We stayed in a junior suite on the seventh floor for abour $850 for three nights--not bad split between two people. I think I received hot water for a shower once. The main bed was hard like a plank; the sofa-bed was actually much more comfortable--which should tell you something. The bathroom is indeed tiny. That would have been OK except that, bizarrely, the shower has dark black tiles all around it and there is no light in the shower. (So why didn't they go with light tiles?) Also, the wash basin is in a small alcove near the door.
The plus of this place is location. Close to Central Park (two blocks away), the Natural History Museum (a half-block) and in a very nice residential area with plenty of restaurants and subways stops in both directions (west or east). But it is very old and tiny. The tiny would have been OK had it really been properly restored. It hasn't been. It had the feel of a place where the minimum had been done to get it above hostel status--which is nor far off what it is. While people say, "But it's New York-who stays in the room?"--most everyone does after a day of walking. And it doesn't have the comfortable feeling of a place you could relax in late afternoon and read a book before you go out again in the evening. It has a dingy dark feel.
The staff were pleasant enough. (I didn't bother to complain--what were they going to do about inadequate pluming that doesn't deliver hot water?) But I wouldn't stay here again. If someone is on a tight budget, sure. But looking back on it, I would have opted to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks over three nights and got a nicer place.
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