Recommendations for NYC hotel in Feb

[d000hg]

It's now an expensive city. Better off going to Las Vegas, cheaper and better hotels, entertainment, warmer and safer.

Very boring after about 2 days though if you don't gamble.

[northernladuk]

Have you tried Tripadvisor?

[wurzel]

Don't stay anywhere in the Port Authority Area.

Stayed in a right hole there once.

I woke up in the middle of the night and found a bro trying to remove something from under my mattress.

Was only $50 a night though

[Pondlife]

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[psychocandy]

Have you tried Tripadvisor?

Of course. But half the reviews on there are fake it seems....

[fullyautomatix]

I have stayed at Crowne Plaza and it was not too bad. This was 2009 sometime.

[Notascooby]

Best hotel I stayed there was the Casablanca - now #2 on tripadvisor, was #1.

Location is 20m from Time Sq. Free wine at 7pm each evening. Great service.

If you stay away a lot, then The Club Quarters offers stay two nights, get one night free on the weekends (can be any location). I think I've still got a couple of nights worth of vouchers and they've some cracking locations.

Accomodation is great, not you're upmarket hotel but has a kitchenette, wifi etc. Worth considering.
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[Freamon]

We went in February a few years ago, stayed in the sofitel. Luxurious, quiet, warm (you want warm in February) safe and amazing diner on the ground floor for breakfast.

Seconded, with conviction. Stayed in the Sofitel* a couple of years ago, and it was absolutely worth the extra money. We were on the 24th floor, with the bog standard double room, which was very very nice.

One tip for picking a hotel in NY is to pick one that is on a street (rather than an avenue), as these are much quieter, and avoid the main streets like 42nd. The sofitel is on 44th, midway between 5th and 6th avenue, which is absolutely perfect.

The "db" restaurant nextdoor do the best burger in the world.

We stayed at a hotel on Park Ave for a couple of nights afterwards, which was much much worse. The avenues are very noisy with traffic 24/7.

*(Has the added excitement of being the hotel where Dominique Strauss Khan assaulted** a maid recently - in the $3000/night suite. This happened after we stayed there obviously).

**allegedly.

[scooterscot]

The "db" restaurant nextdoor do the best burger in the world.

While we talking about that did you visit Morten's steak house? - drool. I'm booking a flight...

[Freamon]

While we talking about that did you visit Morten's steak house? - drool. I'm booking a flight...

Too many other places to go, but maybe next time.

Here's a pic of the burger though - beefburger stuffed with rib meat, truffles and foie gras: