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Loved It!
- December 15, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Keren Levy from Tel Aviv, Israel
Went to NYC for a week of fun and pleasure. Chose to stay at the Paramount Hotel simply because of its location (close to just about anything, shopping included of course...). I also thought the price I got for the hotel was pretty cheap compared to other hotels in the area in the same category or less. I shopped around quite a lot but finally booked with last minute travel.
I LOVED the hotel! It's boutique style and the room are relatively small but the design is awesome and the decor is pretty in my opinion.
I also loved the fact the hotel is located literally across the street from 2 Broadway Theaters!!! I went to see both Billy Elliot and In The Heights. Both are highly recommended.
Upon return I recommended this hotel to my girlfriend who went there about a month later. She loved it too.
Only thing that I was not happy about was the daily internet fee of $15.99+tax....but I guess you can't have it all :-)
Great New Hotel
- July 13, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We spent four nights at the Holiday Inn on 26th Street and loved it. Check in was lightning fast, the rooms were clean and bigger than I expected. The bed linens are wonderful and having two choices of pillows (soft or firm) was a nice added touch. I know that some people have complained about having to wait for an elevator in this hotel but during my stay, I never had to wait more than 3 or 4 minutes for a lift. I like the fact that they have a free 24-hour business center in the building. The staff were all super friendly and helpful. I will be staying at this hotel when I visit NYC again.
Paramount Hotel NYC Tmes Square
- July 12, 2009
- Rated 1 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
The hotel lobby is dimly lit and looks like a cheap 70's disco. The reception desk is poorly staffed. The rooms are miniscule and cheaply outfitted. I had to pay * to "upgrade" from a full sized bed even though I had paid for a queen sized. The elevators are slow when working at all. To get downstairs at peak times we had to let two or three go by because they were full. (only one out of 4 elevators was working) The hallways are dimly lit. Even at * a night this place was not worth it. Avoid at all costs.
Same-old, same-old
- June 29, 2009
- Rated 2 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I stayed at The Paramount about 10 months ago and paid around * per night.
We were supposed to stay 5 nights but left after the second. For another * I got a room in the Marriott Marquis 'next door' It was like moving to Beverly Hills from Somalia...
Our room was VERY small and the bathroom looked like something out of a bad comic skit on cheap hotels in Eastern Europe...
PLEASE do yourself a favour & stay ANYWHERE else...
Never again
- June 27, 2009
- Rated 2 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
The hotel was under renovation, and because of the scaffolding, the taxi passed the hotel twice, so they need to get their name out there better.
The hotel lobby was quite dark and almost gloomy.
There was not enough staff at check in so I waited close to 15 minutes for that.
My room was one of the renovated ones, in deco/retro colors of red, black and white. The room was clean, but low and behold, the bed was a pull out couch, which was never stated that way on the website. It wasn't your usual pull out mattress and was quite thick and comfortable, however I had no sheets or pillows for the bed. I called to front desk 3 times over an hour long period, and finally fell asleep with no pillows or bed linens ever arriving.
When I spoke to management the next day, I got an apology, but no compensation as to a discount, a drink or meal in a local bar or anything.