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Reviews
Chicago
Tribune Travel Section
In a phrase:
Needs a B-12 shot, but any place with purple and black bathrooms
is my new best friend. The eight rooms I inspected here are
spacious, clean, freshly painted and set with inoffensively
plain-Jane spreads, drapes and furniture in a faux white-oak
veneer. All the more reason then that some of the bathrooms,
such as the one in Room 505 with the purple tile and black
 bathtub,
came as a surprise. High ceilings are standard to all rooms,
and some have ceiling fans. Suites are large and equipped
with Microwaves, sinks, coffee/tea makers, mini refrigerators.
Though I must add that Suite 708 smelled of stale cigarettes
and it's pull-out sofa needed recovering. All in all, the
family-run place is not bad, considering the building is old
enough to have an elevator that needs an operator to run it.
The Good: Mother-hen
staffers calm the big-city jitters of just plain folks
The Bad: Not all
of the rooms have purple and black baths, and the lighting
in all rooms could be brighter.
The Lowdown: double
with private bath $110.00, suites and shared bath available.
Rooms: 54, seven floors.
Perks: in-room
Internet at additional fee; suites
Subway:
28th and Park Avenue South
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Older
Style Comfort and Welcome I discovered this brownstone hotel
some two years ago and feel no need to look elsewhere for
a comfortable and reasonably priced place to stay in central
Manhattan. The welcome is always warm, the staff cheerful
and friendly, and the rooms clean and pleasant while preserving
an atmosphere of the hotel's one hundred-year history.
Good spot
for a weekend stay Deauville is a nice place to stay for a
weekend visit to NYC. The price is right. The place is clean.
It is close to Les Halles--a nice French bistro. And it is
close to the subway. The staff is friendly. Keep in mind--the
building is old--but it is quaint.
City
Smarts
The Deauville
hotel located 103 E. 29th Street is a quirky cool character-rich
place. The conscientious and maternal Emily Saxe ("Hello,
dear, Hotel Da VilleJ ) personally welcomes the likes of writer
Ivan Klima. The Deauville was once home to radio idol Art
Ford, and later sheltered Sid Vicious and his mother. Out
on bail for killing his girl friend, the Sex Pistol shot out
of the lovely lobby one night to make "a fateful trip to Greenwich
Village and never returned: Saxe tsk-tsks. Spacious rooms
with Juliet balconies, suites and queen rooms at reasonable
rates.
The
New York Times Guide To Hotels
The ten
rooms with purple bathtubs are the most distinctive thing
about the Deauville, a friendly relic of a hotel.
An old-fashioned
elevator cab takes you to clean hallways, rooms with old furniture,
one- Line phones, TV with cable. Closets mostly consist of
a rack in the room with a few hangers. Windows are double
paned, rooms are generally clean but look gray, thanks to
the dim overhead light. Much of the hotel is booked out to
German tourists through a German tour company. Assuming the
get a break off the rack rate of $125.00 they probably won't
complain.
Le
Guide Du Routard
Deauville
Hotel (plan Centre Manhattan, : 103 East 29th Street, M 28
Street (ligne 6) Petit hotel discret et propret offrant un
bon confort a prix interessant. Facade annees 30, assez calme.
Chambres renovees et plaisantes, avec salle de bains . Air
conditionne, telephone, etc
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