My girlfriend and I were really excited for our tr...

My girlfriend and I were really excited for our trip to New York and couldn t wait to stay in the standard. Upon arrival the lady who greeted us at reception was fabulous and very help. Our room was very clean albeit rather small compared to the pictures and not much room to unpack and store our clothes. We had construction going on in the near vicinity every morning and workers outside of our window which obstructed the river views. One of the things we were most excited about with the standard was the hotel amenities such as the beerhouse and rooftop bar however on a couple of occasions we were turned away as the venues were hired out to private parties which is disappointing given we are hotel guests and when we tried to reach the rooftop from our floor (16th/17th) we were told to go all the way back downstairs and queue with non residents aswell. Finally, on a couple of occasions when we arrived back and went to get the lift to our room floor we had to wait as the lifts were slow and there were lots of people waiting. If asked if we would stay here again we would say no as it feels like you largely pay for the amenities which you rarely get to use!