I put my parents and my sister up at the "new" Standard East Village. They ended up moving out once they saw their rooms and their beds. The rooms are extremely poorly furnished with tiny little tables called furniture.

Much much worse was the conditions of the mattresses. The pillow tops on both of their rooms and the rooms they were offered after complaining all had horrible large stains - stains of what was hard to determine and they were dark and unpleasant appearing - some filth had got on them and they should have been tossed as no one in their right mind would want to sleep on them. The hotel after offering 2 other rooms on higher floors - one with a better pillow top and one with a bed that was much much worse then booked my family into another hotel and offered to pay the difference in price. Also they offered to comp them for a stay at The Standard - family refused to back. The Standard manager when talking to my sister was quite curt and said "Do you always go into a hotel and pull back the sheets to check a mattress condition" - as if this was some type of anal retentive cleanliness behavior. Her response was an emphatic "Yes". First off if you go to a New York hotel and don't immediately check the mattress for any evidence of bed bugs then you should. And how officious was his line of questioning. What was going through his mind? Oh it's ok for us to have disgusting mattresses because most of our guests will never notice. These mattresses looked like they were part of some weird S & M blood ritual or worse ritual having to do with all bodily functions. They should not be calling this a Standard Hotel because the quality is not what one associates with the Standard franchise. This manager needs proper training in how to deal with customers and certainly provide rooms and beds that are spotless.

Stayed partly for business and partly pleasure. The standard, formerly the cooper sq hotel, is a glass n steel high rise in the otherwise flat and charming grungy neighbourhood of Bowery and the East village. It's a nicely designed place as you'd expect from the Standard group. Lovely lounges with a Danish feel, large library of books for sale with proceeds to charity, two bars and a restaurant - everything in muted colours and even more muted lighting. We had a nice time but spent v little of it in the hotel. The room was probably the main reason, as it was pretty small for the price and hard for two people to actually move around in. We switched from a queen sized bed room to a king sized thinking that it would be bigger, alas no, the bed was indeed huge but it just filled an otherwise unremarkable room on 6th floor with a terrible view of a brick wall. The heating/cooling is noisy but not awful and u can at least turn it off. Rooms on higher floors have better views so go for something above 8-9 if you can - it goes up to 20 or 21. The bathrooms were nice with good pressure, massage showers and lots of hot water. Lovely black hooded robes and nice bespoke toiletries. We did spend an afternoon in one of the lounges drinking tea then Ono cocktails which was all lovely. Service was keen and mostly v efficient, the housekeeping ladies turn up constantly unless u put the privacy sign on and our room was nicely turned out morning and evening. One time we returned to find the bed covers were soaking. Very odd, like they had been put on without being dried first. however a couple of minutes later someone arrived with apologies and fresh sheets. The staff are relaxed and pleasant but probably a bit too cool for me. The best thing is the location as that part of town is now packed with up and coming bars and restaurants plus you can walk to Chinatown, NOLITA and SOHO easily enough. there is a complementary entry to a nearby health club which has a pool and spa but we never had time. Wifi worked well but you do have to keep relogging in. I'd go again but don't feel too strongly about it. Certainly far from my worst NYC experience but no more than above average. It might be more of a destination in summer when there are two outdoor terraces to enjoy drinks on. Might had been different if we had a better room so make sure you get a decent view and space to swing your iPad

Checked into The Standard on Monday night. Had a long flight from, SF.. And was ready for some sleep. As soon as I pulled up, the caller had my things ad was shuttling me in from the cold. The man at the front desk quickly checked me in. When I told him I was sleepy and wouldn't be able to see the city on this trip, he upgraded my room. I didn't know why until later. I checked in. He upgraded my $299 room to a suite. Not any suite, though, a view overlooking Manhattan from the 20th floor. It was the most stunning skyline. I ordered rom service. It showed up in 5 minutes. Not exaggerating. Stunned. Absolutely the most friendly service (is this really new York??). Dinner was great. Turkey BLT. Hits the spot. I jump in the shower ; with it's own steam room. Noice! the bed is comfortable.. Really comfortable. Different sized pillows for just the right position. It's 10 pm, and I open the curtains to all the windows. I an see the empire state building... All the way downtown. Turned off the lights and hit the hay. I fall asleep looking at the New York skyline from the 20th floor.... Woke up to a new York sunrise. Breakfast, and out the door. The Standard made it simple, classy, quiet in the paved jungle... Everything was perfectly executed. Not too much, not over the top. Simply perfect.

Wanted to spend the weekend in the city for a friend's birthday and jumped at The Standard when it appeared on Jetsetter. We got the corner king room and the view did NOT disappoint. Outstanding views of the city and the bed was super comfortable. I loved that the bathroom floor was heated -- a nice touch as your getting ready for a night out on the town. Hotel staff was very responsive and helpful. Started our night at the hotel bar -- it was only so-so. Staff there didn't really seem as into the customers as they were each other and the barstools were painfully low.