Sanctuary Hotel – New York

“Black as midnight on a moonless night.”
Twin Peaks

I wake in the darkness and think of the Red Room in Twin Peaks.  Doors are red.  Red stripes are in the carpet.  You will find more red in the hallways.

This is the hotel to be in to visit Times Square or the Theatre District.  It’s an easy walk.  Place is very swanky. 

We were upgraded to the largest king room.  🙂  Double pane windows keep out a good amount of noise. 

We were facing the street on the 4th floor and heard the muffled sounds of horns and sirens in the night.  Mini fridge was unusable as it was stocked with over priced drinks for sale.  Free wi-fi had hi latency.  According to dslreports.com : Bufferbloat testing disabled due to high latency of 458ms speed was 1.68M down .65M up.  Chair and desk was very comfy as were the bed and pillows.  There is no ice machine so I had to call the front desk for delivery anytime I wanted some.  Quality of the ice was excellent.  Clear cubes with no flavor.  I loved the shower.  It had the normal shower head plus a side wand you can detach from the wall.  Big 1080P tv had an hdmi port you could connect your laptop to.  

There is a free continental breakfast at the hotel restaurant. 

I tried the danish and cinnamon roll.  The fruit flavor and cinnamon were present but the pastry had a dull flavor.  Reminds me of those free pastries they have at important work meetings when the higher ups are feeling generous.  I’m told the coffee is good.

Staff here were nice and made for a pleasant stay. 

Awesome people at Random House gave us a welcome gift.  Carol Burnett poster, autographed books, and audio books was waiting for us.  The gift, hotel stay, airfare, and tickets to see Carol Burnett were from a contest I won through Random House.  🙂  I’ll miss peering out the window and seeing what’s going on outside.  It’s much more exciting than at home.

Sanctuary Hotel
132 W 47th St,
New York, NY 10036
(212) 234-7000