We selected this hotel over several other Hilton's / Hampton Inn's in the Midtown area. Overall, we were very pleased. The hotel is very new. The rooms are a little small, but very nicely furnished. Staff was very attentive and friendly.

By far the best thing about this hotel is the great location. There is a subway station on the same block (7th avenue line (1)). You can walk two blocks east to get on the Broadway line (N,R,W), and you can walk about 3 blocks north to get on the 6th avenue lines at Penn Station (B,D,F,V, PATH). You can be anywhere in Manhattan in about 20 -30 minutes. Also, the 34th street shopping area (Macy's) is very close, and Time's Square is a short 14 block walk up 7th avenue.

A few considerations.

1. Breakfast is $14.95, compare to free at Hampton Inns. We went to the Whole Foods down 7th avenue to stock up a breakfast items. There are refrigerators and microwaves in the room.

2. No on-site laundry. In these days of carry-ons, it would be nice to have.

3. The restuarant choices in the immediate area (2-3 blocks) are somwhat limited. There are a couple of bar / grills on 7th avenue. Mustang Sally's was quiet tasty, although a little noisy. There are at least two other hotels currently being built on the same block, so maybe the restaurants will soon follow.

4. 28th street is pretty quiet at night. During the day, the sidewalk is overrun by flowers and plants from all of the wholesale flower ships. This makes the street nice and lively, but a little hard to walk down.

5. There are only 2 elevators for 23 floors, so the wait for an elevator can be a few minutes.

6. This hotel is so new that our cab driver from LGA didn't even know where it was. Make sure you have the address (28th between 6th and 7th).

I would stay here again if in Manhattan.

My wife and I recently stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn, Chelsea. I am a Hilton Honors Diamond member and used reward points. We had read reviews of other Hilton properties in Manhatten before deciding on this particular property.

We found all of the positive comments from previous reviews to be true. Our room, while small, was very clean. It had a cool flat screen High Def TV with at least 200 channels, including about 30 or more High Def. Our room was on the 19th Floor and we could see the top of the Empire State Building. My wife especially loved that. The workout room in the basement was about average for an HGI, which is a complement.

The one negative comment that we had noted regarded the speed of the elevators. We were prepared for it, but in the 8 days we were there, I only had 1 semi-lengthy wait. It really wasn't an issue for us.

We found the location of the hotel to be good (rather than great). It was a half block from the subway, but a few more restaurants nearby would have been nice. From that standpoint, a Times Square location would have been better for our purposes.

The best thing about the stay for us was the staff. Everyone we came in contact with, Front Desk, Maintenance, Housekeeping, Restaurant, was really helpful, friendly and terrific.

We would definitely come back to this hotel.

We stayed at this Hotel for 5 nights and it was great. The beds were extremely comfortable and the staff was wonderful! We did tons of sight seeing in the city and loved coming back to the quiet location of this hotel and the cozy beds. It is central to everything and right by the subway which we used quite often. It has a refrigerator so we enjoyed bringing back our snacks from places such as Dean & DeLuca. the Chelsea Market etc. and having them for late night treats. My only complaint about the hotel is that the doors slam very loudly (including the bathroom doors) but once we figured that out we were careful when getting up in the middle of the night. This hotel truly was a place to look forward to getting back to after a long day in the city!

Just enjoyed 3 nights here,first time in New York so not sure what to expect.We arrived early but were able to leave our bags & check in.Although I had asked ( on requests in Expedia who I booked through) for adjacent rooms( 2 double doubles) the rooms were on 4th & 10th floors,but it didn't really matter.On returning later on we had been moved to better rooms together on the 21st floor,quietly ans without fuss-very commendable.The rooms were fine,TV,power shower,fridge,microwave coffee maker etc.Even a view of Empire State building from one.The breakfasts are ideal to fill you up until late afternoon,and the staff were friendly and helpful.All in all we would certainly return there if we ever go back to NY.