My wife and I were visiting the city for a weekend due to work travel circumstances and since it was the first weekend of Dec and short notice we had difficulty finding a reasonable accommodation, that is until we found Alana's place and reserved it.
The apartment:
The apartment was very cozy and decorated nicely. It actually looks better in person than in the pictures. We found everything we needed. We didn't cook but the kitchen utensils, tableware, etc was all there. As you can see in the pictures there was a fridge, oven, microwave, etc. Plenty of air fresheners throughout the apartment made everything smell welcoming and pleasant. The apartment is uptown on a 4th floor with an elevator so it was easy to get in and out of.
The living room area:
Comfy enough sofa. Didn't spend too much time in the area. Was very warm. Felt roomy for 2 people in Manhattan.
The bedroom:
Very comfortable bed. Not too soft and didn't feel like we were sinking. I slept so well i missed my alarm. Bedroom has a lot of her stuff in it, half of the chest of drawers are available to use and the closet was not available. Not a problem for us.
Bathroom:
Super hot shower, great water pressure. Toilet clean and sparkly. Sink was white and worked good. Nice new towels were provided. There were makeup remover wipes and cotton pads and some other lady stuff.
Location:
Great uptown location. 5 min walk to the C line which took us all the way to downtown and only took 20 min to get to LGA airport Sunday morning by car. 10 min walk to Whole foods with lots of lunch/food/wine options and Target across the street. There wasn't much noise except for the normal city noises, didn't hear much of any of the neighbors.
Overall we had great stay. It felt like visiting a friend and staying at a friend's house for the weekend. It was much nicer than the hotel we stayed at the night before. I would stay here again, 100%.