The Gardens Sonesta ES Suites New York

The staff was very attentive and offered car service to the airport at flat rate. I loved that we had a kitchen to make simple breakfasts and late night meals. Housekeeping even washed our dishes when we had to rush out in the morning one of the days. The location is perfect to fulfill delusional dreams of living in UES as its a few blocks from Central park and 5th Ave shopping. There's also convenient shopping of CVS and target around the corner.

We knew we'd pay a premium price for a great New York location, and though the cost was considerable, from past experience, we expected a postage stamp of a room. Instead we got a huge L-shaped space with living area, vast king bed, a dressing room, bath, desk area and separate full kitchen! Plus, no noise from surrounding rooms and very little from the corridor. We loved our room! To top it all off, the staff members were personable, friendly, helpful and just plain nice. And the hotel has a deal with three good local restaurants (a cafe, a hamburger place and an Italian restaurant, all within two blocks): you can order food, have it delivered and brought up to your room and it is charged to your hotel bill. We recommend one of the three, Tony's di Napoli, about a block away, for an in-restaurant lunch or dinner, good traditional Italian fare. There are lots of other restaurants within easy walking distance as well. My husband and I are good walkers, so when we weren't doing business, we were able to visit the Metropolitan Museum, Neue Galerie, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Central Park and the Museum of Modern Art, all on foot. The hotel staff is quick to call taxis for you, too, and of course there's Uber. For supplies and newspapers, there is a CVS half a block away with basic groceries, mailing envelopes and so forth; there's also a post office less than 10 minutes' walk away. Plenty of shopping around too, though we did almost none. The company we were working with was also within easy walking range. Pretty much the ideal stay.

Loved the separate kitchen, the comfy beds and the warm staff. Loved that hotel is 10 mins from central park. We had a one bedroom suite with 2 double beds plenty of space for my family of 4.

It was spacious for NYC. The location was beautiful, felt safe and was convenient to things we did. It was surprisingly quiet. To have a separate bedroom was wonderful. Staff were consistently pleasant and helpful. Daily service in our apartment was good. Our requests for things like more hangers and pillows were quickly and cheerfully met. When our coffee maker malfunctioned, it was replaced readily.

Wonderfully friendly staff/great value for the location/short walk to subway/restaurant and grocery/kitchen is perfect size and well equipped/dining table, closet and built - in chest of drawers/good small gym