To start, this is not a hotel or a motel - it's a hostel. The room was reminiscent of a city morgue and it smelled as such. Shared bathrooms are an absolute disaster, I elected not to shower. I should also mention that I slept in my clothes for fear of catching something from the mattress. I tried contacting my booking agent, but I couldn't dial a 1-800 number from my room, I had to use a payphone which was located in the lobby. Disaster.

horrible, smelly, noisy, dirty, unfriendly.

shared bathroom was grim

dreaded going back here at the end of the day

spent a few more bucks to go 3 star

This is really good value. It's fairly basic, with shared bathrooms but this is common in NY anyway. There was a sink in our room and towels, shampoo and shower gel provided. It was very clean and the staff were good. We didn't use the kitchen but i think they were pretty basic - it's as cheap to eat out as do a supermarket shop here anyway! For a central location and good price, so long as you're not wanting anything too big or fancy, this is worth a look - we'd definitely stay again.

We booked the Americana as a last resort due to planning our trip at short notice. This Hotel is in Mid-town which is a decent neighbourhood in manhattan making it easy to access the other parts of the city. The hotel is about 3-5 blocks from the subway depending on which subway station you choose.

Also, another note worthy thing that is not mentioned anywhere is that people live in this hotel. We had no creepy or weird experiences with the residents of this building but having residents in the same building as a hotel is something worth mentioning so people booking it are at least aware.

The rooms are waaaaay smaller than the Pod Hotel which is a comparative price in the same neighborhood. The room is just barely big enough to fit the double bed in the room, a tiny dresser that you couldn't use if you wanted to due to it's proximity to the bed (to close to open the drawers). There is also a closet and small sink in the room. However, there is no mirror in the room making it difficult to apply makeup, or do your hair without going into the somewhat dirty shared bathrooms. The room could not have been bigger than 75 or 80 square feet. It was very difficult for two people to sleep and get ready in this room for two days.

The bathrooms were not the worst shared bathrooms i have ever seen but they were not clean. There was other peoples hair all over them. There was also nothing to dry your hands on after washing them.

The linens on the bed were clean enough to sleep on without fear and we did not see or feel any bedbugs so that was a plus, i guess.

There is no wifi.

The man working the front desk was flat out rude. the entire time. I'm not sure if he works there constantly or lives there or something but we only saw him from the time we checked in to the time we checked out and it took some special attempts just to get him to look up at us to ask a basic question. He was sullen, rude and made absolutely no attempt to be friendly or helpful or even remotely civil.

In short if you are looking for a budget friendly option in midtown choose something else this hotel sucks.