The room was immaculate, well designed and well lit. The view on the 22nd floor was spectacular. I had an issue with hotels.com and my KS room was booked as 2 QS beds. I spoke to the front desk supervisor Latasha who was polite, professional and more than helpful. She handled my issue quickly and helped make the night an evening to remember. I was born and raised in Harlem and I was delighted to see this level of comfort, service and ambience inside of Harlem; the hotel is right next to the Apollo in the center of it all on 125th street.
I came at 4p and left at 6a for an early flight and was able to find street parking one block away. There were some homeless outside on my walk to my car, but nothing that you would not see in any neighborhood in NYC today.
We ate at the Victoria restaurant and the food was excellent and the live jazz vocalist was amazing. The only issue was that a mocktail I ordered took 30 minutes to get to my table, so the service was less than desirable for that once instance, but the staff from the hostess to the waitress to the busboys were attentive and friendly.