| From: Ernesto LIOSSI, Italy |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| touristic occasion with my wife.the room n°318 was smoke smelling and heater in failure.we had the room changed,the new n°208 clean,the heater very noisy,the room with window in internal courtyard but absolutely quiet.at 20 mt. from 5th ave and 1 block from empire state building,exellent location for touristic walking and shopping.in case of future new personal visits to new york i will get reservation again. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| If your thing is getting super small rooms for an overpriced stay then this hotel is for you. I was shocked to see the room for a night? I expected better. The walls were like a few inches away from the bed! There was no room to put your luggage anywhere. You can forget about walking around. You step into the room, a few steps and the bed is right there. A few steps and the bathroom is right there. Not to mention the rooms were DINGY. The receptionist was also VERY VERY RUDE. Piece of advise, make your vacation good by NOT CHECKING IN THIS HOTEL. I made my mistake don't do it to yourself. Much worse, they will not allow you to move out even after a few minutes of seeing the hotel room. They insisted I stay overnight. Will never come back to this hotel. |
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| From: cathay |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| Friendly, clean and accommodating, very reasonably priced and the location is great for tourists and business. |
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| From: AC, Italy |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone who wants to stay in the heart of downtown with a really fair price. Breakfast was even included and it was very good. For sure I will stay there again. The only negative thing to mention is the very noisy and not very efficient heating system. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| Checked in at LA QUINTA INN on 17 West 32nd Street in New York. Funny how their advertisement said "apple core provides clean hotels." The room I stayed in was hardly CLEAN! It was a nightmare. The front desk people were very rude. I was supposed to stay for 3 days but moved out after the very next day. I wanted to move out on the first 30 minutes after seeing my VERY DIRTY room. The carpet had hair on it and the wallpaper was peeling. I called the frontdesk and she told me that the Housekeeping Manager already checked out the room before we checked in. I had to call several times before they send somebody upstairs. I will never ever come back to a hotel named LA QUINTA. I hope this review will warn others who might make the same mistake as I did. I just thought their website looked nice and the place looked good but I was wrong. Also, upon checking in at the desk I asked the girl there if I could check with my father in law bec. it might have been prepaid already. He did that in our hotel at Washington DC. And the front desk girl at LA QUINTA NY snapped at me saying "that's what's wrong with booking online". I was shocked bec. it was like she didn't even want my business. Will write reviews about this hotel and the horror I experienced in it. I asked for the General Manager while I was in the hotel and the girl at the front desk told me there is no General Manager. NEVER AGAIN! |
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| From: melinda |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| I was disappointed with the La Quinta Inn in Manhattan because of how small the room was, the interior of the room needed work (the carpet had water stains and the A/C in the room did not work which made it very hot in the closet like room). The price was rather high. |
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| From: Anne |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| There was a terrible smell in the room. The room was very small and dark. The street noise was impossible to block off, older windows. |
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| From: PM, Spain |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| Just what we were looking for.Is a really nice and very convenient place |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| Walking distance to Union Station. Many places to eat and shop nearby. Near Manhattan Mall, Madison Square Garden, Macy's. It's located in "Korea Town" so a lot of Korean Rest. near by. We stayed two nights. Had a room with a king sized bed. The rooms were pretty small. However I just put our luggage in the closet and the other on the luggage rack to keep out of the way. Bathroom small. The hotel was clean. We didn't have a problem with any of the staff being rude. Good selection of fitness equipment in the fitness area. Also have a room with three computers and a printer for guest use. Was able to use to look up the train schedules. The only thing that I would say anything bad about this hotel was that it stormed one of the nights we were there and the cable kept going out (Direct TV). |
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| From: MY, USA |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| Location is very good. Also complimentary breakfast was fine. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| Room: I had a room with a queen-size bed. The room was about 5 x 5 meters, which I consider the minimum. I come from Europe where hotel-rooms are often smaller. If this is the minimum for me, then I expect it to be too small for most Americans. The bathroom was 3 x 1.5 meters, which I found too small. The room had one window only and it was situated in a corner of the room. This made the room dark and I find dark rooms unpleasant. I always had to have a lamp on. Reception : When I checked in the receptionist was unfriendly. Even though I had paid the total bill for my entire stay of 6 nights in cash at arrival, the receptionist still wouldn't accept an international driver's license as an ID, although it met all the requirements he mentioned. While at reception (!) he actually made me go through my luggage to find my passport, even though I had told him several times that I didn't know where I had put it. Although I travel a lot, this had never ever been an issue before (not even in the La Quintain in Los Angeles). He even had the guts to say that he wasn't obliged to let me into the hotel if I didn't show a passport. When I had half of my suitcase unpacked (in order to search for my passport), he complained about the contents of my suitcase being displayed in public, while it was him in the first place who had demanded me to do so. To be frank, I think that this man should find another job. Housekeeping : The personnell that cleaned my room were clearly different. They were nice and helpful. My compliments to them. |
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| From: Nina |
| Date of Stay: March, 2007 |
| Was irritating to have to call front desk several times a night about the lack of heat. Had looked forward to a leisurely shower or bath but between the cold and the loud fan in the bathroom it didn't seem worth it. |
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| From: ANTONIO CREMONESE, Italy |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| i've found hotel la quinta in a very good position. the only trouble was the quieteness of the room.during teh nights,noises for extern motors of air conditionned,near my room the ice maker.i should like a room for no smoking,but it was impossible to obteain |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| the hotel would nt take responsibility for their mistake on reservation made online thru partnership with aa.com hotel reservation..3 adults slept in a 1 queen bed room because the hotel claims did nt receive the change made thru online website changing to 2 queensize beds and would nt honor anything..both agents talk back and forth but we, the consumer received any resolution for this matter. would not recommend this hotel or chain to anyone |
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| From: Christine |
| Date of Stay: January, 2007 |
| I have not yet gotten used to the fact that nay can charge astronomical prices for rooms that can be considered closets. It is ridiculous, but after a few stays there, I know that this is standard. Instead of expecting anything, you have to be happy when a room seems safe, no bugs, clean to a degree and in a good locale. So, based on those things, this room met them. As for any other place in the us, this place would be a 1 star budget hotel. |
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| From: Jean-Pierre BARET, France |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| It is an american middle class hotel, very well located in midtown. Break-feast is included in the price and is of good quality. |
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| From: JM |
| Date of Stay: January, 2007 |
| Very functional, clean and acceptable. |
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| From: Robert Newman, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| The hotel location is ideal for all the attractions on Manhattan. It is a reasonably hotel with adequate facilities for a few days stay |
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| From: Harvey |
| Date of Stay: January, 2007 |
| Hotel is a notch below a "full upscale" 3-star rating. But fairly priced since includes continental breakfast and convenient location. |
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| From: Roger Manning, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| For us this hotel met our needs, a value for money ( for New York) hotel with subway station and buses easily accessible. It was also close to Empire State Building. Breakfast facilites were simple,"continental style", but more than ample in quantity.32 St.is "Little Korea" so immediate restauraunts all one type but there were others within walking distance. We would stay there again, particularly if again in upper/rear room away from street level. |
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