Above all the hotel was clean and quiet. The room was a nice sanctuary from the bustling street below. The location was great. Time Square is a few blocks away. Its close enough to walk to in 5 minutes, but far enough to keep the tourist attraction ticket peddlers away from the hotel front door. The last thing you want to do is stay in Time Square. It's just too touristy. Restaurant Row in Hell's Kitchen is also a few short blocks way, as is the subway. If you are Hilton Honors there is a manager’s reception, including drinks at one of the local Italian restaurants. The one disappointment was breakfast. Our stay included the comp'd breakfast at the attached restaurant, which basically sucked. Maybe their other dishes were palatable, but the stuff off of the HGI menu wasn't even good for free. But, everything else about the hotel was good enough that it still gets an excellent from me.
The big differences between the HGI and a traditional hotel, like Hilton, Marriott, etc. are:
-No lines at the elevators at the HGI.
-No huge lobby with a thousand people trying to get hotel services in it.
-You get a refrigerator and microwave. Skip the breakfast and start the day with last night's leftovers!
-No bar. But there are a 100 of them within a few blocks.
-Its way cheaper!!
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