My wife booked Hudson for a weekend of January 26, 2007(ufortunately, without reading any reviews). We had a really bad experience for one night and then checked out and moved to Mandarin Oriental across the road. The problems were as follows:
1. Drafts everywhere in the hotel (think NASA wind tunnel). From the front door to the escalator to the front desk the wind was very stong.
2. Uneven temperature throughout the building. Some areas like the front desk (where they had to put up heaters behind the counter to keep the front desk stuff from freezing) were really cold, others were too warm.
3. Rooms are super small with about 1' of space between the endge of bed and walls and beds are REALLY small. I am 6'2" and the so called "king" bed was about 1' short for me. Also, the bathroom's size was so small I can't really find the right words to describe it. I felt caged there.
4. Windows in the room were not sealed properly and as a result there was a BIG draft onto the bed (yes, we had to slip in a reverse position, it was too late to change rooms and judging from other reviews other rooms had the same problem). Actually, it was the first hotel I saw anywhere in the world where bed's head is against the window.
5. Hotel is very dark (think Medieval castle) and stuff were not very friendly. We waited about 10 min for a host to seat us for a late nite cup at around midnight, and he/she never showed up, others pretended they did not notice us. At breakfast, our waiter was more concerned with us paying the bill then good service (yes, we did pay eventually -))).
5. Ah, yes... the toilet...when I flushed it... Well, it just filled up. Being fair to the engineering stuff, they fixed that problem promptly, but it was a bit too late for us anyway. We already decided to run away.
6. At check out, the front desk gave us the bill for somebody else. With full name, address details, etc. Think identity theft.
On balance, our one nite stay was terrible. Some here say that the hotel makes you feel young. True, the night club is VIBRANT. But one does not have to stay in the hotel to enjoy nite life there. If you can't afford Mandarin Oriental (US$699 per night) there are several other moderately priced hotels in the area, which are FAR SUPERIOR to the Hunson.
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