I’m having dinner in the Grand Salon of Baccarat Hotel New York in Midtown Manhattan and I have a window seat, but there’s no chance of beholding the soaring skyscrapers outside, because the view is obscured by the floor-to-ceiling window’s corrugated crystal-effect glass.
But no matter, as the view on the inside is absolutely stunning. In every direction.
The 114-room Baccarat Hotel has a noble design aesthetic reminiscent of 18th-century France and is officially part of the legendary French Baccarat