The Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel

The Maritime Hotel has plenty of garbage

2010-07-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

So here are some happenings at The Maritime Hotel yesterday. Estelle taped a private event that lasted several hours at Hiro, which is below The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel.

As usual, around 2ish in the morning, the garbage disposal team started clearing all the empty glass bottles, waking me, if not the entire neighbourhood with the clanking.

Time to take out the trash

2010-06-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

For some unexplained reason, as I was trying to get to sleep around 1ish this morning, I started hearing clanking sounds coming from across the street from the Maritime Hotel. I got up and took a look, and there were workers removing bags and bags of empty glass bottles. We are talking several bags of them piled up in those mega trash bins. The workers removing them were causing a din. Why can't they do it during the day time versus at 1ish in the morning?

Given the din, i am not surprised if they were left overs from the night before from the Pride festivities.

Anyway the garbage disposal came, and the noise got louder.

Thanks Maritime Hotel. Grrrrrrr...

The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is on MySpace!

2010-06-28T08:33:00.000-07:00

So while doing some good ole' fashion googling this morning, I found out that The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel actually has presence on MySpace! I am not sure how relevant MySpace is still in today's social media economy, but I guess they created that page back when MySpace was hot.

The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel certainly did not spend too much effort in customizing the page, given that it just has a couple of Flash videos (how old school web).

Still it is mildly entertaining to showcase some of the celebrities and parties that took place at The Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel, but I do like their little blurb:

In a city whose bars are mostly dark and underground, a bright, open rooftop represents the ultimate escape ideally, to a warmer, less-crowded, more laid-back place. Cabana at the Maritime fulfills the fantasy best. In the summer, it feels like a trendy L.A. nightclub: heat lamps, leafy plants, strappy sandals, and halter tops. After a few cocktails, the tan and trim lounging on deep blue cushions and melding into the tropical wallpaper could actually be actors, and quite often, they are. In the winter time thet North Cabana turns into a little ski resort with the working fireplace it changes completely the scene, Last summer, Sean Penn, Sam Rockwell, and the sisters Hilton were regulars.

Speaking of parties, the lesbian brigade kept The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel rocking till around 12:30am this morning in the spirit of their Pride celebration.

Pride Sunday at The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel

2010-06-27T16:38:00.001-07:00

The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is hosting the Gay Pride Lesbian event. Plenty of ladies outside in the sweltering heat.

The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel Are Rockin' It Last Night

2010-06-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

So at around 2:45am this morning, I finally called 311 to complain about the volume of the music coming from The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel. Apparently how the city works is that a case number will be issued, and a package will be mailed to me, which I will need to fill out. Then at some point, the city will have someone come to my premise to take a noise measurement of the source.

My take on the last part is that by the time the city guy comes to my apartment, everything will be dead quiet.

Anyway, here is the clip shot around 1:20am this morning. The Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel are truly rocking the place and making it lively. I wonder how do the neighbours feel?

By the way, most videos, if not all are shot on my iPhone 3GS. I wonder if the 4G will provide better mic quality. It is hard to tell from the videos on the music volume, but when I can hear it all the way from across the street in my apartment, it is loud. Keep rocking!

The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel Celebrates with Live DJ

2010-06-18T21:13:00.001-07:00

Friday night. DJ is in the house! Music is going to get loud people. Only at The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel.

Lovely neighbours they are. Going to call 311 if the noise does not subside by 1am.

Been Busy of late

2010-06-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

So the past weekend noise coming from The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel seemed less loud than usual and probably due to everyone being out of town. I was able to go to bed on Saturday at a reasonable 2:30ish and fell asleep with no problem. Usually I toss and turn from every honk from the cars on the street below or obnoxiously loud and drunk people till past 4ish when the Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel closes. However came 7ish in the morning, without fail, the clanking of empty liquor bottles woke me up as the waste removal company truck came to dispose the carnage left from hours of partying earlier.

If on a normal Friday/Saturday night I am punished to stay up till past 4am, why can't the management at The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel have their waste disposal removed at a later hour like noon or something? Between me falling asleep around 4am and to be woken up about 3 hours later at 7 is totally inconsiderate.

About The Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel

2010-06-02T08:10:00.000-07:00

Like I've mentioned in my earlier posts, I have been to the Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel on a few occasions. So I am familiar with the space. This probably sounds really jaded of me, like a typical New Yorker, but the space is nothing special, other than it is somewhat "open."

This link to their website will give you a better idea of the space. It is on the 3rd floor of the building's foyer. According to the Maritime Hotel's website,

The NORTH CABANA located on the rooftop of La Bottega Trattoria is the perfect venue for indoor/outdoor events all year round. A sun roof encloses the fully heated outside space during the winter months and has a working fireplace.

The SOUTH CABANA which is located on the rooftop of La Bottega Caffe is a mirror image of the North Cabana, without the enclosure.

The NORTH and SOUTH CABANAS can be combined for larger events in the warmer months.

So there.

Oldie but noisy

2010-06-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a clip that I took last year to demonstrate what an inconsiderate and noisy neighbour The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is.

I am not asking for a lot but when a business establishment like The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel across the street keeps a party till 3am every weekend, and then wakes me up at around 7:30am, giving me less than 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep, I get very cranky. As you can see, the morning garbage disposal truck has a lot of empty glass bottles clanking, obviously from the liquor sales hours earlier.

I am going to try and discuss with the management later today on my options regarding the noise.

Reviews of The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel

2010-05-31T09:23:00.000-07:00

I have not stepped into the Cabanas ever since I moved near by the spot. I've been there on several occasions for private parties and usually on weekdays after work hours. The interior was cool and innovative somewhat for its time back then. Anyway, I thought this morning, I should scout online and see what people thought of the place.

From New York Magazine's website, there are 4 negative reviews, mostly staff focused, i.e. rude bouncers to terrible staff and even colour discrimination. Check out the reviews from NYMag.com here. Overall, The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel was rated 1 out of 5 stars.

A slightly kinder CitySearch.com offered them 2 stars overall. Out of the 11 reviews on The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel, there were only 2 who gave 4 stars, 1 person gave them 2 stars, and the remaining 8 were 1 star. The top 2 reviewers who gave them 4 stars, one ranked it highly for the nice music and "great place to hang when the weather is nice." The other 4 star review came from CitySearch staff circa 2004 when The Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel first opened. The most entertaining review and unfortunate was given by a Claudette who shared how The management at The Cabanas ruined her birthday party. Unfortunately, there is no way one can verify the negative reviews.

By far, reviews of The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel gained the most positive comments on Yelp.com.

I think The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is a good place, and a bad neighbour.

Where The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is located

2010-05-30T10:02:00.000-07:00

For those who are not sure, The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is located in Chelsea, a block away from The Meatpacking District. For more information, you can check out the hotel's website or the official website of The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel.

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The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel

2010-05-29T22:04:00.000-07:00

I am starting this blog to show how noisy and what an inconsiderate business establishment The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel is. For the past year I have to put up with the weekly noisy weekends since I moved into my current apartment. I have called the hotel's night desk pretty much every weekend to complain about the noise level, not just music from the club, but noise from drunken patrons that leave the club at 3 or 4 in the morning, and come 7am, the garbage disposal truck with all the clanking from the empty liquor bottles.

I just got home after walking personally the front desk at The Maritime Hotel and speaking with the front desk agent who informed me that I have to file my complaint with the hotel on a weekday. I have done that last year and left a message to the events people who are in charged of the Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel. No one responded back. Since then, I have decided the Cabanas at The Maritime hotel is an inconsiderate business establishment and I am going to keep and update of my dealing with them.