Hotel was beautiful- apart from the rats
I went here with my husband in September 2011. Its a beautiful hotel, design and layout is very modern and stylish. The room was small but very neat. Staff were ok, i kept felt we were being stared at and felt awkward walking in and out reception desk when certain staff was there. however one lady from reception desk was really nice, always complimenting me, she even sent up chocolates and wine as a welcome. as we dont drink we left it there but it was really nice of the lady to do that. very welcoming. 
location is quite good, quite a bit of restaurants and shops near by. times sq is 5-10 mins walk away.
The hotel has a rooftop bar and the view from the top is absolutely breathtaking at night. really beautiful. As for the rest of the hotel its really neat, and has a restaurant downstairs and we used to have breakfast there everyday before we headed out to explore. Food was really nice. Very well presented aswel. This hotel had everything, gym, rooftop bar but no swimming pool. This is the first hotel i had ever been to that had no pool. Also i knew that the hotel was pet friendly but didnt know that included rats? There a small area behind the reception where noone goes, there was rats running about there. Was quite shocked as the hotel looked so clean. kinda put me off. Made me paranoid if there was any in my room. I understand its only rats, and that they are everywhere in the world but when you pay to stay at a place with such a standards you wouldnt expect to see rats there. Apart from that there are so many different hotels in new york, i dont think i would come back here again. I only planned to stay in new york for 3 days however we loved it so much we stayed an extra week- but not here, a nicer place with no rats.