Great Non-Chain Hotel on Upper West Side
There aren't a lot of hotels on the upper West Side within easy walking distance of the Museum of Natural History, and this hotel has a perfect location - literally overlooking the museum/plantarium. The hotel is an older building and therefore has the characteristics of an older building (small bathrooms, lower ceilings, narrow/winding hallways, no room service, have to self-park in the museum parking lot, etc.), but the rooms and hotel overall were in excellent condition. We stayed in the two-room suites facing the museum and were very happy with the rooms and hotel. I suspect that the rooms on the side of the hotel facing away from the museum are darker (and may just look into another building), but we were fortunate to be upgraded. In brief, if we needed to stay in this area of NYC again, we'd certainly consider this hotel. For the price, it was great.