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Old Aug 31, 2020 | 10:27 am
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ShinyO
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Thanks for the tips. I do recall that NYC rooms were small. It would be nice to find something that’s a decent enough size to fit 2 beds just because we’ll probably be spending a fair amount of time in the room.


Originally Posted by Blumie
So a few thoughts based on my recent experiences staying in hotels in NYC and elsewhere:

First, most hotel services have been significantly curtailed or eliminated during the pandemic. Forget about room service or daily housekeeping, for example. That said, if you need anything -- extra towels or your room cleaned -- usually you can get it on demand, with the higher end properties being better at providing services than the lower end properties. (In my experience, if you need towels, shampoo, or other supplies, it's better to go directly to the front desk and ask rather than call and wait for delivery; most hotels have cut staffing to the bare minimum.)

Second, keep in mind that NYC hotel rooms tend to be on the small side, even in the nicer hotels, especially when compared to comparable hotels in other US cities. You may want to call around or research online to find actual room sizes.

Third, every hotel will allow you to have food delivered, and as you may be aware NYC has remarkably extensive food delivery options, with more and more higher end restaurants launching delivery service since dining in is not currently an option in NYC. That said, you're going to get food in a bag. It won't be nicely plated. You'll be eating on paper plates (or out of plastic containers) with plastic utensils. (And, on the subject of utensils, there has been a wonderful movement by NYC restaurants to only include plastic utensils if you request them, whereas they used to include them with every order. But I've had a number of instances where I asked for utensils and did not get them. So it wouldn't hurt to have some on hand. The hotel should be able to provide them. Same with napkins.)

Finally, there are some wonderful outdoor dining options in NYC currently, but no indoor dining as noted above, and all of them are weather dependent. https://ny.eater.com/ is a great source to research options. They even have a list of places that provide sheltered tables in case it rains. Here's a few of their reports to get you started:

https://ny.eater.com/maps/nyc-michel...restaurant-map
https://ny.eater.com/maps/nyc-manhat...outdoor-dining
https://ny.eater.com/maps/dine-outdo...in-shelter-nyc
https://ny.eater.com/maps/best-nyc-o...ng-restaurants
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