Holiday Inn L.i. City-Manhattan View

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Stayed here for one night in June for a wedding. Booked last minute do to a travel change, but was upgraded to a king bed for free when i checked in. Rooms are nice & clean. Also, only a few blocks away from the subway.

We stayed here for a short weekend trip to New York. The rooms were very nice with an especially nice bathroom. Wish they had a continental breakfast. We got a room considerably cheaper than staying in manhattan with booking the same day. Not very much around the hotel but 2 short blocks from the Subway station to get downtown.

The Holiday Inn Manhattan View has been my NYC hotel of choice since it came into my life.
It is located in Dutch Kills, a historic neighborhood in Long Island City, Queens that is experiencing a building boom. A new Hilton boutique hotel recently opened adjacent. There are other boutique hotels sprouting up in the vicinity.
The view of Manhattan from the guest rooms is stunning. It’s amazing to lay in bed with the shades pulled open & see the entire lit Manhattan skyline. Gazing at the blue lighting atop the Empire State Building & the gorgeous architectural crown on the Chrysler building, as one drifts off to sleep, is the perfect way to end a day.
Getting around in the city is made so convenient by a subway station on the corner. The hotel is in an area in which you can find safe, free street parking if you come by car. It’s also quite close to La Guardia for those who travel in by air. Taxi, car service & Über are also transportation choices.
The rooms are new, modern, spacious & comfortable. The hotel definitely has the feel of a business class hotel, not a small, older & overpriced Midtown hotel.
Bloomingdales is 3 subway stops away if my memory serves me correctly. Go one station further & you are at 5^th Avenue near the south end of Central Park. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the flagship Apple Store is also located there.
Location is not the only plus for this hotel. The staff is amazing & friendly. It’s a wonderful feeling when the Front Desk Manager remembers your name & favorite room. The staff is all extremely helpful & welcoming whenever I enter the door.
There are a few things you should know. But they definitely aren’t a deal breaker considering the many pluses. There are no bellmen or a doorman. You are on your own with luggage. Parking is extremely limited. But there is ample street parking if one is comfortable with parking in the city. The hotel staff will also provide you with directions to a parking garage four blocks away.
Do I like this hotel? Yes!!! Do I love this hotel? Yes! Do I recommend this hotel? Absolutely! It’s all about location, price, convenience & hospitality.

So, I got married over the weekend and decided to make this hotel the place where my out-​of-​town guests (as well as my husband and I) would stay for the wedding weekend. We live in Brooklyn and wanted a little «staycation» during the wedding weekend.
This hotel completely surpassed our expectations. Not only is it about 2 blocks from the N and Q trains (which rapidly take you to the most touristy spots in NYC), but it has a perfectly decent bar and a Brazilian steakhouse in the ground floor /​basement which was wonderful for getting all of my guests together each night.
We stayed in two different rooms — one with a view of the city and then upgraded to the Manhattan Suite — the best room in the hotel. I truly think it’s one of the most amazing hotel rooms I’ve ever stayed in in my life because of the spectacular nearly 360-​view of the city. So you’re lying in bed and you feel like you’re literally surrounded by the NYC skyline. In fact, we loved this room so much, we ended up extending our stay by another night because we just want to revel in its glory and not have to go home yet!
I can’t speak for the other rooms in the hotel, and I understand not all of them have such a spectacular view. But we had a truly wonderful experience — the staff was extremely accommodating and polite to us and our guests. Would highly recommend for a lovely NYC experience.

Stayed here while in town for a meeting. Nice, decent location. Room seemed clean, but was a bit tiny. I think the bathroom was nice and roomy though. I didn’t like how the hotel kept talking about a breakfast buffet and implying that it was free. I sat down and ate food, but only afterwards realized it was not free and had to pay for a mediocre breakfast buffet. I think it was $ 15-​$ 20 for that breakfast buffet. which was not worth it.

The hotel is a nice new building in a residential area of Queens.
Street parking can be found, however, they have a limited number of parking spots available for $ 20/​day. Several subway lines are closeby which makes this a good spot for tourists.
We got a king room and it was nicely appointed. Smallish tv but all in all, ok. For those traveling with little ones, beware of the windows. They open from the bottom, inward to the room. Once I noticed that, I was in heart attack mode every time the little guy went near there.
Also, the shower door was a bit leaky so put a towel down to avoid any mishaps.
The desk staff was really nice on check in/​out. My wife forgot her IPad charger and they were nice enough to loan us one from the office.
There is a restaurant and bar off of the lobby, however we didn’t check it out.
All in all, a decent, reasonably priced hotel in a convenient area.

