Disappointed again.......
Possibly due it it's reputation as a funky and popular hotel, the Gansevoort group has let its standards totally drop.
I've stayed at the meat packer branch several times but because they were so rude and unhelpful last time I decided to go for the one in park avenue.
Same attitude unfortunately.
I specifically booked a deluxe king room because the last time i was with them they put me in a shoe box. although the size of the room was acceptable, most other things were not.
i found two dead lice and a longest hair in the world in my bathroom. 
they still insist on using the cheapest toilet paper on the planet......500bucks a night....thanks.
there was no safe in the room or the usual cd player and when i mentioned this to them they said they would have them put in immediately......the safe turned up on day two of my four day stay and the cd player never showed up at all.
my mattress was totally shot and very uncomfortable.
at the pool, apart from the polite girl dishing out the towels, everyone else was rather miserable especially the waitress who was very slow and forgetful and obviously hates her job and every body connected with it including the guests. 
i saw a few guests having a fresh fruit platter by the pool and the day after i asked for it myself but they said no cos it had to come up from the downstairs restaurant.....thanks.
all in all i had yet another disappointing Gansevoort experience and i will not be visiting them again.