Just had a quick one-night stay using 50K certificate from Ritz credit card. Got upgraded at the front desk as a Gold to a time square view room at high floor.
--The view is great, though if you would like to 'feel' time square, you should ask for a lower level room, since at higher lever you cannot see much, but I liked it as it is pretty quite and you can even see the hudson river.
--The room is small but I still quite like it due the ceiling to door window and a comfortable king bed. It did feel like an Edition with the nice small tough and the minimalist interior design.
--The front desk and house keeping staff is professional and was quick to my requests, so a big plus.
--The location is unbeatable if you go for a broadway show or linger around the time square area. Right across the street from NQR subway line.
--Great values with 50K points redemption which you can use your certificates
--Toured the bar and restaurants but did not dine there
Some issues though,
-As mentioned by
christianj the issue at the ground level with only a few doorman is weird. Sometimes there is someone there opening the door for you, but most of the time there is no one and the door is super heavy.
-small size of the room. I came with little luggage, but I could totally see this a problem with huge luggages since there would be little space to open it. But this is NYC, so this was kind of expected.
-The construction right across 47 could be an issue, but since we got a time square facing room, it did not bother us.