Pod 51

Good location, small rooms, thin walls

Everything was great with the exception of our next door neighbour, who chained smoked both in his room and in the communal bathroom. He was on his cell phone constantly at all hours of the night, talking loud and sometimes yelling while going between his room and the bathroom to smoke. We complained twice to front desk staff who didn't appear to do anything about it as it went on for 4 days.

Clean. Private bathroom in our room. Accessible rooftop. Worked well for our spontaneous day in New York. Noise from hallway. High traffic from shared bathroom.

Cool rooms. Everything is small but clean. Check-in/Check-out was painless and the staff members I spoke to seemed friendly. Fun experience for one night. Everything is small, the rooms, the lobby, the elevators, the bathroom, the beds. Might feel cramped after one night. Hallway noise and the fact that I was sleeping so close to the door made it tough to sleep well.

The hotel is great for people that wants to explore NYC. We usually sleep for like 5-6 hours everyday. The housekeeing personal was lovely and great. Check in was much early that expected! Everything was good but the bunk beds were a little bit too tiny. Also they don't have "Do not disturb" signs. They couldn't made my special request. I only asked for balloons in the room because it was my first anniversary with my partner. Everything else was great.

Relatively inexpensive compared to other NYC hotels. Very clean. Great neighborhood with lots of restaurant and bar options. Bed was comfy except there was no headboard due to the configuration of the room. Great rooftop lounge area and nice little snack area in lobby. It is a very cramped (altho efficiently organized) space especially if there is more than one person in the room. I wouldn't stay there more than one or two nites.