Paramount

Having stayed in several different places in New York I was not expecting a good quality hotel for this price but it was a pleasant surprise. The lobby is possibly the best I have ever seen with mood lighting, "beautiful people" and huge structural design. The rooms are very small but well equipped with TV, video, well stocked mini-bar etc. Also why do you need a large room in New York? the whole point of going is to get out and see the city, which is especially easy from here, you are only 20 metres from Times Square. Overall you will not find a better hotel in this location for this price. ...  Read the complete review

This is one cool hotel! You're greeted at the entrace by hotel staff who are all obviously working here while they get their modelling/acting careers off the ground, I've never seen so many pretty people carrying suitcases before! Despite their looks, service is good, and not as 'artifically friendly' as you usually get in the US ("Have a Nice Day" - ugh). The hotel itself looks fairly nondescript from the outside, but inside the Phillipe Starck designed interior has a large, moodily lit lobby area, once again with lots of beautiful people hanging around. Attached to the lobby is 'the Whisky Bar' - very trendy, although I was ...  Read the complete review