The Absolute worst hotel in my history of hotel stays. I have stayed in many hotels, mainly Westins, Marriots, Sheratons, Hiltons, many like those. But this one takes the cake. The place advertised cheap, renovated rooms, private baths and so on. But they forget to mention they are filthy and grotesque!!! The place itself is located right next door to a gentlemens club where strippers hang around outside all day. As soon as you enter, you see neon lights and cheap old, chairs. The men at the door who greet you are the only good thing about it. The woman at the front desk was rude and inconsiderate. She first told us we couldn't go up to our rooms yet because it was about an hour before check in. So we demanded and got our key. We should have just turned back when she said it was too early. But they don't give refunds, AT ALL. So we get on the elevator, poor excuse for one anyway, when we get off, it looks like one of those bad films shot in the worst neighborhoods of NY. The hallways are barely big enough for two people to walk close to each other, the paint is chipped or gone, the floors are horrible, the lighting is scary and the door was aweful. Looked as if I could break it down without much effort. So we get into the room and we all drop our mouths. YUCK! Two double beds so close to each other there is practically no room to walk in between. Carpet that hasn't been cleaned in over 7 years, Curtains which looks like I bought it from a man standing OUTSIDE of the dollar store and the bed and "comforter" are so old your completely grosed out. The sheets looked as if they were washed recently, but the rest of the place was so disgusting, that you didnt even want to take off your shoes, let alone sleep on the bed. And the bathroom!!! WOW, the bathtub is one of those that were painted so all the paint was off or chipped and the toilet was the same. Someone had actually used the bathroom (Number 2) right before we got there. GROSS! We stayed the night since we pretty much didnt have a choice. After a long day of shopping and eating, we kind of didnt care anymore since we were stuck and it was only for one night. But then at night, UGH! There was this loud noise that sounded, at first like someone screaming, then later we figured out that it wasn't, but we still don't know that it definitely wasnt. I offered to pay for a stay at the Sheraton, but we decided to stick it out. The next day, we all had to use flip flops to shower with, and threw them away after, no one wanted to touch those things, let alone bring them back home. And when we checked out, it was the same RUDE woman. And they wouldnt even let us hold our bags there until actual checkout time since we got up early to shop some more. OVERALL WORST HOTEL EVVVVVEEEERRRR!!! DONT, I REPEAT DON'T EVER STAY HERE. IT'S NOT WORTH ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY. PAY THAT EXTRA AMOUNT AND STAY SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE, ELSE!!! PLEASE!!!! I WISH WE TOOK PICTURES BECAUSE THE PICTURES THEY HAVE OF THIS HOTEL MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN IT OPENED. SO DECEIVING!!!

The place hasn't been renovated probably sice the 50's they just slap new paint on things now and then. Someone had PAINTED the porcellain tub with PAINT and the paint was peeling off in curls where the water from the showerhead hit it. we had 2 double beds. Mine was incredibly worn out and had a huge depression in it. I tossed and turned all night and woke up every hour thinking it was the lousy condition of the mattress. The bites didn't start to show up until late morning the next day. I had huge welts all over me under my arms across my chest, up my back in a line along the inside of my thigh with about 20 bites int hat line. The bites itch and burn and swell and stay with you for about 2-3 weeks. My daughter had them on her arms and back. We should have been clued in as we were checking in some German students were at the front desk complaining that mice had gotten inside their luggage and eaten food that was in the bags. The woman who was supposedly the manager was extreemly ignorant and lacked the ability to comprehend or speak English.

I am very frugual and I read all the bad reviews, so I have no one to blame but myself. I thought to myself that even if it's really bad it's just a roof over my head and I'll be in the city all day. It's just to sleep at night.
I have to say this is by far the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. It should be shut down by the board of health. I was spared but my friend got a rash even though we brought our own sleeping bags. The bathroom made me want to vomit. And I am by no means a clean freak - far from it. But when you see the tiles blackened with mold it's pretty disgusting. On a good note: We didn't see any cockroaches:-)
I will never stay there again. Not even if they offered me a free room.

It was the Obama and The McCann Election
We arrived at the hotel, not looking for perfection..
Floor 21 room, long dark corridor, room at the end...
no place to stay alone, always bring a friend..

We were tired, we had had a long flight,
on checking in, our senses were not aware of our plight,
five minutes in the room, we began to sense the gloom,
the hotel was a hellhole,
cockroaches, mice, rats, bedbugs that could eat your soul,
drug barons and women of the night, it was a scary movie,full of fright, we spent some dollars to stay in the hotel full of horrors..

The hotel should be called "at your own peril"
where you can meet a girl or a rat named sheryl
if you want to tell a story for years to come
stay in this hotel of hundrum

we stayed five nights that says a lot
we shared a room with a rat and we tolerated the grot
only because we did not want to waste precious time
we were in NY a city sublime...

but we now have learnt you must read the reviews
to avoid the hotel carter and avoid the blues
for the ones who say its ok... it really is not
if you want to enjoy New York... this is Not the Place to Plot!