Not a good experience : (
I booked in with my daughter for three nights. (Mum & daughter NYC trip). The room was cold and had an overpowering smell of strong cleaning fluid or some knd of chemical. I requested a room change which the reception staff were not happy about. The substitute room smelt of smoke but at least was warm. The room was grubby, there was mildew on the bathroom walls and overall the standard was very poor. However rate was very cheap, sheets and towels very clean and as we only planned to use the room to sleep in for a few hours each night we decided to accept the substitute room. However on the second night the room was unbearably hot and we discovered the radiator had no temperature control. Then to our horror we spotted a cockroach running across the bedroom wall !! On complaining, a member of staff came immediately help move our belongings into another room and was very apologetic. The third room was much better than the previous two and was of altogether of a better standard......nevertheless it was dirty around the windows and the edges of the carpet and under the beds was thick with dust. 
Our conclusion is that rooms are of varying standard; overall it's a grubby dirty hotel but location is perfect and it's cheap....so I guess if you insist of a refurbished room you will get what you pay for. Personally I would never go back there again.