My wife and I stayed at Murray Hill Inn for one night bewtween Christmas and New Years. We were looking for a room rate that wouldn't break the bank and realized that, for the price that we wanted to pay, we could not expect luxury and might have to make some compromises. Murray Hill Inn was a good choice for us given what we were looking for.
Our room was on the front of the building so we had windows. And it was on the 5th floor. Being a mid-block, brownstone-type building, not all rooms can have windows. The room seemed to be fairly recently remodeled with Pergo-type floors and a newly tiled bathroom. Because of the windows there was a little street noise. But we were so tired from all of the walking in NYC that it didn't keep us from sleeping at all.
The staff were very business-like. But when we asked them questions they were friendly and helpful.
Pros:
(1) Very good location: only a few blocks from a subway stop and also from where the bus dropped us off. It's enough off of the beaten path that it is fairly quiet, but not so far off that it is out of the way. There are many nice restaurants, coffee shops ,etc nearby. We like Penelope's very much for breakfast and the Brasil Coffee Shop.
(2) Very clean.
(3) Reasonable rates compared with most other Manhatten hotels.
(4) Our room, while not huge, had a small refridgerator and a sofa and was very ample for our needs.
Cons:
(1) No elevator. We had to go up and down 4 LONG flights of stairs. But we didn't mind that too much being healthy. But older people might want to request lower floors.
(2) No frills and not many amenities like computer access and vending machines.
All in all, under most circumstances, I would definitely consider staying at Murray Hill Inn again. It may not be for everyone, especially spoiled travellers with high expectations. But for us the pros far outweighed the cons.
hotel reviews