Recently stayed at the Affinia with my wife and 12 year old son, (Apr 9 - 15). Let's start from the beginning. We flew into Newark airport. It was so easy and inexpensive to get to the hotel by train: get out at NY Penn Stn and it's basically across the street on 7th Ave.
Again as I say in the title, location was great ....walk to pretty much anywhere mid-town, Penn Stn across the street, or a couple blocks to Herald Sq and other lines.
The room was spacious (for Manhattan), clean, the beds comfortable, and linens crisp. The bathroom was adequate, clean with good water pressure,
Our first night there the heat was on "broil" and the thermostat had no effect. After mentioning to the front desk there was someone up very quickly to fix the issue.
I have to say it was very noisy (sirens, cars, construction, 7 am church bells ). To an extent this is to be expected for where we were, but I would also say it was partly due to the poor fitting between the window and AC, which was the same as having the window open.
One other minus was the WiFi service. What they don't tell you is that the charge is PER DEVICE, make sure that you choose the right one first if you don't want to pay for more than one. I had to go to the front desk to get this dealt with, but it was addressed.
Lastly, I have to say that for "family eating" Niles restaurant was a fantastic surprise. Very reasonably priced and a great break from road food, (the penne, and the salad w chicken & pecans were our favourites).
If you haven't been to NYC this is a great place to start. Go! Just GO!
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