What to expect: The Omni’s elegant lobby is appointed with marble floors, cherry-wood pillars, and updated traditional furnishings. A library is just off the main lobby area. Guests include Yale visitors, weekenders taking in a show at one of the city’s renowned theaters, and businesspeople visiting nearby offices.

Amenity highlights: The hotel’s acclaimed restaurant, John Davenport’s, is on the top floor, with commanding views of the New Haven Green and the Yale University campus. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the lobby and guestrooms. The business center, accessible by room key 24 hours a day, contains computers with complimentary high-speed Internet access.

Insider tip: Many pizza aficionados consider New Haven the birthplace of the American pizzeria, and Frank Pepe its father. An Italian immigrant, Pepe opened his first pizzeria in 1925. Today, the pizzeria is at 157 Wooster Street, about eight blocks from the hotel. Pepe's is particularly known for its white pizza topped with fresh clams.