Beekman Tower Hotel

I have stayed here 5-6 times and have noticed that the furnishings,carpet and kitchen supplies need to be up graded. Will stay here again but wish the place would get an upgrade

I frequently have work to do at the UN offices. What a convenient place to stay!

the location was excellent for me because I was mostly attending UN and UN related activities. the hotel staff was friendly, although there were moments of what I perceived to be lack of experience. Overall , when I needed extra items from housekeeping on more than one occasion, the response was adequate and timely.

Clean, basic accomodations. Location is excellent! Staff was very friendly. While the hotel is older then most hotels; it truly is clean a value for the money.

Ample room but very tired. Room service was a big disappointment.

I've come to trust the user evaluations of hotels much more than the "star" rating. In this case, however, I was disappointed. The Beekman Tower is an architecturally interesting property but hasn't been updated since the '60's or '70's. I didn't mind the dated appearance so much but the carpet was stained and the bed was AWFUL. The location, near the UN, is somewhat inconvenient for business as it's a 15-20 minute walk to Park Avenue/Grand Central and there isn't much in the way of obvious restaurant alternatives. It appears that the hotel is a sister property to The Surrey, which has been marvelously updated, so perhaps there's hope.

I arrived at the hotel to find the lobby a little out dated - the deco era shine is worn thin. The front desk staff was very nice, and greeted me warmly. Unfortunately when I got off the elevator the smell of cigarette smoke was over powering, and the hallway was dingy, e.g. faded paint, threadbare carpet, dusty. The room wasn't much better. Although I escaped the smell of smoke, my green carpeted room was depressing. Large enough, with a pantry kitchen, but really it needs an overhaul. For a quick, one night in town with meetings just around the block, the hotel served its purpose - just. Next time I would stay much further away and travel to meeting so as not to stay at the Beekman Tower.

When I arrived, they couldn't find my reservation. When shown the confirmation, however, they quickly upgraded me to a large suite with a kitchen, large living room and two bathrooms. Nice, but kind of dated rooms. My travel partners, however, didn't have the same luck: postage stamp sized rooms. Breakfast service was just okay: a few mix-ups, and "just okay" meals; the waiter was working hard, however.

This hotel was in a neighborhood near nothing of interest. It was terribly maintained: the there was no a.c. in my bedroom, light bulbs were missing, the tv was located in a cabinet that did not face the bed--you couldn't look at it from the bed and there was no chair. The next day I moved to another room. Again, missing or burned out light bulbs and a lamps stand disconnected from the plug, which was behind the bed and inaccessible until a maintenance man came up and moved the bed; the public TV channel was blurred and filled with lines. Also, wireless connectivity cost $19.95 a night, and was the only access available to Internet. The rooms were dingy; the bathtub so used looking I didn't want to use it. I found the dishwasher in the kitchenette running at 6 a.m., stuck on Dry, and I hadn't even turned it on--and the dishes in it were still wet so it wasn't even drying! When I wrote a note that the dishwasher wasn't working and gave it to the man at the front desk, he couldn't have seemed less interested, and it was still sitting there on the counter 15 minutes later. I would NEVER go to this hotel again.

Having stayed in a small little room at other New York hotels, where I couldn't even close the bathroom door, the Beekman was a delight. I had 4 rooms - large bedroom, large living room, small kitchen and nice bath, two TVs. Hard to believe I was in NY! I had to walk to Time Square, but I sure got a lot of exercise. If I had to do it again, I would stay off the beaten path at the Beekman. I don't like invasive maid service and my do not disturb sign was respected. Most other places I have stayed, they barge in anyway. I felt welcome there and there was none of that formal pretentiousness that you see from some hotel staff.