This hotel is really fun and hip in its design! I had a really small room without (!) a toilet, but that was no problem, because the light system above my door always showed which bathrooms were available - there were 4 in my floor - and I never had to wait. The room had everything I needed and enough space for a traveller like me, only staying in NY for 3 days before going home. I actually admired the way they had managed to get in so many things in that little room and still make it look so good. The staff was matter-of-fact types, except for the cleaning women, who were very nice and very helpful! The room felt a bit hot at night although there was AC, but it could also be that there was a thunderstorm over the city and it rained heavily on my 2nd night, and you could actually hear people talk in the corridor when they passed the room, but that happened only once, otherwise it was very quiet. The hotel lies near tube stations and there were several bars and restaurants around the corner, but the street itself was pretty quiet. There is a pleasant little "park" across the street with a very loud waterfall and a great bikram yoga place just 3 blocks away!