Ravel Hotel  

Liked the pricevery much! Small cost of around $10 to get into Midtown Manhattan by taxi. Rooms were stylish and clean, change of towels, beds made and replensihed coffee sachets each day. Good quality coffee machine in room and comfortable beds with nice cotton covers. You would find it hard to get something nearer to Midtown at this price! Also has fantastic views of Manhattan on the rooftop!

No tea making facilities in the room, although found that the 'rooftop terrace' offered tea and juice included in the room price, though we stubbled upon this and was not informed by the hotel - you can have breakfast up there but meals were not included in my booking. The rooftop terrace can be very noisy on certain nights, though this did not bother my group, it was loud and did go on until 3 in the morning, so maybe not a good idea for a family trip? We had rooms with balcony though faced the main road, no view to speak of here, the only good view is on the roof and you will need to pay for Taxi's (or subway) to get to and from Manhattan as nothing is within walking distance.

We stayed at The Ravel for three nights in November 2011. I am sorry to stay that we would never stay there again. The building is in an industrial type area that is not tourist or people friendly. The Hotel does try and compensate this by running shuttle services to the local train station. One thing to note is that It has the most bizarre floors I have ever walked on!! In that the hallways are so uneven and 'wavy' they make you disorientated. Beer in the bar was quiet expensive as compared to the other hotels we stayed in during our trip and there was rarely any bottles of water in the drinks machine. This private run owned hotel is about Profit as everything has a cost. I would suggest you look to stay in Manhatten if you are visiting New York or anywhere else unless you don't mind paying over four star prices for a 1 star hotel

The staff, they were really helpful and mannerly

I stayed four nights at the Ravel Hotel and I was really impressed how beautiful the hotel is and how budget friendly it was as well. I really believe this is a great value, the hotel is just a couple of subways stops from the city. Although the nearest subway station is about 6 city blocks walking distance the hotel did provide a shuttle that would take you. I liked everything at this hotel, it has a very chic modern feel and was very comfortable. Not to mention the incrediable view of the nyc skyline from our room. I would highly recommend it to anyone and I will definitely be back.

The only suggestion I would have for the hotel is to offer a shuttle service more often so that runs every hour from about 6am until 3am. Currently the shuttle runs from 7am to 11am every 30 mins, but after 11am it runs every hour on the hour until 11pm, if you wanted a ride back to the hotel or to the subway outside of those hours you needed to pay an additional 5 dollars. Although 5 dollars does not seem like much, I still believe it should be included given that the car ride to and from is quite fast in a car. Other than that suggestion, I was really impressed and happy about my stay.

The room wasn't clean - it smelled bad too - and there was a lot of noise from the bridge that is very close to the hotel. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone.

The design of the room, the staff and the view from the rooftop.

The view from 1st stair : no balconies. So we transfered for an upgrade on the 4th floor but the music was so loud that we didn't relaxed at all. We moved again on the 1st floor so that we could hear only the cars on the street.. And for the wi-fi, it was complicated.. As it didn't always worked in our room and we had to purchase it on our credit card. It should be free.

The staff was very nice and helpful. The shuttle service is very convinient.

There is a rooftop restaurant/club that you can hear from your room at night. I makes it nearly impossible to sleep.

Never AGainnnnn

The Penthouse

The Breakfast

Hospitality was great!

I am from the area and wanted to stay couped in a nice place but in terms of a nyc getaway... Not the best location

I enjoyed the feel of a boutique-type hotel; a perfect stay for a city break in New York City. The service in the restaurant was particularly good.

If anything, there had been a recent refurb to the penthouse restaurant and bar - and so there was a limited choice of food on the menu at the time we stayed. However, what we did have was delightfully tasty!

Parking was ok. Roof top club was great.

Loved the view. Rooms were large and very clean. Staff gave us good advise when seeking place to eat. In central park less than 15 minutes. Free on-site parking. Club on rooftop (young).

They ran out orange juice at breakfast.