The location is great (right next to 96th street subway where 1,2 and 3 trains always stop). The rooms are nice but the bed has a plasticlike layer. Not very nice, specially not if it is hot since it easily gets wet and sticky. The elevator is also slow and not very nice. Other than that everything is good apart from the fact that they charge you for WiFi, Great value for New York all in all. Would stay here again.

Hotel Newton is located in the Upper West Side, within a few yards of West 96th Subway station. The area is great, with many small independent food shops to purchase snacks, and two doors away from the Manhattan Diner where I had breakfast every morning.

I thought that the hotel was excellent value. The room was a good size, the bed was comfortable and it was very quiet. Each room is equipped with an iron and ironing board, hairdryer, fridge and microwave, even the small single room that I was staying in. It was spotlessly clean with no sign of the bed bugs that plague some other hotels.

The staff were generally helpful. The daytime Reception staff were good but the evening staff were not so knowledgeable or helpful and, in fact, completely misdirected me on one occasion. However the housekeeping staff were excellent, particularly on my first day when I had a problem with the hairdryer and it was sorted out immediately.

I was a lone female traveller and felt completely safe in the area. On one occasion I travelled home on the subway after midnight and didn't feel uneasy at all.

I would highly recommend this hotel and will definitely stay there again.

I was there for four days in late July 2011 and think it would be nice to keep the hotel guests' luggage for a short period.
On the contrary, had to use a fee based system to keep it for two hours, while having lunch in the vicinity, after check-out.
Another negative aspect was the refusal of a maid to help my wife to open the door of a toilet for public use at the hotel.
Carlos - Brazil

The hotel location is very good, next to the subway. Also the hotel is very clean. Few things I was not happy about and the hotel management might consider to improve... 5 USD per day for Internet access is very expensive, considering the fact that in most places in the US it is free. The worst thing is that they restrict access to one device only!!!!! One night I was able to convince the guy in the front desk to provide me with additional code to my iPad. The next day, another staff member asked for additional 5 USD so I gave up. The elevator is extremely slow and not air-conditioned. The airco in our room was very very noisy so we had to switch it off at night. Last but not least.. Eduardo, the bell-staff was so helpful and
nice!!! very nice person.