Hotel Providence

Though today's cookie-cutter "boutique" hotels like to lay it on thick with the neon and trance music, Hotel Providence emphasizes substance over flash, as it has since opened in 2005. Not that it isn't hip — but the hotel's style is a timeless aesthetic that calls to mind Ralph Lauren as much as Ian Schrager. The 80-room spot has the requisite luxuries — WiFi, pillow-top mattresses, marble bathrooms, high-end toiletries — and an elegant restaurant aptly named Aspire.