Element New York Times Square West

Worst hotel I’ve stayed at in a long time

Only thing to like is the location. Breakfast is good too ... but severely overcrowded and elevators almost unusable during breakfast rush.

Dirty room. Food smells from the street permeated my room. For two straight days all I smelled was fried food from somewhere. Never quite figured it out. The elevator buttons were not working ibny floor. So I had to go downstairs one flight to call for the extremely slow elevator. I was told by housekeeping that the elevator had not worked for a month... this surprised me since as an Marriott / SPG loyalty member at the highest tier... why would they give me a dirty and smelly room on a floor where you can’t take the elevator? Never going back to this property. Thought I would give this brand a try ...but learned my lesson.

Good size room with great view

Not far from subway 5 min walk to Times Sq

The lifts are a disgrace . We were on the 39 th floor the lift would come to 38 and go back down , when they did come they would stop on every floor on the way down when no one there. One lift had a fire and we were stuck on 39 for 45 mins ... NOT GOOD ENOUGH ..

Do not choose this hotel

Nothing, they lost our reservation

Hotel confirmed our reservation with Kayak but did reserve us a room. We spent all day on hold with Kayak who was on hold with the hotel to fix the situation. We were told that a good second option was to sleep in the train station. In general, staff was unsympathetic and unhelpful and we were not offered anything to make up for the mix up.

overall hotel condition, cleanliness and how aged is

A total zoo

The location is convenient to many points of interest

3 elevators for a 40 story building equals 5 to 10 minute waits for the elevator. The included breakfast is worthless as the space is so crowded and trashed by 8:30 that it is unusable. The kitchenette in the room has no value for a weekend stay and the space it takes up means there's no room for your suitcase.