3rd stay at the Kixby. Love the location, rooms are nicely updated, although I don't recommend the lux king, layout was awkward/ cramped. Daily facility fee has increased ~25% since last time. To make guests feel better about being fleeced for $30/day for what amounts to coffee & water, you get a plastic (sigh) bottle upon check in to use for the Bevi water machine, which is first rate. Other amenities are specialty coffees (machine out of order), & fruit/cookies for 2 hrs in the afternoon when I imagine almost no one is around (the one day I was, they didn't serve them).
I was in town for a trade show & had a couple pkgs sent to the hotel, for the first time at the Kixby or any other hotel, I was charged storage fees for the packages.
I (used to) like hotels like the Kixby for the boutique, more personal vibe. Sadly this last stay service was very impersonal & left me feeling ripped off & unlikely to return.
New York: please stop this deceptive pricing practice of "facility/resort" fees. When one researches hotels and evaluates suitability based on amenities like internet, fitness centre etc- if these come at an extra fee it should be indicated right on the amenity list, not buried where no one will see it, and if there's no option to opt out of the extra cost it should be included in the nightly rate.
I was aware of the daily fee before checking in, but not that it had increased to $30, and the premise of it seems completely false.
A boutique hotel without heart.