Hotel was clean and well maintained. However, there was NO place to recycle cans or bottles, despite the big push to recycle in NYC. Most importantly, it was JAMMED! I don't know if this is normal summer rush, but every room must have been FULL, so the two tiny elevators took 10 minutes to reach your floor, and the car was usually full. Worst of all, breakfast was good--but a MADHOUSE, with NO free tables, and crowds everywhere, and lots of food items running out over and over again. It took a long time to get the food, find a table, and finish breakfast. And the location is not that close or central to most sights of NYC--way out in Hell's Kitchen, more than a mile from the downtown area, and half a mile to the nearest subway station, so a LOT of walking to get there.... It's cheap by Manhattan standards, and the food was good, but the crowding made it less enjoyable. Maybe it's better in the off-season....