Very mediocre stay for high price
I recently stayed at this hotel for 5 days for work. I would rate this hotel at a 2.5. 
I used to live and work in NYC so am familiar with the city. I was familiar with the Hudson as well, having gone for drinks multiple times in its trendy Library Bar and club. Those trendy days are over. The hotel is tired and old-looking and the staff doesn't seem to care much about its guests.
My chief complaints are as follows:
- I booked a superior room for 4 days and a standard room for 1 day. I was given the standard room for all 5 days and given no comp for the one day that I overpaid
- I purchased the breakfast package. The usual breakfast restaurant was under renovation so I was only offered fruits and pastries. For $40 extra per night, that was steep. In addition, there was no room to sit in the breakfast area most morning so I had to take my breakfast back to my room. Despite this, the staff at the restaurant often did not have lids for the take-out containers, etc. or bags which fit the take-out containers. Given that they had no room for seating due to renovation, couldn't they at least have their take-out containers figured out?
- My room was very small. I have stayed in many hotel rooms in NYC before and have never seen anything so small. It was a struggle to find a place to open my suitcase to unpack. When I sat on the toilet, my knees were right up against the wall facing me. I was staying alone in the room but if I was staying with someone else, I think it would have been too close for comfort.
- My room had a weird food smell coming through the air vents. I assume it came from a restaurant below, but I didn't appreciate the smell of grease as I was trying to fall asleep
- there was no bathtub in the room and the shower barely had a rim so the toilet area got wet too
- the location is okay. You are close to Columbus Circle but no much else. The hotel is all the over at 9th and 58th, so while it is not far from anything, it is also not that close to anything.
Overall, for the price of almost US$400 per night, this hotel didn't seem worth it. True, it was a room to crash in at night and the bed was comfortable, but there are many other hotels out there for this price range. Unless you get a real deal on this hotel bringing the price way down, I'd recommend staying somewhere else.