After reading the reviews, I was prepared for the worst. I booked via Priceline for $200 per night on a busy weekend in May, and Priceline reservations are nonrefundable. Here is my honest assessment:
The good: the lobby and other public areas are nicely decorated, the check-in person was very friendly, the conceirge/baggage assistance was very friendly, check-in and check-out were very quick; great location just off of Columbus Circle. Starbucks on the same street, Dunkin Donuts just around the corner.
The bad: The bed was rather hard and had no sheets or blankets, just a bottom sheet and a very thick duvet cover. You had two choices - sleep with no blankets at all (too cold) or the heavy duvet cover (way too warm); long wait for the elevators (it was a busy weekend at this hotel); no tub - just a shower; strange spooky yellowish lights on either side of the bed - they had painted shades with with a three-eyed woman on them. May give you nightmares! :)
Our room was small but nowhere near as small as what others have mentioned. You could get into the shower easily, without stepping over the toilet. There was plenty of room for your knees when using the bathroom. Looking at the room diagrams posted on the back of the door, it looks like we had one of the larger "standard queens". I could see that other rooms were smaller than ours. I guess we just got lucky? With Priceline you have no say in what room you get - I didn't even bother to ask for any kind of upgrade at check-in.
All in all, this hotel met my expectations, which were definitely low, having read numerous other reviews. I would still use Priceline again in the future, given the significant savings over posted rates for hotels in the area.
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