I stayed at the Belleclaire for 6 nights from 29th March to 4th April 2007. The hotel is on the upper west side of manhattan on 77th and Broadway. My boyfriend and I reserved rooms as part of a group of 6, we had 3 double rooms. When checking in, one of the other couples were told that they had no reservation, but they had the booking email so they were given a room after 15 mins. When my boyfriend and I went to our room, on the 5th floor, we were shocked by the state of the corridor, there were pieces of furniture and large boxes all over, and we could barely pass by with our luggage, so we were fairly anxious about our room. however, our room had two double beds, really nicely decorated and even had a flatscreen TV and a little fridge. The bathroom was spotless, and our towels and bedlinen were changed every day. The room was a little warm, couldn't turn off the heat for some reason, but had air-con also. It was really comfortable and clean, which was all we wanted for our stay. The other 2 couples had only one bed in their rooms but paid the same rate, so i suppose we were just lucky. There's no restaurant at the hotel but the Manhattan Diner is across the street so we had breakfast there every morning and headed off on the Subway to go sightseeing for the day. The Diner also supplies room service to the hotel, which we didn't use, but its open 24/7 so its really handy. There's also a gift shop at the entrance of the hotel, and the staff there were really helpful, they were able to arrange a bus for us back to the airport when we checked out, and the hotel stored our luggage for the day as we were flying out late that evening, so we could go get some more sights in. Didn't really have much dealings with the reception staff, only checking in and out. Overall, I thought the Belleclaire was perfect for our trip, and I would definitely stay there again, location is its only downfall for someone who wants to be within walking distance of enerything.
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