Alex H.
Yelp
The Bryant Park Hotel is a wonderful choice for accommodations if you make the trip to NYC, or in my case, doing an overnight on a special occasion, this one being my anniversary.
We made the reservation on Expedia, and with my current level, the booking came with perks of a free bottle of sparkling wine, and extra points, the "VIP" package.
The rate was competitive, and using a $100 voucher I had, plus booking on a good deal day, we received a room Sunday to Monday for $176, pretty good.
We arrived to the hotel, which has some construction going on outside, and was greeted by a young worker there, who helped us with direction for parking, overnight they have a deal with a garage a few blocks away for $45 a night, which is actually cheaper than RT LIRR tickets, and took our bags to the room.
When we went to check in, I was the only one in the lobby and was excitedly greeted by everyone, including the manager of the place, Scott. A really terrific and accommodating person, who was kind enough to upgrade us to a Queen Suite, which was gorgeous, so very happy to be warmly welcomed.
The room was huge, or both rooms I should say. Couch, Chairs, Table, 2 TV's, Huge bathroom, and a very comfortable bed, everything looked very clean as well.
Some of the furnishings do look very worn, like the lampshades, chairs etc. This could use for some updating.
Shower was great, good water pressure, temperature, knobs worked fine, and the tub was huge and filled quickly.
We were greeted in the room by a chilled bottle of Prosecco, which was a sweet toast to the overnight.
The downsides are this; and I know the hotel has no control over who stays at the hotel really, unless they get banned by them, which Scott did after we addressed this issue:
We come home from the bar around 11pm-ish and we hear a huge fight happening next door to us, some domestic violence and really loud cursing, things crashing, a woman crying, some really intense stuff.
We call downstairs to address the issue; they send someone up immediately, they knock, ask if everything is okay, the person says yes, he says okay have a good night......great work security, I legit said it was violent and she was crying.
Anyhow, after that it did quiet down, we weren't scared for ourselves personally, but crazy things happen in hotels in New York, no matter how ritzy and expensive, or cheap and run down, people are crazy.
Another downside is the club, Celeon, which was closed. But it shouldn't be. It's summertime in NYC, this should be open everyday, maybe close early on Sunday but, it's there. It should be used. More money can be made.
Same with the restaurant Koi, should be open for lunch as well as dinner.
Overall, besides things out of our control, it was a very nice stay and we enjoyed ourselves.
4/5