The Belvedere Hotel

Location. Access to Brazilian Restaurant. MISS the breakfast offered in the cafeteria prior to COVID. The reason for the visit was to bring my 87 year old father to stay at the Belvedere as his first job in 1951 was working there as the elevator boy, uniform and all. Brought back many memories for him He attended school right across the street and the apartment he grew up in & the park he spent time playing basketball are right around the corner.

Honestly, nothing having to do with the Hotel, but the garbage bags all over the streets are so disgusting. How hard can it be to have receptacles for the businesses to use? The tourist money should surely be able to fund this for the apartments and business.

Staff was awesome. Bed was very comfortable. Room and hotel were very clean. Rooms, bathrooms and hotel were attractive. Location was great.

I booked this hotel because of location and kitchenette. Didn't realize kitchenette was just microwave and fridge. I expected at lease some utensils and dishes, even a can opener would have been a bonus. There was no coffee maker either.

The hotel is in a great location to theater district and Times Square. Also near many restaurants and pubs. The rooms were very clean. The doormen and bellmen were very helpful

We have stayed here several times. We were very disappointed that the hotel no longer provides a coffee maker in the room, even though a coffee maker was listed in the marketing.If we had known, we would have brought our own small keurig. Also, only one elevator was working.

Awesome location! very close to Broadway and Times Square which is what we were after. Hotel was very quiet so we didn’t hear much during our stay.

Elevators are older so much slower than newer hotels (one of the main elevators was shut down for emergency repairs also) so we had to wait longer than usual to go up or down. Just a small nuisance on the grand scale of things however.

We loved the location! Close enough to Times Square so we could walk to all our Broadway shows, but far enough to avoid all the noise. Our rooms were sooooo quiet - we loved it. We had room 909 and 910 and the views were really great as well. The hotel has an old nostalgic feel about it without being worn out like some older NYC hotels are. I'd like to note that we did pretty intense research to find the perfect hotel for our needs: we were taking our teenage kids to the city for the first time, so we needed to be very budget conscious but did not want to stay right in Times Square. We read all the reviews and noted some of the concerns some travelers had, but we had no problems. The rooms were clean, our bathrooms were definitely updated, and the staff were very nice. Yes, the furniture was worn in some spots, and the lobby can get pretty busy, but we timed our arrival and departure so as to avoid delays at the front desk. This hotel was great for what we were looking for which was a moderately priced lodging that was safe, clean and well-run within walking distance to the shows.

There's really nothing we didn't like. BUT, do be aware that the elevators are small and can get busy during peak times. We did take the stairs down on several occasions, which we were fine with. We knew this coming in because we read all reviews, so it was not a surprise to us and it didn't inconvenience us. However, if you have someone in your party that absolutely cannot take the stairs, this could be an issue. Note also that the hotel does not have a breakfast included nor a restaurant (other than a Brazilian restaurant for dinner), so you will need to plan breakfast out. Again, we knew this already and had planned our breakfasts at nearby diners (Hudson Bagels on 8th Ave was fabulous, and also Galaxy Diner on 8th Ave - amazing).

We loved this hotel! It's in a great neighborhood, only a block and a half to Broadway, easy walk to shows at night and Times Square/ TKTS booth. There are so many subway stops nearby, making it convenient to reach downtown neighborhoods in minutes. 9th avenue has tons of restaurants and a great grocery, the Amish market, two blocks away that we frequented. The westway diner was our favorite comfortable breakfast spot, very reasonable good food and service. We went to a show at Birdland since it was in the neighborhood and are so glad we did. The Belvedere has so much character inside and out when you stop to take a closer look. The hotel staff was always helpful when we needed something. Housekeeping and the doormen were friendly and always spoke to us in passing. Street noise was minimal. We were on the 10th floor and had an uptown view with our "standard" room! We booked based on the price, location and the kitchenette. I feel we got so much more. It was just a great experience.

We had some trouble with the roller blinds. They are older and really need to be replaced. We spent a lot of time picking threads out of the pull chains to get them to work. Our room did not include blackout curtains, but we were exhausted from staying out late every night so that didn't bother us.

Location, cost, Brazilian restaurant inside, free coffee and hot chocolate, right across the street from a Starbucks, near Times Square

elevators very old and slow, staff couldn’t help with breaking change twice - sent me over to the bodega late at night

Loved the location - very convenient to times square and train stations. Loved the decor and ambience of the hotel in general, felt like I stepped back in time to a more glamorous era. We also had a weird request for some salt for an injury and the front desk searched the whole building to try to find some, unfortunately the salt couldn't be found, but we appreciated the effort.

We asked for extra towels 3 times over the course of the first day and a half, but we never received them. The three of us guests had to make do with what we had and share which was weird.

Big room and fridge with microwave is what you can rarely see in Manhattan hotels. Clean and nice hotel.

1) Early check in for $75 extra + taxes 2) Could not switch the AC to heat so it was a little bit chilly in the room

location, staff & pricing compared to others

hard to adjust water temperature, room got either really warm or too cold, elevators are small and narrow