We stayed at the Royalton on 44th St, New York for 3 nights. The location is absolutely fantastic - 5 mins to Times Square, 10 mins to Rockefeller and less than 15 mins to the Empire State Building.
As has been mentioned on other reviews, the lobby, lifts and room we stayed in are very dark (too dark). We had the room with a round roman bath and although the rooms had been refurbished (as it says on the website), it looked like it needed refurbishing again. The window was a bit of a joke...it opened up to a brick wall and gave no natural light whatsoever. The numbers of lights in the room is evidence of how dark it is, I had to switch off 6 lights in the room when I was leaving with an additional 2 lights in the bathrooom so bring a torch!!
There is an ipad in the room, water and juices in the room are quite expensive ($8) for a bottle and we didn't bother trying the breakfast as there are loads of eateries outside and closeby.
Room we had was on the 7th floor - we could hear next doors shower when it was used which was quite intrusive noise.
When we got there on a Thursday evening, the bar was busy with after workers and it was not as busy at all at the weekend. It seemed to us to be a bar first with hotel added later and all done in the dark.
Great location is its redeemer but if you are going, maybe come prepared with a MagLite ?
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