We just got home from NYC, and we were really lucky for finding the Americana Inn Hotel for our stay. It's a low budget hotel located few blocks from Times Square and several other atractions. We stayed at a small double bed room, with shared bathroom and we were very concerned about that. But when we got there, we found out we didn't need to.The hotel is very clean, the house keepers work all day long. There is a restroom for each 2 rooms, so the restroom was always available (just like 3 bathrooms for each floor). The restroom was always very clean, and the shower is great. The bed room was very clean too, and there's a sink and an lcd tv on it. The bed was very confortable and sheets were new and very clean too. The hotel seems to care a lot about security, we felt really safe in there. I just don't recommend you to stay there during the summer time, because the bed room doesn't have airconditioning, but there's heating for the winter time. Employees were very kind and nice to us, helping in anything we needed. So I recommend you for sure to stay there, and to have a great time in NYC as we had.

Stayed at the from 4/24/8-4/26/8.

reserved 1 double bed room from approx $160 from expedia for the two days. The location of this hotel is excellent located a few blocks away from broadway, subways, empire, etc, and is the primary reason I stayed here.

There are 5 floors in the building and the lobby is located on the 2nd. To enter the building you have to buzz the front door and the front desk will let you in. There is a public computer with internet access for guess to use, and shared kitchens and several bathrooms on each floor. In addition the front desk service was very friendly and accomodating. For those of you squemish about using public bathrooms the bathrooms here were kept fairly decent, except for the first day in which the toilet needed a bit of a cleaning.

TIP: if you plan on using the shower make sure you bring some slippers.

We stayed in room 516. The room was decent, nothing out of the ordinary. Room consisted of 1 double bed, and lcd tv, a desk upon which a basket full of towels, soap etc was placed.
However we did not have a sink which you can see clearly on the pictures advertised on their website.

TIP: If you want a sink make sure you request one, also there are NO safety deposit boxes in the rooms.

PROS: We were out of the hotel for most of the day but when we did return, our rooms were cleaned and we were given fresh towels.

CONS: The walls of the room are not that thick and you might be able to hear your neighbours next door or vice a versa. Another thing to point out is that there is NO central air as the hotel was quite warm but there IS a noisy air conditioning unit located right behind the bed, making sleeping with the A/C on absolutely unbearable.

OVERALL: For the price and the location I would recommend this place. If you are used to all the creature comforts stick to a holiday inn.

I stayed at this hotel for 7 nights and had no problems during my stay. It is in a great location, a quick stroll to Times square, Macys, Rockefeller Centre, 5th Ave etc. The room was always clean when I returned in the afternoon. The bathroom was right next door, I never had to wait and it was always clean. The front desk staff were very helpful with queries on how to get to tourist attractions. The only complaint was that although the bed was comfortable it did make a lot of noise when I sat on it or rolled over. I think for the price, I paid about $150 a night it was great value in New York. I would stay here again.

The only reason tho choose this hotell is location which is perfect.

We booked early and paid almost 150$ /night and stayed for four nights. The booking was made through hotells.com.

The service and quality is redicolous. The cleaning lady never managed to get the number of towels right. Three days in a row we hade to ask for more towels and the excuse every time was that the cleaning lady was out of them on her cart and when she collected more she forgot. We made serveral complains but nothing happend.

The last two nights they cut the water because they hade a flooding on the third floor. That is maybe an emergency situation but they could have the curtesy to inform their guests of this situatuion.

If you ar there skip the airport shuttle that the hotell can book for you. He was late and drove like he had stolen the car. On top of that it was expensive. Take the airtrain from Penn-station if you ar going to Newark.

So final conclusion skip this hotell if you ar going to New York. Cheap yes but it is not worth it. Nothing works and when you tell the staff about it nothing improves.