Marcin G.
Yelp
As per the hotel website and the postcards at the front desk, this is a 4-star boutique hotel. Although I can see how that is possible, this hotel has one huge disaster that they call "room service".
The hotel itself is fairly new and is currently completing renovations in the lobby. The rooms are big for NYC standards and are very nicely decorated. Super clean! The rooms are also very modern, with big TVs, cool light controls and an iPad in all guest rooms that lets you place requests with the front desk and housekeeping teams.
We only stayed one night and requested some extra towels via the in room iPad, but unfortunately they never arrived. Additionally, we decided to order room service, which we soon learned was a huge mistake. Room service is provided by HK Hell's Kitchen, but as stated on the room service menu, the restaurant is "'not affiliated or connected in anyway with Cassa Times Square Hotel". Weird. Clicked the "room service" button on the in room phone around 11:00PM, but somehow got connected to the front desk, who informed us that we must dial the actual phone number on the menu. We did and placed our order, but when it had not arrived at 12:30 (1.5 hours later), we gave the restaurant a call again. They said they were super busy, but that the order will be on the way soon. When it arrived (around 1AM), I expected the charges to be placed on the room bill, like a normal hotel, but I was asked to pay at delivery. When I took my card out, the delivery person said to call the restaurant to provide my card number over the phone and she walked away with our food, stating that she'll come back once the payment is processed. Although I didn't feel too safe providing my card number over the phone, I did it anyway as we were starving and really just wanted our food. The delivery lady came back and presented us our food, in take out containers. Usually, room service is on a tray and actual plates. The food looked and smelled amazing, but unfortunately, no utensils were provided. Had to make my way down to the front desk to get some utensils. Eventually, we got to enjoy the food, which was amazing, but the process and delay of ordering room service at this hotel would prevent me from any future orders and sort of bummed our stay.
The staff at the front desk (never saw any bellman) were great and super friendly. This hotel could definitely be something amazing, if it could just fix the issues mentioned above.