I stayed at the Jewel in June for 5 nights based on the very good reviews on Tripadvisor.
On the positive side, the room was clean and comfortable and the location of the hotel (opposite Rockefeller Plaza) is wonderful and very handy for visiting much of mid-town Manhattan.
However, a few things to know before deciding to stay:
- there is no real lobby and no grand entrance
- there is no real concierage
- feels more like an apartment building with hotel rooms - rather than a hotel.
- the air conditioner in the room was quite loud
- my room was quite dark facing the side of the hotel and looking out at other office towers.
- there is no breakfast offered at the hotel but is available at a neighbouring hotel a couple of doors down at a restaurant called the Terrace. The breakfast buffet at the Terrace was overpriced for what it was and did not even include coffee.
- the standard room I stayed in was on the smaller side which was fine for 1 person but probably a bit tight for 2. Bathroom was rather small too.
- I stayed on the top floor (level 15) which meant I had to take a lift to level 14 and then take a separate lift to level 15. This was a hassle to do every time (especially because the lift from 14 to 15 is very slow and I ended up taking the stairs every time).
- My room was located next to central airconditioning unit which was quite loud (like a vacuum cleaning running 24 hours a day). While the room was fairly well insulated from this noise it wasn't completely.
Would I stay here again? Only if I could not find anything else within its price category.
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