Best area to stay?

My husband and I are going to NY 16 November - 20 th November (first time only us since we got children 4 years ago)! Originally I’ve planned to live in Tribeca (cosmo hotel), but reading on the forum I’m not quite sure where the best place is to live.

Chelsea? Midtown? Times Square? SoHo? The Village? East/West side??? From what I read I like them all ;-)

I want to be close to everything, and living near by the subway I guess you are pretty close in all parts of town? We want a budget friendly hotel or B%26amp;B’s - since we anyway wont spend much time in our rooms, but it has to be a clean place and a safe area.

What is the best with the different areas? Any recommends?

Best area to stay?

I can recommend the Radio City Apartments. You can have a room with 1 or double beds, small kitchen with fridge/freezer cooker, microwave and a small bathroom. It is a stones throw from Times Square. The subway is 1 minute walk away as are buses. Macys, ESB and Central Park are all within a short walk. The apartments are clean and in a safe area. New York hotels do tend to have small rooms but Radio City offer rooms of a very good size and tend to be cheaper that your average hotel.

Best area to stay?

Most tourists stay in the Times Square area. Which means if you pick a hotel in that area, you%26#39;ll see lots of tourists and businesses that cater specifically to them, that is, chain restaurants and souvenir shops. If you want to enjoy the ';real'; NY, stay in a residential neighborhood, where there are lots of cafes, restaurants, shops. My favorite is the upper west side. Fun and safe to explore at all hours, right near Central Park, and convenient to public transportation. Read the reviews on this site and compare prices for the Lucerne, Excelsior, Beacon, Belleclaire, Milburn, On the Ave hotels. Two B%26amp;Bs in the area get rave reviews, too -- Jack %26amp; Judy%26#39;s (www.jacksbandb.com) and Wyman House (www.wymanhouse.com).

Hi There,

myself and my girlfriend are also in NewYork at about that time. we always stay in a Hotel called the Newton, trip advisoor rates it at 90th of all the hotels in NYC. It is on the upper West Side on 96th Street and Broadway. Really residential area and very safe. If you want to be in the middle of the action then this is not it, however there is an expressway subway right outside the door that gets you any where in Manhattan and Times Square in ten minutes, We have had a shared bathroon and ensuite and both are excellent value( a little small but it is NYC). There is great restaurants in the area and central park is only a short walk away. If you are booking go onto their own website as that is the cheapest and it allows you to cancel for free if you give 24hrs notice. Wherever you stay, New York rocks. Strongly reccomend the Newton

have fun

Since subways go pretty much everywhere in Manhattan (and the rest of the city, except Staten Island), you can get anywhere you want, no matter where you stay.

Personally, I would put the east side at the lower end of the list because the 4,5 and 6 trains offer the least flexibility for Manhattan-wide travel, IMHO. In general, the east side is a very pleasant, mellower area and close to Grand Central Station, museums and dining.

The Upper West Side is charming with easy access to everything. Check out The Lucerne and see if it meets your needs. I%26#39;ve stayed there and found it to be clean, nicely appointed, safe and reasonably priced.

Sprewell20, while you are at the Newton, here are some recommended restaurants if you don%26#39;t already know them:

Sipan 702 Amsterdam 94 Street 212-665-9929-Peruvian-very good food, nice atmosphere, quite during the week, a little noisier on weekends.

Gennaro 665 Amsterdam 92/93 Streets - very good food-Italian-very hectic does not take reservations or credit cards-get there early for seating.

Docks 2427 Broadway 89/90 Streets 212-986-8080 good fish excellent oysters, lively but not hectic.

Gabriela%26#39;s 685 Amsterdam 93 Street 212-061-0574 good traditional Mexican, good value (temporarily closed—moving to 93 and Columbus)

Saigon Grill 620 Amsterdam 90 Street good Vietnamese a bit hectic and noisy

Pampa 768 Amsterdam 97/98 Streets 212-865-2929 good grilled Argentinean steak. Crowded. No credit cards.

Alouette 2588 Broadway 97/98 Streets 212-222-6808 decent neighborhood French. Small. Make reservations.

Roth’s Westside Steak 680 Columbus 93 Street 212-280-4103 good steak, expensive.

Yuki Sushi 656 Amsterdam 92 Street 212-787-8200 Excellent quality of fish in sushi and sashimi. Moderate price for quality Japanese. Sushi lunch with salad or soup is less than $11.

Miyako 642 Amsterdam 91 Street 212-724-3448 About as good as Yuki Sushi and everything is $1-$1.50 less

Acqua 718 Amsterdam 94/95 Streets 212-222-2752 reasonably priced good Italian (Sicilian and Sardinian) in nice setting.

Pizzabolla 654 Amsterdam 92 Street 212-579-4500 Old style “checkered tablecloth” Italian with very reasonably priced good food. Good antipasti, entrees, brick-oven pizza and good selection of reasonable priced wine by the bottle and glass.