New York Palace Hotel, New York City, Smell

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New York Palace Hotel	Average Price: $643 Check Rates

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455 Madison Avenue

New York City, 10022 View map

5-Star Hotel Rank: 3 of 29
Average review rating: 4.54

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (34) , MyTravelGuide (2) , TripAdvisor (1286) , YahooTravel (28)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. Overall, the rooms smell musty - a comment that was also made to me by one of my NY based colleagues.

"Overated: Not a luxury hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/3/2012 Vote

2. These are really showing their age and smell dusty due to all the years of accumulated muck that have fallen into them.

"Overated: Not a luxury hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/3/2012 Vote

3. Spent the rest of our day in NYC touring, then that night as we were getting ready for bed, I could not dodge an overwhelming urine smell in the bathroom.

"Everything was off... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/14/2011 Vote

4. To 'Summarize' the hotel is stunning except for the damp smelling bathroom but the staff and food let it down so wouldnt stay there again plenty of choice in New York.

"Beautiful Hotel! poor service! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/6/2010 Vote

5. (We also noticed a smoky smell after a shower.

"Fantastic New York Palace " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/2/2010 Vote

6. The hotel actually smelled like a clean casino.

"Great hotel...we will return " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/29/2009 Vote

7. Rooms are very spacious, but do smell a little stale.

"Very Nice Hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/20/2008 Vote

8. The rooms were dusty and had an 'old building' musty smell that they tried to mask with their cleaning supplies; we switched rooms to one which was somewhat (but not completely) better, but not what I would expect from a hotel with this rating.

"Don`t bother " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/29/2008 Vote

9. Also, we kept getting the smell of cigarette smoke coming through a small vent from guests in the smoking rooms which was awful.

"highly recommended " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/22/2008 Vote

10. It did not smell bad so we stayed.

"Nice room but lacks 5 star service " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/29/2007 Vote