Hi we stayed here for 6 days - 2 adults and a teen - staff lovely, location ace - as others say short walk to Times Square and pretty central. We were on second floor (211) in a room with 2 x double beds. Hotel is very tired and needs a revamp but is fairly clean. Room quite spacious - decked out in very dated furniture but quirky - we had a window that looked out onto a wall so no natural light but as we were out most of the time it was not an issue. Plenty of room to store suitcases etc. Our room was very quiet with little street noise.
We went to breakfast once but didnt stay as did not suit us - limited appeal and choice. We did however go right out of hotel to end of street and crossed road to the Oxford Cafe on 5th Ave next to pret a manger - 1 minute walk. Daughter had 3 huge fresh panckes with maple syrup for just over 3 dollars which we shared and hubby had egg, bcaon, sausage roll - fresh orange juice, coffee and hot chocolate all for 18 dollars.
We went to the bar next (Brendans) to hotel for evening drinks after our days out and you can access hotel through interconnecting door. Nice atmosphere - paid 8 dollars for red wine ; 7 dollars for pint guiness. We ate there once and had a nice meal and you get 15% discount.
You have to book out at noon but if your flight is later they will keep suitcases in a locked room in foyer which was helpful as we didnt need to leave for JFK til 230 pm.
We walked everywhere in NY - i lost half a stone ! You see so much more by doing this and all within reasonable distance.
We booked this hotel as so cheap compared to others - but if we returned to NY, which is unlikely, we would try elsewhere. For those of you looking at this re booking through Virgin - we booked flights separately with Virgin and hotel through bookings.com for total of £2300 instead of the £3600 Virgin wanted for a package. So to conclude - great location / tired hotel but adequate if you are not looking for anything special. x
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