Empire Hotel, New York City, Smell

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Empire Hotel	Average Price: $401 Check Rates

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44 West 63rd Street

New York City, 10023 View map

0-Star Hotel Rank: 11 of 249
Average review rating: 3.49

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (96) , Travelocity (3) , TripAdvisor (1016) , YahooTravel (11)

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Construction:	There are recent comments about Construction.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. Michelene (sp) and Miguel were able to put me in a corner suite after I let them know about problems with my first room (funky smelling shower, problems with TV and wireless).

"Great customer service " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/19/2012 Vote

2. Lobby could use some new fabric on the furniture, glass doors into the lobby are very heavy, rooftop bar smells, has sticky floors, way too crowded, waitress was very rude.

"Best Hotel near Lincoln Center " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/20/2012 Vote

3. Shampoo and conditer they gave smelled good according to my wife.

"Won a nights stay here! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/28/2011 Vote

4. Only catch was that it was on a stinky smoking floor, but the room itself didn't smell of smoke, thankfully.

"Maybe it was 4 stars in its heyday " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/17/2011 Vote

5. My room was small and had a strong chlorine smell.

"Very average " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/20/2011 Vote

6. Firstly they put me in a room on the top floor that smells of chlorine coming from the pool on the roof.

"Worst NYC hotel stay " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/7/2011 Vote

7. The room smelled like smoke even though it was on a non smoking floor.

"Good location, bad everything else " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/19/2011 Vote

8. The first room we received smelled heavily of mold and rat poison.

"Not a restful place " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/31/2011 Vote

9. Your first introduction to this hotel is a stale smelling smoked filled foyer that you pass through to go to the lobby.

"Nothing positive about this place " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/15/2011 Vote

10. Second room was so smokey that air coming out of the heater smelled like an old ash tray.

"Got a room that smelled like an ash tray. Wireless internet down. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/15/2011 Vote