2-Star Hotels in New York

AMAZING value for money. The staff is super friendly and the guests are very international and social. The hostel offered lots of free activities every day. I was amazed by their sightseeing tours, yoga or karaoke. Amazing company and offering!

Convenient to my event but no amenities. Quaint little hotel though. Recommend to those who just need a place to crash.

The West Side YMCA is definitely a no frills place to stay, but the location is excellent. You're right next to Central Park and Columbus Circle. Times Square is an easy walk south. We stayed in 2 different rooms. The first had a bunk bed and was quite small, but the bed was comfy and the room was clean. It also had a small TV and fridge. We had a semi-private bathroom, which was down the hall. This meant we had to scan our key on one of the bathroom doors to get in, but once inside we had privacy while we got cleaned up. The bathrooms were kept clean and tidy. We were able to upgrade the second half of our stay to a room with a larger bed and an in room bathroom. Again, this hotel is no frills. It can be rough around the edges, but it's clean and comfortable at the end of a long day of sightseeing. We did not have time to take advantage of the gym, the pool, the sauna, and stuff like that, but they looked nice. I'd recommend the West Side YMCA. If you're visiting NYC, you should be out doing stuff, not sitting around the room. It was everything we needed it to be.

Overall, it is better than expected. The room is relatively large and has all the necessary facilities. There is just a faint smell of food in the corridor. The main reason is that the renovation took a long time and the carpet should be replaced. The room was ok, no smell. Mainly because the location is very good 👍

Take Newark Airport Express for $ 18 from Newark Airport for 40 minutes, get off at Bryant Park Station and walk for 5 minutes to the hotel. I ’m a short-term business travel, so I value these five points: (1) The location of the hotel is very close to the exhibition I am going to, a 15-minute walk, (2) the price is cheap, (3) clean, (4) there are Breakfast, (5) 24-hour front desk service. Bed linen and other items are changed every day, even if I did not request it. Although it is a public toilet, it is right next door and clean. Breakfast is typical American: instant coffee, instant cocoa, tea, bread (cheese, jam), biscuits, fruits (banana, apple). I travel a lot so I can adapt to it. Some Chinese people may not be used to it. 5-15 minutes walk from the hotel can reach the nearby famous New York landmarks, such as: New York Library, Times Square, Javits Center, Empire State Building, Penn Station, Metropolitan Museum and so on. Overall, the price is very good, if the budget is low, it is recommended to try this hotel. The only regret is that my room is on the second floor, near the road, and it is lively at night. My next business trip to New York may still consider this hotel. If you are traveling with your family, the hotel also has a four-bed room, and the bathroom is for exclusive use. Consumption in New York is very expensive. For example, steak dinner in New York costs $ 200 for two people and New Jersey only costs $ 50.

There are free unlimited coffee and hot water refills in the hotel lobby. The buffet breakfast has too few varieties. The room is small and simple. It doesn't feel that it can match the room rate I paid. Maybe this is also the case on this prime road. It is convenient to travel. The Brooklyn Bridge is on the left when you go out. Turn right when you go out and walk for ten minutes to the Tongniu, 911 Site, World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty Pier, and the 1.2.3.4.5 subway station is convenient.

The transportation is convenient, it is less than 10 minutes' walk from the subway station and the train station. The hotel room is clean and tidy. The disadvantages are: 1. The sound insulation effect is poor, and the ringtone of the mobile phone in the next room can be heard. 2. The breakfast is relatively simple, after all, it is In the largest Chinese area in Flushing, New York, it would be nice to be able to eat buns and fried dough sticks.

Location is great, the rooms are tight, toilets clean. Its a deal for this price point just temper your overall expectations to what has been presented. Basically it works!

Choice Hotels promotes the Ascend Hotel Collection as ”historic, boutique and one of a kind”. The L Hotel is in no way a “boutique”. Though not built that long ago, it is getting run down and has small rooms and limited facilities. It does have its advantages: comfotable beds, convenient location, reasonable prices for NYC, and free parking. But it has embassingly bad breakfasts that often run out of bagels and bread, leaving you to choose from bad muffins or limited cereal options. It feels like the operators are consciously underinvesting to take the most that they can out of the business. It's tolerable, but set your expectations before arriving.

Blink and you'll miss it, but the Jazz Columbus Circle is right there near 56th and 8th, between the LenWich and Wendy's. There's no branding or signage on the door or even the front desk but, trust me, it's there and you're at the right place. Pack a towel. New health measures mean they don't provide those anymore. They make coffee in the mornings, but the equipment isn't maintained well, and there's always a supply of bagels, but there's no way to know how long those have been there. If you bring home a doggy bag from your dinner out, you can store it in the communal fridge but there's no way to heat your leftovers back up as the microwave is out of order. Need a glass of water in the middle of the night? The fridge dispenses filtered water. You'll just be waiting a while, though, as it dispenses it at an extremely slow trickle. An extremely slow trickle was also how the sink worked in my dorm's bathroom. More water leaked onto the floor than flowed into the sink for the simple task of washing my hands. At least there were no issues with the shower. As for the toilet, the handle was loose and needed to be pulled carefully and securely each time. In the bedroom, you're provided a place for your head, a couple hooks for your things and a small locker. Bring a lock, unless you didn't pack any valuables and believe wholeheartedly in the honor system. It's winter and the AC is still in the window, but the draft won't affect you as the heat works exceptionally well. What doesn't work well is the hostel's WiFi. The city's is faster and easier to connect to. At the end of the day, it's an inexpensive stay at a youth hostel a couple blocks from Columbus Circle proper. You get what you pay for.