the West House hotel in Midtown Manhattan oh this is a luxury Boutique Hotel and there's a
lot to love about it but y'all know I like to keep it real so in this honest review things
to know before you book it things to love and things not to love and be aware of coming up
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I knew before I traveled to a place and these are the things I wish I knew about West house and one
of the things that most people are interested in is the rooms so let's dive straight in with
what the rooms are like [Music] I'll be honest on this one in that the rooms there's actually
more to love than to not love about them and the first reason why is the size size Matters uh in
New York City when it comes to Rooms because if you're sharing a room with someone else I
was here with my boyfriend and it didn't feel like we were on top of each other like so many of the
other shoebox rooms you might stay in in New York City but another thing that I often wonder about
before I step in is how old and historic or moldy might this place be but this is actually really
nice the entire hotel which has a 172 rooms and Suites over I like 20 something floors or so the
rooms are really well appointed they have this cool 1920s 1930s Art Deco style and the actual
rooms are nice they are Boutique luxury and they are not old so I actually really enjoyed staying
in the room our room had views looking out toward Midtown Manhattan looking out to Times Square so
that was really nice as well especially when it would get dark and the city would light up
but one of the small details in the room that I really liked Was Not only was not a shoe box
in that you had a hallway as you were coming in but within the shower and the bathroom was pretty
spacious is that you had this cut out in the shower door so that you could turn on the water
without getting the cold water splashed on you and that was actually kind of a nice feature a lot of
people asked me like oh well isn't the water splashing out while you're taking a shower and
no it didn't it was actually just a nice little design that I appreciated But the rooms are super
nice let's talk about some of the other spaces in the hotel because there are a lot of things
to enjoy about them besides the extra fees that you will have to pay for them that's something
not to love and we'll talk about in a second so one of the things I really loved about this
is at the west house you actually have a legit Lobby and place to hang out so many hotels in New
York City skimp on the lobby experience and will literally just have like the front desk and maybe
seat or two but there's actually like really nice thoughtful spaces around the property to hang out
at including in the lobby and so the adjacent space in the den is really nice and there's
kind of a bar area over there and so that was really nice the next thing to love and kind of
hate is the Terrace so the Terrace is cool for two reasons one they have a literal Terrace this is on
like the 23rd floor or so where you can look out and onto the city and hang out outside and have
drinks outside in the summer so I was here in the winter so it's closed but one of the things I did
appreciate because the service at this hotel is fantastic is that they were willing to make
exceptions to help me to get onto the Terrace with like a security person hanging out with me
if I really wanted to go out there I didn't want to be a pain in the butt this time around so I was
like no that's okay I'll just come back in the summer which I will but they have the Terrace
you can go out onto it in the summer months the other thing about the Terrace is that it in their
enclosed section it's a really nice large space with lots of tables and seating areas they have
a morning and nightly food and beverage service so in the morning you can expect to find coffee
and teas and hot breakfast items as well as your normal buffet style continental breakfast and
that's pretty nice and in the evening you'll find a few hours in which they're serving like light
bites that has a changing menu nightly as well as like wines so not hard Liquors or anything like
that but beers and wines you'll find in there as well and the service in there is fantastic so I
really love the food and beverage service that they had on the Terrace but the other thing is
that like is it's not cheap to pay for it in other words required is this so there's what they call
a nightly residence fee and it's 53 dollars per person plus tax per night so that kind of tacks
on a lot of extra but that includes things like love the fast Wi-Fi awesome love that food and
beverage service I was talking about but the other thing about that not to love is that New York City
is this amazing place to eat out at to go out and enjoy all the places to eat and drink and
if you're not using that it doesn't really feel like that fee is fair because yes they have a
gym the gym the gym is quite nice that's something to love that's available and it's on site so many
hotels require you to go to an off-site gym that they have partnered with but here is actually on
site it is shared with the hotel that shares some of their elevators with them which is the Park
Central I didn't find that the gym was extremely busy while I was there so this residence fee that
I'm talking about it is a little bit steep you're paying 120 dollars a night extra just for this
but it's it's allowing you to enjoy the food and beverage service the Wi-Fi the gym and also one
other thing they do offer again doesn't work in the winter months it was way well not that cold
it was like 40 degrees while I was there but you can get free bike rentals nearby just around the
block they have a bike rental place that they've partnered with so you can get a bike so summer
months totally worth it but in the winter months or if you don't really care to eat on property
yeah one thing to love or not to love is the location of this hotel so anytime I plan a
