I had hoped for better than this....
My husband and I stayed at ink48 4/28/12. We wanted to stay there be cause of the very positive experience we had at the Baltimore, MD Kimpton. When we arrived it was past check in time, which at 3:00. We were thanked for choosing their hotel and then told that our room was not ready. So we stood at the front desk waiting and then the clerk suggested we go to the bar and have a drink. I just wanted to settle into the room, and besides, I don't drink. So I was not happy with her suggestion. We finally got up to our room and I was not very impressed with the decor. It was nothing like the Baltimore Kimpton. It was clean however. The bed was low to the floor and kind of hard. Not very comfortable. It had a HVC unit in the room which blew right into your face and was very noisy. Our view was supposed to be of the Hudson River. The pictures online showed unobstructed panaramic views, but what we got was a view of The Intrepid and some cruise ships out in front and buildings to the side. My husband thought it was ok to see the ships until their horns started blowing. It made us jump out of our skin! We went out for dinner and returned kind of late and all we wanted to do was go to sleep. When we turned out the lights, we heard a sort of thumping sound. We thought maybe we had some honeymooners next door or something, but we listened to the adjoining wall and that was not it. Then we realized it was rhythmic and then we felt slight vibration so we deduced it had to be music playing some where. That when on until 3:30 a.m. We finally got to sleep and got woken up at 9:30 a.m. by the cruise ship horns again. So we got up and showered and when I went to use the hair dryer the cord was so short it was impossible! I kept knocking into the wall with my elbow and I just could not maneuver it properly with such a short cord. On top of no sleep, an uncomfortable mattress and now bad hair, it was almost too much for me to take! We did not feel like we were bathed in luxury with a fabulous view. We were disappointed. This was our 24th wedding anniversary and we wanted it to be special, but it made me sad that we chose this hotel when there any number of hotels in NYC that we could have stayed at. We didn't complain about anything w hike we were there because we figured it would be more trouble than it would be worth, however, we did fill out a survey online explaining our experience and they took $100.00 off the bill. That was very nice but I would have rather had a better experience.
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