Originally Posted by Polytonic

I thought breakfast here was excellent. I found it better than at the St. Regis. Admittedly, the buffet spread at the StR was technically "better" (e.g. they had smoked swordfish), but I felt the overall buffet spread quality/freshness/appearance/taste was better at the W, and the W also gives you a cook-to-order item from the restaurant (which is actually one of the few hotel restaurants I'd actually recommend going out of the way to eat at) unlike the StR. As for a dinner spread, well ... you're in Rome. Go out to eat at a nice restaurant!

I was here on a cash rate. 79k seems fair to me given the recent deval. I used an 85k FNC at the StR, and the W is the superior hotel of the two.