The Jane Hotel

It’s a long-standing critique of urban boutique hotels that underneath it all they’re simply nightspots with rooms attached. For a hotel like the Jane, however, it’s less a criticism than a simple statement of fact. Sean McPherson and Eric Goode might be annoyed if you called their Bowery or Maritime hotel rooms an afterthought — but at the Jane they’d have to admit that the nightlife is probably the star of the show.

That’s less true now than it was before. In its first phase the Jane was little more than the Jane Ballroom plus a selection of bunk rooms, small even by New York standards, which felt more like the economy cabins of an ocean liner than anything else. Rather than run from it, though, they’ve embraced the resemblance to an old-time seafaring vessel: today the Jane also features 40 “Captain’s Cabins,” full-sized bedrooms with stylish all-white en-suite bathrooms, very much cut from the same bohemian cloth as the Bowery Hotel’s excellent bedrooms.

Either way, the Ballroom is still a major draw — the space and the crowd are unique among New York’s nightspots — and the neighborhood is tough to beat, with the Hudson River, the Meatpacking District and the West Village surrounding the Jane on three sides. Maybe it’s not for everybody — but that’s true of most anything good.

Please note:
The Jane contains both traditional hotel rooms and smaller, minimally furnished rooms with shared bathrooms; we recommend only booking the fully private Captain’s Cabin rooms, with their en-suite bathrooms. However, these rooms are closed for renovation through February 2025. Work will take place from Monday through Friday from 8AM to 4PM EST. During these working hours there will be intermittent noise in areas of the building. While renovations are taking place the Jane Ballroom, Rooftop and Restaurant are also not available.