Freehand New York

Hotell med bra beliggenhet. Gode senger og bra renhold. Koselige barer på hotellet. God service fra alle vi møtte som jobbet der.

Very friendly and serviceminded staff. Informal and relaxing atmosphere. Several good cafés in house to have a coffee, snack or a meal. Great rooftop bar! Spacious and clean rooms. We will be back!

This hotel was very fun and comfortable! The room was cozy and the bed was nice. Luckily we seemed to have quiet neighbors and didn’t experience any noise in the middle of the night, though i could tell the walls seemed thin at times. I loved how the room was decorated and loved how many onsite options there were for food and drinks. Only complaints: the heater had a mind of its own and resetting the temp didn’t seem to work, it was stuck on 74 which is way too hot for me to sleep. We had to open the window despite it being 25 degrees out. Also the shower was set up a bit weird and got water all over the floor whenever we showered, we couldn’t figure out why. I’d give this place a solid 7.5 out of 10.

I used to frequent the George Washington when it was still a dormitory for my alma mater & was excited to see what might have been updated and improved. Sadly, almost nothing has been improved, but merely painted or shellacked-over & slightly re-arranged. The decor was definitely cute, but the hundreds year old exterior windows still lack any kind of insulation, meaning not only does the noise of a busy NYC street come right through, but so did the very chilly winter-air all day and night long with only the shades providing any kind of shield. For instance: at 7AM on a Saturday, we couldn't tell if someone was blasting music from inside or outside the Hotel walls, due to the exceptionally weak insulation. Hoping to grab a shower before my event, after a long day of hoofing-it around NYC, but apparently when I turned the shower on, I activated some stagnant water or filth in the shower, because the smell in the bathroom (and consequently the entire, small room with no ventilation) quickly became like that of a public Rest Stop bathroom on the side of a major highway. Bad. Mildew and/or mold, plus what might have been urine: the smell was just ungodly. You'd never know the cleanliness of the bathrooms however, due to the dark forest-green colored tile that is floor-to-ceiling throughout the renovated bathrooms and showers. Needless to say, we got no showers during this trip. Thankful for the price in this neighborhood, but also very thankful that our trip was only 72hrs.