The Wallace

“Excellent location, huge rooms. Calmer than staying in Times Square!!”

Arrived on the 6th December via taxi ($90) to find some work happening nearby outside and scaffolding but that didn’t really affect us. Great location. right near 72nd st station. Literally a 5 min walk where 1 2 or 3 trains will get you down town in 10 to 15 minutes. There was a supermarket (fai… more

Arrived on the 6th December via taxi ($90) to find some work happening nearby outside and scaffolding but that didn’t really affect us. Great location. right near 72nd st station. Literally a 5 min walk where 1 2 or 3 trains will get you down town in 10 to 15 minutes. There was a supermarket (fairway) 3 mins away too. Central Park is a 15 min walk away and is a must as you’re so close. We were directed to Viand for breakfast (by the concierge) and it is a 3 min walk away on the corner of west 75th and broadway. Alternatively there’s also a Starbucks a 2 min walk away. If you contact hotel they’ll arrange a SUV pick up and drop off. Approx $140 cash or $160 card. We got a yellow cab from the airport (JFK) and he offered to come back and get us too so we gave him $90 for the JFK to Wallace hotel journey and another $90 for Wallace to JFK We had 4 people travelling that included our two sons who are 18 and 15 and both over 6 foot. We booked a junior suite (I think it was) and it was enormous! Great mod cons like an espresso machine and electronic blinds (kids loved these!) room also had a hair dryer, robes, slippers, iron, kettle, a stocked tea and coffee drawer and there was a sink too. Breakfast at Viand round the corner was costing us $120 per day so it may be worth buying your own breakfast from the supermarket if you’re on a budget. Staff were friendly and polite (apart from one lady) and the cleaners were great doing little things like replacing your pjs under the pillow after making the bed and making sure our coffee and tea supplies were stocked etc. We left her $20 as that was all the cash we had left otherwise we would have left her more. We were out for the full day on our last day but they let us freshen up in the restrooms. Sounds daunting but they’re single cubicles so they’re quite large. They’re also clean so it’s easy to get freshened up and changed in there whilst waiting for your pickup. The only downside was on our departure day there was an open mic nite on (jazz types) and it was very busy. The actual hotel bar does get busy most nites (The Wallace Lounge) and it seemed very popular with local types! We were on the 7th floor and the view was so so. Also forgot to mention there’s a gym on floor 2 which was very well stocked. Wouks defo recommend this hotel. It’s a little out of the way but subway is great and it’s $33 for an unlimited use 7day pass.

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