On March 30th, I checked in to The Muse for one night, in advance of an important business meeting the following day, having read favorable reviews of the property.
All seemed to go reasonably well (as it ought, for $400+) until around 10:00pm. Thereafter, AND FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE NIGHT, until about 5:30 am, it sounded like someone was dropping dumpsters from the rooftops of the surrounding buildings (Interspersed with the occasional back-up buzzer of a garbage truck, and various bangings of uncertain origin--in fact, my bed sometimes shook from the vibrations).
At about 5:00am, I dragged my bedding into the bathroom, hoping I could score at least an hour or two of sleep...but to no avail. Sleepless, I checked out around 7:30am and dragged myself, half delusional and bleary-eyed, to my meeting.
This was a wretched experience. Perhaps it isn't all the hotel's fault, but it really didn't matter to me at that point. All I could think about as I schlepped to my meeting, was the sleep I didn't get. If, on the other hand, you don't need to sleep, I suppose The Muse would be alright. (Although the windows looked as if they hadn't been washed in years and the room was so small, the mini-bar door wouldn't even fully open without hitting the bed. Additionally, they didn't bother to note my room number on my breakfast request (and blamed me) so my breakfast never arrived.) My advice: pick a different neighborhood, get some sleep, and save yourself a lot of frustration.
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