i just stayed here with a friend who was visiting upon MY rec. and I feel terrible! My biggest issue was the room. The bathroom was absurd! The faucet in the sink was placed so far back that the water came out right against the back of the sink so you couldn't get anything i.e. a toothbrush, your hands under it. The toilet is silver plastic, and exactly like an airplane toilet albeit even smaller. There is a huge EMPTY see through porthole RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the bathroom door at eye level so anyone can check you out while you are doing your bathroom activities, the lights and phone are so annoyingly "modern" they are outdated. The phone is like an office phone with a computer monitor to call for services and no buttons on the handset. Very convenient. The noise didn't bother me that much bc i can sleep thru anything but my friend was going crazy so YES it is very loud. We were on the 10th floor and could STILL hear annoying girls screeching from the roof. My favorite part was when coming in last nite, I was stopped by security while going in the GUEST entrance with my KEY as if i was trying to sneak into the uber cool ( not so much) club. I pointed out that i was entering via the guest entrance not the velvet rope one and showed him my key and he apologized profusely but c'mon guys is this a hotel or a really big annoying club for annoying 22 year olds from Texas and L.I.?? Everytime i walked past the front desk someone was screaming at the concierge about the sink, or the phone or the service or the noise. i felt bad for the people at the desk. truly. I think VC et al are going to have to decide whether the "cool" factor and party scene of the place is more important than top notch service and quality of the Dream as a HOTEL. ...before the guests decide on their own. n.b I found out the sink/bathroom/other design problems; like the door to the mini-bar/shelving can't open all the way bc it hits the front door- now I'm kind of laughing, were in EVERY room hence the construction workers I was sharing the 2 VERY slow elevators with- (there is no service elevator) Isn't there a law that requires every bldg. have one? BC they are redoing EVERY room !!!! (who approved the first f-d up room? i hope you moved to another city- Jeesh! I hope the Hotel improves and more emphasis is put into it and fixing its MANY flaws and less on the rooftop club and the "quality" of it's patrons which will no longer bring in any profit once the summer is over... !