The Michelangelo

Wonderful historic building. Friendly knowledgable employees. A luxury hotel with outstanding décor. Very comfortable and welcoming. The décor is like falling in love honeymoon variety. Take me off to Italy. I’m very fortunate to have family that can afford this luxury. I love the experience just visiting while they are here. I’m drenched in the jewels of life if only for a few days!
I’m enjoying every minute. If you can afford to stay at the Michelangelo you should experience it first hand. If you can’t stay, at least visit. For a few hours you can escape the news, noise and monotony of every day life!
I’m a fan and highly recommend!

Superb location if you’re seeing a Broadway show. A block from the theaters, right next to Times Square and a short walk to Central Park. We arrived very early and they kindly stored our bags for us while we stepped out and saw Times Square prior to returning to check-​in. Check-​in was a breeze and our bags were already placed in our room and waiting on us. Rooms are extremely spacious by NYC standards. Very clean, luxurious place with very courteous staff. Bed was very comfy and bathroom elegant. Free wifi is a plus considering most places in NYC feel the need to charge for what is an industry standard everywhere else. Only thing missing was a coffee maker. Would definitely stay here again for future trips to the city.

Fabulous customer service and accommodations. We were stuck there during a snow storm and they couldn’t have been any kinder to us. We had a great experience and they even changed rooms for us when an issue arose. We will surely stay here when we return to NYC.

We really enjoyed our stay here. Just blocks away from Central Park and MOMA, and while Times Square is visible, it feels calm and quiet in and around the hotel.
Our room was very quiet, with a soft bed, and the few minor problems (TV didn’t work, slow drain in tub) were taken care of in less than 15 minutes.
No coffee maker/​tea facilities in the room, and the hotel no longer offers free coffee and pastries. My recommendation is to go across the street and half a block up on 7^th Ave. to Pret a Manger instead of the hotel’s overpriced breakfast.
Rooms are spacious, it has a lovely lobby. I would stay here again.

A great hotel. Boutique size, cozy and surprisingly quiet. Our one bedroom suite was generously sized for NYC and extremely clean and attractively decorated. Excellent alternative to the large hotels in the district. Friendly and helpful staff. Would absolutely stay here again.

Husband and I have stayed at this hotel 5 times. Actually, since our first stay here a couple years ago we won’t stay anywhere else. The hotel is absolutely beautiful, the rooms are so big! The staff is amazing. Best service ever. Location is perfect. Can’t wait to go back, out of 20 – 30 different visits to NYC and so many hotels — this has surpassed them all!!!

Outstanding! Hotel was beautiful, classy, convenient… Staff was friendly and accommodating! Will definitely be back!

The room was great and I think the bed was the most comfortable bed I ever slept on. I meant to pull up the linens and check the make and model but unfortunately I forgot to. I followed up later with an email to the hotel but they have not responded. That being said the room was great, the location was great, the staff was great. The included breakfast downstairs wasn’t worth the elevator ride to get it. The café in the hotel charged 3 — 4 times what any of the nearby restaurants/​cafes charged for similar meals. Great place to stay as long as you don’t eat there.

Had a wonderful stay at the Michelangelo Hotel! The room was clean, staff was friendly and we enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere in the bar! Its location was perfect, close to the subway, off of 7^th, Times Square was just a few blocks away as was Central Park. It was quiet and sophisticated! We will stay here again!

Gracious, elegant, luxurious accomodations. Lightyears ahead of the impersonal chain hotels nearby, clean and lux bedding. i hear the italian influence makes the breakfast our style– strong coffee and croissants? will know in 24 hours…

