Location, location, location. That's it folks.
You are right in the heart of the action. There is nothing more to say about that. However, I did not consider this hotel to be the "zen" of it all away from the madness. And madness there is in Times Square, included "naked cowboys" (and cow women) in nothing more than their underwear which is being slighly covered up by their guitar. Need I say more? Times Square also only place in the world I have ever seen a guy walking his goat on a leash. So to get away from the madness, you enter the hotel through the breezeway which is definitely busy. Taxi lines, bell people, etc. Okay. So you go inside and then what? Where is check in? What is going on? Well, check in is on the 8th floor. You and hoards of other people crowd around the revolving or stationary doors to get inside. There is a full serve Starbucks on the ground floor with strange hours. Further upstairs more madness since there is some sort of entertainment venue on the third floor, all open to the public. Our room came with concierge access for breakfast. Forget it. Beyond busy. Hoards and hoards of people. You couldn't even move around. I felt like I was still on the street. And then there are the elevators. Yes, these strange elevators. To get upstairs you have to "press in" your floor. You are then directed via alphabet to whatever elevator the machine thinks you should use. Only problem is once you get there hoards and hoards of people are also waiting for the SAME ELEVATOR!!! So back over to the keypad you go after those people get in that elevator. You then play this game again with the keypad and the people until it is really your turn to get in an elevator. Once inside our suite was spotless and nicely furnished. Unfortunately, the sofabed was really uncomfortable, and our bathroom did have a strange mildewey odor that never quite went away even after it was cleaned. I think it was from the shower curtain. We heard the people from the room next door constantly talking. There was a large gap under the door, but we travel with a sound machine and it did not bother us. The king bed was uber comfortable. I always wanted to stay at the hotel, which I finally did. However, I do believe next time I would research some other properties in the area since everything is easily accessible via subway and Times Square is nothing short of INSANE!!!