This apartment was generally a good deal for the neighborhood and for the sq footage, which is super rare to find anywhere in Manhattan. Overall I would probably not stay again, but it's not a bad spot if you're looking for a deal.
Pros: Really nice amount of space for an apt in the LES. Also a really nice location - really accessible to the subway and I always felt safe walking around the neighborhood. A really short walk to lots of stores.
The back patio was also nice to have and the building felt secure. Rachel was easy to communicate with regarding my arrival time, and there were a ton of linens provided which was really nice to have.
Cons: Though there are two beds, the larger bed in the larger bedroom is extremely uncomfortable. I am used to camping/sleeping on the ground and this was honestly a little worse. The bed frame is fine and has the very popular bed slats in lieu of a box spring, but the super super thin mattress meant that we could feel the individual bed slats beneath us and it was pretty unbearable. During my two week stay I only had a friend visit for 2 nights, which is fortunate because I don't think any of us would have been able to sleep on that bed any longer than that.
Additionally, the living/dining furniture is all pretty much not the same as the furniture pictured. Usually I wouldn't care if they were comparable swaps, but the couch pictured appeared to be much nicer than the new one and the desk pictured is missing entirely. I asked Rachel about this and she said I could just work from the kitchen table, which is true, but I picked this Airbnb in part because there was a separate dedicated workspace and I'd be working remotely during my stay.
The kitchen sink is also really blocked and drains so slowly that even when washing your hands water accumulates, let alone trying to do dishes. I told Rachel about this on the first day of my stay and she said she'd check on it but never did. Note that though there is a stove top there is no oven which is fine, but there is a toaster oven pictured but not one in the actual unit (though there is a pop up toaster, but that's not quite as helpful as a substitute for an oven). There was a random assortment of cookware (some with broken handles and should be thrown out), and many of the plates/pans needed a cleaning before we used them.
One of the sets of lights also didn't work and Rachel said she's check on it, but she did not. In general the place was pretty clean, but there was lots of hair in the bathroom and quite a lot of stuff stuck to the walls.