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This was an OK experience. Rooms are very outdated, definitely don’t fell like 5 star hotel, more like 3 starts. Not pleasant to be in. But they were clean, and cleaning lady was very sweet. Restaurant was extremely expensive, breakfast for 8 (4 adults, 3 kids and a baby) was on average $600-800. Dinner consists only of appetizers, they tasted very good, but prices were way too high. Most Waiters were nice enough, but some were borderline rude. For example, I asked them to bring covered paper cups and straws for children’s drinks, and she said: “absolutely no.” It was so rude that I thought, she was joking. But she meant it, because she didn’t bring the cups. They serve croissants cold and juice is not freshly squeezed. For this price tag, we would expect to at least have a warm croissant. Other than that, the food quality was good enough, but nothing extraordinary. The restaurant is very gloomy and tables are uncomfortable. The first three floors of the building is a historic mansion, which was fascinating. Especially, we loved the old library, with very old books some from 17th century. Gym and spa area are nice. We didn’t like the location because it’s in the middle of all action, which normally would be a good thing, but in NYC it’s overwhelming. There were a lot of homeless persons/mentally ill people entering the hotel, wondering around, sitting there on chairs for a long time and it’s not well controlled. We would pick a calmer area for our next stay.

I was a little bit disappointed when I open the door of my room : really small room with two windows with a view on brick walls, cannot open the windows, no A/C, duct tape around bathroom window… At least, the location is perfect! Its a good place to stay if you wanna be close to everything by walk. I will go back if I can pick a better room…

Great property delivering an excellent product very professional.