Great Urban NYC Experience
I have just come back from a 9 day trip from the US and stayed in 4 properties during my stay there. For me this was the best one by far for the following reasons:
1. Staff: Young enthusiastic front desk staff. Really sweet and helpful waiting staff.
2. Food: Although not cheap, the quality of the breakfast was excellent. However, you get what you pay for and quality food isn't cheap. I had the 'green' smoothie, not because I particularly like smoothies, but because I would be 'good' and have something 'healthy' - it had spinach, kale the works in terms of anti-oxidants etc. I was truly expecting something very horrible but very healthy ... my ecstatic surprise to find it was the best smoothie on the table :-). I asked the kitchen staff if they made it on site and sure enough it was made from scratch on site. Lovely eggs benedict and great mexican eggs, that were mexican and not tex-mex.
3. Atmosphere: very relaxed downstairs, good bar and a good vibe without being too noisy and crazy.
4. Rooms: we had a small room but it had everything we needed. Mattress on a raised floor which was very comfortable. Sheets good, shower good, very simple with an urban feel to it. It is not the Mark or the Four Seasons but you are not paying those prices either. I feel the price quality was excellent.
5. Borrowed some bicycles from the hotel and rode through New York. The city just shrank, peddling along the Hutson and even through the middle of town was really fun and not at all as scary as that sounds :-).
Great time, thank you Americano