This is very much a mixed review. The host was very nice and overall communicative. The room was as advertised. It was clean and had all the basic no-frill necessities. The bathroom shower had some mildew/mold in the glue, which was a tad off putting, but other than that,, the bathroom was fine. That being said, as a single female traveler on this trip I would have liked to have read review from that prospective. The neighborhood is a bit iffy. I got an Uber from the airport and the Uber driver told me not to go out at night and she looked worried for me. When I walked into the home, it was fine, but as I went down the stairs into the unfinished basement, it made me nervous. There was a hole in the wall covered by a haphazard cloth and I felt slightly as if I were stepping into a horror film. The next day I set out to get on public transit to Manhattan and I was heckled and hit on in a predatory manner several times in the few block walk to the bus stop. I ended up getting another Uber to Newark Penn station to go into the city because I was anxious and tired of being yelled at from passing cars and people on the street. All of this to say that if you are a man looking for a no frills room and a deal, this may be your speed, but for a cautious single female traveler- it might not be.