I have stayed at the Affinia quite a few times whilst on business trips to NYC. It offers pretty decent value for money and the staff try very hard to offer a friendly personal service. The rooms are decent and have all the main amenities, particularly if you opt for the bigger rooms with kitchens. The bathrooms are generally very small and it can be quite difficult manoeuvring around. I have no idea how a seriously overweight person could actually get on to the toilet!! Some rooms can be very noisy indeed particularly with garbage trucks collecting all night, and my experience has been to avoid rooms looking on to 50th Street or those onto the lightwell above the McDonald's extractor fans which sound like a 747 on a takeoff run! That having been said, overall the hotel is good, the public areas are small but well thought out and the staff are friendly and helpful. The lifts can be very slow indeed but it seems to be easier to get a taxi from here than most other hotels in the area.

I've been to New York City many times, staying at other hotels even The Benjamin just up the street. We stayed at the Affina 50 in May 2008 with friends, them staying in another suite on a different floor. Really enjoyed our stay so I planned to stay there again, in October. We ever had our previous room again 2004, it seemed strange but very comforting to have the same corner suite.. Even though I did request a room overlooking 50th Street or Third Avenue, we still enjoyed our stay. The staff is outstanding making sure all our needs were met, which they were. I did request a walking package, a box was on the desk in the living room with a map, tour book, speical events taking place around the city, even an Ipod to use while there. This hotel is centrally located to everything. We'll be back in the Spring.

We just returned from our NYC trip and stayed at the Affinia. After having stayed at many New York hotels over the years I have to say that the Affinia is one of the best overall values that I've expereinced. We had a full suite - more like an apartment - not one of those tiny so-called suites you find in some hotels, and it was very quiet given it was away from the street. The staff are all a friendly bunch, all helpful, especially Rome at the front door. Ask him if he's from Rome and you'll get a very funny answer. The overall service is a cut above other hotels (and many that cost a lot more money). We asked for two small repairs and they were done within minutes. We asked for a few supplies and they brought them (and more) right away. Every restaraunt choice they suggested was better than average. On top of the large accomodations, nice furnishings and quiet room, the suite's price was equivalent to a room in many less-stellar hotels around town. I rarely leave Manhattan saying I loved that hotel and will stay there again. Well, on my next trip to the Big Apple I know where I'm staying - the Affinia. There's only one small neagative I saw the whole week at this place. The room service isn't in house, but comes from a restaraunt across the steet. It's an Indian place called The Mint. The food we ordered came fast but it was on the equivalent of a bad diner - and a bad diner with very high prices. We didn't order Indian food (maybe that would have been better) but they had a selection of Continental dishes. Speaking of diners, there's a great one (can't rember the name) about a hundred-yards east of the hotel on the same side of the street. Bottom Line: great location (next to several hotels, and conveineinet to Second Ave with more eateries than you could ever make it to), great, spacious accomodations at good prices and nice people working there. That's all refreshing in a city where getting even one of those things is usually considered lucky.... unless you're willing to pay $1,000 a night.

Great wee hotel, with professional, friendly, curteous and above all - helpful staff. They had answers for all of our questions, eg where to eat, transport arrangements, map info, must see places, must do things etc etc.
The Hotel itself has a small but cosy lobby with fast lifts to the upper floors. I willnee go on about the hotel because we just used it to sleep. But it was quiet, the rooms were big and comfy and the tea/coffee facilities were excellent. Oh and the bathrooms were clean and the shower worked well.
What more could you ask for?
PS Two great cafes for your traditional American Breakfast's'ss's just one block left the other a few yards right, as you come out of the hotel.