Quick answer: The Dominick is SoHo's only AAA Five Diamond hotel: 391 rooms across 46 floors with floor to ceiling river and skyline views, an 11,000 square foot Sisley Spa, and a seasonal rooftop pool. Book high floors for the views, and know the property relaunches as Delano SoHo in late 2026.
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A 46 story glass tower at the corner of Spring and Varick, on the line where SoHo's cast iron blocks meet Hudson Square's converted printing houses. It opened in 2010, took its current name in December 2017, and holds the neighborhood's only AAA Five Diamond rating. In October 2025 the investment firm Cain bought the hotel for 175 million dollars with a plan to relaunch it as Delano SoHo New York in late 2026 under Ennismore management, which makes 2026 a transition year and shapes the advice below.
The 391 rooms and suites run 422 to 905 square feet, generous for downtown, with floor to ceiling windows throughout and deep soaking tubs that mostly keep the view. The move is simple: book as high as your budget allows. Above roughly the 30th floor the Hudson, the harbor, and the Midtown skyline all show up, and corner suites stack two glass walls. Lower floors keep the same hardware and lose the reason you came. Ten penthouses crown the top floors at 1,194 to 2,331 square feet.
The Sisley Spa is the only one in New York City and covers 11,000 square feet of treatment rooms, private hammams, and lounges; it is a genuine differentiator and priced like one. The seasonal seventh floor pool deck is the opposite case: compact, social, and short on loungers by mid morning on summer weekends. Treat it as a scene with water, not a swimming amenity.
Cain's stated plan is a redevelopment and relaunch in late 2026, with Ennismore running the Delano flag. For a 2026 stay this cuts both ways. Transition periods often bring softer rates and lighter occupancy; they can also bring renovation activity and staff churn. If you are booking dates in the second half of 2026, call the hotel first and confirm which facilities, including the spa and the pool, will be operating. We will re-review the property when it reopens as Delano SoHo.
Recent Tripadvisor and Yelp reviews agree on the strengths: the views, the beds, the cleanliness, and how quiet the rooms stay for a tower this size. The repeated complaints are service inconsistency relative to the Five Diamond billing, the fight for a pool lounger, and restaurant and spa prices several guests call hard to justify. Value is the recurring theme: the room earns the rating, the extras are priced past it.
Tighter front desk consistency, honest pool capacity management in summer, and clearer guest communication about what the Delano conversion changes and when. The bones need nothing.
We score The Dominick 8.7 overall: Rooms 9.0, Service 8.4, Location 8.8. It is the right call for view driven travelers who want downtown geography with uptown square footage, and 2026 may be the last chance to get it at transition pricing. If you want flawless classic service downtown at a similar rate, The Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca is the safer bet; see the full New York ranking for the rest of the field.
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Yes. The hotel operates as The Dominick through most of 2026. Owner Cain, which bought the property in October 2025, plans to relaunch it as Delano SoHo New York in late 2026 under Ennismore management.
Transition periods often bring softer rates and quieter floors, but they can also bring renovation activity and service churn. For second half 2026 dates, confirm directly with the hotel which facilities, including the spa and pool, will be operating.
The higher the better. Above roughly the 30th floor you see the Hudson, the harbor, and the Midtown skyline through floor to ceiling windows, and corner suites get two glass walls. Lower floors keep the same hardware and lose the panorama.
A seasonal outdoor pool on the seventh floor roof deck. It is compact and social, more a scene with water than a swimming amenity, and guests report loungers run out by mid morning on summer weekends.
It houses the only Sisley Spa in New York City: 11,000 square feet of treatment rooms, private hammams, and lounges. Treatments are excellent and priced accordingly.
It holds the AAA Five Diamond rating and is the only hotel in SoHo that does. Guest reviews praise the rooms, views, and quiet; the most common criticism is that service consistency and extras pricing do not always match the rating.
246 Spring Street at Varick Street, on the line between SoHo and Hudson Square. The C and E trains at Spring Street are two blocks east, and central SoHo shopping is under ten minutes on foot.
A ranked shortlist, a special offer worth booking, and the overpriced stay to skip. Straight from the editors.