Clean, friendly and central
Despite reading so many negative views about this hotel we decided to give it a go and were pleasantly surprised. We were on the 9th floor facing the building works opposite but, despite this, we were no more disturbed by noise from there than we were by traffic in nearby Broadway. The lobby looks fine and although the rooms are smaller than other parts of the US they are as big as you'd get in any large city. The bed was a (UK) king size and comfortable enough even though we're used to a superking at home. The pillows were fine. All rooms appear to be exactly the same décor and we loved the enormous mirror (if only we'd had more luggage allowance LOL). The hotel is just a stones throw from Central Park and Times Square with Carnegie Hall just around the corner. It's an easy walk to the Empire State Building and Macy's and has 3 subway stops (on different lines) not too far away.