Well, maybe not so much
My husband and I choose to stay in 'boutique' hotels whenever possible when we travel. We've stayed in several on frequent trips to New York City, and so I was intrigued when I saw the very positive reviews of the Sanctuary Hotel in midtown.
Yes, it is in a good location for midtown. And yes, the door and front desk staff were very helpful(more on that later.)
But I don't understand the glowing reports.
Our room was on the 3rd floor w/access by an elevator down a somewhat creepy dark hallway. If you are uncomfortable waiting for an elevator in this kind of condition make sure you ask for a room using the off lobby elevators. As I was using the stairs one of the very pleasant cleaning persons warned me to be careful because the stairs were steep and it was dark. An understatement. The electrical in the rooms is controlled European style by using a room key inside the doorway. But because it is so dark in the hallway, and there are no lights in the room, you have to fumble around a bit to find the proper place for the key. The chandelier is lovely once lighted.
We've stayed in small rooms. Very small rooms. But this was by far the smallest room we've had in New York. The wc was literally less than 3 feet from my head on the pillow. The shower was less than 3 feet from the side of the bed. The bathroom is IN the bedroom. There seems to be a divider curtain that, at least in our room, was bolted to the side and could not close. Odd.
We had two windows: one looked out at a brick wall about 3 feet away; the other was very small and frosted. Again, we've looked out on walls before but in a very small room it was claustrophobia inducing. Very quick trip so not worth trying to change.
The complimented breakfast was a nice touch. 
Earlier I mentioned the front desk staff. We had one strange interaction with the concierge. As we had a very early departure, I inquired about arranging for airport transportation. Order a taxi, or arrange for a car? I was told that cars were very expensive - over $125 to LaGuardia. This puzzled me a bit because we've used car services before that were never close to that cost. When I mentioned that to the concierge his reply was perhaps that was because "lower star" hotels "2 or 3 stars" don't use the more expensive service. We've always had excellent experiences with car services secured by other hotels. That sealed our never returning to the Sanctuary. This gentleman had no idea where or how we travel, but made the assumption we were choosing lesser accomodations that didn't provide a high level of service. Or maybe he was just trying to shield us from an outrageous car service fee. The bell staff very graciously stood in the rain in the very early morning to flag us a taxi (he also managed to get us some coffee as none was available yet at the hotel.)
My rating is actually 2.5. I wouldn't call this poor, but it is in my estimation less than average. With so many choices in the fabulous city of New York, why end up somewhere so mediocre?