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**DO NOT STAY HERE!** You will never get a chance to sleep because of the crazy loud noise! Whether there’s a construction area nearby or an unloading center, heavy equipment is operating all night long, and the noise is so loud that even earplugs don’t help. Our nights were chaotic; I felt extremely frustrated and exhausted, like someone who hadn’t slept in five days. I don’t understand why there’s no information about this on their website or why the staff doesn’t inform you in advance, but we strongly do not recommend this place. Overall, the location is great, and the accommodation is quite nice, but there are no hooks in the bathroom, and we couldn’t find anywhere to hang our towels.

*Worst value in NYC* The rooms are small, very loud, and look like they’re from the ‘70’s. The room was $500 per night, see the photos below. The bathroom didn’t include any amenities, just soap. Staff were very friendly but value for the room is shocking, I would never recommend Sohotel.

1) CONSTRUCTION NOISE: We were not notified of construction noise ahead of booking. A construction site directly across from the room generated excessively loud noise starting at 7:00 AM. When I reported the issue, staff advised that I would need to upgrade the room for an additional $30 per night to be relocated. 2) DISAPPOINTING FRONT DESK: Service requests were often delayed or forgotten. For example, when I requested a missing hair dryer late at night, it was not delivered until the following morning. 3) FEES FOR STORING LUGGAGE: Charging $2.25 for luggage storage on the day of departure was unexpected, as this service is typically complimentary at most accommodations.

My stay at the Stanyon Park Hotel was necessary as a family member was an inpatient at at UCSF which is within walking distance. I met my House keeper on my day early check out by random occurrences in the hallway. She was incredibly polite and thoughtful; in asking me specific questions about care needs for my room. I explained I was checking out early so her thoughts were appreciated but not necessary. The rest of the staff seemed to only be there for the purpose of working; not for the needs of customers. All or most of the rooms at the Stanyon Park Hotel face inward upon each other at some point; like a horse shoe. This causes many issues. From sounds that carry ( voices, music, children screaming, personal sounds, phone calls etc.) , the inability to open the window shades for lack of privacy, ( you see directly into one another’s room. So there is a huge feeling of isolation at the very least to confinement. There are no pictures on the walls and this picture is mis leading; it really shows the shear inner Roman Shade partially lifted, as they do not lift all the way, with the view of the building across the way. Nothing more. The windows themselves , though part of the vintage “ charm” were an issue for me personally. As the are sash window that physically moves up and down; they are easy to become unbalanced from side to side as the move up and down. Causing them not to sit all the way to the bottom of the sill; leaving a open air gap. Well; the week I was there; it dropped to 37 degrees! The small baseboard radiator style unit heater takes a significant amount of time to heat the room! ( even at full on!) Speaking of the windows…my bathroom window was opaque with no shade whatsoever! This meant that once darkness fell; no light could be used in the bathroom for any bathroom routine! As everything would be silhouetted in that opaque window for all to see! Same for the morning shower routine! I looked out the ally and could see the other bathroom windows had Roman Shades. Seeing that this was the case; on two separate occasions, I asked the front desk to have this investigated. The morning girl looked at me like I was making a peculiar request to have a window covering in the restroom for privacy! Then she explained that it would most likely not be done for some reason about screws being placed in the walls. I had to explain to her; that shades are in fact, installed in the window itself, and not the wall. So she finally “ got it” and agreed to have the maintenance person drop by the room. In not having heard a report, by the next morning, I asked again. Same thing. This front desk person did not understand what opaque was. By this time; I was getting pretty fed up with these two. So I said; how would you like to shower or go potty with a back light behind you to where everyone can see you? And I added; the rest of the rooms have them and right now I am showering in the dark! She only agreed to pass along my message to maintenance just to appease my request. Suffice it to say. Absolutely nothing was done about my request. Nothing was said to me about this awful and what I would call unacceptable inconvenience. When I was checking out, a full day early, two men were behind the counter. An older woman was trying diligently to find a room for 1 night at the last minute. Do you think they gave her my room? ( with the hotel booked up.) Nope…..even with an excuse of their computers showing blocks of rooms being taken blah blah….they, as human beings, knew I was checking out early, and it was available. Bad Form Dudes! I can Honestly say…Run, Run Far away from this Hotel.

