Waldorf Astoria Hotel is a New York Art Deco landmark and icon hosting dignitaries, presidents and Hollywood celebrities since opening in 1931. The hotel is within 20 miles of La Guardia, JFK and Newark International Airports. Located in East Midtown Manhattan, this hotel is a four-block walk from the Broadway Theater District and Bloomingdale's is only nine blocks away. Occupying an entire block on prestigious Park Avenue, the Waldorf Astoria is one of the original grand hotels. The large, opulent lobby area has been restored to its original splendor. This extraordinary hotel offers elegant amenities to make guests feel comfortable and at home.Historic Art Deco landmark facing Park Avenue...* Bull and Bear:Contemporary fine-dining steakhouse with leather banquettes. Open for lunch, dinner. Bar/lounge with electronic stock ticker. Rob Roy cocktail invented here. * Peacock Alley.Streetfront restaurant with separate bar/lounge containing 30-foot marble bar. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday brunch. Breakfast choices including house breakfast of grilled Niman Ranch pork belly with poached egg on country-bread toast; Vermont cheddar, sautéed fingerling potatoes, pastries. Lunch choices such as braised pork cheeks with garganelli pasta; halibut with mussel soffrito sauce, roasted artichokes, lemon confit; lobster burger with taro chips; three-course fixed-price menu. Dinner choices such as fluke sashimi; poached egg and black truffle with mushroom truffle sauce; pistachio-crusted foie gras; mustard-glazed cod with baby squid, braised endive; roasted veal chop for two with wild mushrooms, chamomile jus; ginger-crusted rack of lamb with braised lamb shank. * Oscar’s:"American brasserie" designed by Adam Tihany. Named for maitre d'hotel who created Waldorf Salad and Veal Oscar and introduced Thousand Island Dressing. Breakfast buffet and à la carte menu. "Epicurean" lunch buffet and à la carte menu. À la carte dinner menu. Bar service until late night. * Inagiku:Contemporary independent streetfront restaurant/bar with tatami rooms serving contemporary Japanese dinners. * A health spa offers treatments such as Milk and Honey Cocoon and Peppermint Foot Fantasy as well as nail care. (There's also a hair salon in the hotel.) The spa includes a complimentary fitness center with men's steam room, women's steam shower, cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights. * A business center includes five computers with high-speed Internet access. Wireless Internet access is available in the lobby and public areas.Waldorf Astoria Hotel rises 42 stories between Park and Lexington avenues and 49th and 50th streets.* The Waldorf Astoria offers 1,416 high-ceilinged guestrooms and suites in a 42-story building. English-manor-house decor includes formal window treatments and crystal-and-brass lamps. Beds are furnished with triple sheeting and down comforters. * All rooms ahve fax/copier/printers, two-line speakerphones, and either dial-up or high-speed Internet access. Other amenities include safes accommodating laptop computers, CD player/clock radios, and televisions offering pay movies and video games. Marble bathrooms contain shower/tub combinations or stall showers without tubs.