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Casablanca Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Library Hotel Collection · Accessible Luxury
Long before its Moroccan makeover, this building opened in 1910 as the Hotel Metropole, a Tammany Hall-linked gambling house where bookmaker Herman Rosenthal was murdered in 1912, a killing that sent NYPD Lieutenant Charles Becker to the electric chair in 1915. Hotelier Henry Kallan reopened it as the Casablanca Hotel in 1996, its 48 rooms styled after the Bogart film with Moorish tile work and a lobby lounge named Rick's Cafe.
- 48 rooms
- Opened 1996
- Neighborhood: Theater District
- Rooms from 225 sq ft (21 m²)
About Casablanca Hotel
- This building was New York City's first hotel with running water in every room when it opened in 1910 as the Hotel Metropole.
- The Hotel Metropole sat in a Tenderloin nightlife strip nicknamed "Satan's Circus" and later operated for years as the Hotel Rosoff before its 1996 conversion into the Casablanca.
- A second lounge, the Blue Parrot Courtyard, borrows its name from the rival cafe in the 1942 film, mirroring Rick's Cafe inside.
- TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards ranked the Casablanca #16 among the top 25 hotels in the United States in 2019.
- Entry-level rooms start at 225 sq ft (21 m²).
The setting
Casablanca Hotel is a Midtown hotel on the west side of Midtown in New York City. Times Square is about 2 minutes on foot, Bryant Park is roughly 5 minutes' walk, and Top of The Rock is roughly 7 minutes' walk. This is hotel country. Stay toward Central Park South if you want a morning in the park; stay west of Sixth if the show is the point. MoMA, Radio City, and Bryant Park are the afternoon-to-curtain map.
Restaurants and bars
- Rick's Cafe — Café
- The Bar at Tony's Di Napoli — Bar
Amenities
- Continental breakfast in Rick's Cafe
- 24-hour refreshments in Rick's Cafe
- High-Speed Wireless Internet
- In-room bottled water
- Digital access to the New York Times
- Faxes and package service
- Luggage storage
- Bottled water
- Continental breakfast served daily in Rick's Cafe
- All day refreshments in Rick's Cafe
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