A fun and hip hostel located in the fashionable Upper West Side of Manhattan. The recently renovated property has 120 rooms over 7 floors (all with shared baths) with many features throughout the property to keep guests entertained, such as a it's 2500-square-foot lounge and activity center. Located on in a quiet street within the vibrant Upper West Side are of Manhattan, surrounded by many bars and restaurants. Riverside Park is close by as is Broadway and public transportation to take you to all of New York's famous attractions. Simply furnished rooms have either a double bed or 2 bunk beds, TV and air-conditioning. Shared bathrooms are available on each floor. The hostel has a new 2500 square foot lounge and activity center with billiards, foosball, internet kiosks (charge), arcade games, table tennis and complimentary wireless internet. There is also a cinema room to relax and watch a movie and a garden outside with a seating area and barbecue grill.
The hotel is nice.... The personal was kind... The room is what u pay for... small... and it has a bed, tv and a wardrobe... The showers were clean... and the place is safe...They have also internet stattions... But, it is close to the subway.... I liked it....although it is just a simple room... I suppose that u don't come to NY in order to stay in the room, but just to have a place to sleep in the night. So it does the job...
Enjoy...
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Review by:
PL_couple,
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Stayed: Sep 2008
Customer Rating:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful —
The only good thing about this hostel was it's location. 2 block from subway station, few minutes to Times Square makes it a perfect location fir visiting NYC. Good, safe neighbourhood. No parking however, so better don't bring your car with you. The room was a disaster. I understand that it's NYC and didn't expect much for the price (although pretty high), but at least I would like to be able to turn around in my room, but there was only room for bunk beds and a mirror. NOTHING else. There was only one shared bathroom per whole room section (10 room or so), which made it very hard to take a shower. Front desk service - OK. Lockers in the basement - nice thing, but expensive and one use only - every time you open them you have to pay for a whole day.
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Review by:
selma,
Madrid, Spain
Stayed: Sep 2008
Customer Rating:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful —
We got used to it. But in the beginning it was unpleasant to see from time to time coakroaches on the wall. Despite the coakroaches (we saw 3 or 4 of them in 12 days in the room) we don't regret because for this price, everything else is manhattan is worse. For the rest is was ok. Clean, quiet and very well comnunicated. We suggest the hotel staff not to leave duplicate keys to people who ask for them without first checking the identity of those people.
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Review by:
Christian,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Stayed: Aug 2008
Customer Rating:
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful —
The Good: Pleasant and helpful staff. Good location. Inexpensive (for Manhattan) Shared shower/toilet was cleaned daily and was only shared between 5 rooms.
The Bad: Very small room - 2x3 meters Room was not in great condition Bunk bed was very wobbly.
The Ugly:
Mattresses were awful. So soft that practically wrapped around you. We both got sore backs. After the second night I couldn't stand it anymore and bought a thermarest inflatable matress and slept on the floor instead.
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Review by:
DK,
Clearwater, United States
Stayed: Jul 2008
Customer Rating:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful —
While I guess you could say my standards are low. (backpacker standards). I still thought that the continental wasn't nearly as bad as everyone put it. Also people said that Kia was mean and unhospitable, but she was pretty helpful to me. Its not hotel standards but it was ok for a few nights.
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