We were a little worried when coming to this hotel for our honeymoon as we had received a letter from the travel agents advising us that building work would be going on to modernise the rooms in the hotel. Although we knew we would be out all day we were still concerned after reading some reviews on here that we would be woken up at 6am. Well I can pleasantly say that we arrived to a lovely welcome, the hotels lobby was gorgeous and very art deco. We checked in and they were aware it was our honeymoon and wished us a happy stay at the hotel. We got to our room and were suprised we were on the floor one down from the penthouse. The room was an upgrade which we didn't request, it was a newly refurbished one and was just lovely. We had a view of the Empire State building from our window. We also received a bottle of champagne with a lovely note wishing us a good honeymoon and stay at the hotel. The only 1 negative I could say about the room was there was no bath in ours, and after a day treking round NYC it would have been nice to have a soak in a bathtub. But this is certainly not something which would put me off staying here again.
The breakfast was just gorgeous and the bagels were huge, the free tea and coffee all day was a complete bonus and was just that little added extra which you wouldn't normally find in a hotel. We also got a coffee machine in our room which was a pod machine so was lovely to have one before bed or first thing before going down for breakfast.
All the staff were friendly and willing to help where needed. Facilities were great, rooftop terrace was lovely with a great view, although as the bar was not open due to the weather we did not go up there very much. We had so much to fit into 3 days we didn't have the chance to relax.
The location of this hotel was just perfect, I would say much better than Times Square, you had Macy's literatly 2 mins walk down the road. Empire State Building was on the next block, about a 5 min walk max. And then you had Times Square about a 10-15 mins walk away. We found this hotel to be quiet, even though guests have put on here it was not. You got the odd siren or beeping horn but I can tell you now unless you had sound proof glass i'm pretty sure you would hear that WHEREVER you were in NYC as they beep for the fun of it :)
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