Roosevelt Hotel, New York
This hotel is great - if you are going to sleep in the lobby.
Our recent stay, however, was an unhappy experience. Here are the reasons why:
1) The lifts to the upper floors were grossly inadequate and on two occasions my daughter and I had to use the stairs.
2) The room was small and the two double beds were very uncomfortable.
3) The ironing board had seen much better days and should be consigned to the scrap heap.
4) The hair drier did not work.
5) The bathroom was dirty with a particularly bad odour from the shower curtain. So much so we derailed it and steeped it in the bath tub.
6) The odour from the walk-in wardrobe was utterly rank
7) Two receptionists, one male the other female, were very unfriendly and unhelpful. When I asked the male one if I could have a late check-out (for which I was prepared to pay) as my daugher was ill, he curtly told me to book another room.
The roosevelt hotel survives on its great location, but its owners are clearly not re-investing any money back into its bedrooms. We won't be back.