My spouse and I stayed at the
Homewood Suites Midtown Manhattan Times Square South for two nights over a long
weekend in mid-February 2020. We reserved our stay online using the Hilton
HHonors website. Although we are Diamond members, we did not receive any kind
of an upgrade (such as to a higher floor; in fact, we could not have been on
any lower of a floor!).
The Manhattan Homewood Suites
property is located on West 37th Street in Chelsea. We chose this
property because it was located between Port Authority (where we parked our
car) and Madison Square Garden (where we had tickets to see the Eagles Hotel
California tour). Many shops and restaurants are located just steps from the
hotel, although the shops are more of the souvenir variety and the restaurants
are more functional than destination dining. (We ate at the full-service
Houndstooth Irish Pub nearby, which was better-than-expected; see our separate
review. We also had some food at Doylers Irish Pub at the Hilton Garden Inn
just a few doors away; see our separate review.)
Public spaces include a
high-ceilinged lobby, with areas for the front desk/pantry store, overflow
breakfast seating at regular-height tables, one high-top communal table with
charging ports, a two-sided gas fireplace, a wall with a lovely glass waterfall
feature, and some comfy lounge seating. Three elevators whisk guests to the
floors above. There is some narrow outdoor space through the rear of the
building, as well as an area that overlooks the basement-level fitness center.
A buffet breakfast area that can be closed off doubles as luggage storage in
the afternoon and evening. The hotel offers a rooftop terrace in warmer
weather.
Our studio suite was located
on the second floor, which has a sort of atrium feature because it is open to
the lobby below. Our room overlooked West 37th Street, and although
initially we wished that we had been assigned a higher floor, the second floor
proved interesting because we could watch the pedestrian and vehicle traffic on
the street below from our own private floor-to-ceiling window. We entered our
room near the bathroom, which was an acceptable size for one person at a time,
including a small sink vanity, toilet, and a long but narrow standing shower
(no bathtub). An adjacent closet offered plenty of storage space, including a
hang bar and shelving unit as well as space to hold our suitcase on a luggage rack
so that we could then close everything away behind doors; the closet even had a
light as well as a large safe, iron, and tabletop ironing board. The main room
contained a small kitchenette at one end (with an apartment-sized refrigerator/freezer,
small sink, microwave, two-burner stovetop, and tiny dishwasher, as well as the
cups, plates, utensils, and cookware necessary to prepare a simple meal). A
king-size bed occupied the middle of the room (across from which was the
wall-mounted TV), small chest of drawers, desk (with a roll-out extension below
it), with an end table and small sofa with ottoman (which unfolded to expand
the surface) near the windows. We liked the layout of this studio suite because
of the extra space and comfort it provided. (Note that there is no door between
the living and sleeping areas in the junior suite.)
We enjoyed our stay at the
Homewood Suites Midtown Manhattan Times Square South, and we would stay there
again.
