Stayed here with my son 18th-21st oct after travelling from Boston on Amtrack. View from the train as we approached "The Big Apple" at night was amazing!!
Good points-Good location. Within easy walking distance of Central Park & Time Square. (Dont know whats goin on in NY at the moment- its like scaffold city! Scaffolding everywhere & not a builder in sight!)
Conceirge very helpful offering advice on best tourist bus to take, where to have breakfast, getting to airport.
Rooms are not bad size & have basic amenities ie. hairdryer, iron, coffee machine.
Quite easy to pick a cab up outside hotel.
Bad points- Hotel in serious need of a face lift! Decor particularly in rooms is very old & tired- like stepping back in time to the eighties! We found the beds to be a bit on the hard side- however in their defence we had just travelled from the La Quinta in Andover which had the most comfortable beds I had ever slept in!
Warning- beware of getting ripped off! On arriving in NY at Penn Station we were approached by a "taxi driver" who offered to take us to our hotel for $30! When I said I thought that was too much he asked me how much i was willing to pay & miraculously dropped his price to $20. Not being that green, my son & I joined the official taxi rank & got to our hotel for the princely sum of $10 & that was with a generous tip!
I payed for our stay at The Holiday Inn with Airmiles & cash- had I had to pay the full price with cash only I wouldn't have been too happy as I think there were better hotels for the same price.
Overall I wouldn't say this is the worst hotel iv'e stayed in but given the number of hotels in NY I'd probably look elsewhere next time.
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