Will Stay Again!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 3/16/07
We just returned yesterday from a four day trip to NYC. We stayed at the Gracie Inn. Our stay there was extremely positive.
Upon our arrival, we were warmly welcomed at the front desk. It was a very quick process and we were asked what our breakfast preferences were. It was nice to have some choice. I ordered coffee, orange juice and bagel. My husband ordered coffee, grapefruit juice and croissant (breakfast always came at our requested 8am and was presented nicely and kept warm!).
We stayed in a room for two people. Although, the room was on the small side, it was more than comfortable and clean. The room had a flat screen tv with more than enough channels and a closet, dresser and pantry for plenty of places to put your belongings. We never used the kitchenette, but you had many ammenities/supplies to make a lunch or light dinner if you did not wish to eat out. The bathroom was small, but again clean, and served us well taking quick showers in the morning before heading out for the day. The shower pressure was wonderful and hot water never ran out!
Our room was always quickly tidied up as would leave our room by 9am each day and returned twice at 11am to find our room was already neat, clean and tidy. The bed was comfortable and the noise coming from the street was minimal. The walls are on the thin side as we could hear the tv and voices coming from the next room so be sure to be on the quiet side in the evenings!
The inn is located in a great, safe feeling neighbourhood. You will need comfortable walking shoes to get around to the most popular sights in midtown. Central Park, the Met and Guggenheim are the closest attractions and they are about a 10 minute walk away. The subway (4,5,6 trains) are about 4 blocks away on Lexington and this will take you easily to midtown. Restaurants are a plenty right around the inn too.
Checkout is at noon and we did not have to leave until 3pm. We asked to leave our belongings at the inn and this was not a problem.
Overall we enjoyed our stay and would stay at the Gracie Inn again. We felt the rate was more than reasonable, especially since we were staying right in Manhattan!