Google Maps
Complaint signal is 7.4%.
Praise signal is 39.0%.
Baseline signal is 8.4%.
Delta vs baseline is -1.0 points.
Topic
What hotel reviews say about location in New York, United States
Location appears in 7.0% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.
Tripadvisor is below the baseline by 1.8 percentage points.
- Confidence
- 44,696
- Reviews analyzed
- Last update
- September 16, 2026
- 2 platforms in the sample
At a glance
Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.
This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.
Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.
Google Maps
Signal balance: +31.7pp
Complaint signal
7.4%
Praise signal
39.0%
Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +39.5pp
Complaint signal
6.5%
Praise signal
46.0%
How this market compares
Compare this subdivision with country-level Hotels patterns.
Largest gap:
Tripadvisor is below baseline by 1.8 points.
Google Maps
Country baseline
8.4%
Tripadvisor
Country baseline
8.3%
Platform-by-platform signal
Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.
Tripadvisor
Complaint signal is 6.5%.
Praise signal is 46.0%.
Baseline signal is 8.3%.
Delta vs baseline is -1.8 points.
Largest difference from baseline
This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.
Tripadvisor
1.8pp belowCurrent signal is below baseline by 1.8 points (current 6.5%, baseline 8.3%).
Google Maps
1.0pp belowCurrent signal is below baseline by 1.0 points (current 7.4%, baseline 8.4%).
What reviewers keep mentioning
These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.
Google Maps
Top complaints
A very big warning against the Da Vinci Hotel, which will be quite difficult to find as their quite dirty old front is somewhat hidden in the quite dirty street they're located in, and doesn’t reflect their prices.
Google Maps
Top complaints
Also, please note that unless you buy the most expensive category, which is often more expensive than the last-minute deals at the nearby Hilton and Marriott hotels, your room will face back walls and noisy restaurant fans, not a very charming situation.
Google Maps
Top complaints
The location is fine, you’re in Chinatown.
Google Maps
Top praises
Great location.
Google Maps
Top praises
Good location.
Google Maps
Top praises
Excellent location.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
The hotel is well located.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
The only positive is the location.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
$20 a night for parking was expensive.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location!
Representative review quotes
These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.
Google Maps
Praise quote
Great location and a great place to stay!
Review rating: 5.0
Tripadvisor
Complaint quote
Staff aside from this receptionist who tried his best as best he could, so hotel located on 55th but honestly to be avoided, money is talking no more no less....
Review rating: 1.0
Tripadvisor
Praise quote
I would like to highly recommend Elizabeth Cacovic, the guest relations manager at the Park central hotel.
Review rating: 5.0
What the signal means
Coverage
551 insight listings mention Location in this scope.
Signal strength
Complaint signal is 7.0% across available platforms.
Praise signal is 42.5% across available platforms.
Next step
Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.
Compare New York, United States with the national Hotels pattern to see what stands out locally.
Use the Location signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Hotels.
Evidence behind this topic
- Location groups review language such as location, parking, neighborhood, nearby, and area, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
- New York, United States, Hotels uses 44696 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 8 locality records, and 551 supporting insight listings for Location.
- Google Maps has the strongest complaint signal for Location at 7.4%, compared with a measured average of 7.0% across platforms.
- Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Location at 46.0%, compared with a measured average of 42.5% across platforms.
How reliable is this signal?
Check how much evidence is available and when it was last updated before relying on the finding.
Reviews analyzed
44,696
Collected reviews: 2,202,152 · Analysis coverage: 2.0%
Platforms covered
2
Last update
September 15, 2026
Reports behind this finding
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Google Maps
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New York · July 31, 2026
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Tripadvisor
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New York · July 31, 2026
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