T'giving weekend in NYC -- stayed here before but had switched to another mid-town hotel for most recent stays (London NYC --- highly recommend). We enjoy the location, during our original stay in 2008 we were going to a Yankeesgame and you cannot beat the proximity of this hotel to the subway stop -- it's on the corner.
For this trip we were looking to get a quick weekend away and cut some of the expenses down. This hotel is a reasonable bargain -- but understand you're getting what you pay for.
Bellmen were excellent, quite helpful. Front desk was cheerful, friendly and helpful. We needed a rollaway bed and it was delivered quickly. Woman cleaning the rooms was extremely nice and friendly. All of this was great.
Not sure there's actually a restaurant in the hotel -- if there is it wasn't open much of the time. Use the cafe Metro directly next door.
Here's the negatives -- the rooms are OK. Emphasis on OK. Not terrible -- but not even close to above average (you get what you pay for....). For his trip the biggest negatives were the paper thin walls. We had a group next door that were taking up two rooms each across the hall from the other and it was non-stop slamming of doors, chatter and other miscellaneous noises from next door. Now, before you say "that's not the fault of the hotel" understand this -- when they slid open or closed a draw for their dresser -- you heard it. When they attempted to open a window -- you heard it.
I can recommend this hotel, again, with the caveat -- you get what you pay for.
BTW -- Strongly recommend the Smith & Wollensky located two blocks away at 3rd and 49th
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