The Hotel Wellington - located roughly equidistant between Times Square and Central Park (7th and 55th). An older building, but not bad shape all things considered. The room was small, but that's how they made them then so it can be lived with. It was clean and comfortable. It did, however, have a possesed bath-tub. Spent the better part of the night gurgling and occaisionally spitting a white foam from the drain into the tub. This gurgling was loud enough to wake me up in the morning, even with the drain stopped up and the bathroom door shut. The shower had two temperatures, very hot, and scalding. It would switch betwwen these two at inconvienient times. Except on the last morning, when the hot water to the place gave out completely. Plumbing is not the Hotel Wellington's strong point.
The staff ranged from impersonal to very friendly. The front desk folks were mostly impersonal, with the exception of the girl who did our check-out. The maids and service people were very friendly, whenever we said anything to them, or them to us they were smiling and, at the slightest hint of inconvieniencing us, apologetic. Even when they didn't have to be.
The doormen were useless for us. Just as well, they didn't seem overly helpful.
The hotel had a small convienience store attached to it, a coffee shop with reasonable food, and a fancier restaurant that we didn't try (pricey). All in all it was acceptable, and that was all we were looking for.
One good thing about the Wellington was that it is close to the
Warner Bros. store. I just wanted to put this picture in somewhere
because I like Marvin the Martian.