Four-star Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Hotel New York
The old head office of the Holland America Line, at the end of the Wilhelminapier, where emigrants once slept the night before sailing to New York.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 72, including suites in the old boardrooms
- Opened
- 5 May 1993
- The building
- Holland America Line's head office from 1901 to 1977
- From the airport
- About 20 minutes from Rotterdam The Hague, our estimate
The hotel
Where the ships left for America.
The Holland America Line bought this red-brick Jugendstil building at the tip of the Wilhelminapier in 1901 and ran its business from it for more than seventy years. Nearly two million passengers sailed with the company, many of them emigrants who spent their last night in Europe here before boarding. A warehouse and a new façade, finished in 1917, gave the building the shape it has today, with its two towers on the roof.
It came through the bombing of May 1940 that destroyed the old centre across the river. The company moved its head office to the United States in 1977, and the city later bought the building. It opened as Hotel New York on 5 May 1993. The offices and boardrooms became guest rooms and the caretaker's house on the roof became a suite. The wrought-iron staircase is still at its centre, with ship models and old photographs on the walls.
- The towers Two rooms built into the rooftop towers, one facing the Maas, the other the Rijnhaven.
- Oysters An oyster bar in the café-restaurant, and oysters as small plates downstairs at NY Basement.
- By water taxi The water taxi stops next to the hotel, at the company's own headquarters, for crossings of the Maas.
Rooms & suites
Offices, towers and a room on the roof.
The rooms were once the company's offices, and each faces a different side: the Maas, the Rijnhaven, the pier or an inner patio.
- Rooms Maaszijde and Rijnhaven rooms Rooms with views of the river, the Euromast and the cruise ships, or of the Rijnhaven and its water taxis.
- In the towers Tower Rooms Two rooms inside the rooftop towers, one on the river side and one on the harbour side.
- Suites Boardroom Suites and the WOW Suite The directors' former offices at the front of the building; the WOW Suite, the largest, is panelled in wood and looks over the Maas.
Dining
From the café to the basement.
Venues as listed by the hotel; NY Basement is listed in the MICHELIN Guide Netherlands. Shown for information.
- Café-Restaurant Bistro, with an oyster bar Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- NY Basement MICHELIN Guide Modern, seasonal Restaurant and cocktail bar with an 11-metre bar
- Terrace Outdoor tables Bookable through the hotel
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am; late check-out for a charge, when available.
- Children Extra single beds and baby cots on request.
- Pets Not accepted.
- Parking No hotel car park. Guests use the Q-Park garages nearby.
Getting there
Flying to Rotterdam.
Rotterdam The Hague Airport, north of the city, is about 20 minutes by car, our estimate, and private jets use its business aviation terminal, which closes at night. Schiphol, for long-haul flights, is about 50 minutes to an hour away by our estimate.
- Paris 50 min
- London 50 min
- Zurich 1 h 05
- Milan 1 h 25
- New York 8 h 00 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Why is it called Hotel New York?
- The building was the head office of the Holland America Line, whose ships sailed from this pier to New York. It became a hotel in 1993.
- Does Hotel New York have a MICHELIN Key?
- No. The MICHELIN Guide lists the hotel and its NY Basement restaurant, without a Key.
- Which airport is closest to Hotel New York?
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport, about 20 minutes by car by our estimate. Long-haul flights land at Schiphol, roughly 50 minutes to an hour away.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Rotterdam?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Rotterdam, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Rotterdam
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Haven Hotel Rotterdam, Curio Collection by Hilton Opened in 2013 on the water, with 215 rooms and 28 spa rooms that each have their own sauna.
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Hotel Des Indes A nineteenth-century town house on Lange Voorhout, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
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Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus A beachfront palace facing the North Sea, with extensive wellness facilities.
- Suite Hotel Pincoffs Seventeen rooms in a former customs house of 1879, now a national monument on the Nieuwe Maas.
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Central Park Voorburg A small country-house hotel with one MICHELIN Key and a starred restaurant on the ground floor.
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De Plesman Hotel The Hague One MICHELIN Key, with twenty residences alongside its rooms for longer stays.
Staying at Hotel New York?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Rotterdam, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.