Good hotel in the heart of Manhatten Close to Empire State building and 5th Avenue. Rooms are not big, in typical american style but noisy as windows are old and not noisy protected. .Beds are convenient. Lobby is historically looking made in Art Nuovo style. Breakfast is real american and very good.

Stayed for 2 nights in Dec.2012-Xmas shopping and show. Car service to Broadway was worth the splurge---$35 for three people in the rain! Later than evening Returning from downtown was impossible to get a taxi so depending on what you are planning to do it might be a bit of a walk.... Our room was quite small as others have mentioned. Overall very European feel (like the Russelll in London...). Nice and quiet. Breakfast was nice. Car overnight parking is pricey. But so is NY!!

Every year, my wife and two adult daughters travel to NYC the week-end after Thanksgiving. And as such, I am the responsible person that makes (and most of the times pays for) the hotel accommodations for these past 16 years. I never look forward to picking them up at the airport when they return from NYC because the ride home always is sprinkled with criticisms they had with the hotel I chose, specifically the unresponsive hotel staff, the cleanliness of the room, the marginal performance of housekeeping, etc. Well, TODAY, the ride home from the airport with the girls was VERY different because they stayed at the Carlton. Enough could not be said about the overall experience at the hotel. In fact, when they got in the car, they chimed in, "BEST EVER'!
They proceeded to tell me that the front desk personnel were outstanding, housekeeping was unbelievably efficient and thorough and even the bell services they received was top notch. They could not say enough about what a wonderful stay that they had. Bottom line, it was the people of the Carlton that made the very big difference in their stay as they looked after all needs that my girls had during their stay. I was given orders that to make sure that their 2013 trip was at the Carlton.

The hotel was so so to me. The staff wasn't the friendliest- some were really nice though. Nice comfy hallways leading to the rooms. Very small rooms, but maybe that's to be expected for a NYC hotel. You don't get a lot for your money here. Internet was about $13 for 15 minutes!!! With what you pay for one night, it should be free. If you do stay here, ASK TO BE AWAY FROM MADISON AVE. SIDE BECAUSE OF LOUDDDDDDD CLUB ACROSS THE STREET, which made sleeping difficult. There were two altercations on two separate nights where the cops had to be called. I was given free breakfast passes at check-in which was nice, but it was complimentary, which I'm not a fan of.