Chris Gooch

Review of Hotel Pennsylvania

This place is a hole, don't go here. It hasn't had...

This place is a hole, don't go here. It hasn't had a bit of work done since it opened in 1919. It's falling apart. It's dark. Has a rodent problem. I felt like I was going to catch an STD just from having a shower. Room "service" was intermittent, sometimes we had towels, sometimes we didn't. Don't ask staff about it though, you'll get shouted at. "Breakfast" is a pastry dished out in a paper bag like at a shelter. Even just getting up and down in the lifts is a nightmare. We tried the stairs once, I wouldn't recommend that.

If you have read this far then you may be wondering why I gave 2 stars instead of 1. The place is significantly cheaper then other hotels (although we still paid $270 per room per night). If price is your only criteria, it MAY be of interest to you. With earplugs in, I actually slept reasonably comfy. Wanting to spend as little time at the "hotel" as possible meant we spent more time exploring the city, which is also a plus, I guess.

We got lucky when checking in & out. But we saw some horrendous queues during our time there. There are some sort of check-in machines, but nobody was using them so I am not sure if they work, I didn't dare to ask anyone.