Bentley Hotel, New York City

Advantages: Clean, nice rooms - amazing views from roof top balcony
Disadvantages: 24 Hour coffee bar was actually a vending machine!!

...Anyway we stayed at The Bentley Hotel for the whole of our stay and overall we were impressed and enjoyed our time there. **ABOUT THE HOTEL** The Bentley is a 3 star hotel which was built in 1904 and last renovated in 2002, however I have a feeling some renovation may be going on now as the roof top restaurant has been closed until further notice. It has 197 rooms in total, which range in quality depending on which sort you book. We had a regular ...
...wet and warm! The Bentley provides quite a few services for it’s guests, which I will tell you about, but we never used any of these so I cannot comment on their usefulness or how good they were. Laundry/Valet service Room Service Safety Deposit boxes Hotel parking at a charge of $20 for 24 hours. Children under 10 stay free here but we were lucky enough to be able to leave our son with the in laws for the few days we were there, so it was ... Read review

Advantages: see below
Disadvantages: none

The Bentley Hotel -- 500 East 62nd Street at York Ave I have two very strong words for this hotel ... under rated and under priced. This is one of my favorite hotels in NYC. I stayed there is August of 2001 under unpleasant circumstances and, to me, it by far the best hotel I have stayed in. Now why you ask well read below: 1) Valet parking - Inexpensive $20 for 24 hours and can take your car in and out as much as you won't 2) Roof top restaurant ...
...worth every penny. For everything that this hotel offers it should be much much more, but don't tell the owner I said that. I highly recommend The Bentley Hotel for all of the brave travelers still willing to visit NYC - still the best city in the world ... Read review

Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: Decor & facilities

...and eventually plumped for the Bentley as it was well situated and looked pretty cool on its website - the attraction of its 'roof-top restaurant' was a clincher. Also, the majority of reviews that I read seemed to give it a thumbs-up. My girlfriends' sister actually lives in upstate NY so had the opportunity to go in person to the hotel a couple of days before we arrived to make two requests: 1. That both our rooms had a river-view. 2. That we ...
...Eve. No problem on either count, she was assured (you can see what's coming, can't you?.....) Only one of our rooms had the river view and it was 'impossible' to find us another. Our New Year's Eve Booking was also a non-starter - the whole restaurant had been booked for a private party and would therefore be closed to hotel guests all evening! Aaargh!!!! I could now go on about what a hassle we had to get booked in somewhere last-minute on the ... Read review