Good location, good value but no frills and noisy rooms
'No-frills is a term used to describe any service or product for which the non-essential features have been removed to keep the price low.'
Pros: great midtown location, right in the center of NY, next to the bistro of the Sofitel and facing a Starbucks. Relatively good value for NYC. Efficient check-in / check-out through a kind of ATM.
Cons: No service. Slow elevator. I got an extremely noisy room on the first night (low floor on 45th Street) as air conditioning is not only very noisy in itself, but implies an open area on the outside so I got all the street noise right in my room, all night long. Uninspiring and rather sad breakfastThe room was clean but just OK in terms of look & feel. No frills, really.
I made a mistake and should not have allowed my company to book a room in that hotel.