Great location quite near to Grand Central, Times Sq etc.
Very clean Suite with plenty of fresh towels and bed linen and large enough rooms for 2 adults and 2 children not to get on each other's nerves whilst sheltering from the hurricane / storm Sandy.
Two good sized bathrooms.
Staff were friendly and helpful, especially the maintenance man whom we thought we may need with the way the News channels were portraying Sandy.
We didn't realise check-in wasn't untill 4pm and that was delayed a little but staff made up for that with free 24 hour wi-fi.
Good service in the hotel restaurant although prices are a little expensive but that, I believe, is pretty normal in NY. There are plenty of cheeper food options around.
We were on a corner on the 14th floor overlooking 3rd Avenue / 45th Street and the traffic did get a tad noisy with honking horns but again I believe that it normal and our sleep didn't suffer.

I read the reviews and was skeptical about Alex Hotel but I was coming to NYC for an interview and had no choice where to stay. This is the first time that I've stayed in a hotel in NYC since I usually stay with my friends or at my own apartment when I lived here, so I was curious to see how small / bad it was.

I can't speak for the bill since it was taken care of by the company but it was nearly $400 a night. I was on the 26th floor and was very pleased and surprised by how spacious it was. I even had a view of the Hudson River and NJ. There was enough room for a couch and a queen sized bed, as well as a full kitcheonette and fridge. There wasn't a desk but instead a small nook where I could charge my phone. The flat surfaces were sort of a shabby chic wood that was questionably function.

The bath products were Philosophy, which is my favorite! Big ups for that. Bathroom was lovely, spacious and clean. Lots of towels, a TV in the bathroom as well as extra lighting around the mirror. My experience here far exceeded my expectations as I imagined a view of a wall and no space to move around. I lucked out because I was on a corporate account so if you're on your own, keep this in mind!

It seems from some other reviews that certain rooms are in poorer shape and need maintenance, but our studio was in quite good condition. It seems money was spent on the fittings initially for them to age well. I found the arrangement of the wall units quite interesting, and a good use of space. The bathroom was adequate and our 18 mth old enjoyed the bath. The room was also baby proof enough, no sharp edges, glass tables, etc.
As a criticism, although the kitchenette is well designed and could be used well, there is hardly enough cutlery in the draws to enable this.
Also, if you are going to put in kitchenettes, why not extend to a cheap coffee maker?

This hotel is bad. I wanted to stay in the city at a fairly nice hotel at a decent price for just one night. We were going to a concert in Brookly and thought this would be a nice place to stay for just a short trip. The reviews looked decent and the price was sorta ok $270 for one night. Well thats what we thought at first but we were sadly mistaken.

We walked in the outside and inside was fairly nice. The first room was horrible. The closet door came off the hinges the ac vent had been riped off. We called down and they quickly gave us a different room. The room was better on the 10th floor with a better view.

The room wasn't too shabby clean but looked old. It was contemporary but old. Not worth what the reviews where saying about it.
The wall are paper thin and you can easily hear you neighbors.

The reviews of this hotel are really deceiving also the pictures are to.
This is worst then a motel 6 . I should have stayed in a cheeper hotel but only decided to pay a bit more thinking it would give me a nicer hotel. They are hotels that are $150 in the area I should have stayed in that were much nicer