My spouse and I stayed at the SIXTY LES on a long weekend in
mid-January 2020. We booked our stay online, reserving a Junior Suite. Note
that the SIXTY LES charges a $29 per night Guest Experience Fee, which includes
two bottles of water per night, a $10 minibar credit per night, Wi-Fi, and
fitness center access. (The mandatory fee also includes pool access in the
summertime.)
As its name implies, the SIXTY LES is located on the Lower
East Side; its main entrance is on Allen Street, with a rear entrance (via the
hotel restaurant) on Orchard Street. Another SIXTY property is located in SoHo,
as well as a location in Beverly Hills. The lobby of the LES is dark and chic,
with a few minimalist furniture pieces arranged along the wall across from the
front desk. A wall of hanging beads behind the front desk hides a staircase that
leads to the lounge/bar/restaurant area. The second floor offers comfortable
lounge space, along with the hotel restaurant Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya and the
outdoor Kanpai Garden in warmer weather. The seventh floor offers a nighttime
club called Make Believe; on the Saturday afternoon that we arrived, with our
room located just one floor below the lounge, the noise and vibrations were a
bit loud. We were concerned that the raucous music would continue late into the
night/early morning, but when we returned from dinner at about 10:00 pm, it was
surprisingly quiet. In contrast, there was no music/noise on Sunday afternoon
or evening, so perhaps the Saturday afternoon party was an anomaly.
Our junior suite number 601 was spacious at 450 square feet.
The entry foyer led to the bathroom, with separate glass cubicles for the
toilet and the oversized slate shower, divided by a small sink/vanity area that
could be closed off by a sliding door. Note that the back of the shower wall
faces the main living area in the room and contains a panel of frosted glass
through which shapes can be viewed, so the shower area is not completely
private. Across from the bathroom space was a wall with three adjacent closets;
one held two cozy bathrobes (but no slippers), another held the minibar and
safe, and another was empty with plenty of room to hang clothes and store bags.
On that same wall, a built-in furniture unit included the desk (on which trays
held non-refrigerated mini-bar snacks and full-size liquor bottles for
purchase), and a long wooden bench suitable for holding luggage. (There was a
tremendous amount of storage space and surfaces in this room.) Online, room amenities
mention Nespresso machines in the rooms, but there was not one in ours. Our
junior suite had a small living area (with sofa and coffee table) separated
from the bedroom area (with a king-size platform bed [which was a bit low for
us 50-somethings!] and two nightstands) with a hanging metal bead/chain curtain.
Large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the outdoor pool and Orchard Street.
Room décor (including a unique lighted photograph headboard, glossy black wood
floors, and black reflective walls) created a stylish, contemporary feel. The
wall-mounted television could be angled slightly depending on whether you viewed
it from the sofa or the bed.
We enjoyed our stay at the SIXTY LES; we like the area, and
we liked our spacious junior suite.