Reading some of the other reviews, I think we got very, very lucky staying here! A bunch of us were actually booked at a hotel across the street in order to get ready and prepare for an event that night. When we arrived, they said that they’d had problems with a few of the rooms and had to re-​book us at the Holiday Inn. At first, we were quite upset, but the check in at the Holiday Inn went very smoothly, and they assured us that they’d upgraded us for our inconvenience.
Well… upgrade us they did! They gave us the Queens Suite on the top floor (17^th floor). All of the rooms on that floor appeared to be suites, named after the various boroughs. The suite was gorgeous! HUGE room, with a small living area and mini-​fridge, good sized bathroom, great shower (nice HOT water and water pressure). The room was spotless, and they brought up extra towels without question.
Unfortunately, only one thing marred our experience here (and it was not the fault of the hotel). Our car was apparently parked illegally, and ended up getting towed overnight. The hotel was great about calling us a car the next morning and making sure that it was an SUV that could carry all of the items we’d brought with us to prepare for the event.
I’m not sure if this was a typical experience at the Holiday Inn, but ours was great!

I stayed here for 2 nights. It’s near other hotels and some restaurants. Very close to a subway.
As we checked in on the first evening, an upset gentleman was demanding that his room be changed because he insisted that his room had bed bugs. My husband and I looked at each other in HORROR and I mouthed «HELL NO!» When the woman helping him stepped away from the computer for a brief few minutes, he turned around to where we were sitting and showed us the bites he had on his arm and told us that he had been staying there for a few nights at that point. The woman at the desk didn’t seem apologetic (and some may argue that she didn’t need to be — she probably didn’t plant those little critters in his bed! Or perhaps maybe this guy brought the bed bugs with him to the hotel. Who knows?!) and, without a smile or any kind, reassuring words, she changed his room and sent him on his way.
I didn’t want to stay here at this point, but since we had purchased a LivingSocial (I think that was the website) deal, we wouldn’t be able to get a refund of any sort, so we decided that we’d stay and just carefully inspect to see if we saw any signs of bed bugs (I googled it.)
The room itself was pretty nice, just very small. It definitely could not accomodate more than 1 – 2 people. The night stand looked like it needed replacing. We tore the all the sheets off down to the mattress. Other than some hair and dust (still ewww though), we didn’t see any signs of bed bugs. We also looked in the crevices between the mattress and headboard, mattress and box spring and still couldn’t find anything, so we figured our room was safe. Just to be sure, we hung our clothes on the hook in the bathroom and kept our bags in there too.
If you can get a deal for this place (HotWire, LivingSocial, etc.) then I would say it could be worth it. As with any hotel these days, you may also want to scan for any sign of bed bugs.

This hotel was very close to the subway (both 39^th ave/​31^st and Queens Plaza). It has the right idea, but is lacking in a few of the finer points — there were little things missing from the décor and an overall sense that the hotel needs a refresh/​updating of a few things.
The guest services are extremely polite and accommodating, but sometime they are not very quick.
I know it’s New York City, but for a Queens developing neighborhood the price seemed a bit much, especially given that they need to update a few things.

Hotel website claims that this is a brand new facility, I beg to differ unless it has been so happening (which I doubt based on location) that it has shown its age this quickly.
The two check-​in guys were nice though they 1. are Giants fans and 2. stuck me in a room on the second floor DIRECTLY above the bar which led to a rather noisy night. Beyond their control, understandable. That’s where the positives end.
CONS:
1. The hotel is literally in the middle of nowhere. Come full or you’ll be sorry (I’m sorry at the moment).
2. Manhattan view is BS — all I see is the bodega across the street.
3. Ottoman has stains on it — I don’t want to know where it is from or what it is.
4. There is drink splatter and greasy fingerprints all over the desk chair, no joke I’m currently sitting on it with two towels draped over.
5. They have ODD THROW PILLOWS on the bed. As if there was any doubt I was not going to get a night’s rest, let us give you some crappy pillows too.
6. Pretty sure the cleaning staff did not bother wiping the furniture — there are sticky rings from cups, hand prints, etc. The fingerprint dusting guy from the FBI would have a field day…

