We have stayed in many hotels and have never had an experience like that at Affinia.
From the onset we were disappointed with the overall shabbiness and dated decor of the hotel.
Our room was spacious and the bathrooms were clean, but the carpet was filthy, window sills were badly chipped and wallpaper was yellowed and ripped. The hallways were extremely dingy.
We booked our room with Expedia for two adults and two children. Our room only accomodated three people. We declined the offer to pay an additional $32. for a cot and decided to put one of our children in our bed and the other in the single pull-out couch.
However, there was no bed linen for the couch. After two phone calls and an hour later, linen arrived. After using this linen, our daughter woke in the middle of the night covered in a very severe case of bug bites.
We were assured by the front-desk manager the next morning that all linen would be changed and a cot would be provided.
Yet, when we arrived back to the hotel later that night this had not been done. Again, it took two phone calls and over an hour before we received linen. This was extremely inconvenient as we had young children who needed to go to sleep. Our only compensation was a free breakfast.
In addition, our iron did not work, the elevator was not working and we had to carry our suitcases down the stairs and sirens from a near-by fire station went off all night.

I do not recommend this hotel and am very surprised by the overwhelmingly positive reviews it has received on this site.

I waited to write this review as I thought perhaps I would be more charitable as time passed. I'm not. This hotel deserves to be panned, particularly if you value a decent night's sleep.

We stayed for two nights in July. Yes, we know NYC hotels can be noisy from street action.

The first night we were repeatedly jogged out of our sleep by an intermittent loud rattling in the window AC unit. Since we did not turn on the unit until retiring late that night I did not care to call down to complain, thinking it would go away. It didn't.

Next morning they immediately agreed to move us to another room. I emphasized that quiet was the key. During our inspection of the proposed new room we turned on the AC unit, wanting to make sure this on was not a problem. It immediately blew a fuse/circuit breaker, which the staff could not fix.

The staff agreed to find us (yet) another room. The AC worked, was not noisy, and we thought things looked good. That night we were again repeatedly awakened, this time by a very loud groaning, shuddering, intermittent sound. Again it was late as we'd enjoyed a full day in NYC and did not care to switch rooms again.

When checking out the next morning I brought this to the attention of the desk staff. He replied, "Oh yes, those rooms are noisy because of the elevator. I advised him that we had switched rooms because of a noise problem, and asked why they would then move us to a room known to be subject to this noise. Blank stare. Response was to offer to remove the movie charge from our bill. I advised him that we had not rented a movie. No alternative offer made by him.

The Affinia Manhattan was booked via a travel agent at my request after reading reviews here. I was travelling with my son (20) and we just loved our four days there. Went to New England after that and returned to NYC to another hotel for a week - we did consider ringing the Affinia to see if they could accommodate us again on our second time in NYC but hotels were prepaid of course.

The location was fantastic - the room with kitchenette was wonderful - room size great - bathroom enormous - staff were just delightful, helpful and friendly. Near public transport, the post office (great for sending packages home). The hotel was clean, security was terrific, lots of efficient elevators. We loved the buzz of the city at night - walking distance to so many tourist type activities and the amazing shopping in NYC - we loved the night noises and often went out at midnight or later to see what was happening or to have something else to eat. A fantastic stay and if I was lucky enough to go to NYC again I would definitely stay there.

i have just arrived back from an amazing holiday in new york.
overall the hotel was good. we booked a 1 bedroom suite. we paid in total for 2 of us £1244. which worked out at just over £600 each. when we arrived at the hotel we were very pleased with what we saw. lobby was huge and very very clean. staff were brilliant.
we were located on the 18th floor which wasnt a problem for me as i dont mind using lifts however my mother is petrified of them so she walked, however when we arrived at the room she said that she thought the stairs were very grotty. i thought she was moaning so i decieded to see for myself. they were terrible and i have seen better stairs in a run down car park. Not what i expected for the money we paid.

the room itself was nice large living room and good sized bedroom. kithen was well 4 cupboards and a cooker in the alcove of the living room. however we didnt go to cook so that didnt bother us.
the bathroom wasnt big enough to swing a mouse in. it was tiny. and considering the fact that when i booked it was descibed as something like out of the film pretty woman i was very disapointed. again for the price i thought we got ripped off.

overall the whole holiday was wonderful maily because New York is such an amazing place and people are just wonderful.

i did think the hotel was great location---- right across from maddison square garden, round the block from MACY'S-the best store ever.---- i was in there at least 4 times a day!!!!
we walked from central park, through times sq back to our hotel, in about 1 hr which we thought was good and it was actually nice to walk through the streets of new york and experince what we went for!!!
empire state buliding was one of the views from our hotel room!! - seriously great location!!!!!
niles restrauant was nice and very clean. resonable prices for meals, however breakfast was pricey. about 30 dollars each person for an omlette, toast some bacon and eggs and a cup of tea- we stuck with star-bucks!!!!!!

although we really enjoyed our holiday and are definatly going back to New York- (we want to go near christmas 2008) we both said we wouldnt stay at this hotel again unless the prices changed. its not worth the prices they charge.

dont be put off by this review. if we hadnt paid as much for it we would be raving about it. we expected a lot more for the money!!!!

the main reason of this trip was to see john Edward-- my mums a big fan of his and seeing him and the sights made this trip truly brilliant!!!!
overall a faboulous holiday!!!