Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection

I'm tough on hotels, especially expensive ones... I think if you're going to charge an arm and a leg to be a temporary homebase while demanding a premium price you had better be amazing at what you do. Hotel Giraffe most definitely is good at what they do, they charge somewhat of a premium and yet there's no major dings to this place that would keep me from recommending it to everyone I know who visits NYC. I wanted a perfect hotel with the following items: -not at or around Time Square -safe neighborhood with good subway access -had rooms truly fit for 3 people (none of this 2 'double beds' nonsense that 90% of NYC hotels do now) -no barn door bathroom -breakfast provided free -not outlandishly expensive (I think I paid $450/night or so?) Hotel Giraffe checked all the boxes and simply put this place is great. The location, a block from Madison Park (which is also awesome), which is next to the Flatiron Building, is perfect. Many subway stations within 1-2 block walk here. Many Citi bike docking stations around. Easy access (20-30 minutes) to LaGuardia Airport. The surrounding neighborhood along Park Avenue here is great, busy with young white collar workers commuting in the morning and joggers in the afternoon and overall surprisingly quiet at night (except for the occasional ambulance with horns blaring at 2 am). Very safe. The hotel is very boutique'y with character yet modern. The 2 elevators are perfectly-suited to the building's guests, no long waits. The WiFi is decent. The in-room coffee machines work well and the housekeeping replenishes k-cups every day. The king bed is exquisite, the sofa bed could use some upgrading (seriously, why do sofa bed manufacturers insist upon using old engineering rules of putting a horizonal bar directly where the back/shoulders goes?!) and the balcony doors do well to keep the insane NYC noise outside (except for the occasional aforementioned ambulances). All outlets worked, the TV worked well, the bathroom has an actual door (thankfully NOT a barn door for the dear Marriott-haters such as myself) however the door has a bizarre and massive refracting glass window on it. You can't necessarily see exactly what someone is doing in the bathroom from the hallway but you can obviously tell if their clothed or not and if they're sitting on the throne or not. It's odd. We'd rather they just put in an actual full door there, or if they must have the window at least put on like frosted glass inserts, so instead of seeing Pablo Picasso-like abstract person in the bathroom you see a late-age Claude Monet impressionist blur of a person. As far as the breakfast goes, it was nice, not great, not horrible. Greek or non-Greek yogurt option. Bagels, croissants, bread, packets of instant oatmeal, mini-boxes of cereal, skim and non-skim milk, coffee machine, bananas, apples, oranges. Basic stuff which is fine. There's plenty of true "brekkie/breaky" places within an easy walk from the hotel. Overall just a great place

Hotel Giraffe far exceeded our expectations. The room and bathroom were both spacious. The bed was so comfortable and the shower pressure was amazing. But the best part about the hotel was the staff. All of the staff was friendly, accomdating, and efficient. We have already recommended Hotel Giraffe and will come back to stay there on our next trip. 5 STARS!

We enjoy coming to New York about once a year and have never settled on a single hotel. A few nights at the Hotel Giraffe changed that! It’s now our place. Service is off the charts good. Love the convenience of the complementary continental breakfast and snacks provided throughout the day. Rooms are spacious (by NY standards) and the bed was very comfortable. Only regret is that we never made it to the rooftop terrace. Oh well, guess we’ll have to come back!