Stayed at the Waldorf=Astoria on Saturday 23rd June 2012. The lobby and reception area are stunning, really beautiful. But the check in queue was terrible. There was a massive queue which moved very slowly. Finally upon arriving at the reception desk there seemed to be trouble with our room, check in was from 3pm and we arrived a 4pm. It took around 30minutes to sort the problem out. We didn't seem to be the only ones with this problem. We were "up-graded" to an executive business room. Upon entering the room on the 13th floor there was an immediate smell of cat urine. The room was relatively large, especially for an NYC hotel room. The bathroom seemed clean and the bed was comfortable. I tried to open the window which proceeded to fallout of its brackets (lucky I caught it as it would have landed on the street.).
Had a drink at the Sir Harry bar on the Sunday afternoon. The bar server took quite a while to come over to us to take the drink order as he seemed more interested in the group of four woman and flirting with one of their 18 year old daughters.
I am glad that I got to stay at the waldorf astoria just to say I have stayed there but there are certainly a lot better hotels in NYC in the same great location.
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