Our stay was a disaster at the Hilton garden inn New York/Central Park South/Midtown West. The hotel itself is good, nice rooms and a great location to explore the city. However, what let this hotel down was the lack of care from the staff. We booked 2 rooms for our stay over NYE, myself and my partner in one room, and then my 3 sisters in another. On our first night stay, my 3 sisters were awoken at 2am by a man entering their room with his suitcases, the staff had given him keys to their room. When calling down to the staff to ask what had happened & why has a man entered their room, they were greeted by a women who was less than helpful, asking why they were in that room and that it wasn’t their room? They were in that room because they were allocated this room by this same woman & given 3 room keys earlier in the night. She was less than apologetic & dismissive, saying if we wanted compensation they could have a voucher for a coffee in the morning. This is not even enough compensation to offer 3 women, under the age of 25 in a different country, in a city they have never been to, let alone over NYE. Other issues being:
- 2 out of 3 elevators working
- hotel cleaning staff taking up entire elevators during peak times causing up to 20 minute waits and having to walk down 30 flights of stairs.
- 8pm vacuuming in the hallways
- random charges to our credit cards during and after our stay without an invoice, explanation or compensation.
Would NOT recommend this hotel.