Just for one night in NY on business I booked at La Quinta Inn as I expected a centrally-located, low-cost hotel (still, NY being NY low cost means at least $200 a night...). Well, centrally-located it is, but that's all! Greetings and smiles at reception surely come optional and staff proved totally unable to suggest a few restaurants in the neighborhood apart from the ubiquitous Korean BBQs. The room was no better: I ended up in a ridiculously tiny room where 95% of the living area was filled by the bed and which was in dire need of urgent refurbishment. I was lucky that I did not need A/C or heating as the antediluvian equipment seems essentially designed to produce noise and blowing air in the curtain above the bed. Bathroom is OK as long as you're patient enough to wait for hot water in the shower. The complimentary breakfast is in line with the rest of the hotel: in a filthy canteen downstairs you can enjoy a bowl of cornflakes and instant coffee in a styrofoam cup... This is the last time I go to this hotel.
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