So, ya I am giving this hotel 2 stars.
Lets start with the pros:
It is a block away from the subway, so that gets you to manhattan very fast. Much quicker than if you were in brooklyn or parts of harlem. The hotel is pretty new. The rooms show this. This is good. The front desk staff is kind enough, despite their not being a manager on duty during normal hours.
The negatives:
So I checked in with a room and asked how much a room with the Manhattan view would be. They told me how my current room had a balcony and view of brooklyn/​queens. They told me an upgrade would be $ 50. That is a great upgrade price! Yet, as with everything in life, some things are too good to be true. Check out the pics I took. So, the room does face Manhattan and has a balcony. It has floor to ceiling windows with blinds. First problem, half of the blinds were broken. The string to pull was cut or not available. Therefore, I had some windows that stayed up, some that would not go up, and some that were half-​way up. In the morning, this was fun as all the light came through open windows. Some windows even had a screw put it to hold the broken blinds up at that level! Really?
You are going to sell a room with a view, but in reality it is an obstructed view by broken blinds? As a photographer who wanted to take advantage of those views, this was very frustrating. Very.
Internet? Slow, but alright.
Lastly, as with most all holiday inns that I have stayed it there is a buffet breakfast downstairs. I go in and make sure I ask the attendant if there is a cost or I need to show my card. I like to be sure. She cuts me off and says go ahead. I eat. Its nice, but noooo one comes and offers to get a drink for you or ketchup! I leave and start walking out when that russian woman snaps at me and says you have to pay. ??? Really? $ 15+ bucks for breakfast when I thought it was part of the room rate. I explain it and she cuts me off and says ‘Just pay’. I tell her that this is not right and that I want to speak to someone. She cuts me off again and says whatever, I will pay for it. Just leave. You gotta be kidding me right?!
Upon check out, I tell the front desk of my issues with the room and the oh so kind breakfast attendant. I ask to speak to the manager and they tell me there is not one on duty, that he isn’t in yet. Its 8am and there is not a manager on duty? I think what bugs me more is that they did not take ownership for it and offer a resolution. Instead, they immediately passed the buck to the manager who was not in.
Conclusion, If you are all about a cheap night stay in NYC, this works. Its clean and modern-​ish. If you are looking for a hotel experience, you will not find it here. Also, the area is rough around the edges. I felt fine going to the subway. But I would not want my girlfriend (if I had one :))alone doing so. Also, the pool is permanently closed.

This hotel is very close to the subway and at the front desk they have free maps of the city with the hot spots –Time Square, ⁹⁄₁₁ Memorial, Statue of Liberty (which is still closed from Hurricane Sandy) and so on. I would not recommend walking to and from the sub way too late at night– not the best of area. The parking is Very tight, we counted 13 parking spots next to the building. Parking is a extra fee of $ 20. a night and your car will be towed if you don’t have the voucher for parking. The room on the second floor was cozy, a full closet and shower– no tub. I checked for bed bugs and found none– many other hotels have postings of bed bug issues. The maids were always cleaning when we walked to the main entrance.
On the lower floor is the gym and the Rio Grande Churrascaria Brazilian Restaurant & Bar. The POOL IS CLOSED despite in many hotel searches it says the pool is open and they just posted on the Holiday inn Web site that it is closed towards the end of feb. The information book in the room was really flimsy. I was a plastic binder and the pages were barley staying in the book. We have been to other hotels and that detail was overlooked. I would stay here again– the price was reasonable and everyone always greeted us. Just not happy the pool was closed– we were looking forward to that.

Great place. Very clean, modern, awesome view (if you get a room with a view)…very limited parking…
Bathroom is very nice with an awesome shower. There is nothing too special about this place but it gets the job done. Much lower rate because it is over the bridge in Astoria/​Long Island City allows you to save money but still «stay in the city.» We did not use any of the food or bar, but it is a 2 block walk to the subway & only 6 stops to Time Square (15 min)…

Hotel is great.
Be careful of morning waitress in restaurant! She charges an automatic gratuity to boost her pockets! I asked her if it was the restaurants policy, she said no but the manager lets her do it! Shady!

