Hotel Giraffe was great. I mentioned when booking that my husband and I were looking forward to spending our wedding anniversary in NY and on arrival the hotel had supplied a card and a complimentary bottle of wine in our room. There is a turn down service and they leave chocs by the bed which my 11 year old was very impressed with. The breakfast offers a nice range of produce and the cheese and wine in the evening was also lovely. We had a room with a small balcony which offered a good view of the chaos below. The hotel is fairly central and within close walking distance of the Flat Iron Building and Empire State Building. There is also a subway station across the road. The street behind the hotel has lots of restaurants. My only concern was the roof top terrace which I believe is part owned or rented by a neighbouring restaurant (who also supply the room service). We went to have a look at the terrace and asked if it was ok to take our bottle of wine there, they said yes but we would have to call first to see if there was a table free. I wasn't impressed with this arrangement, as a hotel guest I thought I should be able to access the roof terrace at my convenience, not theirs, however that was the only minor detail. As it happened we took our bottle up before the restaurant opened so getting a table wasn't an issue.
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