Roger Williams Hotel, New York City, Smell

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Roger Williams Hotel	Average Price: $393 Check Rates

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131 Madison Avenue

New York City, 10016 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 40 of 154
Average review rating: 3.94

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (41) , MyTravelGuide (3) , Travelocity (17) , TripAdvisor (455) , YahooTravel (17)

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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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area (2) desk (3) not (3) oil (2) room (8)

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1. ' The staff member at the desk sent up a bottle of lysol, which obviously did nothing to fix the smell.

"Room Reeked of Sewage " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/7/2010 Vote

2. When I returned to the front desk to notify them of the smell, they said they could do nothing about it besides 'spray some air freshener.

"Room Reeked of Sewage " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/7/2010 Vote

3. We arrived at the hotel to find that our room smelled terribly of human sewage.

"Room Reeked of Sewage " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/7/2010 Vote

4. There is a slight odor in the hallways and the lobby, though the smell does not make it into the rooms.

"Employees made the difference... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/28/2010 Vote

5. Our room #610 was dirty, areas of the room had not been vacuum cleaned in a very long time, it smelled.

"Roger Smith Hotel Experience " Read full review on Travelocity 6/1/2008 Vote

6. The room had an iron and board, a safe, some complimentary Aveda bathing products (that smelled wonderful), flat screen tv, and desk area.

"Pleasantly surprised " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/11/2005 Vote

7. The ingrained cooking oil smell everywhere will by default make you want to avoid the restaurant.

"You grew up smelling of cooking oil..... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/14/2005 Vote

8. I would not advise to stay here - the rooms smell of cooking oil, all of them.

"You grew up smelling of cooking oil..... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/14/2005 Vote

9. My only real problem was the bathroom, and maybe the smell of the room(that you do get used to).

"Just average " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/11/2004 Vote

10. The room had a weird smell.

"Just average " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/11/2004 Vote