Vacations Close To Grand Central Terminal

Very bad

Pros: The hotel is in an excellent location in NYC, within walking distance of Times Square and Little Italy, with easy Uber pickup. It is Next door to an Irish pub, and that's great and easy. The room was clean, and the AC worked great. The lobby let us leave our bags until check-in time. People are nice and helpful. Nice appearance. Cons: The room itself is bare-bones. Clean and safe, but no clock, no TV, no frills. Tiny little closet, basic bathroom, no iron or anything like that. Bare bones. The biggest negative was that the fire alarm went off at 530 AM, and we did not hear it well in our room. There were no flashing lights, and some confusion about what that noise was. People ended up out on the street in PJs & some never heard the alarm!! We were told we could go back in - it was a false alarm. An hour later it happened again, so the sleep was not peaceful after a long night in NYC, AND I did not feel that, in the event of a real emergency, I would hear the alarm and be able to navigate with no visible fire extinguishers, no flashing lights, and narrow stairs. It could have been a really dangerous situation. Overall, I give it a 3 out of 5 B/c of the fire alarm situation. Price was $230.00 on a weeknight in August. Fair and expected for NYC and the location.

I have stayed there many times. Location is fantastic & view of the cathedral is beautiful. Stay there 4-5 times per year. Love it.

The hotel was super clean and well maintained. Bed comfortable, nespresso machine, NA drinks and water in the fridge as part of the resort fee, and a clothes steamer was a welcome amenity in the room! I got put in one of the specially designed artist rooms which was fun - even though it was on 2nd floor and facing the street the noise wasn’t too loud at night!

Breakfast was amazing, found a half filled water bottle in the room that was used, room service was not that good.