I stayed at the Astoria over the thanksgiving weekend, £650 for 3 nights in a Junior Suite (no breakfast)
We were celebrating my girlfriends birthday with a trip to NY, The Junior Suite we stayed in was huge by New York standards, a small kitchenette, large sofa, reasonable bathroom and good size hilton bed.
My description of the room decor would be "sparse" and "dated", yes it was a good size, but not the sort of room that you would want to spend prolonged periods.
to celebrate my girlfriends birthday i'd emailed ahead to organise champagne and chocolates in the room, i received an emailed response stating the hotel would do this for me on a complimentary basis (fantastic!) but when i got to the hotel the items were not in the room, reception had no record of the request, and it took 3 further calls and an hour of faffing to get a glass of celebratory fizz.
hardly the "romantic" start to the weekend i had in mind!!!
So, in summary, a good hotel, steeped in history and 1950's glamour, somewhat dilapidated and outdated by today's standards, service levels are 4 star, rooms are 4 star also....the foyer is the only 5 star part of this hotel.
I will be staying in a cheaper boutique hotel on my next trip to NYC and will not be back to the Waldorf.
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