Excellent hotel. Location couldn't be better and the staff are lovely - very helpful, especially the doormen.
1. I'd recommend the diamond district (go out and turn right, cross 6th Avenue). Very atmospheric, though street level shops are largely rip-offs. You need to know dealers in the businesses behind. One such is Diamonds by Lauren, at 40 W47th.
1. The Rum Lounge (on w47th, other side of Times Square) - turn left out of hotel. Old-style bar and cocktails. .
2. Mom's diner, on 9th Avenue, Hell's Kitchen - two blocks away, turning left on leaving hotel. Excellent value and much less touristy than Times Sq.
3. Next to hotel, on right, The Long Acre - Irish sports bar.
4. The Japanese place next to it.