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I was pleasantly surprised by my experience at the Moderne. The nice-sized room was spotless...the king bed "heavenly." The all-marble bath was as nice as hotels I've stayed at 3 times the price. Lots of steaming hot water too. With just a few rooms per floor the halls were quiet. Yes the elevator is a bit slow but, with only 7 floors I never had a long wait. The phone had a data port and voicemail....and there was a CD player at bedside. Also there's a nice coffee lounge on the second floor, overlooking 55th St.
The Moderne isn't fancy and there are a few very minor signs of wear. But at the great rate I found thru Hotels.com it was an uncommon value for NYC. And to be just 2-3 blocks from most theatres, numerous restaurants, and two subway stations....I'll be back!
The staff is what made my stay outstanding. The two young men who alternate at the front desk could not have been more helpful. They really came through was when NYC experienced a serious cold wave just as I was checking in for my 4-day stay. The "high" that day was 4 degrees..with wind-chills at minus ten. I phoned the desk because the room was chilly and, within 15 minutes, the day engineer arrived to adjust the heating unit and clean its filter. But that didn't seem to help so I called the front desk again. In less than an hour someone knocked at my door with a newly purchased portable radiator. Yes, they had actually sent someone out to get this one just for me. Theme: HotelPrice: US$120-180 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 243 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019Phone: (212) 397-6767Directions: Great location - almost around the corner from Carnegie Hall, 1/2 block to Broadway, 3 blocks to Central Park. Also, less than a block away, is the Ed Sullivan Theatre where they tape David Letterman's show.Website: www.nychotels.com Map: Moderne
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The New York Palace, in midtown Manhattan, successfully merges a contemporary 55-story hotel tower with the historic Villard Houses (1882). Each guest room and suite has a magnificent view of the Manhattan skyline, many overlooking St. Patrick's Cathedral. All rooms have upgraded amenities, such as marble bathrooms, hair dryers, mini-bars, in-room safes, fax machines, and three two-line telephones. All guests enjoy access to a 7,000-square-foot fitness center. The Towers section, a hotel within a hotel, offers private registration, express elevators, and mantre d'itage service. Tower rooms and suites feature two distinctive dicors on alternating floors. One is classical European, and the other is contemporary with art deco influences. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 455 Madison Ave, New York, NYPhone: 212-888-7000Directions: Located at midtown Manhattan.Website: http://www.newyorkpalace.com • Email: info@newyorkpalace.com
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| | | | Swissotel New York - The Drake: Hummm, too expensive for the service
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What a experience, let me tell you:
Gym: OK
Room: OK, not better than Park Central hotel, a cheaper hotel
Breakfast and dinner: Average food and drink, astronomic prices, friendly people
Employees: hummmmmmm. Chinese concierge with worse english than me, some of the women not very friendly, the man that receives you in from of the hotel and carry the baggage with less education than a monkey, people that carry the luggage until your room don't use deodorant, laundry like a 2 star hotel....
Room: OK
Location
Internet wireless access (not from the hotel but from a friendly neighboor...) Leave a Comment
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| | | | The Westin New York at Times Square: A heavenly piece of New York!
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The hotel describes its rooms as "Heavenly" and it really was! We were upgraded to an "Executive Club" room, with plenty of space, comfy chairs and a coffee table, flat screen large TV, Apple mac, huge shower head, free newspapers, a marshmallow duvet and wonderful pillows and stylish modern decor. There is a blackout blind and double glazing that keeps the bright lights and noise out.
A continental breakfast in the "Executive Club" was included - a decent spread of the usual cereals, breads, meats, juices, yoghurts and fruit.
There is a gym on site but - despite good intentions - we never quite made it!
Overall a very comfortable stay.
Thoroughly recommended!
The hotel is built over a Starbucks and a cinema - you can grab a film and a coffee without going out in the cold! Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 270 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036Directions: Turn west from Times Square and there are entrances on both 43rd Street (main entrance) or 42nd Street (rear entrance) near to 8th AvenueWebsite: www.westinny.com Map: The Westin New York at Times Square
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| | | | Thirty Thirty Hotel New York: Great Midtown Manhattan Hotel
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is a famously luxurious hotel in New York. It has been housed in two
historic landmark buildings in New York City.
The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire
State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a 47 storey, 625 ft. (191
m) Art Deco landmark, designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and dating from 1931. The
hotel is the flagship of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection, a chain of upscale hotels spun out of the
Hilton Hotels and Conrad Hotels chains, as well as some new hotels.
The name, Waldorf=Astoria, now officially appears with a double hyphen, but originally the single
hyphen was employed, as recalled by a popular expression and song, "Meet Me at the Hyphen."
The modern hotel has three American and classic European restaurants, and a beauty parlor
located off the main lobby.
Several luxurious boutiques surround the distinctive lobby, which has won awards for its
restoration to the original period character. An even more luxurious, virtual "hotel within a hotel"
in its upper section is known as The Waldorf Towers operated by Conrad Hotels & Resorts.
The hotel has its own railway platform as part of Grand Central Terminal, used by Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, and Douglas MacArthur, among others.
An elevator large enough for Franklin D. Roosevelt's car provides access to the platform
The hotel's name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance. Hotel facts and
statistics Location 301 Park Avenue
New York City, New York Opening date 1893 (Waldorf Hotel)
1897 (Astoria Hotel) Management The Waldorf=Astoria Collection Owner Hilton Hotels
Corporation No. of floors 47 Leave a Comment
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