Good location, clean room, bed was comfortable, and the hotel felt very safe. (there was quite a bit of street noise in my room.) I would definitely recommend the Gershwin for anyone looking for a budget hotel in a great location.

10. Mattress was lumpy, sheets were like sandpaper (albeit clean).
9. No control over room temperature and window was sealed shut.
8. "Rooftop terrace," although advertised, was not open and was not even close to being open.
7. Room was bleak, depressing, & devoid of decoration. Online pics do not resemble reality.
6. Lobby ...

i loved it, it was amazing all i could of wished for and more. all of the last reviews are rubbish dont listen to them. i think the hotel must of been done up or something since then because it was really really good when i went.

Some of the art and the sex museum next door will probably put off your typical puritan American - but so much the better in my book. We stayed in the dorm rooms which were fine for the price, everything worked to a reasonable degree. The hotel has an excellent location, right next to Madison Square Park and 5th Ave. Welcome news is the fact that ...

If you can get beyond the wait times for the elevators, or that neither cell phone, nor blackberry signals got through. Even if you can get beyond the tiny bathrooms with the shower that drips all night, and the lousy mattresses, it is inexcusable that the TVs didn't get network reception. Kind of hard to watch the news to get the weather for the next day, or to decompress after a long day

This hotel was cheap and clean, but it was very odd. If you like the type of modern art that you look at and go "hmmmm" and are still trying to understand when you return home, this is the place for you. The furniture and bedding were old, but clean. It was next door to the Museum of Sex and the facade of the hotel had large lighted ...

Very strange place, but not bad, just strange. The room i stayed in was very basic, four single beds, an en suite and TV. Service was adequate, but positioning, not so, every morning we had to walk several blocks, sometimes upto 9 or 10, or more to get to our destinations, then back again. And every day we had to walk past the sex museum next door. ...

It's a cool offbeat place but not your typical sterile, hermetically sealed hotel environment. The building is full of garish treasures, and the breakfasts are nice. If you want Holiday Inn, go book there. If you want something unique, go to the Gershwin.

Our room was spacious and comfortable, the location is fantastic, service was good, price was great, and the modern art decor made it a quirky and fun New York City experience!