Central Park West Hostel — Hotel in New York

Avoid this place like the plague. Like seriously, you might catch the plague here. ||||The staff seem nice but they can’t do much to fix this mess. ||||I arrived and was given a key to my door that didn’t work. Then was given two more keys to try and neither of those worked. Sooooo they don’t have control over the keys to their rooms, I guess?? That’s not a safety concern…||||The guy at the front desk was apologetic and moved me to another room. 4 floors up. The elevator is a nightmare and got stuck and felt like a ride in a haunted house. Hell nooo. ||||The key to this new room also did not work. I jiggled it for a few minutes and the other lady who was already in the room eventually opened it for me. ||||You guys. The rooms are dirty as hell. They look nothing like the listing. My bed did not have any sheets, and I’m glad it didn’t because I was able to plainly see how brown and stained and thin and gross both the mattress and pillow were. Nope, I’m done. ||||Going back to the scary elevator, I passed by the bathroom which was filthy and had just an open shower with a thin shower curtain which just never feels safe as a solo female traveler. I also saw this other room in which the door was wide open and dark. I was curious so I tried to turn the light on and it didn’t work. Cool cool. And there’s a random ladder in there and some padding duct taped to a water pipe. I took a picture but sorry it’s blurry. At this point, I started RUNNING. ||||I called an Uber, there was no way I was staying here. While I waited in the lobby for the Uber, the front desk guy was yelling at some guy to get off the property because he has previously sneaked into the hostel and went around trying different door handles to sleep in an empty bed…. Or do who knows what else. 😒||||I slept at the airport instead and felt much safer there than this hostel. Please save yourself a terrible experience and go somewhere else. It’s unsafe, it’s not secure, and it’s not sanitary. I don’t know what else...

Watch out… 😞🙈||FYI : this hotel is a scam, dangerous and a joke 😡||First after my booking, I tried to call or texts them, however no answer and the voicemail was full and my texts bounced back all the time….|Then…||When we arrived at the hotel, our room have been given away because the previous attendant decided to extend his stay even though I booked 2 days in advance, second the desk clerk who was disrespectful, rude, and obviously didn’t care at all, he informed me that they were fully booked and they had the same issues in past with Agoda’s website as a third party… his only option was that my son and I sleep in different rooms with strangers… could you imagine how stupid that sounded… I was confused and chocked, I tried to explain that I booked 1 room with 2 twin beds and I wanted to show him my reservation confirmation, but he declined my offer and his response was that they had a different thing showing on they side. I told him that I was aware that it will be a shared bathroom but not shared room, moreover I did not reserve a jail cell😡…meanwhile it was so late that I had to find a different option for my son and for our safety. So honestly I didn’t not fail on my part but they both, the hotel and the website failed me and my son big time, it is affordable but not cheap, I paid $133 hoping to have only few hours sleep. I will never use those services ever again in my entire life ( lesson learned) and I will also spread the word every where I can in order to help others to not experience the same horrible situation. If you do have a family will you honestly accept to let them to spend even just a second with a stranger without you being present…I have chosen that option because I just need few hours sleep for 1 night and I came prepared with cleaning supplies for the “shared bathroom” BUT SHARED ROOM no way…Definitely a big...

Watch out… 😞🙈||FYI : this hotel is a scam, dangerous and a joke 😡||First after my booking, I tried to call or texts them, however no answer and the voicemail was full and my texts bounced back all the time….|Then…||When we arrived at the hotel, our room have been given away because the previous attendant decided to extend his stay even though I booked 2 days in advance, second the desk clerk who was disrespectful, rude, and obviously didn’t care at all, he informed me that they were fully booked and they had the same issues in past with Agoda’s website as a third party… his only option was that my son and I sleep in different rooms with strangers… could you imagine how stupid that sounded… I was confused and chocked, I tried to explain that I booked 1 room with 2 twin beds and I wanted to show him my reservation confirmation, but he declined my offer and his response was that they had a different thing showing on they side. I told him that I was aware that it will be a shared bathroom but not shared room, moreover I did not reserve a jail cell😡…meanwhile it was so late that I had to find a different option for my son and for our safety. So honestly I didn’t not fail on my part but they both, the hotel and the website failed me and my son big time, it is affordable but not cheap, I paid $133 hoping to have only few hours sleep. I will never use those services ever again in my entire life ( lesson learned) and I will also spread the word every where I can in order to help others to not experience the same horrible situation. If you do have a family will you honestly accept to let them to spend even just a second with a stranger without you being present…I have chosen that option because I just need few hours sleep for 1 night and I came prepared with cleaning supplies for the “shared bathroom” BUT SHARED ROOM no way…Definitely a big...