My college age daughter and I recently spent three nights here over her spring break. The hotel had been recommended to us by friends, and we wholeheartedly agree with their glowing endorsements! We had a Tower Room Double (queen beds), which was very roomy and well appointed. This gave us access to the Tower Club, which we thoroughly enjoyed, (except for the hike to get there.) We had a delicious breakfast there each day, and also went over in the evening and enjoyed drinks and dessert. I say we "went over" because that's exactly what you had to do, and that is go from the tower over to the other building where the Tower Club actually was! That was really my only major complaint about this hotel--a bit of an odd setup. From our room on the 36th floor, we could access it by going down to the 8th floor where the spa was, get off the elevator and into another set of elevators and up to the Tower Club from there. Why they don't build a new Tower Club on top of the actual Tower, I don't know. But that wasn't enough to take away from the overall positives of the hotel. The location of the Palace was excellent we thought, at the corner of Madison and 50th; very central to everything. Just enough out of the action to be quiet, but close enough to walk just about anywhere we wanted to go, or to the subway. Rockefeller Center was just a couple of blocks away. We walked to Central Park, to Fifth Avenue, to the pier at 44th St. to catch the water taxi one day, down to Grand Central Station, and of course to Times Square multiple times. You get the idea!
As far as room appointments go, it was very nice. Very comfy beds, nice flatscreen TV, plenty of desk room. There a large closet with a full length mirror, safe, ironing board and iron, robes, etc. The bathroom was roomy, particularly by big city standards, and the shower was good, and there was a makeup mirror. I do wish we had had an in room coffee pot. The only place to get coffee was at the Tower Club, which was quite a hike as I've described. I could have asked for a coffee maker to be brought to our room, and on hindsight I wish I would have. I need my coffee while I'm getting ready! Was going to ask for one upon arrival, but the bellman sort of talked me out of it when he delivered our bags to the room, saying I would have to pay for the coffee, and he recommended just utilizing the Tower Club. That was before I realized how far it was.
Only other complaint I have about the room is that there were not enough plugs. There was seriously nowhere to plug the iron in, without unplugging a lamp or something. Then there were all of our electronic devices as well.
We had a beautiful view of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The hotel sent up a delicious complimentary chocolate mousse cake for my daughter, as we were celebrating her 21st birthday! What a nice gesture! All in all, I highly recommend staying here if you get the chance!
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