OT: Hotels in New York City

[Spinner]

My wife, son and I plan to spend 4 days in the city next month. As it has been a few years since my last visit, I'm looking for some mid-town hotel suggestions (quality, value, unique venue).

Your suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.

Marc

[Hardlyrob]

Believe it or not, the Holiday Inn on 57th at 9th Ave is pretty good. Not necessarily center of the action, but more reasonable than most.

Hotels are still really expensive in Manhattan - $250+ for anything decent. However, that is still much better than last summer when $400 was about the least you could expect to pay.

Cheers!

Rob

[Bruce K]

Stay away from The London.

Overpriced, pretentious, spartan furnishings, small rooms.

Did I say we didn't enjoy it very much. :rolleyes:

BK

[jchasse]

I'm a fan of Kimpton Hotels and The Muse was pretty nice when I last stayed there in the Winter.

[slotracer]

I stay at the Le Parker Meridien on 57 (has two entrances -one on 56th, one on 57th). It has a pool, the 'Burger Joint', couple bars and Norma's - expensive but great breakfasts. Not cheap but has a great location. If you can afford it, has rooms with views of Central Park (above the 26th floor).

my .02

[rwsaunders]

My wife and daughter just stayed at a new DoubleTree in Chelsea last weekend....LEED certified and $159/night...they loved it.

[67-59]

I stayed at the Renaissance Times Square about a week ago for only $203/night. Great, recently renovated rooms, quiet and convenient to most everything.

[54ny77]

Hotels have been experiencing high vacancy rates lately (relatively speaking).

If you have a lot of folks joining you (which it sounds like), look for a suite-style hotel, i.e., plenty of room.

I've stayed here as well as had family stay here when visiting (uncle/aunt w/3 kids): http://www.buckinghamhotel.com/. Not the Taj Mahal, but still quite nice and offers a lot of space.

It's very centrally located in midtown, and a block away from Central Park.

There's always the Hilton Tower (on 53rd & 6th Ave.) as well as Sheraton Tower (52nd & 7th Ave). Perfectly nice, I've had family stay there too.

For kicks, go have breakfast at the Renaissance Times square hotel. It directly overlooks Times Square (I forget which floor it's on--ask the front desk for "the restaurant"). Very funky red leather chairs (they're like recaro sports car seats), helluva view, breakfast prices not too outrageous...

[joelh]

Was there in January and stayed in the Murray Hill Suites. Mid 30's between Madison and 3rd. I booked through Hotwire for about $100/night. Clean and with a full kitchen. There were several bagel joints close by for breakfast and it was very central to all of the midtown attractions.

[Climb01742]

as someone who lived in manhattan for 15 years, may i offer an alternative? rather than staying in midtown, would you consider staying in the village? midtown is centrally located, for sure, but it's the least "interesting" part of manhattan. midtown is just a short subway ride up the broadway line from the west village, and being in the village offers you far more, IMHO, interesting choices of places to eat, shop, and people watch. just a thought. for a cool hotel downtown:

http://www.60thompson.com/index.php?page=60thom

[CNY rider]

as someone who lived in manhattan for 15 years, may i offer an alternative? rather than staying in midtown, would you consider staying in the village? midtown is centrally located, for sure, but it's the least "interesting" part of manhattan. midtown is just a short subway ride up the broadway line from the west village, and being in the village offers you far more, IMHO, interesting choices of places to eat, shop, and people watch. just a thought. for a cool hotel downtown:

http://www.60thompson.com/index.php?page=60thom

You could also go the other direction and stay at the Milburn on the upper west side.
Very affordable, nice neighborhood to walk around in, nice shopping and easy subway access.

[fiamme red]

midtown is centrally located, for sure, but it's the least "interesting" part of manhattan.True. And yet the tourists think that Times Square is the most interesting place in NYC. "Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance."

http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/beach-chairs-on-broadway.jpg

[goonster]

tourists think that Times Square is the most interesting place in NYC.
The fools!

