Great location and good staff
Our travel agent managed to get us a good deal for just one night after a cruise that arrived early morning at pier 35. After the usual USA immigration delays, we arrived about 9:30am, but had requested our TA inform them of the early arrival.
The receptionist hardly batted an eyelid when we said that an email had been sent and had a room ready straightaway. The receptionist also supplied a temporary Starwood loyalty card as even though we have been Starwood members for a over a year, we never had a card. 
As others have said, the lifts are a bit slow and the hotel layout is a bit confusing until you have been to and from your room a couple of times. The room was advertised as for a Starwood prreferred guest, was clean and spacious, yet the beds were only doubles and not Queen or King, which is unusual.
Food in the coffee bar appeared a bit pricey, but there is a 711, Subway and other eateries close by.
Great location as the Hop On Hop Off bus office and terminus is less than 100 yards away and the waterfront not much further.
Piers 39 and 45 are within easy walking distance.
No refrigerator in the room is poor at this price and the rooms are not double glazed. Our room wasn't dark enough as the Roman blinds let in far too much light and there were lights outside.
At $25, we decided that breakfast was too expensive.
We parked our luggage and the pleasant concierge also booked our airport shuttle, which arrived on time at 6:15pm. We didn't use the pool but we did sit outside late afternoon until the shuttle pick up, in a sunny area primarily for smokers, adjacent to reception. There is an outdoor gas fire for each of the four seating areas which is pleasant enough. We weren't troubled by smoke drifting across either.
The important question as always, is "would we stay again". Given the ideal location, the answer would probably be yes.