BEWARE of this hotel as they will charge you what they call state taxes and a daily fee for their continental breakfast (which is not much of a breakfast at all) of approximately $200 more!!! Appalling, that Airbnb allows this to happen and condones it when you try to dispute this with them. The Airbnb listing did not state that they will charge the extra amounts at the hotel in the main body of their listing nor did they itemize it when you go to purchase and book the stay.
I was only disclosed these hidden fees when I booked the stay and a confirmation message was sent showing it was hidden under Airbnb's House Rules tab that you need to click on so that it shows a drop down menu. As far as I know, State taxes and other monetary charges are not house rules where I come from and in general. House rules would be rules of conduct; such as, keeping the room tidy, keeping noise down after a certain time, etc., not taxes and fees!!
When my friend and I got to the hotel and questioned front desk about the additional charges, he pulled out a piece of paper with the taxes listed and highlighted with the entire page laminated. OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE NOT THE FIRST COMPLAINERS OF THIS!! I told him that it was a snakeish way of scamming more money from customers. He agreed with me that it was snakeish but would not cancel/refund our booking.
Therefore, we ended up staying in the hotel because we could not afford to lose out all our money on this scam hotel. Let me tell you the place was not up to standards of what they charged. The sheets had holes all over them and when we asked the concierge to come have a look, he saw that they had holes as though eaten up by a critter and said "well, housekeeping is gone for the day." Our response was okay but give us new sheets at least...duh!
The garbage can had a huge burned out section to it. Disgraceful they still used it. The housekeeping would clean at 7 am and the hallway is small and there is no insulation of noise from the rooms to outside your door. They began slamming doors and talking loudly right outside our door, disrupting our sleep. The buffet is nothing but bagels, muffins and juice and they charge an additional $15 daily fee for that.
Another major thing is that under Airbnb, they go under a different name as Hudson Yards Hotel and, therefore, you can't even find the hotel by name, Casamia 36. They most likely do this because of all the bad reviews about the hotel and that they will scam your money!!! DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL OR YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!