Hotel 31

Good Hotel

It features all the amenities that you would expect from a first class hotel, including private air conditioned rooms, a concierge 24 hours a day, daily maid service, cable TV, telephone and helpful multilingual staff.

Hotel 31 is an affordable European style hotel, our central Manhattan location is near many major tourist attractions, we are within easy walking distance of the Empire State Building, Macy's district, Time Square, Madison Square Garden and the Broadway Theatre District.

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Cheap Option 1

Hotel 31 and the sister hotel (Hotel 17) are named after the streets they are found on.

The 2 places are very similar.

Hotel 31 is in a good location, 2 minutes walk from the Subway.

Most rooms have shared bathroom.

Not a problem as there are plenty of bathrooms, they are very clean, and seemed to be forever vacant.

The downside..... some of the rooms are tiny.

We booked a twin. We arrived to find a room with a double bed theat filled the room. We were still laughing when the porter wheeled in our 'twin' bed. A campbed that simply did not fit into the room.

We stayed one night and complained.

They said the place was full, however they moved us to Hotel 17, to a bigger room and even paid for the taxi to transfer us.

For a budget option, these hotels are top notch.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive

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Great European Boutique Hotel!

After staying in flea-bag Midtown Hotels that are supposed to be clean American lodgings (Like Howard Johnson's Penn Station and the Ramada near Port Authority) Hotel 31 is really refreshing. Many Americans won't stay there because the rooms don't have private baths, but the hall lavs and showers are impeccably clean, and the single room was 85.00 per night. Hotel 31 has a wonderful location, on 31st between Madison and Lex and an easy walk to Times Square without the huge crowds or expense. Its sister lodgings, Hotel 17 and Hotel 41, have the same atmosphere--Hotel 17 is by Union Square with great walking access to Chelsea, the Village and Downtown. Anyway, I recommend getting over your squeamishness about sharing a bathroom and consider Hotel 31 for your New York stay.

Unique Quality: It's located on a quiet block of E 31st st away from the noise of Times Square crowds. Old-fashioned European ambience as opposed to sterile, pre-fab American Hotels

$89 a night incl tax.

This is hotel was clean but had very small rooms, most of which shared a bathroom which was to be fair clean.
The staff were friendly and helpful, could probably do with redecorating inside and during my stay some of the TV channels were fuzzy but then who goes to New York to watch TV.
you can get rooms that look onto the Empire State building.

Unique Quality: not to expensive for the location and you can get rooms that have a view of the Empire State building.

• Opinion of Price: about average

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Inexpensive and quiet location in the 30s

Hotel 31 is location on a quiet block between Lexington and Park Avenues. There are other residential homes on this tree-lined block and staying here makes you feel like a New Yorker as you leave from and return to the hotel. We last stayed at Hotel 31 in 2001 or 2002 and it was a very pleasant experience. We had a double with shared bath (a limited number of rooms with private bath are also available) The room decor was a bit dark and dated but not shabby. There was a sink in our room which provided a level of convenience that I had not expected. I was pleasantly surprised that the shared bathrooms on our floor (there were two, both with toilet, sink and shower) were kept spotless. Convenient to subway (4, 5, 6) on 33rd and Park and buses.

A recent check of rates shows that Hotel 31 is still a budget property in pricey Manhattan.

Unique Quality: Location on a quiet residential street, clean, good location

Perfect for the budget traveller

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

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very good location in Murray Hill

very nice area and friendly people

Unique Quality: pretty close to Union Square and 34th st

Not a bad place

This is one of the cheapest options you can get in
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The rooms are clean, the location is good and you share the bathroom. Two seep for 110 bucks.

Pretty Good for a Budget Hotel and great location

This place was very clean even if it was old. So old it had one of those old slide-it-yourself elevator doors and took 15 min just to get to the 4th fl and can only fit about 4 people - thin ones at that. However the stairs are right next to and although narrow are quicker alternative. A friend and I hired a 2 bed room with private bath and it was fine. Cost $135. Seems a private bath is the ultimate luxury with NYC hotels and they are prepared to slug you for it. Between 2 this was very affordable and such a great location! Some hotels you can't swing a cat but there was room to move in this room! The bathroom was clean and modern...a little out of place for such an old building. But the carpet was clean, the room was clean and it didnt smell. Also amazingly it was very quiet! Would highly recommend for people who are there to see the city and have fun. I wouldnt recommend it for a romantic getaway. The TV was old but it worked. You could get a shared bathroom for much less abt $80...and from what we saw they were very clean and well maintained and hardly used. So wouldnt be a bad alternative for the budget conscious. Staff were very pleasant and helpful also. Although there was no baggage service or assistance.

Unique Quality: No views, only of the back of other buildings - but who cares when you just want to sleep after being out all night seeing the city.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

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