I'm so glad we booked the Royalton for my first trip to New York! Still rattled from the crazy cab experience from Laguardia to the hotel, my jaw dropped the minute the concierge opened the dark red double doors. The inside decor was stunning.
After a quick check-in with the friendly staff, we made our way to the elevators and up to the 8th floor. We found our room at the end of the hall and couldn't believe our eyes when we opened the door. We were expecting a tiny New York hotel room, but our room was huge! And the bathroom...I could go on and on about the awesome "disco shower".
We stayed for four days/nights. During that time we had a great stay and only had a couple of negative experiences. The first was that it seemed as though everyday, our door key card kept resetting, so we had to go all the way back down to the front desk to have them issue a new card. Not a big deal for the most part, but after a long day of walking all over the city, walking all the way back down to have the card reset was a minor annoyance.
The second issue we had was that everyday when we were ready to leave (10:30-11am), the hallway wreaked of cigarette smoke. Maybe it was a neighboring room, I'm not sure, but considering we were on the "Pure" floor, it was a little bit of a turn-off.
But, those were our only negative experiences. The positives by far outweighed the negatives. We had clean towels and linens everyday. The room was extremely spacious and clean. The outside noise was next to nothing. The bed was super comfy. And the bathtub/shower....WOW!!!!!
I highly recommend staying at the Royalton. I will surely be back the next time I'm in NYC!
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