The Bryant Park Hotel

06/03/2008 Posted by capitalBill

I fully enjoyed my first stay at the Bryant Park Hotel at the end of May 2008. I found the hotel staff to be very friendly and courteous, especially at the reception desk, both during check-in and check-out. The hotel itself is housed in a beautiful historic building right on the southern edge of leafy Bryant Park. The interior design is modern and elegant. I had a large room (their Deluxe Queen View category) on the sixteenth floor with a gorgeous view of the park. I loved it. The bed was very comfortable. Best of all was the enormous bathroom with a giant tub and a separate shower with an oversized showerhead. This was like a personal spa and especially nice after racing around Manhattan. I was looking for a hotel that was not astronomically expensive but still had a high level of style and comfort. This is the place. It will be my new home-base on future visits to NYC.

Pros: style, location, staff

Cons: none

12/13/2007 Posted by cynthela36

Bryant Park Hotel is my favorite hotel in NYC. Very trendy, modern and sexy.The doormen were polite and kind and helpful. The rooms are large by NY standards and And the Cellar Bar is a hot place to hang out. On site Dining is KOI Restaurant, featuring Japanese inspired cuisine with California accents. The Cellar Bar is the 3,000 square foot cavernous lounge for nightlife.

07/23/2007 Posted by becingber

We LOVED our stay at the Bryant Park. I recently got married, and my husband and I stayed at the Bryant Park with many family and friends for the weekend of the wedding. It was perfect! The location - right off Bryant Park with a view of the park, the library, and the beautiful skyline - is fantastic and extremely convenient, the staff is wonderful and helpful, and the rooms are spectacular (including the bathrooms with skyline views) - if you are lucky you will book one with a terrace over the park. Thank you to the Bryant Park for making our wedding weekend wonderful!

Pros: Romantic, spectacular rooms and views

07/21/2007 Posted by hingber

Loved staying at the Bryant Park. Great service. Huge bathrooms with luxurious white robes. Comfortable. Fun. Excellent views of the park.

05/18/2007 Posted by lbrown2002

I recently spent the weekend at the Bryant Park Hotel with my boyfriend for a little weekend getaway. I have never had such a positive and wonderful hotel experience before. The rooms are unbelievably gorgeous. I never wanted to leave! The beds were so comfortable and I kept switching between watching the amazing views and the super cool plasma TV that was in the room. The bathrooms were so elegant; I could have soaked in the tub for hours. After an amazing dinner at Koi, the helpful staff pointed us in the right direction to purchase Broadway tickets and was extremely helpful. Every time I came and went they greeted me by name and I really felt like I had a personalized stay. I will definitely return and recommend the Bryant Park Hotel to others!

Pros: The rooms themselves, not to mention the views are breathtaking.

Cons: None that I can think of!

05/18/2007 Posted by katinova

I've stayed at The Bryant Park Hotel for business five or six times over the past two years, and I can't imagine staying anywhere else in NYC. I stayed here last night. I absolutely love it. The beds are great and I got a great night's sleep. The bathrooms are huge. The shower had great water pressure, and had a hand held nozzle as well as an overhead huge shower head. The rooms I've stayed in are really comfortable. One time, I was upgraded to a Junior suite, and it was larger than my living room at home (which is pretty large). Last night, i stayed in a Deluxe View room (I think that's what it was called) and it was very big too. There was a big flat tv on the wall. The people who work at the hotel are really nice. Everyone is always really friendly. The last time i was there, I met Greg, the Doorman who was on the cover on the NY Post, because he is supporting Obama, and used to support Hillary Clinton.... He was really friendly and helpful and never stopped smiling... This morning, as i was getting ready, i heard music coming from the park. When I checked out at about 8:45, I asked what was going on. The Front Desk person said that Rascal Flats (spelling?) was performing for Good Morning America and it was a free concert in Bryant Park. She said they had these every Friday morning. How cool..... I'll be back.

Pros: Large rooms, Plasma TV's, great location, strong large showers, staff

Cons: distance to wall street area

05/16/2007 Posted by allebasi

Loved this place! I was lucky to be treated to a "weekend away " in NYC,,,, Since I love parks ,I thought that the Bryant Park Hotel would be perfect! And perfect it was! From the minute I walked in the hotel, I felt like I was on a real vacation (instead of a long weekend!) The bellman could not have been nicer, asking if I drove in etc, and told me that if we needed they were here "to serve me"! I was worried that I would have to wait for our room since we were early, before check in time. They called the housekeeping department and they were able to get a room cleaned for me in 20 minutes! The housekeeping department was great (thank you!) The room was "cool" and spacious (which I had been warned about with NYC hotels), fantastic views and loved the flat screens ( I felt I was at home, but better because I didn't have to do any work!). They were even able to get us into Koi (the restaurant), not an easy thing to do, trust me I had tried on my own! Thanks Bryant Park Hotel, see you in September!

Pros: Location ! Service

Cons: Too short of a weekend!

03/06/2007 Posted by ricecy

Well some people prefer location but customer service is critical for me and the Bryant Park lack in every way. I was visiting on a business trip with a co-worker. They gave us the smallest room available (I hope) a cracker box. We asked if there were any larger rooms available and of course no was the answer. Considering that they have no rooms with double beds and seeing it was two of us you would have thought they would have tried to find out a larger room or give us the option to wait for one to become available, but no that did not happen. Two hours later we come back to have our co-worker check in and she receives a suite upgrade. Later that evening, we come down stairs to use the concierge service about dinner and he asks us are we with Serina Williams (I guess because we were black) and recommends a dinner. How many guests of a luxury hotel eat at dinners? After dinner we call down to request a late check-out, do to our event ending after 12noon and the front desk person say's, we would have to call in the morning, it would be due to the weather depending on whether they could authorize a late check out. Moments later, our co-worker (in the suite) calls down and request a late check out and they tell her 2pm. I called downstairs to complain and they give us 2pm check-out also (so we think). The next day, we come back from our event at 1:30 and go to our rooms to check out and our key card is decoded and doesn't work. Check this out, after being locked out of our rooms, we had to show ID to get back in. Never no apologies for inconvience. The only person showing customer service consistently was the doorman. DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY!!!!

Pros: bathrooms

Cons: small, dark elevators; hard furniture

12/29/2006 Posted by nyresident1

Pretentious is about the only thing this hotel has going for it...and maybe location. If you like to spend your money on absolutely terrible service then this is THE place to do it. I have never experienced so many money hungry wannabes (a.k.a Staff) enclosed in one building. If you don't tip them then service is absolutely nil. If you complain then you get screwed in some way. The whole concept is a joke and i can't believe that places like this exist. As far as pretty goes....there are places where people are pretty, genuine AND nice!! This is definitely not one of them!

Pros: Location - Hang with the "in crowd" (no thanks!)

Cons: Everything from the ridiculous wannabe staff to the complete lack of customer service.

03/24/2006 Posted by angelab317

This hotel is by far the best hotel in NYC!! Rooms and the service are wonderful!. There bedding and beds are fantastic, too! Location is the best, near everything.........

Pros: location, rooms views, service

Cons: none