This was a great spot for our first New York trip and I would recommend to anyone coming for the first time on a budget and if easy access to all the sights is a priority. Was super easy to navigate to everything we wanted to do from here via the subway or on foot. The shower was hot, the bed was fine, we felt safe the entire time.
The reviews about food and cigarette smells are true. They’re strongest in the hallways but you do get a faint odor in the room. We were only there to sleep so it wasn’t a real issue for us. We were able to drown out street noise with white noise on our phone when we slept. We were woken up one morning to someone using a saw and hammering on metal outside the door at 8 AM which wasn’t fun. I’m sure that’s not an every day issue but there was construction going on elsewhere in the building so be aware. We also weren’t able to utilize the free bag storage because of construction so had to pay to store them with the front desk.
Overall I’d still recommend, it was good value for what we paid.