I am willing to bet good money that the room photos on the hotel's website were NOT taken at the hotel... I am 100% serious. I've stayed in a lot of NYC hotel rooms (at all price points), so I like to think I have some idea of what to expect when I arrive. Let's just say that the Buckingham kept me guessing!
The exterior and lobby of the hotel are very nice... The hallways are clean and nicely decorated...Then, you open the door to your room and WOW. It's immediatelty like being in a cheap roadside motel. My bed was LITERALLY concave, with a deep sag that I could easily see from the doorway.
The bathroom was the size of an airplane bathroom, and I had to walk in completely and close the door all the way in order to sit on the toilet. Luxurious! I had to rent a cable modem to have internet access in my room. Modern! There was ONE bellman for the whole hotel, and he was busy doing something else every single time I saw him (I stayed for three nights). Service! All in all, it was very much like staying at a friend's place - kinda crummy, but there's obviously no point in complaining. They're not going to, like, RENOVATE the hotel for you or anything...
I liked that my room faced the street (even though yes, it was loud as hell), and that the window opened. My company was paying for the stay, otherwise... if it had been my own money, I would have changed hotels.
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