Best Western Bowery Hanbee Hotel Rating: 3.0 Pearls

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City

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The Best Western is on a not-too-popular street in Chinatown; the banks on the ground floor (Chase and Capital One) are the only signs in the vicinity not written in Chinese characters. But it is on one of the tidier parts of Chinatown -- a bit removed from the fish markets, knockoff vendors, and excess garbage -- and sights like the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the quaint (if overpriced) restaurants of Little Italy are just a few blocks away. To the north, there is the trendy new Thompson LES and a bit of a hip Lower East Side bar scene. Some of the nightlife does trickle down into Chinatown, which has a handful of swanky, but discrete, bars and lounges.

• One block from the B, D subway lines; two blocks from J, M subway lines; five blocks from the Z subway line; six blocks from the 6 subway line
• 30-minute subway ride to Central Park (one transfer)
• 25-minute subway ride to Times Square
• 20-minute subway ride to the Empire State Building
• 20-minute subway ride to the ferry terminal to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• 25-minute subway ride to Rockefeller Center
• 30-minute subway ride to the American Museum of Natural History
• 45-minute subway ride or $15 taxi to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the "Met") and 30-minute subway ride to the Museum of Modern Art (the "MoMA")

• Queen (one queen-size bed) and King (king-size bed) guest rooms are larger than average; Doubles (two full-size beds) also available
• King Suites also have a pullout couch, mini-fridge and microwave (not available in the other room types).
• Large 32-inch flat-screen TV
• Free Wi-Fi; hard-wired also available
• Coffeemaker
• Electronic safe, large enough for a laptop
• No smoking rooms