A nice small hotel, with lovely staff. Rooms small, and having a brick wall outside your window is a bit depressing. However, I was there alone on business so perhaps spent a bit more time in the hotel than your average tourist. TV and dvd player great, although limited choice of dvds to hire, but nice touch nonetheless. Rooms very clean, nice Aveda products in the bathroom.
Breakfast a bonus, but choice very limited - small pastries and bagels. After 4 mornings I was very bored of this choice! The bar, where breakfast is served is a bit dark, although free newspaper is a good touch.
Location excellent, step out of the hotel at 10pm at night and the streets around Times Square are still heaving, and the shops still open! Which is good fun! YOu can walk to lots of tourist places nearby, and the tube is at the end of the street.
Generally I found the hotel quiet (having a wall rather than a street outside probably helped) although I did have a room above the bar and found it very noisy until 11:30pm or so. Again, if you're a tourist rather than business traveller, you're more likely to actually be in the bar!
My only gripes would be very poor lighting in the room (around the bed only) and limited breakfast choices for the room price. But hey, you're in NYC, so there's plenty of brekkie choices out there! All in all a nice small hotel, location and friendly staff being it's best features.
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