We absolutely loved our stay at this historic building! Our room was very clean, and suprisingly large for the price we paid. We stayed in room 407, purple walls and two large windows that opened up to the crazy cool balcony outside... I spent more time enjoying that balcony than I did roaming the city...

It should be noted this is a bohemian, stylish, and artsy farsty community living in and staying in this hotel... young and old can enjoy this place, if you let yourself go... and you don't expect too much ( or expect a luxury hotel )

It can be a little noisy, 2 parties fired up on balconies next to ours, but instead of complaining... we just joined the party!

can't wait to go back next year, I hated to leave this place!

awesome hotel if you are not too high end.great piece of history.parties in the rooms,and interesting people to talk to.desk clerks cool once you get to know them just please dont ask about sid or nancy,i feel that hotel is famous for sid vicious and other musicians as well but when asked to stay in sids old room from say about 29 years ago staff acted like i killed someone.they say they demolished the room they just chang ed the room numbers.overall review super cool place.

I absolutely loved my stay at the Chelsea. Yes, the building is old and maybe a little creepy. But my room was clean and extremely spacious, especially for Manhattan standards. The price I got couldn't be beat and the neighborhood is the perfect location for great dinner and drinks. Of course, the history helps. It was definitely a thrill to wonder who had been in the room before me.

First of all: Staff was very friendly and accommodating. always in the mood to have a little chat with you. Nice bars and restaurants spread all over the next two blocks so no problem to grab a drink or something to eat (no restaurant/bar available in the hotel). And if you don´t mind a walk you can easily walk to the Times Square and all the downton tourist attractions (30-40 minutes). Easy to reach by subway from JFK airport.

The hotel itself, hmmm. I´m still not really sure whether I liked it or not ;-) The atmosphere is kind of cool, at least not the stereotype of an ordinary hotel. The permanant residents seem to be a bunch of "oddballs", had a couple of funny chats.

I defnitely liked the lobby and stairway, packed with pictures. You can feel the hotel´s famous history here. For NY our room was really big. Unexpectedly we had a kitchenette, which we didn´t use because it was far away from what I call clean.. At first glance, the rest of the room (including the bathroom) was relatively clean. But you better don´t doublecheck this ;-). Don´t look to much at the carpet, especially in the corners or into he drawers. But our bed and the bathroom were ok, and after all the horror-stories I´ve heard about "cheap" hotels in NYC I was satisfied with the room.

Of course it´s far away from the standard I know from German hotels, but I think for a NY hotel we found a nice place for a reasonable price with a unique atmosphere in a relaxed neiborhood and close to Manhattan´s tourist center.