I travel around 60 days a year between business and pleasure and get to see a lot when it comes to hotel properties. I usually satisfied with any decent chain “business class” hotel property.
To put this review in perspective, I am a bit of a “hotel snob” and generally have no problem dropping $300+ a night for a NYC mid-town hotel room in a modern building with relatively clean and well appointed rooms. I am not that picky with every little detail, but I am not a fan of “old”. When I walk into a hotel room, I want to say to myself “nice room” and have no issue taking my shoes off and walking around barefoot. Give me a “Hilton” caliber of business class hotel and I will likely be happy.
This joint is just plain old, which you can get in NYC if you don’t do your homework. For this particular stay, I needed a room for a Yankees game and didn’t feel like paying an arm and a leg for a NYC room considering I was just going to be sleeping there after a long day of baseball and lots of beer consumption. And while I basically ended up sleeping in the room, next time I will spend some extra coin and stay at a “Hilton”.
For this stay I did Priceline. I was awarded this hotel and got an incredible room rate for NYC Midtown, especially for right across the street from Penn Station and MSG. The location is great. But in the end, this hotel just wasn’t my style, and it didn’t come close to meeting my needs for a modern, “clean feeling”, and well appointed room. Like I said, the joint is just plain old.
The rooms have window A/C units, the carpets looked clean, but just “felt” dirty, and the bathrooms were outdated. The best way to describe it was that I simply didn’t want to take my shoes off and walk around. Maybe it is the cleanest place in Manhattan…but it just didn’t “feel” that way. It is just old.
On a positive note, the staff was very friendly, especially at check in. But unfortunately next time, I will stick to my “Hilton”.
hotel reviews