best location
We spent 3 nights here early October. The location is premium if you want to be in Manhattan, all subway lines within walking distance, close to LES, Soho, Shopping etc etc. Nice bathroom with separate toilet but rooms a tad small, especially if you have plenty of luggage which we did. Continental breakfast was pretty average, simple fare and not much of it however the wine and cheese hour in the evening made up for it - i just wish they would play some decent music and not current pop/electronic dance crap! It's the foyer of a funky downtown hotel for god's sake, not a teenage bedroom! I literally would have to take the food or wine up to our room as the music was that abhorrent. If management read this, track down some Mulatu, or labels like g-stone or ubiquity. These are well known and easy to find and a damn side better considering the crowd you have in your hotel!! The air conditioning in the rooms was the other bad that really let this hotel down in my opinion. It was so noisy, like a plane taking off every time the thermostat kicked in. I did complain as i am a light sleeper and during the night it came on probably 3 times an hour so it kept waking me up. (i am a light-ish sleeper). The staff were nice and offered to move us to another room, but the problem was the same across the board. For a hotel that's only a year or so old, i feel this is a big screw up for them (i think they are well aware of it too by the response we got). That aside, the hotel was decent and the rooftop that anyone can go up to offers great views.