The Library Hotel Collection Reviews

Nowater. No hot water. They should have refunded my stay. Follow up, they did comp me a free night. Good follow up.

Just had my third stay here and it gets better each time. Excellent location within easy walking distance to subway and Times Square. Susan and the staff are so welcoming and helpful. It is like coming home. The continental breakfast is nice as well as the nightly happy hour. A neat way to connect with other guests from around the USA and the World. Will definitely stay here on all future trips to New York.Give the 414 Hotel a try, you won't be disappointed.

Wonderful time! Very nice staff. Room clean. Bar very elegant. Highly recommended!

The rooftop bar was insanely packed- however, service was great and the drinks, though pricey, were delicious.

Very good location, walking distance to Central Station and the New York Public Library. The deluxe king room on the 10th floor is beautifully decorated, very clean, comfortable and spacious (according to New York standards). The reception suite for all guests on the 2nd floor is great. The bar on the 14th floor is a great place to relax at night. All the staff at the hotel are very polite and do their best to help us solve every need. Value for money, check out the hotel website for special offers before you book.

Place is awesome. Like a museum in some ways more than a library. Even if you don't live here, you should come and visit this place. It's really just awesome and in the middle of Manhattan.

Wonderful little hotel with great service, a good location, clean rooms, and a cool theme.

I can't say enough nice things about The Library Hotel! The staff was friendly, thorough and accommodating. The rooms are small (NYC) but well designed, modern and clean with the most comfortable beds! There are books everywhere and they offer a generous continental breakfast with high end pastries, gorgeous fruit, espresso/cappuccinos, juices, etc. The location is perfect, close to Grand Central, the NYC Library, Bryant Park and only a 15-20 min walk to Broadway district/Times Square. They offer validated parking at a garage near by, which helps with the cost if you drive in. Thanks Library Hotel - you helped make our celebration weekend super special!!!

Very nice lounge bar, great drinks.
The restaurant is pretty good as well

Interesting floor themes, wine & cheese every evening, all day snacks, cosy rooftop bar. Right around the corner from Bryant Park.

Lovey hotel with very attentive staff. Definitely enjoyed my stay and Rommy in the lounge was very attentive and polite.

Stopped here for a quick drink. A nice and clean bar with a good barkeep mixing decent cocktails. Nothing really to set it apart, it's good for a quick stop or a quiet place to get away from the GCT crowd.

The rooms are nicely done and the place has personality. Staff are very helpful and friendly. A pretty nice place to stay in Manhattan.

Excellent and unique hotel with excellent excellent service.

The rooftop bar (bookcases) is a great atmosphere with both great outdoor and indoor seating with lots of Windows. I would highly recommend it for a relaxed night out.

Loved this hotel and the library theme. Staff was very friendly and rooms were clean. Could walk to most places we were going.

What a lovely place! Excellent atmosphere. Loved every minute of it.

The rooftop bar at the Library NY is a great little bar. Make sure to come early to get seats. Drinks are unique, but not cheap. Service was excellent in every way.

A bit hard to find because of the descrite logo. Excellent service and accommodations. The breakfast could have a bit more variety. All around, great!

The old fashioned was great, and the ambiance on the roof top bar was lovely!

A great location to stay in New York. Our room was quite small but very clean and well designed. Free wine and snacks in the library in the evening was a nice bonus too.

All we can say is from the moment we step through the door on our many visits John and the staff treat us like family favorites. Great hotel, great location. Walking distance to the the theater district and excellent restaurants.

Friendly and helpful staff. Lovely decor. Great location.

Rooms have a cute theme, and the hotel is very much a 4 star hotel. The front desk are in suits, etc. But it's a hotel for a specific clientelle, their suggestions are all a bit upscale as well. As for the rooms the book selection was a bit random per theme, and seems to be an after thought, only about 3 small bookshelves and about 4 pieces of art, but still beautiful. Overall if you're looking for a quiet place to sip coffee and read a newspaper before your business meeting it's perfect. If you're a young book lover, who is looking to experience casual New York, and are looking for things such as soda vending machines, Harry Potter, or usb ports you might feel out of place.

We grabbed some drinks at the rooftop bar. Everything was pretty good, nothing amazing, but nice enough.

It is such a lovely and quiet hotel. Customer service is outstanding. Location is great, can walk everywhere.

Love this themed boutique hotel. All rooms are numbered and named using Dewey Decimals. The wonderful lounge and rooftop bar is named Bookmarks and features literary inspired cocktails.

Rooms are great. Breakfast and snacks are good. Always our favorite place to stay in the city.

While the drinks are overpriced (hello, New York City, hello boutique hotel), the service is good, the venue is modern and elegant, and the music is bangin'.

Amenities were great and staff were all super friendly and helpful throughout the stay. The hotel's location close to Grand Central, Bryant Park, and Times Square made it a great location to spend the weekend

This is one of my all-time favorites. I love to sit by their window especially when it s snowing.

Love this hotel! Sadly I don't stay in mid town any more, but if I had to, this is the place I would go. Great rooms! great theme and decent roof bar.

The hotel executes beautifully on the library theme. It's elegant, fun and comfortable all at the same time. Rooms are nicely furnished, and there are a couple of common areas that work well. Breakfast was a typical hotel-quality continental breakfast - a quick and easy start to the morning but nothing I'd go out of my way for. The staff were all kind and helpful. And the best part is that you can check out with any books you want!

This place was amazing. Truly. The room was well appointed, well cared for and spacious. Something not often found in NYC hotels! The staff was very attentive and very helpful. The location is just a step away from Grand Central Station, great restaurants, bars and shopping. The 2nd floor "reading room" was wonderful, breakfast served there every day, wine and...