The brightly dressed, Keds-shod hordes are missing out on all the real NYC goodness:

http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/urban_dk2.jpg

[r_mutt]

downtown is so much more interesting!


hotels downtown:

the mercer
the bowery hotel
the rivington
cooper square hotel
60 thompson
the soho grand
the tribeca grand
the gramercy park hotel
the maritime hotel
the gansevoort hotel

brand new and super chic: the standard


:cool:

[54ny77]

absolutely yes to what others have said about staying in other parts of town. you'll get a different sort of experience than the usual midtown/times square area, which can be a little chaotic. i only suggested hotels in that area since that's where i thought you wanted to stay.

that said, if you're in midtown at some point and want a FANTASTIC italian lunch, go to a place called Basso56. http://basso56.com/about.html

it's on 56th & broadway btw. 7th & 8th ave's. be sure to get the lunch prix fixe special for $19 (comes w/appetizer, entree and coffe), which is a great value. i go there often for work, and just took my wife there for dinner for our anniversary. if you like calamari, for sure order the grilled calamari appetizer. it's two giant whole calamari's grilled & served over a bed of arugula, and is hands down as good as any calamari i've had, anywhere (including greece & italy, the official countries of calamari....).

(the rest of the menu is equally spectacular--if you like osso bucco and it's the special of the day, go for it, it won't disappoint--but for the price, the lunch deal can't be beat.)

[fiamme red]

downtown is so much more interesting!


hotels downtown:

the mercer
the bowery hotel
the rivington
cooper square hotel
60 thompson
the soho grand
the tribeca grand
the gramercy park hotel
the maritime hotel
the gansevoort hotel

brand new and super chic: the standard


:cool:I'll add a plug for a hotel on the Lower East Side (owned by a friend of mine):

http://www.bluemoon-nyc.com/

Beautiful hotel, huge rooms, great service. Not cheap, though, I think.

[endosch2]

Just was there over the weekend with my family - check out 70 Park Ave Hotel - a Kimpton.

Paid 175 a night. Because they overbuilt hotels in NYC over the past five years and the financial world is sucking eggs you can get some of the best prices in 8 years of my memory in NYC right now. Check out Orbitz.

[Bud_E]

We recently stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel in the midtown area. They had a super promotional deal going which included a very nice breakfast buffet. The place certainly has a lot of character. I'm not sure it's worth it without the deal we got. As someone already mentioned, check Orbitz, Priceline, Hotwire, etc.

[PaulE]

Unique - check out the Royalton The Royalton (http://www.royaltonhotel.com/#/home/)

More affordable -check out the FitzpatrickFitzpatrick (http://www.fitzpatrickhotels.com/)

Both are midtown

[slowandsteady]

http://www.vrbo.com/214831

[goblue]

Helmsley Downtown...42nd and 3rd Ave...$200.00 a night

[Spinner]

...who responded to my query. your input proves once again that the serotta forum is a great source of all things bike and all things life, to include friendship.

cheers and happy tailwinds to everyone.

[tylercheung]

ace hotel is open now, not sure what the nyc prices are but portland was pretty reasonable.

redeeming features of midtown: midtown east near grand central has some amazing japanese restaurants, and there is always bryant park. times square is a disaster but good for catching express subway trains.

[Spinner]

midtown east near grand central has some amazing japanese restaurants, and there is always bryant park.

any specific recommendations?

[tylercheung]

they are pricey so be warned:

sakagura, sushi yasuda and soba totto on E 43rd are apparently the holy triumvirate.
Seo somewhere north of that, also an izekaya that begins w/ "A" which i forgot
Onigashima is closed for renovations atm, somewhere in the 50's,
Donburi-ya for cheaper donburi/drinks

high line is now open in chelsea....go watch the hot fashion plates strut their summer skin ;)

[Ken Robb]

Les and I are touring New England where business is WAY off this year. We have gotten some screaming deals using pricepoint's "name your price" bidding. 3 star hotels for $50-65 a night.

I'll bet NYC is glutted with rooms now too.

We have stayed happily in suites w/kitchenettes at the Beacon Hotel on Broadway and 75th in the past couple of years. Not fancy but near lots of good food and wine and convenient to the subway. We had a couple of dandy pre-theater meals in our room w/wine from Beacon Liquors and food from the Fairway Market and the Italian deli both across B'Way from the hotel.