The view sucks. It's going to be your first impression.
And that's because The Wick is a former candle and soap factory, located in what was an industrial section of Hudson. Others here have noted that the first floor of the hotel is essentially in the basement of the property; we got a room on the second floor with a scenic view of....an empty warehouse. If we'd chosen the other side of the building, we'd have gotten a view of a barren hillside, with some relatively rundown properties at the top. Driving in for the first time, we wondered if we'd chosen badly.
That's the bad news. If you're choosing a quaint hotel, with a marvelous view of the Hudson River...this is not it. But, there's a lot to like about The Wick.
The hotel itself is modern, while honoring the building's past. Long corridors have brass plaque images of candle- and soap-related patents posted on the walls. Our room itself was very, very spacious, clean with a great king-sized bed. CO Bigelow toiletries were in the bathroom (which was easily the size of some NYC hotel rooms). There's an electric car or two, ready to shuttle you to just about any place you wish to go in Hudson; the central business district is about seven blocks long, filled with quirky, locally-owned shops...many of them, antique stores.
The staff is uniformly friendly, from the front desk all the way up to the general manager. There are even chargers along the side wall outside for your electric car. (Note: three chargers, two of them are for Teslas...the third is for the anyone else who has a hybrid.)
The hotel has a few quirks that need to be ironed out, given that it's only been open since about the first of the year. Until recently, it provided a free continental breakfast for patrons. That's changed....although fully half of the menus I saw still had that printed on them. The staff has literally been cutting out that part of the menu and pasting the rest back together. When I asked about the ice machine, I was told they were moving it to another location and that I could get ice by going to the front desk. And the bar didn't offer any locally produced cider. Given that this region prides itself on its cideries, that seems to be an easily-corrected overlook. (They do carry sizeable selections from both the Chatham Brewing Company and the Hudson Brewing Company, which is a one-minute drive from the parking lot.)
A continental breakfast here costs $10; a hot breakfast costs $17. You can do better in town, but you may decide this is a nice luxury...eating your breakfast with a joyous view of the warehouse. The Amtrak station is an easy walk away, so if you're using the train to get to or to leave Hudson, the Wick may be a great choice.
The nightly rates here are solid as well, with rooms going for less than the nearby Farmer & Sons rooming house. If you use an app like Hotel Tonight, and are willing to play the "wait until last second" game, you can get the room for as little as $106 a night.
Hudson seems to me to be a town on the rebound, and one that both celebrates its past as it looks to its artistic future. In that respect, the Wick may be perfectly positioned to capitalize on that.