Fantastic hotel, staff, location - well recommended
This is a fabulous hotel with the best staff ever, special mention to Neesha and Joseph who went out of their way for us. We stayed for 5 nights in early June, our first visit to New York. It was a special celebration and the hotel could not do enough, we were in a quiet room on the 31st floor with views of the Empire State Building on one side and the Hudson on the other. The room was spotless, comfortable beds and pillows and a great coffee machine. - celebration cakes left in our room on the first day. 
We were there for the free mexican food and drinks night - fantastic.
The location is so central with all of Hell's Kitchen restaurants a 2 minutes walk away. The area doesn't look too bad and I can honestly say we had no hassle at all.