Most hotels like to talk up their deluxe or premier rooms and suites - they don’t often feature or try to sell their standard rooms by providing lots of pictures and information. Our recurring feature - “Standard Rooms - What You Get“, goes to the luxury hotels of New York and provides you with more information on what a guest in a standard or basic room will be offered.

At the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South in Manhattan, the most standard room is considered the Traditional Guest Room, not to be confused with the Traditional Guest Room Park View. The Traditional Guest Room offers around 300 square feet (28 square meters) and the choice of King or Queen bedded rooms with marble bathroom. All 515 rooms at Jumeirah Essex House are non-smoking and feature high-speed internet access, in-room safe, cable TV with premium-channels and DVD’s upon request.

A $70 million refurbishment is underway, so redesigned rooms - no matter the category - are the way to go when making your reservation at the Jumeriah Essex House. (renovated room pictured)