The best part of this AirBnB was the great communication from the host. Super kind and quick to respond. But we wouldn’t recommend this place to a friend, nor would we stay here again. If we had know that it was going to be this disappointing, we would have just stayed in a hotel. A hotel in an even better location would have been the same price.. After we got here, I felt guilty that I insisted we stay in an Airbnb over getting a hotel, it just wasn’t worth it.
The most disappointing part of this AirBnB was walking in the first day. The lock/door was awkward and seemed wrong. You cannot close the screen door and the front door, only one can be closed and latched at a time (which isn’t too difficult of a fix, just a smaller doorknob would fix it). The lock was crooked and awkward to use. The Airbnb looked nothing like the photos. We picked this place because it looked cozy and comfortable. It really wasn’t a comfortable stay, at all. The couch was different than the one pictured and scratchy, no ottoman, and no second ottoman like the pictures show under the TV. No big area rug in the couch area like the photos show. No throw blankets or extra blankets in the bedroom which was a bummer. No lamps in the living room, so the overhead light or nothing had to be on. Dining table was fine.
The bedroom was the biggest disappointment. You first open the door and it hits the bed and stops before it opens very far. The bed is NOTHING like the photos. It’s a rickety metal frame and squeaks whenever it’s touched or moves. The squeaking is extra frustrating when you’re tossing and turning on the uncomfortable bed. We both struggled to fall asleep in the bed both nights, even though we were exhausted by the time we finally went to bed. The ‘nightstands’ are just cheap and rickety things that we only used to carefully set our phones on. We were so excited for how comfy the room looked in the photos, but yet again, it was just plain uncomfortable and a complete let down. The AC was okay, it was a window unit and worked well enough for us to not get too hot. We did use the fan in the living room to circulate the AC from the bedroom to the living room. The extra box fan in the closet didn’t work in the outlet I tried it in, so not sure if it worked at all. And like I previously mentioned, there was no extra bedding. So if you like to have extra blankets then you’d have to bring your own.
The bathroom was fine, a different shower curtain than advertised, but that didn’t bother us. The complimentary shampoo, conditioner, and body wash weren’t super fancy or anything, but they smelled SO good! The hand soap container wasn’t great, it shot soap out in different directions and in teeny tiny amounts. And the toilet paper just plain sucked, but not sure if they have sensitive plumbing that needs super thin toilet paper or something.
There were some dishes and I think a pot and pan that could be used, but we did not use them. A bunch of the cupboards were locked, which is understandable, but was a bit off putting. There was a gas stove/oven, small microwave, coffee maker with coffee, a small blender, and the fridge. The fridge had a brita water pitcher/filter thing and there were a couple trays of ice in the freezer.
This was in a decent location, you’re super close to a lot of stuff and it’s an easy walk around all of Little Italy! The con of the location is it is right off of a very busy road and is right next to a house full of super loud people (they were right outside the window yelling obscenities at each other and just being obnoxious until at least 2 AM both nights we were there).
The Airbnb itself was very clean when we got to check in and smelled like it was freshly cleaned and sanitized. There were a couple bugs we saw that looked like they could have been baby cockroaches, but there were only 2 and they were so small we couldn’t tell for sure before we smooshed them.
So overall, it was a disappointment and we would not recommend or stay there again.