great location, but disappointed in the stay
Thought I was planning a once in a life time experience, I had never stayed in an elite hotel such as this and was really let down by the stay. Let's start with the good...the location of the hotel is awesome. You walk out the front door and there is the grand central park. We stayed in an essex king room, the bathroom was lovely and in actuality it was about have the size of the room itself with lots of special amenities. Loved the water pressure. The actual room was disappointing, opened up our window and saw the nothing but brick walls. The bed was only average, my bed at home was much more luxurious. I was angry that for the $415 a night that they wanted to charge an additional $18 for wi fi. Come on that could not have been included.
My son treated us both to the mother's day brunch that was the only part of the trip that made me feel like a queen, it was excellent. But the hotel itself for the price we paid was very disappointing. Small hint....if you exit out the rear door of the hotel onto 58th street and walk up to seventh ave there is an awesome deli with all that you may need, great food and very reasonable prices.