This was one of the worst hotels that I have ever stayed at and believe me, for me to take time out of my day to type up a post this long, it had to be awful. Please spread the word!
My friend booked our hotel room on
for 3 people in a room with 2 queen beds in it. When we got there they had a room with one king bed with barely enough room to walk around in. We proceeded to tell them how we had requested a room with two queens and they basically told us that it wasn’t their problem and to read to fine print on Priceline about how they are not obligated to obey our requests. They had us pay an extra $ 100 or so to switch rooms even though we already paid for the room we wanted on Priceline.
As is that wasn’t bad enough, they also spend 30 minutes or so arguing with us about how we didn’t mention a third person and would have to pay another $ 150 for them. Mind you, the staff was not even kind about it and made us feel as if they were trying to drain our wallets. Eventually out of a kind «courtesy» they only charged us the extra $ 100 upgrading to a room we already paid for. UM… THANKS?
Because of this incident the wait staff continued to make us uncomfortable as we walked through the lobby each day to and from our room with their dirty looks as if it was our fault.
On top of the awful staff the hotel continued to disappoint us.
They have no Bell Man and made us carry our own luggage to and from our rooms.
The bar is never open. Only for a few hours during the day and is way over priced.
We were excited to go to the pool to find out that it didn’t even have a hot tub. And to make matters worse a cross old lady who is supposed to be the life guard sits in the corner and watches your every move. My friends and I who are in our mid 20s brought some beverages to the pool and she proceeded to tell us that we couldn’t drink our beverages from several feet away from the pool because she was scared we would spill it and proceeded to stare at us and give us dirty looks to the point where we were so uncomfortable we decided to go back to our room. The pool is extremely small and disappointing with a mean old lady. No thanks.
On one of the days we slept in till about 1pm just like all the rest of the days and when we came back that evening, our room was still dirty. The beds were not made, the towels, etc. When we phoned the «wonderful» staff they proceeded to lecture us about how we needed to call if we wanted to leave that late in the afternoon if we wanted our rooms cleaned.
The hotel is also located in a ghetto part of town with no restaurants or anything fun near by. Walking home at night is scary and if you are girl I don’t recommend walking by yourself.
So what is the good you may ask? The room was clean and the beds were comfy. Pretty much what you would expect of any hotel.
Do yourself a favor and don’t stay here. Every hotel I have been to has treated us with the utmost respect, especially if there are any problems. This place is horrific and I wish more than anything we could get our money back.

My stay here was comfortable and uneventful, which I think is the best way to describe any hotel stay. My check in was quick and since I was a member of their Priority Club I got bottles of water and chocolates. My room was surprisingly well appointed-​I honestly thought the furnishings would be old and pretty worn out but everything was clean and new.
The fitness center was a typical hotel fitness room, with a couple of dumbbells and cardio machines but their pool was larger than I thought it would be. I was really surprised by the level of the facilities and amenities they had with the space they had.
Service was really nice. I forgot toothpaste and shaving cream which they had on hand and was easy to make up for my forgetfulness. The hotel is right next to the subway platform so getting into Manhattan is easy and it’s close to La Guardia where cab fare is under $ 20.
I didn’t check out their restaurant or bar since it was just a place to stay, but it was nice enough that I’ve already made another reservation for my next visit.

At first I was a little iffy about staying in Queens, but once I got there I forgot what I was unsure of! It’s a great location! The subway is so very very close.
The staff were extremely polite, knowledgeable, and very accommodating. The views from the upper floors are great! Rooms are well furnished, and free WiFi always makes staying in touch easy! Not sure about the other rooms but mine was spacious.
Breakfast and room service is cheap compared to other hotels, which is handy if you’ve just gotten off a long flight and don’t have the energy to venture out and find restaurants.
The neighbourhood was friendly, and with a deli right across the road; you hardly need to go far to pick up some snacks.
I recommend this hotel for anyone. With it’s close proximity to the Queensboro Bridge and Subway station, it’s only a short ride away from Manhattan.

This place is very close to the station so it is really convenient! and the room was decent. Size wise, it was good.
But other than that, I did not really like this place so much.
First off, the breakfast is not free.
And very expensive.
So I never ate there.
As far as kitchen thing goes, it had only a small small fridge… NO microwave?!
I was staying here in summer and the room was extremely cold.
the ac setting could not be changed and it was set to very very low temp.
I had to call the guy to come in to set the ac so that the room was not too cold.
And the area did not seem very safe. just going few blocks to some direction made me feel that I was in the very bad neighborhood.
This place should be good to stay for few days, but not for a long stay. I was there for two weeks, and did not like it.

I’m rethinking my «go-​to» hotel for business trips after my last stay at this establishment.
I’ve been singing their praises to everyone — coworkers, friends, family, and I honestly do believe that this is the best bang for your buck in the NYC area. Wicked convenient to the City and all that jazz.
Except… on my last stay there was NO HOT WATER so I had to head to my morning meeting unshowered. I was supremely unhappy. Especially since I made 2 phone calls to the Front Desk and their response was borderline rude. There was also a party going on in the room next door so I had to wear ear plugs all night. Seriously? A party at the Holiday Inn in Astoria on a Tuesday night??? Give me a break.
And complaints to the front desk gave me absolutely no resolution. That’s honestly what annoyed me the most.
Will be looking for a new go-​to from now on. When I’m in town for business I have absolutely no patience for the shenanigans that happened on my last visit!