A Quiet Place to Sleep in NYC
My husband, our 8-year-old, our 5-year-old, and I stayed at the Salisbury Hotel recently for a 4-day mini-vacation. We found cheaper hotels online, but I was concerned about some of the reviews, so we thought we'd spend a little more. I'm glad we did! We arrived right on time for check in, and a room was ready for us. However, the woman at the front desk said we could have a room with a pantry if we were willing to wait a half hour or so for it to be cleaned. We were willing, so the kids and I sat in the lobby while my husband parked the car. A short time later, we made it to our room on the 17th floor (the top floor). The view isn't great, as most of the other buildings are taller, but the kids enjoyed watching the construction at the building across the street. The room isn't fancy (the hotel is pretty old), but everything was clean and pleasant and met our expectations. Some of the lamps weren't plugged in and seemed to be in need of new light bulbs, but we didn't care enough to trouble the staff. We were there to see NYC and spent very little time at the hotel. Our room was very quiet (we heard the construction when we got up, but it didn't wake us). We left the room before breakfast and didn't return until after dinner. The only real concern we had with the room was that the window locks were broken and, at 17 stories up, that made us a little nervous. The kids were told to not open the windows and, as my husband and I were always in the room and the kids were never unsupervised, I wasn't too worried about it. If we had planned to spend more time in the room, we may have requested a change. However, the hotel was booked, so I don't know if that would have been possible. Perhaps if you have small children, you may want to think twice about staying in that particular room. Each staff member we encountered was friendly and helpful. The bell hop who brought up our luggage even noticed that we had only three sets of towels and immediately fetched a fourth set. We didn't eat breakfast at the hotel, but instead bought bagels, fruit, etc., at the nearby Cafe Metro. The hotel is in a quieter part of the city and very close to Central Park. We also enjoyed the pizza at nearby Angelo's. We are pretty low maintenance, and require only quiet, clean, and comfy, and the Salisbury Hotel was perfect for us. We would stay here again on our next trip to NYC.