Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection

We stayed here in August for 7 nights. A small (for New York) hotel 72 rooms. The location was excellent, in the Flatiron/Nomad district. A smart clean area of Manhattan. The hotel was very clean throughout and the decor very pleasing. Our room had a balcony with a very nice view. It was only 8 blocks north to the Empire State Building. The Breakfast was continental style, fresh every morning. The orange juice was particularly good. Coffee and snacks are available 24/7 in the lobby. All of the staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Which made our stay even more special. We would definitely use this hotel again.

I'm tough on hotels, especially expensive ones... I think if you're going to charge an arm and a leg to be a temporary homebase while demanding a premium price you had better be amazing at what you do. Hotel Giraffe most definitely is good at what they do, they charge somewhat of a premium and yet there's no major dings to this place that would keep me from recommending it to everyone I know who visits NYC. I wanted a perfect hotel with the following items: -not at or around Time Square -safe neighborhood with good subway access -had rooms truly fit for 3 people (none of this 2 'double beds' nonsense that 90% of NYC hotels do now) -no barn door bathroom -breakfast provided free -not outlandishly expensive (I think I paid $450/night or so?) Hotel Giraffe checked all the boxes and simply put this place is great. The location, a block from Madison Park (which is also awesome), which is next to the Flatiron Building, is perfect. Many subway stations within 1-2 block walk here. Many Citi bike docking stations around. Easy access (20-30 minutes) to LaGuardia Airport. The surrounding neighborhood along Park Avenue here is great, busy with young white collar workers commuting in the morning and joggers in the afternoon and overall surprisingly quiet at night (except for the occasional ambulance with horns blaring at 2 am). Very safe. The hotel is very boutique'y with character yet modern. The 2 elevators are perfectly-suited to the building's guests, no long waits. The WiFi is decent. The in-room coffee machines work well and the housekeeping replenishes k-cups every day. The king bed is exquisite, the sofa bed could use some upgrading (seriously, why do sofa bed manufacturers insist upon using old engineering rules of putting a horizonal bar directly where the back/shoulders goes?!) and the balcony doors do well to keep the insane NYC noise outside (except for the occasional aforementioned ambulances). All outlets worked, the TV worked well, the bathroom has an actual door (thankfully NOT a barn door for the dear Marriott-haters such as myself) however the door has a bizarre and massive refracting glass window on it. You can't necessarily see exactly what someone is doing in the bathroom from the hallway but you can obviously tell if their clothed or not and if they're sitting on the throne or not. It's odd. We'd rather they just put in an actual full door there, or if they must have the window at least put on like frosted glass inserts, so instead of seeing Pablo Picasso-like abstract person in the bathroom you see a late-age Claude Monet impressionist blur of a person. As far as the breakfast goes, it was nice, not great, not horrible. Greek or non-Greek yogurt option. Bagels, croissants, bread, packets of instant oatmeal, mini-boxes of cereal, skim and non-skim milk, coffee machine, bananas, apples, oranges. Basic stuff which is fine. There's plenty of true "brekkie/breaky" places within an easy walk from the hotel. Overall just a great place

We really enjoyed our stay. Location was excellent, and staff was so friendly and accommodating. Our party consisted of 3 girlfriends, and I was the one to sleep on the sleeper sofa, which was actually decently comfortable. One thing we didn't care for that could be easily remedied by the hotel is the bathroom door that has a lightly frosted window. A bit awkward when you're in there and others are passing by! (You can definitely see through) A pull down shade perhaps would rectify this issue. Overall though, it was a great hotel, and I would stay there again.

We have stayed at the Hotel Giraffe as well as the Library Hotel and enjoy both of them. They are just the perfect place for us. The Giraffe has a lovely lounge area on the first floor where we enjoyed our breakfast every morning as well as an evening coffee. Our room was cozy and comfortable. At some point I wonder if they will update the bathrooms to just have a shower not a tub but everything worked well. Both hotels are in locations that work for our visits and are close to subway stations. We highly recommend this place.

Absolutely loved our stay last week at the Hotel Giraffe! Highly recommended! A perfect base to explore wonderful New York! Our family sized room was perfect, extremely clean and with comfortable beds and enough space for 2 parents and 2 teenagers. We found all of the staff to be highly professional, very kind, helpful and super polite. We couldn’t have asked for better customer service. The daily breakfast was fresh with tea or coffee being made for you, fresh fruits, yoghurts, eggs and bagels on offer as well as ice cold water at any time in the lobby. We would highly recommend the Giraffe and will be back next time we come to New York

The hotel was very cosy. It is well situated in a nice location with easy access to all the sights. We stayed five nights in the Classic King Suite; the room was clean; and the bed and shower perfect (what else do you need). The staff were very friendly and the continental breakfast was simple but plentiful. And with 24hr access to tea/coffee in the lounge, we were able to retire each night with a cuppa. We would definitely stay here again.