The Pod Hotel, New York City, Broken

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The Pod Hotel	Average Price: $207 Check Rates

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230 East 51st Street

New York City, 10022 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 5 of 144
Average review rating: 3.93

OpinionWell Value Index: 7

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (92) , MyTravelGuide (4) , TripAdvisor (1163) , YahooTravel (15)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. and in my room broken.

"Perfect New York base!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/12/2012 Vote

2. Screws attaching the decorative wooded panel covering the AC unit were broken, and the panel hung off the unit at a precarious angle.

"Great room, great price, mediocre staff " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/27/2010 Vote

3. In addition, the door to the bathroom was broken, and thus offered no privacy.

"Great New York Budget Hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/26/2010 Vote

4. the rooms are tiny (which may be why they call it "pod") and one of the elevators was broken so if you were on a higher floor and didn't want to walk down, your wait could be 10+ minutes.

"TINY " Read full review on Expedia 10/13/2009 Vote

5. The second room smelled fine, but the air conditioner was broken and the room was hotter than hell.

"Smelly room, hot room, nice room... third time lucky " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/8/2009 Vote

6. First room we check in to was smelly as the toilet was broken and had overflowed in to the room and the roaches were out on mass.

"Very Basic " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/24/2009 Vote

7. The first room was very tiny, hardly any walking room, a/c was broken, but they were quick to move us to another room.

"Fantastic Stay, Will miss the showers! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/1/2009 Vote

8. ) and the legs were broken*Wi-fi went in-and-out throughout the day*The CNBC channel went out for several hours*The bed was a little hard, which was fine for me, but may be uncomfortable for some.

"Good price/value for a solo traveler " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/4/2009 Vote

9. The iron worked, but some of the buttons were broken, and the ironing board was the little mini table-top one (except there is no table in the pod.

"Good price/value for a solo traveler " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/4/2009 Vote

10. I seriously doubt this as the furniture was broken (the queen bed) dirty (the chairs, rug and sofa) and non-existant (the 'optional rollaway bed' which turned out to be a stained mattress, delivered in the evening after the clerks said they had never heard of this feature which is advertised as a 'Townhouse' ammenity on their own website).

"Pod Hotel/Pickwick Arms Not As Advertised " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/6/2007 Vote