DON'T BRING FOOD BACK TO THE ROOM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF ATTRACTING ROACHES OVERNIGHT! The listing should be called "the roach studio" instead because there is nothing zen about waking up in the middle of the night to find out it was infested with creepy crawlers! After booking a 4-day stay here, now on my 3rd day at 3 am I woke up to multiple roaches in the kitchenette area. After immediately notifying the host (bad idea)Val the host sounded very concerned and tried to rectify the issue by telling me she would spray around the area and offered a partial refund if I decided to stay or leave. Well, things turned around quickly when I notified Val I would no longer continue my stay at the listing because I feared bringing roaches back home to my family! Let me add this was the first night I ate at the listing and left a foil wrapper out in the kitchenette area, the same area where garbage cans are located underneath the cabinets. The host became upset with my decision to leave and now the partial refund offered became an " I am not sure". I then notify Airbnb of this issue, along with sending pictures and videos of the roaches. Val then began to accuse me of attracting roaches overnight, leaving the room in a dissatisfying condition (food everywhere), and now breaking a shelf! All of which is untrue! Forward to the aftermath of having to find a hotel to stay in for the remaining days in NYC during memorial day wknd and spending the rest of my trip trying to get a refund I am owed! However, the host's main concern was to rebook the room, sending me multiple messages to accept her refund offer of one night to clear her calendar. One night not even enough to cover the additional costs caused by all of the inconvience. A super host turned out to be a horrible host!! Also, something else I would like to point out is the courtyard is filled with no smoking signs everywhere, yet the entrance to the listing is in between a hookah bar, not very logical. Lastly, I would like to add I am already well aware of how condescending Val is so I'm sure she's going to try and validate some false points to cover herself as she already did. However, I am providing the truth so the next person does not have to deal with the nightmare I've dealt with from this host! So please be aware and be sure to document everything if you still decide to stay at this listing!