Hotel Belleclaire - New York City, USA 

My husband and I stayed at the wonderful Belleclaie Hotel for 5 days in early July. We absolutely loved it! We booked our reservation way back in March through Hotels.com and prepaid it, so we got an awesome deal at $180.00/night (including tax & surcharge). We were pleasantly surprised with everything we experienced at the Belleclaire, from checking in early @ 11 a.m. with the friendly Daniel, to our check-out 5 days later. This gem of a hotel is conveniently close (3 blocks east) to Central Park and the Hudson River walk/run/bikeway (2 blocks west) for early morning workouts, and it has its own fitness center which was surprisingly very nice for an older hotel. The express 2 & 3 subways is a 5-minute walk, and the West End Market, literally a 30 second walk, was perfect for stocking our fridge for the week (another pleasant surprise was the fridge!). Our deluxe queen room was comfortable, clean, modern, and definitely large enough for the two of us. Their toiletries are very nice, and when we ran out of something or requested more, they'd bring it in just minutes! Although the elevators can be slow and are small, I enjoyed the staircases as they were elegant and had marble steps. The staff was extremely kind--holding and opening doors, flagging taxis, stocking "The Post", and very approachable. We will definitely stay here again on a return trip to NYC and are referring our friends & family to definitely check it out. We are smitten with this hotel!