The Garden City Hotel is recognized as a leader on the Long Island dining and lodging scene. The luxury hotel is one…More of the 185 members, internationally, of the Preferred Hotels and Resorts Group and the only hotel on Long Island, having met the highest standards of quality and extraordinary service, earning it the Preferred Standard of Excellence status.  </p> <p>The property has been a centerpiece of Garden City, attracting the great and good, since 1874.  The 280-room hotel with 16 suites, four of which are penthouse suites, has 25,000-square-feet of meeting and banquet space including a grand ballroom, meeting rooms, a private ultralounge and a signature restaurant, Rein.</p> <p>It was originally designated as the focal point of Garden City – 7,000 acres of land 20 miles from New York City – by Alexander Turney Stewart, Garden City's founder, to attract a famous and wealthy clientele from around the world. One of the most notable visitors, Charles Lindbergh, slept at the hotel in 1927 on the night before his trans-Atlantic flight. The hotel remains popular with today's high-flyers from the worlds of business, sport and entertainment.</p>