The winner of just about every award there is going for moderately priced boutique hotels, Brody House is one of the smartest choices for the wandering hipster who wants to be plugged into the city. The Brody bunch also run an arts/private members' club which is like the Groucho Club or Soho House of Central Europe, and while you stay there, you enjoy all the benefits of being a club member. The rooms are charming, decorated in an heirloom and antiques meets art and design aesthetic. If personal service and social cachet means more to you than a telephone and television in your suite, this place comes highly recommended.