Crowne Plaza TIMES SQUARE MANHATTAN

I stayed a week at the Crowne Plaza and made use of a lot of its facilities, with my wife and two kids. We were very pleased at the location (a block up from Times Square) and relative affordability of the establishment. The room and facilities are very much like your standard mid-range hotel fare: the rooms were comfortable although unremarkable, the establishment was clean and surprisingly quiet, and the gym was a full scale operation. The staff were friendly and helpful, although not terribly well-coordinated. They did try to accommodate us and make us comfortable. The rooms, for example, were quite small (two double beds for four people--hard with two teenagers!), but they brought us extra linen and blankets to make up a kind of bed on the floor. The affordability of the place has to be balanced by the fact that there were no frills included. The excellent gym was ten dollars per person per day (my wife had a Priority Card, so it was free), internet was twenty dollars per computer per day, and the restaurant/lounge was exorbitantly expensive, even for breakfast. That said, overall it was a great location and I would certainly return, especially if it was only my wife and I.

Nice location. Very close to subway, broadway theaters. I would go there again.

I went there for business, my husband for fun. Our stay at the hotel was fine. Our only hiccup was, if you don't look like you're pulling in 6 digit figures the security and staff will stop you at the door to check for your room key every single day, 2-3 times by the same persons! I was quite disturbed... Other than that we were fine. A little noisy at times but don't expect great Hotel rooms when traveling to NYC-you never will get what you pay for.

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I have stayed at other hotels in the area (i.e. W) and have had an excellent stay. Unfortunately, at the Crowne Plaza (in spite of the cost) was not up to par. I stayed for two nights - my room was not cleaned one of the days. A young lady sat right outside my room in the hall and spoke on her mobile for over an hour. I had to call three times before someone came up and told her to go to her room. Really disappointing.

Check in was a problem as the rooms weren't ready well past the check in time. It seemed to be a constant issue. However, the rooms were clean, roomy and quiet on the upper floors. The renovation showed well.

Sight-seeing bus tour (hop-on, hop-off) was well worth the two-day price, we were able to see much of the city and didn't have to walk far. If we wanted to spend longer at a particular sight, we just got off and caught another bus. Tour guides were sometimes opinionated but hey, it was New York. Hotel and staff were very helpful. The hotel says it is five star, not in my opinion, more like three.

Good Location, the view not that grate, good room service.

The hotel is perfect location for someone looking to stay in times square, this was my wife and i get a way weekend we got put into an a jointing room at first and requested a room change after over an hour of waiting for the phone i finally walked to the lobby where i spoke with some at the first desk who then down graded my room and put me next to an ice machine so i then requested to speak to the manager who was more than accommodating and put us in an appropriate room after this fiasco we had a great stay

overall good. not worth the up charge for "times square" view. i'd stay here again.