Bare Bones Lodging
Convienent Upper West Side location to Central Park, Columbia University, eclectic dining and public transportation. Other than that, rooms are extremely small with bare bones furnishings ----- definitely a no frills place. Room and bathroom were clean, although bathroom could use some refurbishing. Staff not overly friendly. For $155 and a one night stay it was tolerable.
The hotel advertises recent updates, yet I think this applies only to the new lobby doors (which, by the way, open opposite to what one expects; push to get in and pull to go out; I thought all egress doors had to open outward, not inward, but perhaps NYC has different regulations).
Doubt that I will ever book or recommend this to a friend.