Second stay in this hotel, a still great.
Originally stayed in this hotel in 2005 when it was just the Red Roof Inn. Since then it has been modernized and looks more like a boutique hotel now.
Due to Hurricane Sandy, we had spent a difficult day getting to New York. However, the staff upon arrival were friendly and quickly checked us into the room was wanted.
The room was a twin with 2 queen beds, and was spacious, on a high floor, with a view out the rear of the hotel. The room was warm and clean and had a flat screen tv, free wifi, coffee maker and usual amenities. The bathroom was spacious and the room was clean, with good spacious comfortable beds and ipod clock radio (and air con if needed).
The elevators do take longer than usual to arrive, with only 2 elevators for a large hotel. However, this was not a problem for me.
There are also 2 apple mac PCs in the foyer with a printer if you need info and print outs. Also tourist info and help in the foyer.
You can have breakfast for free on the 2nd floor. I only used this once, as it was just a basic breakfast. However, more than enough to get you started (tea/coffee/bagels/cereal/juice).
The location of the hotel is in the middle of Korea Town, which was be a little dirty. However, not a huge problem, as it is also located very close to Herald Square and virtually next door to the Empire State and 5th Avenue, which is a great location.
Overall, great for a tourist stay in NYC and compared to other hotels in NYC that charged £200 a night, we got this for £110 a night, which was great value in comparison (we did book very early though).