Pod 51

Gute Lage, guter Preis

Der Preis war niedrig-isch

Mein Zimmer roch es nach Katzenurin. Die Dusche war im Flur.

At $--- a night this hotel has the worst price value relationship of any hotel I have stayed in in NY. Shared bathroom and bunk beds. Tiny room. A bad joke.

The location and the rooftop (which is actually quite smaller in person than the pictures suggest)

The rooms were like dorm rooms, so tiny and they pushed the small bed up against the wall like a dorm. Very unappealing aesthetically. The bed was also so uncomfortable. The staff was also very dry and they made it so difficult to check in/out.

Room and facilities were clean

Arrived after travelling 26hrs from Australia. We were tired and keen for a shower. Tried 4 different shared bathrooms on our floor and none had hot water. Went down stairs to ask the staff member at the desk (couldn’t call reception from the room phone). Guy at the desk brushed it off, told me to wait for the water to get hot. It didn’t. Next morning we asked again, they told us they were aware and it would be fixed by 12-1pm. We accept this and understand it is not the receptionists fault. I call at 2pm, they tell us it will be around 7-7:30pm. We head back at 11pm to find there is still no hot water. The next morning at 7am when there is still no hot water we pull the pin and move hotels. Pod51 gave me the rest of my money back for the stay and gave me a discount of $50USD but I had to ask for all of this. Could’ve been handled much better on the very first night we were there. It’s a shame we had a bad experience, if the water was good, it would’ve been great

The location was really great in Manhattan. Close to public transportation. Generally the rooms and shared bathroom were kept clean. The coffee at the cafe in the hotel was great and service was generally friendly.

Unfortunately, during the time of our stay, there was an issue with the water system and we didn’t have any hot water for three days. They kindly waived the “facility fees” at checkout, I’m assuming for all affected guests. However, I was also covered in bed bug bites which started to appear the day of checkout. We were staying in a bunk bed and only I had the bites. Luckily my partner was not affected on the top mattress. I emailed the hotel about the experience, but have not heard back from them.

Location was good, I like the view in rooftop. Personnel was kind. Room was small but it was ok for me, I liked it.

Only thing that i didnt like about the room was cleaning. We saw hairs on pillow.. and we slept without pillow because of it. And its a little problem but, body wash bottle was empty. I hope they can change the sheets and pillow cases and refill bottles next time