If you are coming to NY to see the city and just to sleep in a hotel - this is the right place for the right price. Room is clean, bed is good, shower is excellent, bathtub is ok.

The room is bigger than in Paris, but I got twin and there were no free space almost. This could be inconvinient for elders and families with children. But in general it is fine if you only need to sleep there.

Hotel is 5 min walk to the subway, Central part is just across the street.

Broadway is a bit distant (~10 min walk) and there is no good eating places within 5 min walk. It is better to take subway to 50th St or to walk to Broadway.

Front desk people are nice and friendly, there is a man who speaks english, german, french and italian - he is very helpful if you need to orient yourself in NY, and dont forget to tip him :)

PS: I dont know if hotel provides breakfast - never get a hotel breakfast in NY - just take almost any eating place before 98th St (98th and less). Even if it looks terrible outside, it will serve a good food inside.

location, price, high pressure of hot water

need to walk for 10-15 mins to get to a good place to eat

Our stay at Astor on the Park was very enjoyable. The location was very good - it was far enough away from the hussle and bustle of Downtown but still close enough to walk to Times Square, etc if we were feeling energetic!! Having Central park across the road was fantastic!!! The staff were friendly and the room was clean. We were offered an airport taxi service when we checked out which was very helpful - it wasn't just a taxi either, it was a chauffered town car!!
The only problem we had was that we asked for a non-smoking room but were given a room that smelled of smoke.
On the whole, we enjoyed our stay and would recommend this hotel.

The location

Being given a smoking room when we asked for non-smoking

Stayed for a week and have no complaints whatsoever. Was a bit apprehensive about location and allegedly small rooms but both were fine. Very convenient for subway - short walk to 96th or 103rd St stations - and felt very safe walking in are4a even at night. Hadn't much dealings with staff but those we had were excellent including looking after bags the day we left and ordering taxi early to avoid rush hour on way to JFK. Higly recommend a stay and would defintlely go back there again.

Location, room, general feeling of comfort and safety.

Can't think of anything to be honest.

We arrived late in the evening with lots of luggage and the receptionist immediately arranged a bigger room for us for the same price. That was very convenient because most hotelrooms in NYC are quite small and now we even had an extra bed.

spacious new room, view on Central Park

 

Service was good. Went to concert at Central Park. Good location for this. Rooms are a tad small but clean and friendly staff.

Service from all employees was great

Rooms could be a tad bit larger but who spends a lot of tiome in the room

Had a fabulouis time. The hotel was very clean and reception so helpful and friendly. Looking at the cost of other hotels this was an amazing bargain. Although on Central Park it was a journey out, to be fair the metro is easy to navigate. Would I recommend it - you bet!!

cleanliness and staff

distance from centre

The room we stayed in was very small, but the cleanliness was excellet. It was right across from Central Park, there is a lovely deli just down the street.

It is only a few minutes walk from the subway and close to all the museums.

We were very concerned after we read certain reviews on this site. But after staying there I would have no hesitation in recommending it. I will also be staying there on my return

Location & Cleanliness

Size of rooms

I had a lovely stay at the Astor. The room barely fitted two double beds, but was clean and very warm. Lots of soft towels too. Beds comfortable. Staff very nice. Please clean the valences though and earn the full five stars for cleanliness. Location a little bit too far from the main part of town, but we took the metro, or walked through Central Park which was a lovely bonus.

Cleanliness and warmth

The Valences

I would never stay here again nor recommend it to anyone. The only thing I was totally satisfied with was the housekeeping. The rooms were inadequately furnished and the hotel was greatly in need of refurbishment and redecoration.
The attitude of staff on the front desk was appalling.
We had to change rooms due to the radiator in our room spurting boiling hot water out of the valve. I had previously reported a problem.
Could not get through to front desk on the phone so went down personally and found out the front desk phone was off the hook. There was no apology. Even had to demand a similar room and refuse the inferior room offered.
Very disappointing.

the price and the housekeeping was excellent

everything except the housekeeping

We stayed at the hotel for five nights and found the hotel to be clean and reasonably priced. It is only three blocks away from the subway. The staff were friendly and helpful. Although there was some initial confusion over our booking, this was quickly resolved without fuss.

the size of the twin room

The room was quite noisy, you could hear the people next door and above really loudly

Be prepared to be woken up at 5am by prehistoric plumbing in this hotel. The pipes are not buried in the wall but are open and straight through the bathroom. Walls are thin. On the plus side it was clean. The bed was comfortable. The shower was great and they have lots of little potion bottles.TV had 3 working stations with very poor reception
It's miles away from downdown so walking isn't really an option but the subway isn't too far and of course there are loads of taxis $10 per trip in and out and that's only to the edge of Manhatten

The room decor

the porter who told me the taxi he would arrange for me was cheaper than the yellow taxi. It was $20 dearer!!!!

Simple but clean, services requested quickly responded to.

clean, priceworthy

A little too far away from downtown

Viaggio parecchio e fra gli aspetti più sgradevoli di una camera di albergo metto il rumore notturno e la stanza fredda. Questo è uno dei migliori posti insonorizzati con una stanza calda pronta ad accoglierti dopo ore di "vagabondaggio" metropolitano.
Un neo? Le dimensioni microscopiche della stanza. Ne abbiamo visionate altre, (ormai prenotate), molto più ampie. Nel complesso pulitissimo e consigliabile per l'ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo!

il silenzio e la perfetta temperatura

la dimensione ridottissima della stanza

We wanted a cheap, clean en-suite room close to the subway and this place was perfect.

The room was spotlessly clean and the bathroom much better than I was expecting. Size-wise our room was fine for 2 people and we heard stories of rooms in much pricier hotels that were smaller than ours.

Bad points were a hissing noise from the toilet (we closed the bathroom door and slept fine) and reception were a bit flaky on taking messages (they told my friend that I wasn't staying there).

Overall, for a budget place this is fine. I'd gladly stay there again.

Cheap and clean

 

Hotel was very clean and staff were very friendly, however facilities were basic (no on site tea/coffee making facilities). Rooms were clean, comfortable but small.

Cleanliness

Basic facilities

good hotel, fantastic walks in Central Park, small rooms, polite reception