The Fifty Sonesta Hotel New York

“Don’t hold your breath for your deposit back”

the hotel it’s self i cannot say any bad about room lovely and warm Romeo on the front door is lovely and the lady who cleaned the room couldn’t do enough for you. the problem i now have is when we left we paid over 180 dollars in cash for service charge don’t really know what this is for we just … more

the hotel it’s self i cannot say any bad about room lovely and warm Romeo on the front door is lovely and the lady who cleaned the room couldn’t do enough for you. the problem i now have is when we left we paid over 180 dollars in cash for service charge don’t really know what this is for we just had the room but didn’t mind as we had such a good time. on arrival we had to give our card she took £100 deposit which was supposed to go in my bank when checking out after a few emails and no response still not received it back and it’s been two weeks now.

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“Some Good and Some Bad In Midtown East”

We spent a week here and checked out today. Overall the stay was good but there were some hits and misses here. The hotel offers a very mixed experience —good location, plenty of access to everything in the city, subway, walk ability to sites and neighborhoods, midtown East is good, it is safe an… more

We spent a week here and checked out today. Overall the stay was good but there were some hits and misses here. The hotel offers a very mixed experience —good location, plenty of access to everything in the city, subway, walk ability to sites and neighborhoods, midtown East is good, it is safe and relatively quiet. —Ess A Bagel is around the corner, do t wait in the long line, just go to the counter and order bagels, lox and schemer and bring back to the hotel to eat in the AM and skip the pricey breakfast. —24 hour fruit vendor in the corner of 51st and 2nd has great fruit and great prices, load the fridge! —Room 808 where we stayed had a broken shower head and it was replaced and was much better —Room was spacious but not super clean. It was cleaned each day but there was a surprising amount of dust along the floorboards and behind the bathroom sliding door. —Bathroom floor is ruined by water, the shower area is so soft it is sponge which should be addressed. —Sink area water courses toward the back of the deep sink counter and just runs into the floor, honestly it is gross and definitely not the right way for the sink top to be. The floor is just ruined. This should be checked. —The laundry machines in the basement, very handy! —Front desk staff lovely and professional. For people who are sensitive the heat system is on and it is hot so you have to modulate the room temp with keeping the window open which allows the city sounds in so all the sirens, trucks and city noise is powerful and it really does go 24 hours. Windows are not soundproofed so you have to be prepared for that. I don’t know if we would stay here again. We enjoyed our week, I’d have liked more space and a slightly more updated room but overall it wasn’t bad.

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