Stayed at the Salisbury for two nights in Sept during our stay in New York City. We booked via Expedia so got a pretty good deal.

Check in was nice and easy. Our room was on the 10th floor, as we got out of the elevator we saw we were right next to the elevator and were like nooooo, it's going to be so noisy, but we needn't had worried as we didn't hear a thing. Thank goodness!

Our room was lovely, two big double beds, little kitchen area with sink and fridge. Nice big wardrobe with an iron and board to use. Bathroom was fine, bath with shower over, which was not very powerful, but did the job. Room was spotlessly clean and had no real issues.

On the second night, we were just about to crash into bed and we noticed water running out of the ceiling light fitting in the bathroom, we were like errrr water & electricity, that can't be good! So we phoned reception and within 10 mins someone was up, they had been to the room above us and they had had a shower, but didn't put the shower curtain inside the bad tub, so they had managed to flood the bathroom, and some of the water found its way to us. So no real problem, but nice for them to act so quickly. But then with it being water and electricity , I
suppose they had to check it out quickly!

So previous reviews stated the elevators were really slow, we never experienced any problems at all, sure they weren't the quickest, but we never waited more than a minute or so... are people really in that much of a hurry on holiday..?

We only ate breakfast there once, and only because it suited us on our check out day. Cost was $4 per person and it was all you can eat. It included cereals, croissants, pastries, toast, fruit, juice, tea and coffee. It was nice enough, but we preferred to eat out for breakfast as there are some lovely cafe's in Manhattan. We paid for breakfast at reception, upon check out.

The location was great, right up by Central Park and lots of restaurants near by. We would not hesitate in stopping there again.

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to ask... : )

My daughter and I stayed at the Salisbury Hotel for 1 week and although we booked a double room, we asked if we could have a bigger room, this was given to us right away. The doorman is amazing! he had a whistle around his neck to hail cabs for us. Every time (a lot of times) we asked for directions around New York he had the answer. Breakfast was included for us, and consisted of a variety of cereals, eggs, muffins, tea and coffee. The queues can build up by 8.00p.m. but you do not have to wait long. The beds were clean and the mattress was firm (which I like). We chose a back room because there is less noise from traffic. We had a flat screen television, alarm clock/radio, a fridge, sink, coffee maker and a adequate bathroom. You do have to adjust the water temperature, but when you get this right there is no problems. The air conditioning is noisy but we only needed it on while we were getting ready to go out in the morning. The hotel is central for everything - 2 blocks from Central Park and 15 minutes from Times Square!! I would recommend this hotel.

This hotel is simply fantastic. The staff are attentive and extremely helpful (thanks to Dieter who very kindly booked our Empire State Building tickets). On our arrival, we we're upgraded to a suite room which was huge, clean and airy and had the benefit of having a separate sitting room equipped with a 42 inch plasma TV and a large sofa.
The hotel is a 5 minute walk to Central Park and a 5 minute walk to 5th avenue and is in close proximity to the tube.
I can not recommend this hotel enough and can not wait to return to the Salisbury Hotel.

My husband and I just returned from a 4 night stay at The Salisbury. It was our first trip to NYC and I had found this little gem on this site. We had read the reviews and figured for the price and location, we would give it a chance. I am so glad we did. The staff was very friendly, the room was huge with a kithenette and king sized bed. We were minutes from Central Park and Times Square. We didn't use the subway much, instead opted to walk (alot) and also bought a 3 day tour bus pass, the hop on hop off type. So woth the money and it stopped minutes from the hotel door. I would definately stay here again and will recommend it to anyone I know!