Washington Square Hotel

11/01/10

Good hotel for NY price

by traveler8

Small rooms but didn't spend much time there.The location is great for getting around. Staff was very accomodating when the first room we were assigned had sagging beds. They gave us another room which was fine. Only ate the provided breakfast which was good but wish that breakfast started earlier than 7:30

06/14/10

Great Hotel

by Alexis Sehring

This was a great place to stay. Me and my family had the best time. Great location, great staff, good food, and the rooms were very nice.

• Pros: Great rooms, nice people.

08/06/08

Grotty, unpleasant staff and horrible breakfast

by beckstar35

The best thing about New York is the service - but not here.

You are pretty much ignored from the moment you step in till the moment you leave. No thank you after you pay. No bell boy, no assistance whatsoever provided to you once you check in.

Lugged bags through heavy door, up wrong set of lifts, couldn't find room - was not told I should have used other lifts.

Cleaning staff dont know how to clean. breakfast was HORRIBLE and not even worth $1. Best thing - Babbo across the road. Stayed there for 9 nights and really was so unimpressed wtih it. The cafe downstairs was actually shut most afternoons and I ate in the restaurant once - and was the only person in there. Had to flag down a girl to serve me - she was too busy chatting to her other wait staff, and then when the bill came they charged me for 2 extra glasses of wine - and when I questioned them didn't even get an apology.

Really noisy airconditioner that intermittently switches itself off and on during the night.

TV was really old and had terrible reception.

Really - pay the extra and get a better breakfast, better service and better facilities. Not worth it at all.

Only good thing was the proximity to everything.

• Pros: Proximity to everything
• Cons: Room, service, breakfast, airconditioner, staff, restaurant, bar, dirty

05/19/08

Great room for the price

by kschab

You're lucky to get a decent room with your own bathroom in Manhattan for $250/nite but this is the place! quaint lobby, nice staff. Our room was clean with new linens. Furniture was new-ish. Classy decore. Loved the 1940's feel. There was a TV. Not much of a view. Doorman was very kind and helpful but didnt offer to take our bags to the room. Halls were narrow and elevator small so our big bags were awkward. Only down side was the really small rooms. Ours was approx 12' x 12' - Just big enough for our bags. We couldnt really unpack since there wasnt a dresser (the vanity table was good to get ready at but no storage) and the closet was just big enough for a suit and a couple dresses. The bathroom was tiny too. But heck, we were in Manhattan! Who needs to spend time in their rooms? The location is excellent - we walked to 5th Ave and University Place and found many shops/eateries. There also was a few pizza places open within walking distance for our 2am hunger. It is close to a university so most of the people in the closer establishments were of college age. We didnt eat in the resteraunt but had a cocktail (a little weak for the price).. Babbo's is across the street - yum! Room service was good - they waited until later in the day to clean up (us west-coasters sleep in late due to the time change). The subway system is close by which made traveling easy and inexpensive. The staff called a car for us to get to the airport early AM on a Monday and we were driven in a great Ford Escalade. I was nervous about this place since there were not any good, recent reviews but my friend did a walk-by and gave us the thumbs up. I would recommend it especially if budget is an issue but next time will save more $$ to stay uptown.

• Pros: Price, location, comfy bed, quaint - not like the typical best-western
• Cons: small rooms/halls. Pipes in the walls were noisy at night but we are good sleepers

02/07/08

Semi Clean Dump

by tmmrd

Check in was OK. The doorman was too busy listening to his iPod to bother with the door so make sure you can manage your bags and the door at the same time. The room was small, not very clean, and everything was really old. It somehow seemed sterile, though because the walls were completely white and barren. The bed was horrible. It was supposed to be a deluxe queen and two pillows barely fit across the bed next to each other. It was lumpy and more like a cot. I even called the desk to ask if they put us in the right room. Our "view" was a boarded up building. The whole place needs to be updated. We went to the bar at 11:30 pm and barely made last call. So much for the city that never sleeps. (NOTE: They added 18% gratuity to our bill.) The continental breakfast is homogenous fruit salad that tastes like the plastic bucket it was delivered in. (I work in foodservice - it's not fresh fruit). There are also blah bages and muffins. Upon check out, they didn't ask how the stay was so I didn't bother telling them. The best part is the location for the price. There aren't many resonably priced hotels in the Village.

• Pros: location
• Cons: everything else