trip to come back to New York City which is where I used to live it's all about what am I trying to
do on that trip and therefore where do I need to stay and so that can determine whether this
location is a plus or a minus for you because it is in Midtown Manhattan and if you're like me and
you want to spend more time going to jazz clubs hanging out and partying in the village then it's
kind of a trek to get down there but there are a lot of things nearby in the Midtown area that are
awesome so for example on this latest trip I saw a ton of Broadway shows it was Broadway week which
is buy one get one free tickets more ways to save money in the city in my other video link in the
description below so I caught some Broadway shows and walking into Times Square from here took about
nine minutes so that was really awesome some other things that I really love nearby oh Momo fuku in
their Columbus Circle location is right there it's also a short walk away from Juilliard I
love watching the free student recitals for music over there also Lincoln Center if you want to go
to the Met catch the Opera or more and it's it's also next to one of my favorite champagne bars
which is flute so I was able to find some things that worked really well for me in this area but
the location for you will depend on what you're trying to do on your own trip it was located next
to the E train and the BD which was also very convenient for me to get to the places I wanted
to around the city so that's one thing to consider is the location is it one that you'll love or not
so much this one I was nervous about because when I checked in uh meatball my boyfriend showed up
in sweats and I was like I don't I don't know if they're going to be stuffy like because they're a
luxury Boutique and some places do give them five stars I didn't know if they were going to oppose
the way we looked I came in my normal gym clothes and he was in his sweats but the service was
fantastic and we were treated with the perspect everywhere but another thing I really enjoyed was
they were constantly texting me during my stay in case I needed anything anytime I asked for maid
service to clean the room they were very prompt to do it this is very unlike when I stayed actually
just recently at the world's first guitar Hotel the Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida they are not
doing nightly hotel maid service and the other thing I really appreciated about the service
was how the guys at the nightly food and beverage service all of them remembered me so as they would
see me walking into the Terrace they would already be pouring my bubbly loved that oh and this one is
actually really important because in the property that I had stayed at info in the description below
I stayed at District hotel for a whopping ninety dollars a night we'll talk about prices on this
hotel in a minute I had stayed there right beforehand one thing I was so nervous about
because at that hotel I was staying on the 30th floor and at the west house I was staying on like
the 22nd floor was the elevator situation because in New York City if the elevator goes down that is
lot of stairs that you're going to be trudging up and down and you're already doing a lot of
walking in the city at West house there's a ton of elevator elevator banks in the range of like
six of them maybe five or six of them and at a district Hotel there were two elevators one of
which was down during my sixth ninths day and so I did take the stairs those 27 floors a few times
which I was not happy about but at West house I was super happy about how fast the elevators
were and that there were a ton of them something that's actually really important in New York City
let's talk about prices and then let's talk about whether or not it's worth it so prices for this
hotel obviously very significantly especially depending on what time of year you're going
to New York City and so I talked about this in my how to not break the bank video but coming in the
winter months is literally a humongous saving versus coming in the busier summer or fall or
spring months and so you are taking a risk with the weather but when I was there I was getting 40
degree days no snow which was fantastic but the race around around this time were around three
hundred dollars 200 something per night which were significantly more reasonable is that the price
you're going to get all the time year round not necessarily but you can check out the info Below
in the full blog post as well as the latest rates in the link in the description below if you want
to see what it might be over your dates so is the west house worth it I would say it depends on a
couple things one how much time are you actually spending in your hotel and are you are you trying
to enjoy the property if you're in New York City for a super quick trip it's because you know like
Vegas sometimes you're there for 30 hours or less on some trips and so if you're not necessarily
enjoying the property and doing the food and beverage service and enjoying their Terrace Etc
then it might not be worth it because paying that residence fee and potentially more for being a
boutique hotel might be a lot and it also depends on what you're trying to do in New York City if
you're trying to spend more time in Central Park maybe having a relaxing romantic vacation with
somebody during the summer where you can enjoy a sunset on the Terrace it might be really worth it
but if you're coming like I did in the winter months and you can't use the bike service or
some of the other amenities it might not feel as worth it so these are some of the things to
ask yourself more info is in the blog post below and if you have a suggestion for another boutique
hotel or a luxury hotel in New York City add it in the comments below because we're all a community
I'm Christine Lozada come join me in my next New York City videos and I'll see you over there ciao