Avoid the Hotel Riverside
 

Keep away from the Hotel Riverside, a small hotel on New York's Upper West Side. It serves a mainly Japanese clientele.

I overheard a guest complain to the manager about bad wiring in his room. The manager was arrogant and rude, and refused to even look at the problem. In my experience, if a hotel is sleazy on the details, it is sleazy on the big stuff, too.

an update
 

This thread definitely needs an update...........
I too, have stayed at the Hotel Riverside and walked out on their dirty rooms. I am amazed they are still in business? But they advertise weekly in the (Toronto) G&M so, to paraphrase Barney & Bailey, a sucker is born every minute!
For fun, I looked up their TripAdvisor Reviews:
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserRe...ml#UR229223345
The reviews are surprisingly rosy, although if you read them thoroughly the problems persist.

So where else are you going to stay in NYC for under $150/night?

you can't be serious
 

Are you serious?? You have over 14 k posts on FT and you can't find a hotel in NYC for less than 150? Let's see.........

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hotel...ork-102-a.html



Right under your nose!

Besides, I couldn't care less if it's $79 a night here in NYC with some of the posted pix on TripAdvisor. Depending on travel dates, Hotwire & Priceline can probably come up with something equal if not better at the price point, IMO - at a somewhat similar locations, say - LIC, just 1 subway train stop from the East Side. Or, even check out the in-town YMCA's for that matter. And, some of the airbnb listings would suffice (not that I personally use, endorse or recommend using them - but ...)

Yes, a six-month-old, no-longer-available mistake rate is exactly what people should be relying upon when looking for inexpensive hotel rooms in NYC.


These, on the other hand, are great suggestions for people looking to stay on the cheap in NYC. I'd probably give airbnb a go myself, notwithstanding the the City (and the hotel trade association) are trying hard to shut them down.

Queens.

No, I meant IN the city. ;)

(Eater.com made a point of pointing out that Queens, now with four Michelin starred restaurants, collectively has more stars than does Per Se. I'd personally rather eat at any of the four Queens Michelin starred restaurants -- Casa Enrique, M. Wells Steakhouse, Zabb Elee, Danny Brown -- than Per Se.)

You're kidding right? Let me make a little note to ignore your restaurant rec's.

Not kidding at all.

But while you're making your little note, also make a little note that I'm not criticizing Per Se, not judging it a bad restaurant, but that my desire to spend three hours on an over-the-top, $500+/person meal is a thing of the past. I much prefer the more casual restaurants of the type that tend to earn one (if any) star, as opposed to the three star places.

Of course we're really comparing apples to oranges, but sometimes when offered an apple, one prefers an orange.

We're getting pretty OT here, but Blumie you should be sure to check out Michelin's "Bib Gourmand" list, which are unstarred but worthy restaurants all offering the possibility of a quality and interesting meal for under $40 or so:

http://www.michelintravel.com/select...in-selections/

Thanks!