Bad Lazarus

Review of Helmsley Park Lane Hotel

Location is excellent and the room we had on the 2...

Location is excellent and the room we had on the 20th floor was an executive junior suite with a park view. It was spacious and well appointed with fabulous views over Central Park. Regarding the condition of the hotel, being generous, I'd say it was shabby chic but with a liitle too much emphasis on the shabby. A renovation is clearly overdue. That said, our room was clean and serviced every day.
The staff were very friendly and helpful and the evening hospitality betwen 5 and 7 was good and an unexpected bonus with the executive package. The 3 stars in my review are down to the hotel's general shabby condition and the cost of a stay doesn't really reflect this so as it stands the hotel is not good value for money.