Gone downhill and spiraling
I have stayed at the Days Hotel six times now. Count 'em, SIX times. You can scroll down for my initial review, which I posted after my first two times. Since then, every experience has taken a nosedive and I can no longer positively recommend this hotel.
It is STILL a "value" for NYC. I won't get into what a ripoff NYC hotels are, and how awful they all are and how much they overcharge. It's terrible, and as much as I like NYC, it is not worth what hotels overcharge. Given that Days Hotel averages about $150 a night, it's considered a "bargain." But it's still a craphole. Yup, a craphole.
Since I've been staying there, the wear and tear on the motel is just getting worse. A lot of it has to do with the fact that, because it costs less than most hotels in Manhattan, you get a large crowd of big families or tourist groups. The hotel is just not doing its part keeping up with the amount of people who stream through here.
The biggest issue is that the rooms are so hit and miss. On my last stay here, I had a big, spacious room but I got NO cell phone or Internet reception (I don't mean their WiFi, which is a joke because you'll never find a signal; I had my own broadband card). I couldn't get a 4G signal, which had never happened before. So I asked to move to a room where I could get better signal. They moved me to a room that is facing the street. So I did find out that the rooms that face the street (Broadway) get some Internet reception. The rooms that face the back do not. However, the street-facing rooms are incredibly small. The size of a closet. And the heaters that they attach to these particular units are so loud and constantly banging throughout the night. 
So in the end, you have to choose between Internet reception or a bigger room that doesn't have banging pipes. That they can't figure out a happy medium between these two is the Days Hotel's downfall. If you're a business traveler, you'll have to suck it up and shell out the bigger bucks at a better hotel. It stinks but you won't get any work done at this place.
Their receptions are not friendly at all and the lack of good customer service is another ding for this place.