The Bryant Park Hotel

“AS GOOD AS IT GETS.”

Fabulous hotel that really gets it right ! Friendly very helpful team enhance the experience to ensure a very comfortable stay. Location is as good as it gets , on Bryant Park , with easy access to Broadway , 5th Ave and subway stations on your doorstep. Plus great restaurants, coffee shops and de… more

Fabulous hotel that really gets it right ! Friendly very helpful team enhance the experience to ensure a very comfortable stay. Location is as good as it gets , on Bryant Park , with easy access to Broadway , 5th Ave and subway stations on your doorstep. Plus great restaurants, coffee shops and deli’s as neighbours. Japanese restaurant within the hotel ( bit pricey I thought) and awesome bar and seating area downstairs which is vibey and enjoyable. Rooms are well appointed and very comfortable. With lovely view over Bryant Park ( worth booking a room with a view) , the rooms offer comfortable beds, lovely lighting and spacious full bathrooms. Housekeeping is outstanding, room seems to get serviced as soon as you leave , never had an issue . Everything is CLEAN with wooden floors such as bonus . Added touch of delicious coffee and muffins every morning in the foyer . Small but perfectly adequate gym . Very fairly priced ( by NY standards) for the quality on offer. Thanks to all the team for a superb stay.

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“Beautiful hotel in the perfect location.”

We had such a great stay at the Bryant Park Hotel over spring break. With so many choices, it can be overwhelming when choosing where to stay in NY, but I will definitely stay here again on a return trip. The room was very spacious for my family of 4, which includes our 2 teenage daughters, who hat… more

We had such a great stay at the Bryant Park Hotel over spring break. With so many choices, it can be overwhelming when choosing where to stay in NY, but I will definitely stay here again on a return trip. The room was very spacious for my family of 4, which includes our 2 teenage daughters, who hate sharing a room with mom and dad now. But we all had enough room to spread out and the bathroom was VERY spacious ... a must when you have teenagers. We requested a high floor room and had beautiful views, plus, there were only 3 other rooms on our floor, so this was probably one of the quietest hotel rooms I've ever stayed in! You didn't hear other people in the halls, doors slamming, or the elevator running. Location was perfect for our itinerary. Times Square was a quick, easy walk without having to deal with the crowds on the square. We were able to walk to just about everything we wanted to see, including Central Park and the Upper East/West side. There are multiple bagel/pastry shops to choose from to grab a bite on your way out for the day, or the hotel offers complimentary mini muffins and coffee/tea each morning. We ate at Koi, their on-site resturant for my birthday dinner and it was fabulous, and we also had drinks in their cool bar downstairs one night (where I also received a complimentary glass of champagne!). Overall, every staff member we encountered during our stay was gracious and helpful and I cannot recommend staying here enough.

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“Great location and hospitality”

My husband and I stayed here for the second time. Just lovely. Location is great and our room overlooking the Park was great. We were celebrating a big anniversary and we were surprised with a bottle of bubbly and balloon welcoming us in our suite. Noise machine was an added plus as was the HUGE ba… more

My husband and I stayed here for the second time. Just lovely. Location is great and our room overlooking the Park was great. We were celebrating a big anniversary and we were surprised with a bottle of bubbly and balloon welcoming us in our suite. Noise machine was an added plus as was the HUGE bathtub. Always nice to have good coffee in the room as well as in the lobby in the morning. Hope to be back again soon.

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“Good service and a truly unbeatable location”

This hotel has an impeccable reputation on Tripadvisor. Many aspects are well-deserved: its location on the edge of Bryant Park is truly as impressive as any property in any global city, and the service provided — from the doormen to the front desk staff — was consistently friendly and professional… more

This hotel has an impeccable reputation on Tripadvisor. Many aspects are well-deserved: its location on the edge of Bryant Park is truly as impressive as any property in any global city, and the service provided — from the doormen to the front desk staff — was consistently friendly and professional. The accommodations are clean, functional, and tastefully renovated; pre-arrival requests were honoured; and the views from our park-view rooms did not disappoint (even with partial scaffolding in the way, which we were proactively notified of when booking). That said, there are some elements of the experience that fell short of the sky-high expectations set by the reviews on this platform, especially considering that rates for park-view rooms can bump up against those for base-level accommodations at the Four Seasons. The building is historic, but that also means that it’s old. Hot water can take multiple minutes to reach even the lower floors and the elevators are slower and cramped. The bright white walls of the refreshed rooms are already starting to show scuffs, and the 2000s-era bathroom appears to have received less attention than the rest of the room during recent renovations. The lobby area is also showing its age, with the faux red leather and dark walls coming across as more seedy than classy. Also disappointing: No water bottles pre-placed in the room, and a minibar that was fully at capacity with drinks for purchase. (It would have been nice to have some usable fridge space given the Whole Foods and various pastry shops within a 2 minute walk.) In fact, the entire minibar area of the room was packed with items for sale, which felt very nickle-and-dime-y and detracted from the upscale positioning of the hotel’s marketing. None of these are dealbreakers — especially if you aren’t comparing the Bryant Park Hotel to true luxury properties in the city (boutique or chain). But its worth going in clear-eyed about what this hotel is and isn’t given the hyperbolic nature of the reviews on this platform: it’s a very well-run boutique hotel with a near-perfect location, comfortable rooms, and very good staff. It’s nice, but not luxurious. I wouldn't say it's a particularly excellent value. It’s certainly not the single best hotel in NYC. But the overall package — again, that location! — will ultimately have you looking back fondly at your stay here. Thank you to Caoimhe, who was warm and hospitable when checking us into our rooms, and Camille from in-house reservations who was responsive, proactive, and helpful while arranging our bookings.

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