Noisy, Dirty, Hotel - Staff with Seriously "Bad" Attitude
Having stayed at the Gansevoort and Thompson LES (both good hotels) a number of times, I decided to try the Standard. What a mistake and huge disappointment, tiny room, filthy carpets and an air conditioning duct that can only be described as "Third World" full of mould. This surely has to be a health hazard of the highest order and an inspection by New York Health Officials is in order before someone gets sick...
The restaurant downstairs for breakfast is appalling, having been sat down the waiter basically flitted around like a princess for ages, then finally dropped a menu on the table saying he would be back soon. Some 20 minutes later, no water, no service I had to ask the restaurant desk for service. Finally the waiter came back with a huge attitude. I asked what had happened and mentioned that I had not even received any water, the waiter then rolled his eyes and then stared at the bottle of water and said well there it is... Unbelievable attitude from an obvious drama queen who should not be serving the public. 
General attitude from staff very, very poor, with most of them transfixed by a deluded notion that they are somehow uber cool... In fact far from it, ignorance and bad service despite working in New York does not make one hip... This hotel overall needs a major attitude adjustment and the owner needs to attend to the cleanliness of the carpets and maintenance of the air conditioning before someone gets sick.