Soho Grand Hotel hosts executive meetings, private dinners, product launches, company happy hours, summer outings, wedding receptions and minimonies in nine private spaces, indoors and outdoors. The hotel stands at 310 West Broadway in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Seminars and company events
The hotel handles both business and social events. For a board meeting or an executive session, the Castelli Room is the space the hotel puts forward: it works for meetings, private dining and cocktail receptions. The Gallery is a new white-box room with an open plan of 1,345 sq ft, suited to presentations, launches and exhibitions that need a neutral setting. For a team evening, Soho Diner and its garden take company outings, happy hours and late after-parties, and Gilligan's, an outdoor space of about 4,000 sq ft, works for both large groups and small gatherings in the warmer months.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding receptions and minimonies are part of the hotel's private events offer. Couples can use the Club Room or the Grand Bar and Salon for a reception, or one of the two penthouse lofts for a small ceremony with views over Downtown Manhattan. Guests can stay in the hotel's rooms and suites.
Rooms and capacities
The nine bookable spaces are the Club Room, the Grand Bar and Salon, the Castelli Room, The Gallery, Loft North, Loft South, Soho Diner and Garden, Gilligan's and the Soho Grand Dog Park. The Gallery measures 1,345 sq ft. Loft North has 1,600 sq ft inside and a 1,200 sq ft outdoor area. Loft South has 1,500 sq ft inside and a 1,200 sq ft terrace. Both lofts have a living room and a full cocktail bar. Gilligan's covers about 4,000 sq ft in the open air. Seated and standing numbers depend on the layout, so organizers should confirm the headcount for each room with the hotel's events team.
Accommodation
The building rises 17 stories, and most rooms look out over Downtown Manhattan. The renovated rooms mix mid-century and late 1970s design with blackout shades, bedside charging and smart TVs. Suites include the Grand Terrace Suite and the Terrace Suite, both with private terraces, plus the Grand Suite, the Grand Two Bedroom Suite and Deluxe One and Two Bedroom Suites. The Deluxe Two Bedroom Suite sleeps four. The two penthouse lofts each have two bedrooms.
Catering
Food and drink come from the hotel's own outlets: Soho Diner, the Grand Bar and Salon, the Club Room, The Gallery and Gilligan's. The Club Room has live jazz, and DJs play vinyl at the Grand Bar from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.
History and setting
Soho Grand opened in 1996. Leonard and Emanuel Stern of Hartz Mountain Industries built it when SoHo was turning into a district of galleries, shops and restaurants. The designer Bill Sofield has worked on the hotel from the start. His design links the Gilded Age SoHo of the 1870s with the factories and artist lofts of the 1970s, with a bottle-glass staircase, heavy masonry columns and a permanent collection of photographs and sculpture.
Getting there
The hotel is a short walk from the Canal Street subway stations, served by the A, C, E and 1 lines. LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports all serve the city.
