A hotel in the heart of New York City

Advantages: Great Location, Clean and Friendly Staff
Disadvantages: Views from hotel itself not great, no free wi fi

...My boyfriend turned 30 a few weeks ago and for his present I booked us a trip to New York and the Wellington Hotel is where I picked for us to stay due to its central location in Manhattan. Last Wednesday we flew out to NYC and checked into the Wellington. If you didn't know already this is where part of the Borat film was made, the main scene being where he tries to unpack his things in the lift thinking its his room and so many Borat jokes ensued in the elevators during our stay. The location of the hotel is amazing, its a 1 minute walk from Carnegie Hall, 2 minutes from Central Park and 5 minutes from Times Square and is located on the corner of 55th Street and 7th Avenue. The placement of the hotel was my favourite thing about it as it was just so easy to walk to some of the city's best attractions from here. When we checked in...

lilmissmup 06.05.2009 · Read review
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Bentley Hotel - New York New York!!!!

Advantages: Clean, nice rooms - amazing views from roof top balcony
Disadvantages: 24 Hour coffee bar was actually a vending machine!!

...My lovely husband booked a short stay in New York for my ?surprise? 30th birthday. This was in 2002 and we went there at the beginning of October of that year. Just as a side note before I start the review of the hotel, the weather was fantastic and for much of the time we went out regularly in T-shirts. Anyway we stayed at The Bentley Hotel for the whole of our stay and overall we were impressed and enjoyed our time there. **ABOUT THE HOTEL** The Bentley is a 3 star hotel which was built in 1904 and last renovated in 2002, however I have a feeling some renovation may be going on now as the roof top restaurant has been closed until further notice. It has 197 rooms in total, which range in quality depending on which sort you book. We had a regular room but found this to be very satisfactory. There was plenty of room from...

wendybull 01.06.2007 · Read review
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Hudson Hotel, New York

Advantages: Great bars, good standard of customer care
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...My husband and I stayed a the Hudson during September 2008, on my first trip to the states. We were away for 2 weeks, of which 5 nights were spent at the Hudson. This meant that we could compare this hotel to several others in the US, including one other in New York. Generally, the Hudson came out of this very well! We booked the Hudson online, through hotels.com, a procedure which was nice and simple and allowed us to look at several different hotels before making our choice. We were initially attracted to the Hudson because of it's easily accessible location and because the pictures we found on the internet made it look unlike anywhere we had stayed before! The hotel is extremely image conscious, the website gave lots of information about the designer (Philippe Starck), loads of pictures and presented the hotel as a "cool...

sk0680 11.11.2008 (13.10.2008) · Read review
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Review of Hudson Hotel, New York City

Edison hotel New York

Advantages: Rooms are spacious, clean, fresh and everyone is so friendly.
Disadvantages: No disadvantges, loved this place.

...I visited this hotel with my school in February 2007 and there was a group of 40 with 5 teachers. The group included boys and girls, there were very welcoming when we arrived after a long flight from England and getting up a 4.30. They allowed us up to our rooms, which where very spacious and comfortable. They had big double beds, which could have easily have fitted three people in. The bathroom was spacious and clean with lovley hot water for when we took a shower in the morning and after a long weary day. They provided us with big white fluffy towels to use after our bath and shower and layed out complimenatry gifts for us to use. The hotel is just round the corner from Times Square which is buzzing all the time with the bright lights. I recommend you visit this hotel, with its friendly staff and comfortable beds....

Kurlywurly 22.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Edison Hotel, New York City

Fab priced hotel in the thick of New York City!

Advantages: Cheap, right by Times Square, friendly staff
Disadvantages: Rooms may be too small for some fussy travellers!