We stayed at The Michaelangelo on our very first visit to NYC. It was difficult for us to choose a hotel being that we have never visited NY before. We read several reviews and finally settled on the Michealangelo. A decision we would not regret. This was a fantastic hotel. It’s a little boutique style hotel on 51^st St and 7^th Ave… right in the center of it all. We were literally blocks from everything! It’s decorated with Italian style décor (a little gaudy for my taste) but I think it gives the hotel its charm and definitely not a deal breaker.
The door men were all super sweet and extremely helpful! They gave us great tips on riding the subway and shortcuts to walk through the city. They helped roll our luggage through the lobby to the front desk and even had it delivered directly to our room. The front desk staff while not super upbeat were most certainly nice and very informative.
The rooms were fantastic! The A/​C was super cold (which is exactly how we like it when we sleep) They were clean and smelled great. The beds were very comfortable and you can tell the linens were freshly laundered. There were four large pillows on the bed. We stayed for 6 nights and having a clean, comfortable bed made all the difference in the world. The bathrooms were also very clean. There was a huge tub with a large shower head. They provided large bath towels, toiletries, a blow dryer, iron and very plush, comfy robes.
There were plenty of drawers to place our clothes in and a nice sized closet to hang our nicer clothes and place our shoes. There was a separate vanity area with a chair right outside the bathroom with mirrors all around (great for doing your hair and makeup)! There was a large flat screen TV with Showtime & HBO. The room had a great view of the city which was wonderful to wake up to every morning. I thought being so close to the city streets would mean our room would be noisy but that was not the case at all. It was very quiet and allowed us to sleep in a few days.
The only thing I would suggest is to equip each room with a mini fridge. We couldn’t keep our water bottles cold and there were several nights that we came back to the room with leftover food and had nowhere to store it. They also stated on their website that they provided free breakfast from 7 – 9 during the week and 8 – 10 on the weekends. While they did provide breakfast items I feel it was a little lacking in what they offered given the caliber of hotel it was. They had bagels, Danishes, cereal, coffee and tea. I think they can definitely improve in this area and have a bit more selection for the hotel guests.
Overall, staying at the Michaelangelo was a wonderful experience and would absolutely stay there when I visit NY again and would recommend first timers to stay here as well.

My husband and I stayed here over the weekend, what a great find! The hotel has an old world charm, huge rooms, a nice staff, is very clean and in a great location, we would definitely stay here again! Thanks!

I booked this room through groupon and it was worth the deal! My husband and I were pleasantly surprised and will look to stay in here again! The hotel was very clean, the staff friendly and accommodating. The rooms were a great size and some have great views! The beds were very comfortable.
Unlike the other reviews our TV was updated, the design in the hotel is a bit boutique, but overall great location!

I have stayed here for years.
Pros– perfect location if you are doing theater and shopping. Very nice large rooms– very unusual in NYC. Service is lovely with such nice staff. Super large towels and comfortable pillows
Cons– no coffee pot in room. Bathrobes wadded up in top of closet– not hung up and fresh. Must they have a sex intimacy kit available for sale– I was traveling with a teen!

This hotel has always been one of our favorites in New York City. It just has such a warm and cozy feel to it and the little extra touches and the way the staff goes above and beyond really makes it special. The rooms are clean comfortable and spacious, and it’s just a nice quiet oasis in the middle of a busy Times Square area. The prices have gone up quite a bit since the renovations a few years ago so sometimes we have to choose something a little more reasonable, but when we want to splurge on a nice place to stay this is always our first choice. The complementary Coffee & Espresso in the morning is a perfect way to start the day. And being in times square as your location it is very close to all of the subway lines to take you anywhere you want to go. Elegance and perfection.

Get lost in Manhattan in a good way… Very close to everything in Midtown and a brisk walk to any show makes this place perfect. One of the most quiet and almost boutique like hotels in Manhattan. Unbelievably pleasant and accommodating staff as well. Have been a well suited guest since 2005.

I got a suite here through Groupon for a discounted price. The suite was gorgeous and very spacious. Decorated very tastefully and with plenty of anemities. A huge living area, a nice-​sized bedroom, a hallway between the living area and bedroom, and one and a half baths. Only downside was there was no view, but who needs one when the room is so beautiful. The hotel itself, as far as lobby and common areas, was also very attractive. The Michaelangelo definitely has a luxurious feel to it, but the prices, while still high, lean more towards boutique category. So this is a nice, cheaper alternative if you want luxury but don’t want to pay $ 1000 a night.

Loved our week-​long stay at this lovely hotel. The location can’t be beat a two minute walk to the subway and the heartbeat of Time Square is just outside the door! Rockefeller Plaza is just a couple of blocks away… It’s just a great find!
Our room was appointed with a HUGE tub, a walk-​in closet and all the amenities you could ever want…
We had originally made reservations at the Waldorf but decided to change them at the last minute to something a little smaller and I’m SO happy we did! We got married during the time we were there and The Michelangelo was a perfect place to spend a week during our wedding and honeymoon in NYC!
We will be back!

