For anybody reading this, while researching where to stay in NYC, please take serious note of this review. You will be pleased if you do....
Here it is, my review of the Westin Times Square, boiled down to one word : it was OK. That's it. It was a clean room, but not the cleanest I've stayed in. The Heavenly Bed is nice, but so too are any Simmons Pillowtop mattresses. The bathroom was OK, but a little small. Some dirty spots between grout of tile / slate. Wall paper peeling in small spots here and there. Not much counter space. Metal vanity and sink, while definitely neo-metro, came off as a little cheap looking, sorry to say...kind of tinny. would take granite over that any day.
Location was fine, and unlike one of the reviews below might indicate, the hotel is definitely IN the Times Square / Theater district. I don't know what they were talking about. Whoever wrote that must not like walking. Not very far (1 block?) from Broadway and 43rd. Come on people, walk a little.
Again, everything was just OK. I've stayed in many nicer hotels in different parts of the country; I've stayed in worse. This one was mid-pack at best.
OK, now if you've read to this part, here's where you need to take note: for the price (I think Westin was around $390 night), you can do much better at the Michelangelo on 51st. I think the cross street is 6th or 7th. The Michelangelo was far and away better, for the same price. My wife and I stayed there summer of 2004. Unbelieveably more worth the money, and only a few blocks from the hustle and bustle of Times Square. Bigger room, bigger bathroom, cleaner, nicer accouterments, free continental breakfast (not that we took advantage of that, but it's there); simply better for the money. Why did we stay at the Westin, then, you be asking? They had a buy two night, get one free promo, and we thought we would try something new in NYC.
Not next time though. Why settle for "OK", when you can have "exceptional" at the Michelangelo, for the same price?
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