A & Faye Bed and Breakfast — Hotel in New York

I was visiting the area with my gf for an event and we needed a place to stay. The host was rude and agitated from the start. When he showed us the bedroom and amenities I asked about the logistics of our stay in relation to other guests(sharing a small patio room, passcodes, bathroom, etc).

He erupted. Exclaiming, "Why do you ask so many questions! I've never been asked these kinds of questions before...please ONLY ask questions related to your stay here!"

I explained that, "We've never used a bed and breakfast before, so we want details for sharing spaces with the other guests...." I thought I was being reasonable, especially if we're sharing one bathroom per floor and an adjacent, unlocked, room connected to our bedroom.

He replied with a condescending chuckle, “You should be lucky we allow you to stay here! We don’t usually do ‘one night stay’. We’re doing you a favor.”

He showed us the keys for the room and asked if we wanted water. I said “No, thanks” as there were two bottles of water in the fridge, but he insisted and proceeded to head out the room to retrieve a pitcher. However, before he could reach the steps, I asked, “You mentioned the keys are for the room and the house. Which key unlocks what?” He gave me a smirk and said, “I don’t know, you’ll have to try it yourself.” “You don’t know?” “Just try them.” As he slowly heads out the room and heads to the steps to get water for us.

I grabbed the pair of keys. One had a silver body and a red plastic cover around the base and the other was a plain silver key. I inserted the latter of the two into our bedroom door and it worked fine. As the host is slowly navigating downstairs, he notices me using the silver key and suddenly remembers, “Oh! The red one should unlock the house then.” I wasn’t confident about his sudden realization of this information, so I quickly switched to the red covered key and also inserted it into our bedroom door with success. BOTH keys unlock our bedroom…Seems like a security risk.

I closed the door to speak privately and we’re already unsatisfied with the treatment and defensiveness of the host. He eventually came up with the pitcher of water and knocked on the door. I opened it wide. I saw him pour water into the pitcher on the nearby table and handed it to me at the door. As I set it down on the night stand in our bedroom, the host makes an inappropriate comment about my girlfriend's age. We are in our mid-twenties, one year apart. I won’t comment on exactly what he said, but it was enough for us to quickly plan our escape from his residence. He essentially implied if she was old enough to stay here, with a sly grin on his face. Commented back claiming how odd of a question that was and he said, “Just making sure. Enjoy your stay”. After I closed the door, we immediately looked for nearby hotels for the night. We were not staying there.

Maybe we met the host on an off day, but the reception was not welcome. I’d warn anyone from casually staying at the residence if they want to be...

A and Faye Review||This place is clean and in a great location but the owner can be unreliable and rude. As others have noted, it’s best to have a backup plan. ||Even if you made a reservation months in advance, and have an email confirmation, you may find out at the last minute that your room was given to someone else. When this happened to me it created a thick layer of stress during a trip that was already complicated and demanding.||Even if you have an email confirmation AND have paid a 50% deposit, you may arrive to find that your reservation had been forgotten, you weren’t expected, your room is not ready, and you must wait around for an hour before you can check in. ||Even if your email confirmation says check-in time is 1:00 pm, and even if you have sent both email and text messages stating your expected arrival time will be 2:30 pm, you may be told rudely when you show up that you’re there too early because check-in time is actually 3:00. ||You may be asked to provide four numbers to use for your personal door entry code and to repeat them as you watch the code being programmed, but then return later to find that code doesn’t work. When you ring the doorbell instead, and explain your predicament, you may be told extremely rudely, as if you’re an idiot, that the code is actually four other numbers you supplied in the form of an old phone number when you made the reservation three months earlier. You were somehow expected to know this. After being treated so badly I won’t return. Also be aware that there is a $75/room cleaning fee that is additional to the rates noted on...

A and Faye Review||This place is clean and in a great location but the owner can be unreliable and rude. As others have noted, it’s best to have a backup plan. ||Even if you made a reservation months in advance, and have an email confirmation, you may find out at the last minute that your room was given to someone else. When this happened to me it created a thick layer of stress during a trip that was already complicated and demanding.||Even if you have an email confirmation AND have paid a 50% deposit, you may arrive to find that your reservation had been forgotten, you weren’t expected, your room is not ready, and you must wait around for an hour before you can check in. ||Even if your email confirmation says check-in time is 1:00 pm, and even if you have sent both email and text messages stating your expected arrival time will be 2:30 pm, you may be told rudely when you show up that you’re there too early because check-in time is actually 3:00. ||You may be asked to provide four numbers to use for your personal door entry code and to repeat them as you watch the code being programmed, but then return later to find that code doesn’t work. When you ring the doorbell instead, and explain your predicament, you may be told extremely rudely, as if you’re an idiot, that the code is actually four other numbers you supplied in the form of an old phone number when you made the reservation three months earlier. You were somehow expected to know this. After being treated so badly I won’t return. Also be aware that there is a $75/room cleaning fee that is additional to the rates noted on...