The Hotel Elysee has been our stay of choice for pre-holiday visits to NYC three times -- in 2016, 2017 and now in 2023. It is so well-located in midtown, a quiet refuge from the bustle and tumult of the season and the area. The staff are exceptional: welcoming, solicitous, professional. The public spaces give an air of understated old-school luxury. The second floor lounge provides spacious and comfortable spaces to enjoy the complimentary coffee and pastries each morning; regrettably, the afternoon counterpart of wine and cheese offerings which afforded a relaxing afternoon respite apparently fell victim to Covid. Oue room was quite spacious and the king size bed and bedding very comfortable. A few minor criticisms: the small wooden shelving in the bathroom provides ample space for storing toiletry bags (something lacking in too many hotel bathrooms) but the chipped and peeling paint on this piece of furniture was shabby, not "charming and old"; a non-operable and empty minibar was likewise unattractive and only space-occupying; finally, a hotel of this class should supply glasses, not flimsy wrapped plastic cups. These suggestions for improvement notwithstanding, we look forward to again staying at this wonderful hotel.