A very nice place, an historic building, personalized rooms. Ideal situation near Subway and many restaurants. A special thank to the whole staff, each one of them was extremly polite, professional and we felt really welcome. We don’t know when we come back to New York but we would like to be there again.

My primary criteria in selecting a hotel for our weekend trip to New York were clean, comfortable, and an upscale feel without breaking the bank. The Renwick fit al these criteria! I was very pleased by the cleanliness of our room, and the bathroom, while a bit small, felt ritzy enough due to the tiled shower and glass doors. The hotel is also conveniently located relative to Grand Central for ease of travel (assuming the MTA isn’t doing something crazy with the lines). There is a $35 urban destination fee that the hotel charges per night that is meant for you to take advantage of premium Wi-Fi, dry cleaning, and $35 worth of credit at the hotel’s restaurant for food and drink. I can’t speak to the quality of the food as we used the credit toward drinks. While I would have preferred not to pay the fee to save money, it appears to be the trend for hotels in New York right now, so if that is a deal-breaker you may want to look elsewhere.

I was shocked to read some negative reviews after we found the hotel pretty decent but we can only speak from what we found. Firstly the staff were a credit to the hotel, all of them were friendly, helpful and always spoke to us when we left or returned to the hotel. Room wise, we had 2 on the 15th floor, the rooms were very tidy with a very quirky feel to them. The rooms also had TV, fridges iron/ironing boards in them, the bathrooms & showers were clean & tidy as well. We had a balcony on one of the rooms with a couple of outside seats & it was nice to be able to sit out on the morning whilst waiting for the others get ready or when we got back in. The only downside to the hotel I found was the total lack of any food/drink available, they do offer vouchers for the coffee shop next door but we didn’t use them as we were usually up and out early exploring. They did give out free bottles of water at reception but there are no tea/coffee making facilities in the rooms either. Housekeeping was good & rooms were made up every day, clean towels put in and bottled water replenished as well. We thought the hotel was in a good location having previously stayed on Lexington Avenue it’s out of the constant hustle and bustle but not too far out. It’s only a 5 minute walk to Grand Central Station, which we only used on one days as we mostly walked everywhere anyways. Would we stay here again? We most certainly would ! Also some people have mentioned the room tax thing - We have been charged it every time we have stayed in Manhattan & we thought it was mandatory?? Maybe worth looking into if it is not.