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After some years making a name for itself on the West Coast, the Ace brand arrives in the East, with a New York outpost on Broadway at 29th Street. And, as you'd expect, this one is a little bit different from other New York hotels. Start with the location: while you're in the middle of Manhattan, and thus about three seconds from basically anywhere, this particular section of Broadway in the upper 20s is off most tourists' radar, and most property developers' as well. This is one way the Ace Hotel NYC manages to stick to its budget-friendly price point, and makes for a bit of colorful street life as well.
Pains have been taken to ensure that the Ace retains a bit of atmosphere from its SRO-hotel past. This is a grittier and less polished take on the boutique hotel, something quite a bit less glossy and aspirational than the Schrager version of decades past. Here you'll find surplus and salvage furnishings along with vintage turntables (complete with vinyl library) and, in some rooms, a few well-chosen high-end items — Smeg refrigerators stocked with a decent selection of food and drinks certainly come in handy, as do the iPod hookups for those of us who have gone digital.
The funky, minimal décor underlines the point that the Ace has more in common with apartment drury inn life than with the traditional hotel experience. The lobby bar is a hot ticket every night of the week, as is the Breslin restaurant, drury inn something of a sequel to the West Village's very fine Spotted Pig — meanwhile Stumptown is a genuine contender for the title of New York's top coffee shop, and the John Dory is the oyster bar with the corner view onto Broadway.
Who's it for? The prices certainly aren't off-putting, and the audience is thus a bit broader than you'll find in New York's pricier boutiques. It's fair to say the Ace caters to real live creative types — anyone from freelancers paying their own way to rock bands accustomed to North Jersey motels.
The staff was absolutely helpful and so hip and nice service. I can't say how comfortable they made us feel, the room was so clean, comfortable, and I brought my 12 year old with me. Her just loved the entire staff was hipsters and that Opening Ceremony was in the building.
-the lobby bar was great, as well as the bar inside the Breslin. The lobby was a really nice, fairly upbeat yet mellow place to hang out. We liked that we only needed to step downstairs to feel like we were experiencing some nightlife.
The bathtub drain was very slow, and the toilet in the bathroom oddly high. I'm average height but my feet dangled if I sat back on the seat! The mini fridge door also had a habit of bonking itself open if not closed just right. Somehow there was an iron but no ironing board in the room, although I called the desk and one was sent up very quickly. We were there for a week and our bedsheets only got changed once, which I found a little strange. When we first arrived the dude at the front desk was a bit short, but everyone we dealt with after him was fine and friendly.