Buckingham Hotel, New York City, Smell

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Buckingham Hotel	Average Price: $316 Check Rates

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101 West 57th Street at 6th Avenue

New York City, 10019 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 84 of 154
Average review rating: 3.58

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (3) , Expedia (13) , Travelocity (2) , TripAdvisor (234) , YahooTravel (9)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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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. We were moved to another room, much larger, with a terrible smell of dirty drain coming from the bathroom.

"Great location, WORST accomodations! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/17/2010 Vote

2. The room was really smokey and smelled.

"Beware " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/5/2010 Vote

3. The Good:LocationThe Bad:DirtyLooks like a crack houseRooms smell smokeyI didnt understand why this got so many good reviews.

"Beware " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/5/2010 Vote

4. it was mediocre at best and the room smelled like old cigarette smoke.

"hotel website was deceiving " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/27/2010 Vote

5. The only downside was the quality of the carpets in the corridors and smell of cigarette smoke in the corridors of floor 6.

"Great Location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/19/2009 Vote

6. We got used to the smells and we even managed to sleep on the coils.

"Warmed to the hotel after initial disappointment " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/19/2009 Vote

7. The stale cigarette smell in the hallway was almost enough to make me leave but we stayed.

"Warmed to the hotel after initial disappointment " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/19/2009 Vote

8. The bed linens are fine (clean, probably 280 thread count sheets, fiberfill duvet, eight plump pillows for 2 beds) and the towels are thick and clean (and they DON'T smell like smoke.

"Couldn't have been better! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/12/2009 Vote

9. The room they first put us in had a funky, mildew type smell---and we could see where the ceilings had leaked and they had attempted to paint over it to cover it up.

"pros and cons " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/3/2009 Vote

10. Hallway smelled like smoke.

"pros and cons " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/3/2009 Vote