Highly Recommended
I was looking for an affordable room in a 'nice' hotel to stay for one night with my wife. After staying, I felt like we won the NYC Hotel lottery. We arrived at around 1PM (check in is at 3), so I thought about just paying the doorman a tip to leave our bags and do some shopping. He suggested that we check with the front desk first ... good advice because our room was ready and we were allowed to check-in early. During check-in, the person at the front desk actually apologized because our room didn't have a 'view'. WOW! On the way out, I chatted with the doorman for a minute about getting around and the 2 guys there offered GREAT advice. Later in the evening, we were having trouble using our phone card with the room phone and again the front desk staff was very helpful; with their assistance we were able to navigate the phone system and make an international phone call. Upon check-out the doorman asked if we needed a car, I declined and he politely inquired where we were going. After telling him (it was to Penn Station) he suggested a much faster, easier route and it worked out brilliantly. I can say with all honestly that staying at this hotel was absolutely the most enjoyable of ANY hotel I've ever stayed in the US and easily ranks in the top 5 of hotels I've stayed in internationally.