Park Savoy Hotel — Hotel in New York

OMG!!! Are you all talking about the same hotel?? My husband and I stayed there many years ago for long weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I made the reservations online, looked like a decent enough hotel for the price $89 per night. We came in from Connecticut on the train, looking forward to freshening up and going out to dinner. What a disaster this place was. The first room they put us in was disgusting and I am being kind...nothing worked, it smelled of urine. Called the desk and immediately requested a different room. They were obliging alright, this second room was worse than the first!!! There was a hole in the middle of the mattress, and the bathroom was so small my husband could barely sit on toilet as his shoulders were touching the wall on both sides. My husband went across the street to the Essex House and the only room available was $450 for the night. We decided to try and make the best of it as it would be our one and only night there. It was a good thing we had the chain on the door as someone else checking in was given a key to our room, and of course tried to get in. Fiasco trying to get that straightened out. I thought for sure this hotel would have gone out of business by now or shut down by the NYC department of health. Please if you are thinking of booking this hotel, DONT DO IT. I have read some of the reviews and it appears nothing has changed in 10 years.. $ 150 for a night, I would go and set up camp in Central Park before it would ever entertain the thought of staying there again. ...

I booked this hotel last minute as I wasn't expecting to be staying overnight in the city. The price seemed right and the location was convenient; what a mistake. In my 41 years, this is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in and these are the reasons why.

The room was tiny (which I guess is sometimes normal for NYC but I will move on). The room was dirty and the furniture was dated. The bed felt like it was going to fall apart. If I wasn't so tired, I was tempted to just sleep in my car in fear of getting bed buds or something else.

The "hotel" didn't even have a remote control to the tv so if you wanted one you had to check it out at the front desk; which I did and when I tried to use it, it didn't work. There were no amenities in the room - no garbage pail, no paper and pen, no guide to NYC...nothing. There were no controls to the air conditioning or heat.

In the tiny bathroom, the window was broken and it was cold. I went to take a shower and there was no hot water at all. I let it run for bit but nothing.

To top it off, the "friendly" front desk clerk bragged about a complimentary breakfast at the pizza shop next door in the morning but when i went there it was closed. I told this to the front desk clerk and he said "what you want me to do; take it up with the manager later today".

To close, I grew up in NY and know how hotels are there; this hotel was a...

The Park Savoy Hotel was perfectly located near Central Park and a short walk to Times Square. We booked this hotel for a quick one day tourist trip, we didnt plan to spend much time in the room beyond sleepy.

You can't beat the price of the rooms. You wont find any location nearby within 20% of the prices they have. That being said, you also get what you pay for. The elevator is from another time. It is generally quicker to hike up the stairs. The rooms are quite small. The rooms, while clean, could stand to be renovated. Our bathroom had a bit of a sewage smell when we first arrived but I was never able to pin down the source. The bed was comfortable however the pillows left something to be desired. Our room was equipped with a room appropriate sized flat screen TV but with very fuzzy reception.

The free breakfast offered in reality is a voucher to the shop next door. They have a quite limited selection on bagels and drinks. Space was also quite limited there.

If you are trying to hit NYC on a budget, I highly recommend the Park Savoy. If you want more creature comforts, I'd advise on spending a little more...