My husband and I chose Mario's place for our first ever NY experience, and we are so glad we did! The place is clean and close to everything. It's a short walk to the subway or numerous shops and yummy restaurants. Mario and his wife are also super communicative and hospitable. They do live upstairs so there is some noise from that, but we have kids so we are used to it. Overall a great stay, and we plan on staying again when we come back.