The Comfort Inn Manhattan is sold on two main attributes - price and location.
Certainly this hotel's location is excellent, just a few minutes from the Empire State and a few minutes more to Time Square - all easily navigated on foot.
As an 'affordable' hotel the question is less whether it delivers quality, but rather whether it represents value for money on it's own terms. On this criteria the results are mixed.
There's no coffee making facilities in rooms, but this isn't uncommon for New York and free tea and coffee is available in reception throughout. Likewise the inclusion of breakfast is a nice touch, with a fairly reasonable range of cereals, fruits, toast and cakes.
However... the hotel feels small, to the point of claustrophobia. Rooms themselves are clean but small. The stairs are steep to say the least and a 10 flight climb is likely to test the average Joe. Two small lifts serve the many floors, struggling to cope with demand at the best of times - let alone like during our stay when one failed and remained unprepared for the rest of the week. These aren't luxuries, these are the basics.
Likewise paper plates and plastic cutlery for breakfast remove any sense of class from the establishment (whilst doubtless keeping costs, and therefore prices, down) and we found the reception service to be fairly slow and helpful as the exception rather than the norm.
Given it's location and price the Comfort Inn may be worth a look. Provided you go in braced for relatively cramped conditions and don't expect gold standard service, you might find there's enough about the place to justify your choice.
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