Submission date: 2007-01-15 - Date of Stay: December 2006
Submitted by: Craig - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Young Couple - Age Group: 26 - 30
New Year at the Doubletree.
We stayed at the Doubletree metropolitan on Lexington drive/51st Street between the 29th Dec 06 and 2nd Jan 07.
On arrival we were made to feel very welcome and the staff were all very helpful and courteous. Our room on the 11th floor was compact but not small, it had everything we needed, although perhaps tea and coffee facilities would have been an added bonus.
The bed was extremely comfortable and the towels were always clean and fresh, bed linen and towels replaced daily.
We used the concierge facility whilst trying to track down some theatre tickets we have ordered to be delivered to the hotel and Danny on the desk was most helpful, he did all the chasing around for us and we got our tickets.
We didn't book the breakfast with the hotel, quite expensive, not very good reviews and also ties you down to getting up at set times....we found plenty of places to get breakfast very close by and all at very reasonable prices, about $10 would get you both a cooked breakfast and a coffe...Read more
Submission date: 2005-06-24 - Date of Stay: July 2003
Submitted by: Stacy Fowler - From: United States
Type of Traveller: Family Traveller - Age Group: 31 - 40
Not as
I was disappointed to find the staff at the Doubletree were friendly and welcoming to us only when we waiting in line to ask something. We always had to request the 'homemade cookies' that were suppose to welcome us everytime we enter the hotel. The 'playroom' was not at all impressive, since the few toys and games there were broken or missing parts. When I travel to New York City again with my three children, we won't stay at the Doubletree.
