we were incredibly disapointed with the hotel. to begin with, it was rather dirty. secondly, it was not at all appropriately, even reasonabley furnished. for example, we requested a room for three. the room came with one double ".bed". and one single ".bed". the beds spread wall to wall, with only about 12 inches between them. the ".beds". were also unacceptable - the double bed'.s base was a peice of particle board on a box, and the single bed was made of three stacked single matresses. very uncomfortable. furthermore, the sheets smelled of mildew, which was excentuated by the poor ventilation and air conditioning (none in the bathroom). to continue with the bathroom, there was a three and a half inch diameter hole in the back of the sink. the water was very hot and the shower handel was broken. there was no air conditioning (as stated above) and the only ventilation was through the window which is about 3 feet from the adjacent building. the towels provided were very small (about 3 feet by 1.5 feet)- like hand towels. no wash cloths, no hand towels, no shampoo provided. the towels and sheets were not changed during our stay, either.the decor (although a secondary issue) is awful - nothing matches - it'.s a poor attempt asian-confused-home-made fusion with three differnt types of poor lighting.the hallways were cluttered as well - with extra matresses (wonder where the beds came from?) and dressers/desks/chairs. the area outside does not feel safe at night, as it is filthy, dark, and tagged with graffiti.although the location is great - about 3 blocks from time square - the conditions of the hotel render the price exorbitant. it is possible to be low-budget and comforatable, but this hotel was anything but. thanks for reading. please see the pictures as evidence.

piccolo hotel a manhattan vicino a times square, in buona posizione per partire alla scoperta della grande mela. le camere sono piccole e scarsamente arredate (noi non abbiamo neppure disfatto la valigia), per nulla insonorizzate (il rumore della strada ci ha svegliato più volte in piena notte. da quelle parti i camion caricano e scaricano la merce dopo mezzanotte e fanno un baccano d´inferno). il bagno invece era abbastanza grande. l´albergo non brillava per grande pulizia, c´e l´ascensore (anche se noi non l´abbiamo mai usato). da vedersi non era un granchè ma il prezzo non era eccessivo per i parametri di new york. ci sono anche 2 postazioni internet (5 dollari per 30 minuti). tengono a deposito i bagagli ma vogliono 2 dollari per valigia.

cons: not even a closet in the room, can´t imagine what was under the bed ... pros: good surroundings, friendly staff.definetely not recommended.

the hotel was perfectly adequate for our needs. having a bath as well as a shower was excellent for our tired legs after a days walking and sight seeing. the location was central for the subway, empire state building, madison square garden and times square - not to mention macys!! we found a lovely irish bar on eighth avenue - scruffy duffys which served cold beer and had about seven tv screens dedicated to every american sport you can think of - so he was happy!the only down side to this hotel was that there was only one small window which didn´t let any light into the room but as we were out all day it didn´t make an impact on our stay.