Hi, can anyone reccomend a nice NYC hotel located between midtown and Soho that's known for having larger than average standard rooms. I am willing to pay up to $400 a night.

Thanks for the advice!

Mike

Nice is a relative term but I can vouch for the room size and quality at the Hotel New Yorker, located at 34th Street and 8th Avenue. I suppose one could consider it to be at the very lowest end of midtown and it's a few yards from the entrance to the subway that gets you to SoHo in a hurry. The downside is that the exterior of the building (at street level) is unappealing and there's nothing to do in the immediate area at night (unless there's an event of interest at MSG). Another shortcoming is somewhat long times to check in and out when it's busy (which is often because it's a large hotel - I waited 20 minutes tocheck in and 15 to check out). ON the plus side is HUGE rooms, beautifully renovated including the original tile baths. This was a very classy hotel many decades ago, went in a slump, closed and has now been refurbished and reopened. Prices are cheap by NYC standards - you can probably get a room for $140-175 per night. If you choose to stay there aks for a room in the low 20's - around the 21-23rd floor. The elevators are broken into two stages and it's generally much quicker to get an elevator to the upper floors. I stayed around the 21st floor on the back side of the buliding and my room was incredibly quiet - the quietest I've ever stayed in in NYC. My only reference for NYC room size is other moderately priced rooms I've stayed in (including 34th street and park Ave HoJo's and the Hotel Stanford. This was far bigger than any of them and also far bigger (and just as nice as) than the room I stayed in recently at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. You might also look into suite style hotels - the rooms sometimes have far more space than standard rooms.

I suggest the Four Seasons (largest rooms in New York), the St. Regis, Rihga Royal, or the Mercer.

All should be in your price range and all are luxury hotels. All except the Mercer are well-located in midtown. The Mercer is in SoHo. If you want old and stuffy it's the St. Regis. The Four Seasons is mainly business types. Rihga is all-suites (book an imperial-level suite or above, not a ROYAL suite). Finally the Mercer is the chic place to be at the moment, with a lot of fashion types (owned by the same guy who owns the Chateau Marmont in LA). I would favor a deluxe room at the St. Regis (right on fifth) or the Four Seasons.

You might look into a one-bedroom suite at the Shelburne Murray Hill, one of the Manhattan East Suite hotels at 37th & Lexington. Week-end prices can be fairly reasonable by New York standards and even during the week should be in your price range. Website: http://www.mesuite.com/shelburne.html

I would recommend the Shoreham Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. I last stayed there about two years ago. (I actually stayed there three years in a row - Christmas time). The hotel was formerly an apartment building that they renovated. Some of the rooms are suites which offer a separate sitting and bedroom. When I was there, the price was about $250/night. I'm sure it's more now. However, it's in an ideal location (right off 5th Avenue). The price will include breakfast.