Any ideas for lovely hotels in New York??

[melsy]

Dh would like take me back there for our 5th anniversary with our little dd,who will be over a year by then. We got engaged there at the top of Empire state building at closing time, 6 yrs ago.

Ideally centrally located or near 5th Ave Dept stores/good shops.

Somewere not as lavish as the Plaza!!

Go to www.priceline.com. We put in $130 a night and they come back with a hotel in a certain area of NY. We stayed at the 'Renaissance' on Times Sq both times we did this and the room rate is normally about $350US a night. It is a 4-5star hotel and very nice. We haven't got children yet but hotels in general in NY are very expensive so we've found this quite a good deal.

How about the Casablanca on W43rd just E of Broadway. Lovely moroccan style hotel.
www.casablancahotel.com

They have a special offer at the moment:
Enjoy a sunset buffet dinner for two on Friday or Saturday evening aboard a private yacht, taking you on a cruise around Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty, and home again. Or, if you prefer, we can arrange for Sunday brunch. There?s no better way to see the skyline?

And they have babysitting!

Sue W , its unusual for such large rooms in NY. Good for DD. We stayed at the Lexington Ave Barbizon(now The Melrose) round the corner from Bloomingdales , but they dont seem very child friendly and it didnt have many facilities. Would like somewere with choice of restauarnts and a coffee/bar lounge. Would also like room listening service , but after reading the thread about leaving children I am a bit worried.I also said I wouldnt leave my child anywere so not sure now.Thats one for a another discussion.

We stayed at The W Hotel on Lexington Ave.
Very central - a couple of blocks from 5th Avenue. It's a tad on the modern side .... if you aren't wearing black you might stand out a bit
We had a wail of a time and I thoroughtly recommend NY !

ooops - not too sure how child friendly they are ?
Sorry

Actually we have been looking at the W hotels as I like contemporary. But not sure how child friendly , will have to phone there to see how they react on the phone to the idea.

Also looked at the Paramount , just not sure an ALL WHITE room will be good for 12month old!!!!!!

that's their problem melsy
We did have a lovely time though ....
WIthin walking distance from FAO Schwartz

I love it there and can't wait to go back ; the shopping/restaurants/5th ave /madison ave/grand c station/Katz deli/carnegie deli ALL FAB. LOVE IT LOVE IT , just not sure if its going to be good with 12month dd???? What do we do in the evening , take her out with us, seems unfair to alittle one??? Thats why we thought somewere nice with good restaurant also would be good, as may not go out in the evening.

Paramount awful, rooms tiny. Don't do it

W ok

We have very good friends there with 12 mo dd, they may babysit if you want I could ask them. Live in East Village/Alphabet city.

I stayed in the Madison Jolly Towers in Oct 2002. It was a nice reasonably priced hotel in what was for us a great location (near Macys and Grand Central Station. We got a really good rate at the time on the quickbook website.

Has anyone been with kids recently? where did you stay? We're planning to spend a w/e in NYC in April as pat of a longer trip, so any tips, places to go/avoid with littlies gratefully received.

Raddisson New Yorker was lovely - really historic, art deco, central and not too expensive.