I had a really great experience with Sonder the Dutch. It’s in a very accessible location close to the city and public transportation. The train is a few blocks away, there’s many options by the train for food, etc. The rooms are decent sized (for NYC standards) and have everything you need. This is a new building and has multiple outdoor spaces. The view of the city is beautiful! Underneath where the clothing rack is, you’ll find extra towels, toilet paper, the hairdryer. I luckily was able to get early check-in, which I was really grateful for! I got the approval notification from my request pretty much when I arrived.
The only cons I have are:
- I received conflicting information prior to my stay. I reached out via text and the Sonder app and I was told that unfortunately there was not luggage storage and no hair dryer and was given a third party app to potentially hold my things prior to check in. I reached out through Airbnb and I was told that in fact there is luggage storage on site. I booked through the third party recommendation just in case there really wasn’t luggage storage. Since I could not confirm until the day-of, the third party storage company doesn’t allow refunds for same-day. Because of miscommunication, I was out of the money that I put down for that in case I needed it. I would suggest to make sure that your information for this location is correct across all platforms.
- this is a minor thing, but I ended up packing a hairdryer because I was told there was not one, when in fact the room did have a hairdryer.
- At the time I’m writing this, there is currently construction nearby so during the weekdays you may hear the noise from it.
- Also, there’s a church across the street so you’ll occasionally hear the church bells ringing.
Not too many cons but just wanted to give a heads up :) I would totally stay again and definitely want to check out other locations.