Wow, is my honey going to be mad at me if she ever reads through this review. .. !
See, we were in the City for a bit o’ my wife’s bidness, and whenever we’re there we try to see friends and family, catch a Broadway show, and try out some new dining spots. Since it was her work trip she made the travel arrangements and I made the hotel and other arrangements.
I got us a really nice room at the Michelangelo for around $ 230 a night. That, my friend, is a deal and a half (through Expedia). The hotel is old-​world red-​chintz-​and-​gold-​and-​genteel-​doormen-​nice. It could use a little updating (like the TVs could stand to be at least from this century), but that’s nit-​picking because the room (#320) was simply spectacular. A huge sitting /​desk area; a beautiful bathroom and two full-​sized windows looking out the front of the hotel to the corner at 7^th and 51^st. And it really was huge – at least 450 square feet. Bottom line: it was worth twice the price.
And that’s exactly what I paid for it. .. twice the price.
«What???» you say, demanding an explanation.
Well, you see, I’d mistakenly reserved the room for 2 nights and not just the 1 we needed. When I figured it out (early the morning after our first night’s stay), I called Expedia and then went to the hotel’s front desk. I then even had a talk with the hotel manager, a gentleman identified to me as «Marco.» I explained to the front desk folks (also very nice people), and then to Marco (and Expedia) that it was all my fault; that I had mistakenly made a reservation for 2 nights instead of 1. I politely asked if there was any way I could avoid paying for (or paying the entire amount for) the 2^nd night.
Marco unemotionally explained to me that the hotel had a 24 hour cancellation policy. Since I had not given them 24 hours notice, I would be charged the full cost of the 2^nd night. I demurely asked if there was any consideration he could give, and he said, «no.»
Now, I understand. It was entirely my fault. I admitted it then, and it stays true now. But ya know what? Great customer service is about doing more than is required. Maybe they sold me that room at a very discounted rate and so maybe great customer service would have meant giving me 50% of that unused night’s price back. Or, maybe if they had wanted (and they would have gotten) a 5 star Unilocal review, they would have been incredibly kind and refunded the entire 2^nd night. But just curtly saying «no,» well, that’s not going to be in anybody’s book about how to make friends and influence people. And the next time we stay (usually about 3 – 5 trips a year), we certainly won’t stay at the Michelangelo, and we’ll certainly tell our friends and anyone who’ll listen about the experience. We’ll tell all our people – you know – people just like you.
So do me a favor, if you’ve troubled yourself to read this far. Give this review a UFC click so Marco and the hotel owners can know that what they do and how they treat their guests is no longer just between their hotel and that fungible credit card carrier. And then, maybe if they’re smart business folks they’ll figure out for each UFC click on this review, maybe they’ve lost that many or more potential customers or folks who would have recommended what is otherwise a very wonderful place to stay. But now won’t.
Thank you, and sign me, David «Stupid And Formerly Their Guest» M.

We stayed at the Michelangelo Hotel in October. This was an amazing find (if I can say so myself), I searched all over New York for a great hotel at a reasonable rate, guess what? The Michelangelo was worth the frustration. It was $ 350 for the day, I dare anyone to find a better hotel at that rate, in New York. If I was reviewing the city it would be a 1 star rating, I don’t get the fascination with New York. Never been a fan of trash in the streets, but I will review the hotel.
I am a huge customer service proponent, I will pay more to shop somewhere even if it’s more expensive, based on good customer service. This place has amazing customer service, we arrived in NY at 7 am and had nowhere to store our luggage, The Michelangelo handled that for us, by taking our bags (even though our check in wasn’t until 3 pm, oh and they even had a rush on the room so we could check in at 1 pm). So we walked out after dropping off our luggage and the most amazing thing is: the location, you could save a lot of money in cab fare because you can walk almost everywhere.
We did some sightseeing and then went back to the hotel to check in and take a nap. The lobby was beautiful and the hotel is very nice to look at. We went to our room and the rooms are very nice as well (definitely worth the $ 350). There are a few minor issues like some decorations look like they got them from a yard sale (in the halls) and the bathroom door was a sliding door that wouldn’t close all the way, but my biggest problem was when I opened the window, I was staring at a brick building, that I could have probably reached out and touched. And that is the only problems I had with the hotel. There were no pay per view options on the TV and the WIFI is terrible (and it’s $ 14.99/day), but again not a big deal we were in NY.
I give the hotel 4.5 stars, but there is not an option so I will stick with 5 stars because how great an experience we had. The flaws were minor. Really friendly staff, great price (for the location), great location, what more could you ask for? Give them a try and have a great time!