...Saks Fifth Avenue 1.5 mile(s) from Bloomingdale's 1.6 mile(s) from Macy's Transport Near the Hotel: 0.6 mile(s) from Port Authority bus terminal 1.4 mile(s) from Penn Station 12 mile(s) from LaGuardia International Airport 17 mile(s) from John F. Kennedy International Airport 22 mile(s) from Newark International Airport For information, we stayed there between the 12th and 17th of December 2005, and for this year, prices at that time of year (the most magical in NYC!) are $1,244.75, which I think is great value for a hotel in its location at Christmas time. This hotel is for you if you want something in a prime location, for a very good price. The rooms are not huge, but the staff are pleasant, willing to help and the hotel offers airport transfers too. I would recommend this hotel to couples travelling to New York, I...

mummy2harry 03.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Best Western President Hotel, New York City

The Wellington The Hotel That Never Sleeps

Advantages: good convinient location, exceptionally clean, very good price
Disadvantages: A bit dated, very busy, staff are not always available

...think it was the right price for the hotel stay. We paid about $384 for 2 persons and 2 nights stay. If you like eating out along with the plentiful diners in New York City the hotel has a restaurant next door. You can expect to be served freshly cooked full English breakfasts and other foods. These can all be charged to your room and you can settle at the end of your stay. As for the location of the hotel, you couldn't ask for better. It is right near Central Park, Toys R Us, across the road from Carnegie Hall, 3 blocks to Times Square, 6 blocks to Rockefeller, Radio City, shopping, shows and sightseeing. If you don't want to travel by tube you can hop on and off buses that pick you up right on the block. If you like a good cup of coffee then you will love the fact that Starbucks is right across the road from the hotel. There are...

Mickie26 26.08.2008 · Read review
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Edison Hotel, New York City (MY PARADISE)

Advantages: 5* Rooms,Dining,Service..
Disadvantages: None at all To Be Honest.

...The Edison Hotel, New York City: Built in 1931 This glorious hotel is located at 228 West 47th Street. Here I will write up a short review upon my experience in the hotel last year. Location: as previously mentioned situated in one of the most dynamic sections of New York City 228 West 47th Street, Directly in the middle of New York which means little walking distance to wherever you may want to venture. Rooms: Depending on what type of accomodation you are looking for, the Edison will be sure offer it to you. Personally our room was slightly better than standard due to us being on a work trip. Anyway we had two people per room, a king sized bed each, a mini fridge which was stocked up 2 times a day, lovely carpeted floors, TV (Full channel), Chairs, Lamps, Pictures, and best of all a laptop and access to the internet (Provided...

Danyolb 13.02.2008 · Read review
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Wellington Hotel : Adequate but not great

Advantages: Location, food available downstairs
Disadvantages: Room was small and needed updating

...I stayed at the Wellington hotel on my second trip to New York, and the decision was based on a recommendation from the Travel Agent. There were a few people in reception when we arrived and it took about half an hour to be checked in. We had booked one double room and one twin room for our party but were told that there was no twin rooms available so we would have to have a double with a foldaway bed, which someone would bring to the room. When it arrived there was no way I would be sleeping on it as it seemed to be about 30 years old and ready to collapse at any minute. Fortunately I was staying with my sister so it wasn't really a huge problem that we shared a double bed. I wasn't really happy with the room itself, it was small and the view was of an apartment building not even the street. It was in dire need of updating...

tor0908 11.06.2009 (25.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Wellington Hotel, New York City

The Best Place to stay in New York

Advantages: Value for money, quality of accommodation, breakfast included, location
Disadvantages: NONE

...want to go uptown, but of course they're there if you want them. A subway train to Times Square takes around 10 minutes from the nearest subway. We literally were able to get there from our room in around 20minutes which is great. In fact, it could easily take longer if you were staying in a more central location as you'd have to fight your way through crowded streets! I would definately return to the Embassy Suites should I find myself back in New York. I have nothing but praise for it....

C.Laslett 01.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Embassy Suites Hotel New York City, New York City

The Wellington Hotel

Advantages: Location, freindly helpful staff
Disadvantages: bit tired/dated

...We are just back from 4 nights in The Wellington Hotel. We booked it back in Jan'07 thru an online hotel booking site (I may have mentioned it in other reviews) We also booked flights directly with BA thru their website. We had stayed in NewYork about 2 years ago in a YMCA in the upper westside. However as my oldies were coming with us we had to book a hotel. We booked a suite at The Wellington for around £780 for 4 adults for 4 nights and the BA flights from ABZ cost around £1,200 for the 4 of us. We arrived at JFK around 1600hrs and after clearing immigration and a lenghty taxi journey we arrived at the hotel about 1800hrs. The hotel looked impressive from outside, the lights of Times Square were visable from the front door. The reception area is very nice, a huge chandalier greets you. The reception desk is small and quite...

ged1967 26.11.2007 · Read review
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