| Author | Message | ||
     Amateur Night Citizen Username: Deborahg Post Number: 1990 Registered: 5-2001  |
I'm looking for a hotel/spa type of place for a retreat for about 20 people -- in January. Should have really nice accommodations, a good restaurant or two, maybe a spa, and be far from it all yet within 1-1.5 hours from the city. Any ideas? | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 4197 Registered: 5-2001  |
Gurney's Inn, Montauk http://www.gurneys-inn.com/ -s. | ||
| SO Ref Citizen Username: So_refugee Post Number: 2224 Registered: 2-2005  |
Ocean Place Resort Long Branch, NJ A spa and restaurant on-site [as well as a cool bar with nice billiard tables]with add'l restaurants and shopping next door. I don't know if you'd call the rooms "really nice" however, we weren't in the rooms much... Others on the radar: Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank North Maple Inn in Basking Ridge The Spa at Doral Forrestal in Princeton | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 4198 Registered: 5-2001 |
North Maple Inn houses a pretty nice restaurant, too. -s. | ||
| Sherri De Rose Citizen Username: Honeydo Post Number: 443 Registered: 11-2005 |
Try Mohonk Mountain House. They just added a spa this season. Less than 2 hrs from here. | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 1641 Registered: 5-2001 |
Doral Arrowwood | ||
| MeAndTheBoys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 4579 Registered: 12-2004  |
SO Ref. I stayed at Ocean Place Resort last year, and wasn't at all impressed by the rooms. They were a tad on the shabby side. | ||
| Jersey Girl Citizen Username: Jersey_girl Post Number: 31 Registered: 7-2004 |
I just planned an event at Tarrytown House in Westchester - it was really beautiful, but I am not sure if they have a spa. Our previous year's events were at Mohonk, Doral Arrowwood, Ocean Place and Gurney's (all mentioned here!) We were really happy dealing with Tarrytown House. | ||
| Amateur Night Citizen Username: Deborahg Post Number: 1991 Registered: 5-2001 |
Hey JG, would you say Tarrytown is high end? This is for our management team. I've done Arrowwood, we definitely want a notch above that. | ||
| Jason Citizen Username: Jason Post Number: 183 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'd second the Mohonk recommendation - my wife and I went there for our first time earlier this year. A great retreat, and the spa is wonderful. | ||
| shestheone Citizen Username: Shestheone Post Number: 322 Registered: 5-2003 |
I go on an annual retreat to Mohonk...highly recommend it!!!! | ||
| Scott Citizen Username: Selnychef Post Number: 93 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm glad you like my restaurant Soda. The North Maple Inn is a good place to get away from the office and get work done. | ||
| Jersey Girl Citizen Username: Jersey_girl Post Number: 32 Registered: 7-2004 |
I'm not too sure how to define "high-end" but I would say that it is a step above Arrowwood (which I actually haven't been to in several years.) The grounds and estate are beautiful, and the rooms are very very nice. I thought the food was fabulous, but I did catch wind of some complaints by my co-workers - I guess you can't please everyone! They were also really great to work with - very accomodating and professional. | ||
| eliz Supporter Username: Eliz Post Number: 1742 Registered: 5-2001 |
Not sure when this is going to actually open (probably not in time) but Richard Branson is opening a luxury hotel/spa in Somerset county. http://www.natirar.com/ | ||
| msg Citizen Username: Msg Post Number: 247 Registered: 8-2001 |
My husband and I just got back today from a conference at Mohonk. It was wonderful. The spa was beautiful. There is a huge staff who are all wonderful and can't do enough for you. They have a great pavillion that they flood for ice skating in winter. It only took me 90 minutes from Maplewood. The food was great too. Book early. | ||
| jet Citizen Username: Jet Post Number: 1218 Registered: 7-2001 |
Chrystal Springs in Mcafee ? The old Playboy club. | ||
| shoshannah Citizen Username: Shoshannah Post Number: 1361 Registered: 7-2002 |
If you're willing to go 2.5 hours from the city, Cranwell is top-notch. www.cranwell.com |
