Hi, sorry to keep this thread off topic but wanted to help out on Radio City Apartments. We (3 adult females) just stayed there Nov 5th to 10th. We had a one bedroom (2 doubles & a doulble sleeper sofabed) suite. Have stayed there once before in Nov 2007 with 5 people (4 adults & a 14 year old) in a 2 bedroom suite.
The prices have gone up heaps in those two years - what we paid for a 2 bedroom in 2007 is about the same as the 1 bedroom this year.
Cannot rave about the location enough. 1 block & turn the corner & you are in the middle of Times Square. Many, many places to eat around it (for every budget). Can walk to heaps of tourist sites from it & one of the subway lines is on the next corner.
The hotel itself is nothing fancy (it used to be apartments & I think it has about 62 rooms only). Not all rooms are created equal either, in 2007 we travelled with another family who had the same room type as us, but one rooms layout was definately larger & more effecient than the other. The one bedroom we just had was perfectly fine, but I thought it was odd that this one didn't have a wall between the bedroom part & the dining/living room part. The extra room is fantastic though & to have a kitchen with a full size fridge can be a great money saver (we had breakfast in our room every day).
The front desk staff (both times) were O.K. - not rude, but never overly friendly.
I thought after our 2007 trip that this hotel would always be our choice now in New York, but have since changed our minds since this last trip. This is the reason (& I never thought in a million years I would be one of these people that would let one single thing - besides cleanliness or safety, stop me from staying at a hotel) - we could not once take a decent shower! I vaguely remember having SLIGHT issues with this in 2007, but this time it was unreal. No pressure at all to speak of & it was either freezing cold or scalding hot in the one shower (without any adjusting on our part). Of course we spoke to the maintenance people about it, but they just shrugged & said old building or something along those lines. Again, this might be a luck of the draw thing because last time we were on a lower floor & this time we were on a higher floor.
I still can't believe that this one thing has made me not want to stay there again, because it has so much going for it. For the price you get much more space than the average hotel room (with a kitchen), & the location is second to none. But there you have it.
A couple of other things I also remember that might help your decision either way -
No safes in each room, They have a luggage storage room downstairs which they keep locked up & in that room are (small) safe deposit drawers. Never had an issue with this.
No bellman (& about 10 steps up to get into hotel). Sometimes the desk people will help you lug up your cases, sometimes they won't. Although not ideal - we knew that this wasn't part of their job, so it didn't worry us. Once inside there are a couple of luggage carts available to get your stuff to your rooms.
The lower the rooms, the more street noise & smells from nearby retaurants(but this is true of any city hotel)
No specific guest laundry, but in the basement (which is a bit dungeon like), the have the machines for the hotel & guests can use these (need to feed in quarters of course).
And my favourite little quirk (said sarcastically), you cannot use your own prepaid calling cards from your room. Those phones only can accept the Radio City Apartment ones they sell at the front desk. Easily fixed though, as in the lobby area (behind a wall, under the staircase) is a public phone that will accept your own calling cards.
It is also the only hotel I have ever stayed at, where you pay in full at checkin.
I hope I have given you enough info to help make your choice. I hope I don't sound to negative about the hotel, because as I said, it has heaps going for it (if you don't expect luxury). It is very clean & comfortable & if we hadn't of had such a significant issue with the shower), I would stay there again in a heartbeat.