Pleasant hotel, perfect setting
We spent a week at the Affinia in May. We have discovered through experience that if you want to get the most out of a city stay, you should stay in the city itself. The Affinia is ideal for this . It is very central and also a good transport hub, being across the road from Pennsylvania Station and the Subway and also on the downtown bus route. It is quick and easy to get uptown or downtown and there is a crosstown bus three streets North.
The hotel is clean and comfortable but not luxurious, but for the price in its central city location it was fine. The room was a good size with a sort of study corner and they room was small but adequate.
After trying the cafes across the street we settled on eating our own cereal in the room then had a coffee and an IPad catchup in the Starbucks across the road as we felt that the hotel Internet fee was over the top.
The staff were pleasant and efficient. The waiters in the Niles Restaurant which we used twice were excellent and amusing but the outstanding customer service feature of the hotel were the concierges who were great, quick with help and advice and for whom nothing was too much trouble. They improved all aspects of the holiday.
We expected New York to be loud and brash and up itself, however we found it to be cultured, interesting , relaxed and welcoming. We loved our time there and would go back at the first opportunity.