
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Birthday weekend
Dec 24, 2024Alaina W
I really enjoyed my birthday weekend at The Civilian hotel. They made accommodations to the room to make my birthday special and gave us a free bottle of Champagne. The restaurant on the 1st floor is amazing as well!!
The location is amazing! About two blocks from Times Square and our floor has amazing views of the city.
The rooms are rather small…
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I really enjoyed my birthday weekend at The Civilian hotel. They made accommodations to the room to make my birthday special and gave us a free bottle of Champagne. The restaurant on the 1st floor is amazing as well!!
The location is amazing! About two blocks from Times Square and our floor has amazing views of the city.
The rooms are rather small but it works because we were only in the room to sleep and shower. My only complaint is the lack of a refrigerator or cooler in our room but I love the beautiful of the hotel. I would definitely stay here again next time I’m in NYC and recommend it to others!
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Great place for a first-time visit, especially for Broadway fans
Dec 16, 2024G4250XBjackb
My fiancée and I were in New York for a night, and the civilian hotel was the perfect place for a first-time New York visitor! It’s close to lots of desirable destinations, has a great theme / decor scheme going on, and, if going out into the city gets to be too much, the in-house options for food and entertainment are great! Be aware : the rooms…
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My fiancée and I were in New York for a night, and the civilian hotel was the perfect place for a first-time New York visitor! It’s close to lots of desirable destinations, has a great theme / decor scheme going on, and, if going out into the city gets to be too much, the in-house options for food and entertainment are great! Be aware : the rooms are very small compared to a hotel anywhere outside New York, but there are lots of nooks and crannies to store things within each room.
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Good but a couple flaws
Dec 16, 2024alancjonesSouth Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Stayed at the Civilian for four nights and it served us well as a base for exploring NYC.
The service from staff was excellent both before arriving and whilst at the hotel.
I would recommend the hotel as a place to stay but would strongly suggest that you don’t book a Cosy Room unless you’re a solo traveller. Cosy Rooms are SMALL for two…
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Stayed at the Civilian for four nights and it served us well as a base for exploring NYC.
The service from staff was excellent both before arriving and whilst at the hotel.
I would recommend the hotel as a place to stay but would strongly suggest that you don’t book a Cosy Room unless you’re a solo traveller. Cosy Rooms are SMALL for two people with very little room for luggage. The bed was very comfortable but the lack of space and hanging areas let the room down.
Our room was on the 24th floor and the noise from the rooftop bar in the early hours was really loud - try and get a room on a lower level!
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Loved our experience! Will be back!
Dec 11, 2024Courtney KAlabama
Spent Thanksgiving week at The Civilian and our stay was excellent! We booked a “Cozy” room and it was definitely that - we stayed for 7 nights, and with 2 adults with a checked bag and personal item each, the only thing we wished was different about our stay was that we’d had the foresight to book a “Spacious” room instead. Cozy would’ve been…
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Spent Thanksgiving week at The Civilian and our stay was excellent! We booked a “Cozy” room and it was definitely that - we stayed for 7 nights, and with 2 adults with a checked bag and personal item each, the only thing we wished was different about our stay was that we’d had the foresight to book a “Spacious” room instead. Cozy would’ve been perfect for a long weekend.
The staff was exceptional - everyone we met was kind and helpful.
Both the restaurant (Rosevale Kitchen) and cocktail bar (Rosevale Cocktail Room) were excellent. We quickly dined at RK before a show and left wishing we had one less dinner reservation so we could come back to Rosevale Kitchen and make a longer evening of it.
Make a reservation for Rosevale Cocktail Room Wednesday-Saturday evening if you enjoy live jazz - you will not be disappointed by the ambience, drinks, or musicians.
Another cool aspect of RCR is the Broadway Blue Room - if you’re a Broadway/musicals fan, this room is outfitted with sofa-style seating and tons of memorabilia from different Broadway shows (Elphaba’s hat from Wicked, concept sketches of Milky White from the recent Into the Woods revival, the red boots from Kinky Boots, etc.) Definitely worth checking to see if they have seating available in the Blue Room.
Walking distance (for us, that’s a mile or less) to all the Broadway shows we had tickets to and even some of the off-Broadway ones. Surrounded by great dining. We will definitely be coming back to The Civilian the next time we’re in NYC!
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Amazing hotel with super friendly and polite staff. Couldn’t fault a thing!
Dec 10, 2024Danny J
The hotel is great, very central location being just a short walk from time square. We stayed on the 24th floor and the views over the city were breathtaking and watching the sunrise in the morning was a lovely additional to the holiday. All the stay were super polite and the free tea & coffee in the mornings was also a great addition. The room…
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The hotel is great, very central location being just a short walk from time square. We stayed on the 24th floor and the views over the city were breathtaking and watching the sunrise in the morning was a lovely additional to the holiday. All the stay were super polite and the free tea & coffee in the mornings was also a great addition. The room and whole hotel in general are super clean, couldn’t fault a thing. If we’re ever back in New York we will definitely be coming back to the Civilian.
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