Easily accommodated a room change request (I decided I wanted a larger bed). Front desk employees were very polite and helpful. Each room has a different theme to it, which I liked.

A very charming smaller hotel in a great location on Madison and really helpful staff. Breakfast modest but sufficient. Wine and cheese afternoon is a nice touch as is the 24 hour refreshments room with drinks and nice nibbles. Cosy bar area on top floor.

Recommended

Extremely beautiful room and accommodating staff, in a great part of town. Very high end though, so unless your normal attire is a full business suit you'll feel out of place.

The library hotel is a fantastic themed hotel, snacks and a 24 hour library, free wine hour, and an amazing rooftop bar, definitely would stay again.

Rare to find a hotel in the center of NYC that feels more like a bed and breakfast than a hotel. Housing only 60 total rooms, the hotel's greatest attribute is the second floor reading room which offers an included continental breakfast every morning, snacks/coffee/tea throughout the day, and wine and cheese every night. You simply cannot find a better value in NYC!

Generous professional hosts who made our NYC city very special. Our new go to place to stay in the big Apple.

We lived the hotel! The staff we so amazing! Loved how cozy it was. Me and my wife will be back soon.

Very pretty hotel. Rooms are small but comfortable. The amount of books is neat. The hotel is in a very good spot. Very convenient. Customer device is very good. Awesome staff.

Lively, yet not-douchey rooftop where the drinks come stiff with prices to match. Well worth it though. Small plates are tasty too. Most importantly, service is actually good which is tough to find at a bar in Manhattan these days.

Nice space on the second floor open all the time with snacks, water, coffee, and espresso. Turn down service did the small things that were very nice to come back to (closed windows, turned on quiet music, treats). Finishings are very nice and the small rooms use the space very well. Location is great if you're looking for east midtown. I don't have a sigle thing to complain about.

Great hotel with great service. The hotel is centrally located, only a block from Grand Central Terminal. The room was very clean and not too small at all. Better than expected continental breakfast, and with an automatic espresso/latte machine that was accessible at all hours, we saved a fortune on coffee alone. The 3-hour manager's happy hour was also a great benefit, and we were able to take advantage of it on our own time rather than feeling rushed not to miss out on the amenity! The staff was very friendly and eager to serve. We will definitely stay at the Library Hotel the next time we're in NYC.

A wonderful hotel. Room was well decorated and the size you expect in NYC. Nice breakfast and evening cheese and wine. Extremely helpful staff.

Location 1 block off 5th Ave at 42nd street, across from the NYC Public Library. The Library Hotel is very cute; the theme is fun but not overdone. The service is excellent. Concierge was humorous and helpful, as was the wait staff siding breakfast and the wine & cheese service. We did not personally meet the cleaning staff (also turndown service). The rooftop terrace was beautiful. I was disappointed to learn that the bar on top is both open to the public (which would've been fine), and operated by a 3rd party. So when we ordered food in to the hotel, we didn't feel we could (though it would've been more informative here if we had pressed our luck) bring "outside food" into a separate food and drink establishment, whereas we felt totally comfortable eating on the 2nd floor in the guests-only common room) where there's always snacks, water, coffee, espresso machine, etc). Would've been nice to eat on the rooftop, but it may have been a blessing in disguise, because the bar allows people to smoke up there, as we'd discovered previously with some cigarette smoke on our right and cigar smoke on our left. The rooftop experience was a little disappointing in these regards, but it is really beautiful up there, and we spent several daylight hours (before bar opening) up there enjoying the view, reading, a little sun on the skin. It was a great hotel experience, and we would definitely go again. The experience overall was wonderful.

clever concept but poor value for the money. room themes and reading room are fun. rooftop bar is wierd -- plastic cups, limited wine selection, loud "w" music. service was inconsistent.

The beautiful weather brought us to the library hotel but we soon realized the space was way too crowded. The concept and bar was nice but be prepared for a wait, with tight areas to walk through, and expensive fancy cocktails.

I like the rooftop bar at the hotel. The drinks are good but a little pricy.

Rooms are nicely furnished, and there are a couple of common areas that work well.

The library hotel has a wonderful coffee lounge for guests. The best capacino machine in the city!

Bookmarks, the bar on the roof, is fantastic. Drinks are bit pricy, but they're delicious. The space is pretty quiet, too, hidden away in Midtown. Makes for a great date night.

Centrally located and full of caring staff, the Library Hotel will provide a relaxing home base to any New York trip, whether for business or leisure. The library theme blends seamlessly and provides an engaging atmosphere that will have you turning your head at every juncture. The rooms are comfortable and the amenities provided will leave you wanting for nothing as you enjoy all that the city has to offer. I already want to go back!

The hotel was amazing!! They have friendly staff that are willing to assist you with everything!! They have a wonderful tea room that has daily tea, and snacks. Room service was great! We will definitely stay here again when we come back NYC!!!

New Yorker celebrated out of town sister's birthday with overnight stay. The book shelves in my room were dedicated to performing arts. 200sqare feet not too small for one and felt very comfy and intimate. Service was impeccable. It was magic.

Manhattan hotel well located. Comfortable. There is a bar on the terrace. Good environment.

We were visiting the hotel for our honeymoon. The hotel itself and the room were great and the staff were excellent. The complimentary cheese and wine every evening was a nice touch. The roof terrace is also a nice place to chill. Great experience!

Excellent hospitality. The access to the Reading Room is great with complementary coffee, cheese and wine. Very helpful staff

Adore this hotel - my favorite place in NYC. Excellent and attentive service, well-designed rooms, and the second floor library can t be beat. Bookmarks is also a lovely place to stop in for a drink :)

Only had a drink a Bookmarks but it was really nice.