Blue Moon Hotel

My husband and I have lived on the Lower East Side since the 1990s and know the neighborhood very well. At various times either friends have come to visit and needed or hotel room, or we've needed a hotel room in the neighborhood ourselves, usually when having work done on our apartment. At the end of November 2025, we were unable to use our apartment for a week and wanted to stay in the neighborhood. Although we've walked by it many times, we decided to try the Historic Blue Moon Hotel at 100 Orchard Street. The reasonable room rates drew our attention, but when we looked more closely, we loved everything about it. It's an original Lower East Side tenement building that the owners seemingly spared no expense to renovate and very tastefully reposition as a hotel. The property preserves a high degree of period detail and offers unique aesthetic appeal that provides an authentic Lower East Side experience that other hotels in the neighborhood cannot match. Maybe best of all, it is a family business with owners, management and staff who genuinely care about their guests' experience. If you are looking to experience the Lower East Side in a way that really captures the historic uniqueness of the neighborhood, and is conveniently located near public transportation and within walking distance of other Lower Manhattan neighborhoods (SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, the East Village, etc.) this is absolutely the place to stay.

You’re really treated like family here! David and Kane were very helpful. From dinner suggestions to making sure we had everything we needed, they did not let us down. Pro tip: try the chocolate cupcakes at the cafe!

We wandered into the hotel for coffee before a tour at the Tenement Museum. It is beautiful-we met the owner, Randy, who welcomed us and showed us around. We will definitely be staying here for our next girls’ weekend! The rooms are huge compared to what we got in midtown, some with balconies and stunning views! We walked to Chinatown and Little Italy easily. Such a good find!!

I came on a girls trip and from the moment I waked through the front door it felt like home. All the beautiful after work. Being welcomed with a short story of the history of the hotel everything honestly was perfect. My friend and I stayed on the 8th floor and I’d like to say the view is amazing and the room was quite beautiful.(I definitely took photos)