Mixed Reviews for this Hotel
We surprised our girls (ages 5, 8, 10) for Thanksgiving with a trip to NYC~ After much debate we went with Le Parker Meridien mainly because of the location & the fact that any negative response someone posted was quickly answered by Lisa in Guest Relations. Not every hotel is going to be perfect & that goes a long way in my book. 
Positives:
Close to EVERYTHING...quick (5) min walk to Central Park
quick 10 min walk to Times Square/The plaza/Rockefeller Center/Broadway, etc (we walked almost everywhere with my girls)
Guest Relations sent up Cookies the first night welcoming my girls to NYC for their first trip (big thumbs up from the girls)
Hotel was clean, not overly crowded (although it was close to sold out), staff @ front desk was friendly,etc
Kids loved cartoons in elevator
The Pool upstairs was great. The view was one of the best in the city. You have to go to the outside area & up the stairs to really take it all in. The guy @ the pool was super nice. 
Yes, its $15 per day per family, however, my kids really enjoyed it & it gave us a nice break from the hustle bustle of the day.
Negatives:
Concierge...since we were traveling during a "holiday" I expected a little bit more from the Concierge desk. They did not know a lot about anything except what was right around the hotel. 
This to me is the biggest draw back of the hotel. Not the most friendly group of women I have dealt with on my travels. I called weeks in advance for help with Thanksgiving dinner reservations & they seemed a little put off that I was calling. I even asked for help when we arrived & it was very apparent that a "local" restuarant had dropped off their menu to sell to the guests. That being said, there was brown haired curly guy, that was very helpful. He sent us to Brooklyn Diner (Diner is too informal of a word for this place) for dinner. I am pretty particular & I have to say it was wonderful. Super nice staff & excellent food. The hotel needs to step up their game with Concierge especially in a place like NYC. They did not go out of the their way to help you with anything. Very disappointing...
House Keeping....Again, not the best. The room was clean, however, the first night a bag of lotion, shampoo, etc was just dropped off on our bed...not even sure why it was there. I used one of the bathrobes & never saw it again. They do not look to see what is in the sheets before sending off to be laundered. They actually took my daughters "blankie" with the sheets. As you can imagine the sheer panic when my 5 year old realized it was gone. We did end up finding it (thank goodness) with the help of some very helpful front desk staff. A VERY big shout out to them! We also realized this morning that another item (my little ones panda pillow pet) was sent out with the wash as well. Too late at this point~Do not leave anything in the bed...it will be lost forever....
Side Notes:
The doorless shower drains all over the floor. The hotel really needs to look into fixing it. Nice size though...we had the JR Suite & it fit our family of (5) just perfect!
The Hamburger place was fine, not the best I have ever had but certainly good. We had a better burger @ SarahBeths down the street. 
Coffee/Bar was great. Super nice people!
Do not take "bike taxi"~total rip off, as they do not tell you the price is per person in addition to per block.
The hotel does charge for everything. If you want to have your own items in the room you have to rent a seperate mini fridge which I found to be funny (we did not do it). The window does open a little bit in each of the rooms which was nice because we could not get the temp to regulate at night. There is not a coffee pot in the room which surprised me a little but there is a Starbucks on every corner, literally! 
The rooms are pretty quiet when the windows are closed. We brought a sound machine just in case & did not have to use it. 
Overall it was a fine stay. I would not rate it as a "luxury stay" but fine all the way around. Would I stay there again, yes & would I recommend it to others, yes mainly because of the location.