Where to stay in New York City.

[VirtualMonkey]

I've been three times with my wife and stayed in different hotels each time.
The Hyatt (next to the Chrysler building) was nice.
Waldof Astoria the second time. That was plush and got free chanpagne and chocolate strawberrys as it was our anniversary.
3rd time was the novotel in times square. Not bad and great views if you get the right side of thebuilding.
Got to agree that the empire state is a disappointment...just an old skyscraper inside and fairlytatty at that. Rockerfeller was much better.
Horse and cart ride in central park is cool (bloomin freezing if it's winter) but expensive at 50 bucks for about 15 mins (plus tip).
gotta be careful around time square..tiffany's is just up the road. I got stung for that one

[MaryPoppins]

gotta be careful around time square..tiffany's is just up the road. I got stung for that one

I thought Tiffanys was disappointing. I'm not into that namby pamby sort of faffy jewellery, but thought the shop itself might be amazing. Looked like Debenhams inside.

[darmstadt]

I only went to New York once but I was staying in Poughkeepsie (courtesy of IBM) and had the weekend free. The train ride down alongside the Hudson was very interesting to say the least and I just spent the day walking as much as I could and looking at the various sights. I did the 2 things I wanted to really do and that was have Pastrami on Rye and go to the Food Hall in Central Station. The only thing that got on my wick were the signs outside of buildings stating that you couldn't smoke within 2 meters of the building which meant I had to stand in the road to smoke. Oh, and the guys in Starbucks in Times Square couldn't say my name and Ground Zero was just basically a lot of African gentlemen selling cheap tat

[psychocandy]

I thought Tiffanys was disappointing. I'm not into that namby pamby sort of faffy jewellery, but thought the shop itself might be amazing. Looked like Debenhams inside.

But no prices on the stuff downstairs.... If you've got to ask you can't afford it! Whisked the mrs upstairs straight away!

[cailin maith]

We stayed at the Library Hotel - near to Bryant Park - wan't mega expensive and was lovely. Right near Grand Central Station which I thought was fab - lots of nice food places there too. Nice walk to 5th Ave and Times Sq.

Those are very lucky girls