Sea Cliff Trip

​While the immediate area around the hotel looks a bit rough, the hotel itself was very comfortable and a solid choice for a JFK stay. The room was great, featuring a comfy bed, reliable Wi-Fi, and quality amenities like the TV. I also really appreciated the breakfast offerings and the helpful shuttle service to and from the airport. The staff was friendly and went out of their way to help me navigate the transit system for my trip into Midtown Manhattan. If you can look past the neighborhood’s first impression, the service and interior comfort make this a 4-star experience.

Problems may occur when you booked a hotel without a front desk: 1) basically no in-time reply; 2) when you call the online agent, it will take them quite long to get back to you and sometimes he doesn’t even solve your problem. We arrived before check-in time but we couldn’t use the lockers to store our luggage, while the online agent kept asking us to continue trying and didn’t offer any help😅😅 wasted us almost one hour…. Overall the room is clean, with many kitchen stuff. Remember to bring your own slippers, toothbrush and paste because they didn’t provide. Transportation is very convenient, closed to E/G/F and 7 metro lines. But it also means you can hear sound of line 7 in your room. Think twice if you are a light sleeper. Safe neighborhood.

This property is exceptional for a number of reasons. It’s new, clean, expertly run, the location cannot be beat (Williamsburg is probably one of the hippest neighborhoods in New York) and the value is outstanding. The “pod” style rooms is exactly what works for New York since you don’t come to visit here to stay in your room. Plus the rooms are so efficiently designed you feel zen!

Spent 2 weeks there and chose this hotel because it was within walking distance to many areas and especially close to the conferences held at the UN. It is registered as a historic hotel, built in 1927. It is a brick and mortar style building.Therefore the furniture in the room reflects that--desk chair, desk, and wall bed. The window panes are the original ones, with no insulation as modern windows have today. Therefore the room can be very drafty even with the windows closed and the shades drawn. I think I had a wall bed or murphy bed. It was difficult to navigate getting in and out of bed because of the sofa-like protruding arms that ran nearly lengthwise along both sides of a king size bed. My room on the 9th floor directly faced 42nd street. Since this is an older building with very little insulation and no soundproofing, it is very noisy day and night with incessant horn-honking, and ambulance and police sirens, plus the usual vehicle traffic. This made it difficult to sleep. Bring earplugs. Nonetheless, the housekeeping staff clean the rooms everyday, unless the do not disturb sign is on your door. They really do a stellar job in cleaning the rooms, and in making up the weird shaped bed. They manage to tuck in the bedding neatly every time in spite of those weird protruding sidearms. The towels and bed linens are spotless and very clean. There is a small refrigerator in the room, an iron, ironing board, a coffee maker, hair dryer, NO microwave, no restaurant.