I generally enjoyed my stay in Hotel 31. It was very close to the Empire States and there was a subway station nearby and I saw many Japanese restaurants around. Actually it is not that important, because you're at the heart of Manhattan, you can go wherever you want very easily either by walk or by metro.
The rooms were OK, but very small. I had a lot of bags and stuff, maybe that was the reason I found the rooms small. We didn't have a bathroom inside the room. But there are 2 shared bathrooms in our corridor and every time I found one available.
In the rooms, there were a TV, sink, mirror, towels, air conditioner-which is noisy and pretty old-, bedside tables and a chair etc.
I didn't see any roaches or bugs. Everything was clean and proper.
Bathrooms were also clean.
The general atmosphere was very nice. The hotel has a cinematographic and film noir style look which I liked very much.
The only thing that I can complain about was the cab driver the receptionist arranged for me to go to JFK airport. It was not a usual yellow cab. The driver asked me more than we spoke with the receptionist. Actually the price that the receptionist asked was already higher than the yellow cabs and at the end we paid extra extra more than the normal price.
I was treated as a tourist in a bad way which bothered me of course. I really didn't like it. For the next time in NYC, Hotel 31 won't be at the top of my list only because of this.
If you stay at this hotel, and need a cab, make sure how much you pay both with the receptionist and the driver.
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