Clean if smallish rooms. Front desk Millennials clueless. A bit noisy at night. Great location though! One block from Union Square. Not a bad base for exploring The City. Good online rates. Walking around town is very nice but steep! Built in 1909. Nicely renovated. Thanks

"mini bar" was missing a milky way when i arrived; despite my having immediately alerted hotel staff upon my discovery of said missing milky way, I nevertheless discovered a $3.25 charge tacked sneakily onto my bill! room wasn't clean enough, the duvet needed to be removed from service because of staining; nothing impressive here except for the photographer's ability to make dingy and lower than expected ceiling feel bright and airy! . when i checked in (for a single night stay), i requested a late checkout. the hotel obliged, although i don't understand why the guest after me in the queue was told 1230 while i was told 12 was the latest possible time available. besides this, the staff were all quite friendly and down to earth. i had an incredibly disappointing experience with the hotel manager. Under-confident as the leader of a workplace, the manager here claims their authority over others by putting them down. He was immature, disrespectful, expressed a contempt for guests as burdens, and called me names while attempting to save face while reversing a surcharge on my bill despite his initial insistence that he would not. Onlooking staff remained courteous but quiet, not wanting to get dragged into the manager's fit of frustration. I made a valid request, was right to have done so, and was met with the manager's attempt to steamroll me while making false/unfounded claims regarding my moral fibre. The hotel didn't need 3 people working, anyhow. I would fire the manager and promote the girl who checked me, since she demonstrated good understanding of hotel operations and intuitive understanding of guest requests. If you are looking for a bed and a shower and single serve pumpkin pie flavor coffeemate creamers and you want a cheap room with bad natural light, then this is your place! tldr; half star for the decent cable channel selection (which includes SHOWTIME~!) gets rounded up to one star.

For the price you pay this place is amazing. The beds are very comfortable. The location is fantastic. You can walk to a lot of major sites to see like time square, Central Park and broadway shows and transportation is nearby easy to get to, there are tons of places for eating all hours of the night. The only downfall we had was we could hear the traffic outside our window (9th floor) all hours of the night and the AC/heater fan was very loud and the walls are very thin where we could hear our neighbors on either side. We’re heavy sleepers and was exhausted both nights so it didn’t really bother our sleep before a light sleeper that might be an issue.

Review rating: 5.0

The hotel was fine, but they gave me a room with an impressive noise from an engine and I could not sleep, they changed it for a disastrous one. Dirty and the curtain broken. I didn't like it at all.

Review rating: 3.0

**DO NOT STAY HERE!** You will never get a chance to sleep because of the crazy loud noise! Whether there’s a construction area nearby or an unloading center, heavy equipment is operating all night long, and the noise is so loud that even earplugs don’t help. Our nights were chaotic; I felt extremely frustrated and exhausted, like someone who hadn’t slept in five days. I don’t understand why there’s no information about this on their website or why the staff doesn’t inform you in advance, but we strongly do not recommend this place. Overall, the location is great, and the accommodation is quite nice, but there are no hooks in the bathroom, and we couldn’t find anywhere to hang our towels.

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*Worst value in NYC* The rooms are small, very loud, and look like they’re from the ‘70’s. The room was $500 per night, see the photos below. The bathroom didn’t include any amenities, just soap. Staff were very friendly but value for the room is shocking, I would never recommend Sohotel.

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1) CONSTRUCTION NOISE: We were not notified of construction noise ahead of booking. A construction site directly across from the room generated excessively loud noise starting at 7:00 AM. When I reported the issue, staff advised that I would need to upgrade the room for an additional $30 per night to be relocated. 2) DISAPPOINTING FRONT DESK: Service requests were often delayed or forgotten. For example, when I requested a missing hair dryer late at night, it was not delivered until the following morning. 3) FEES FOR STORING LUGGAGE: Charging $2.25 for luggage storage on the day of departure was unexpected, as this service is typically complimentary at most accommodations.

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