The location was very good. Right on Broadway, a few blocks from the park and the subway. Away from the madness of down town, but quick to get there. Nice views of both the park and the Hudson.
The good:
Most comfortable bed ever, very nice bathroom with great shower. Quiet. Great linens and towels. Helpful and friendly staff. Nice clean room, cleaned twice a day with turn down service. Coffee maker and mini bar. 2 big flat screen TVs (although who has time to watch TV in NY?) with easily accessible connections for a laptop or DVD player.
The bike rental place across the street is great. Nice guys who were out of bikes when we went, but gave us ideas of other places to check and called my cell when some were returned and we had only walked a couple blocks away. Riding to and through the park was fantastic.
The bad:
The room was a bit small for a penthouse suite. And the balcony was a big disappointment. Their website says they range from 250-500 sq. ft. There's no way it was more than 60. Saw other rooms with large tiled terraces, but ours was just a narrow concrete slab with a drain in the middle. My idea of having dinner on the terrace with a view was gone. Even had it been bigger, the immediate view was a construction site for a building that looks like it will soon obliterate any view to the west. Plus the onsite restaurant that was supposed to open Aug. 1 was still not open Labor Day weekend. I sat with my back to the wall of the balconey and could put my feet on the other. There was only one chair on it, had to wait a day and make a 2nd call before they brought up another as requested. And even though it hadn't rained for a couple days, the gutter from the roof above constantly dripped water into the middle of it.
Also, the hotel directory stated to call the desk for shoe shine service, I called and asked to get my shoes shined, and they said they didn't do that. ??
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