Location, Location, Location!
This hotel is in a brilliant location close to Times Square, near the Grayline hop on hop off tour bus terminus, near to one of the NY Tourist Centres, near the Theatre District (Minskoff Theatre 250 metres away). We walked, bussed and took the subway. Took some cabs early in the mornings, otherwise we walked, it is genreally just about as quick to get around. You could not get more central than this. 
If you want a hotel with marble fountains, swimming pools, hot tubs, onsite bars, onsite restaurnats, this is NOT the hotel for you. If you do want a briallint location, clean old style hotel, comfortable beds and don't mind a little threadbare carpet, this is the place for you. There are plenty of Delis, Reaturants and Bars within 100 metres of the Hotel. I travelled with my family and we saw other families at this hotel as well. The service was generally good.