Hotwire Hotel: Need help with 4* ESB and 4* MTC - 2/12-2/15

I am looking at two hotels. One is a 4* Empire State Building for $173 (Boutique, Comp Breakfast, Restaurant, Internet, Business Center). The other is 4* Midtown Central for $175 (Fitness, Restaurant, Internet, Business Center). There are a few different hotels these could be based on the amenities and it was not showing me the Tripadvisor ratings. Is there something else I could look at to figure these out or could someone narrow it down for me? Thanks for any help.

The 4* ESB would likely be the Morgans Hotel. The MTC could be a few different properties, and there is no way to tell which if no TA rating is offered.

Is there a reason you are not interested in the 4* MTE for $129? That would present a significant savings over the two properties you mention, and given that that is likely either the Intercontinental Barclay or Grand Hyatt, both of those would be fine hotels.

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To "throw some names out there" for the MTC property... the Helmesley Park Lane, Sofitel, and Royalton would all be among the possibilities (as well as others), but i also agree with AaronJB above, is there a reason you're not interested in the 4* MTE property... $50 savings per nite would add up over your 3 nites stay and, imo, each of the likely hotels would be good choices (for the price)

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I was really looking for something with more of a boutique hotel feel to it. Normally I would go with the one you mentioned in MTE for the savings, but after reading some of the reviews on Tripadvisor, I was a little skeptical (and I usually like both of those hotel chains). And I'm not always so picky, but since this is for a child-free Valentine's weekend, and we don't get to NYC very often, I wanted to be somewhere with less of the chain hotel feel. Thanks for the replies.

Wouldn't Morgan's fit the bill of what you're seeking?

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In terms of reviews of the Intercontinental, keep in mind many of those people are paying two or three times (and there may be a couple of four times in there somewhere) what would be paying for the same room. The hotel doesn't have a "boutique" feel, but it does have a grand, old-world feel.

In terms of reviews of the Intercontinental, keep in mind many of those people are paying two or three times (and there may be a couple of four times in there somewhere) what would be paying for the same room. The hotel doesn't have a "boutique" feel, but it does have a grand, old-world feel.

Sorry I never posted what I booked on this trip. I ended up staying at the Hotel Giraffe which is a small boutique hotel and booked it through the hotel directly. They were located in the area where we were looking to stay and I had read several good reviews on it and the small chain of Manhattan boutique hotels it belongs to. They were also offering discounted rates during the time I was there.

Thanks for all of the feedback though. I spent a lot of time overanalyzing that trip with all of the hotels in NYC. You were all very helpful.