My husband and I stayed here over a long weekend in the middle of January. I booked this hotel 2 months before our stay and received a very decent rate for NYC. After reading all the reviews I was a little skepitcal about staying here but decieded to give it a try anyways. When we arrived we were very impressed with the lobby area. There were a ton of people in the lobby and even more individuals willing to help us with our luggage and show us where to check in. We took the train into NYC and loved the fact the hotel was near Grand Central Station. We were able to check into our room before the "official" check in time and were up graded from a "cozy queen" to a standard king. I also called the hotel in advanced and requested an upper level floor. We were given the 8th floor (not very high for a hotel the size of the Roosevelt). When we walked into our room we were not impressed with the size. The room barely had enough room for a bed/desk and a very small TV. I have stayed in much larger rooms in NYC for about the same price. We were even less impressed with the view. Our room overlooked the air conditioning unit for the entire hotel, not very pleasant. We did love the location of the hotel. It is very closed to 5th Avenue shopping and Times Square. We had drinks a couple of times in the lounge and the prices where the same as every other place we visited in the city. Overall I would probably stay in the hotel again because of the location. The room/bathroom were very clean and they did provide us with more towels when we requested them. The drawbacks of the hotel are that it is very old, and the view had much to be desired. On our last night in the room we heard loud banging noises coming from the room next to us. We thought someone was throwing a ball up against the wall, so my husband banged on the wall to signal the occupants that we could hear the noise. A few seconds later the occupant of the other room knocked on our door to indicate that the noise coming from their room was not them but the heater and that they too had trouble sleeping at night... hmm I think it is time for the Roosevelt to do some upgrades.
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