We stayed at the Hudson after doing tonnes of research and trawling through the best deals at the time. We finally decided after their "stay 3 nights get 1 free" offer (and I had watched too much Sex and the City - the one where Smith waited for Samantha at the bottom of the lifts after she cheated on him with Richard was filmed here!) and overall enjoyed our stay. It's in a good location, close to Central Park and the subway, and the hotel is very clean.
In response to all the "too trendy" comments - a New Yorker summed up the hotel nicely saying "it was the place to be...10 years go". It used to be uber-trendy but has lost its edge, which to be honest I was quite happy with. They closed the bar to residents a couple of evenings that we were there, and really tried to put you off going in with dress codes, clubbing music early evening, etc. The roof terrace though is really, really nice and much more relaxed.
Yes, the rooms are seriously small even by London standards but they are the same across the city. If you're on holiday in NYC you aren't going to spend much time in your room, does it really matter? It's an easy hit when you have an infinite number of places to choose from.
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