Hotel Carter

I was surprised when we check in ! I was afraid because of the bad reviews on this hotel .
Cheap, clean and great location. :)

Bien dicen que no se puede tener todo en la vida, y este hotel es la viva imagen. Resulta ser que este hotel tiene una excelente ubicación al estar a unos metros del Times Square y a media cuadra del Hard Rock Café. Los precios que maneja por habitación son realmente muy económicos, incluso más que en otros lugares que no tienen atracciones tan famosas y cercanas.
El hotel es un edificio viejo al que se le nota que le dan muy poco mantenimiento, no hay servicio al cuarto y no hacen limpieza de tu habitación durante tu estancia en el hotel. Las habitaciones son muy pequeñas, las sabanas tienen un olor un tanto raro, pero por lo menos tiene teléfono, TV y aire acondicionado.
Desde mi punto de vista considero que es un excelente lugar si vienes de visita a NYC y quieres estar cerca de la vida nocturna y gastar poco. Te ahorraras mucho tiempo y dinero en medios de transporte debido a lo enorme de la ciudad.
Mi consejo sería que no esperes que por unos cuantos dólares que se pagan en este hotel te den un servicio de lujo. Si quieres un mejor hotel te recomiendo que ahorres y evites venir aquí pues ya sabes que no es para nada lujoso.
Yo lo califico con 4 estrellas porque se me hace una excelente opción para viajeros con ganas de divertirse mucho y pagar poco en hotel. El servicio no me parece muy bueno en el área de recepción pero en realidad no me importa nada de eso.

Stayed here for 12 nights. It’s in a great location & you can’t beat the price. There is security & doormen so that’s a plus. My room wasn’t one of the renovated ones but it was large and had: huge closet, flat screen tv, and a dresser.
The shower is ²⁄₅ stars, I wear shower shoes and sometimes there isn’t hot water. There is a heater but it doesn’t work. I was given the option to move rooms or get extra blankets. I took the extra blankets.
The maids come every other day and are very helpful and nice. As a matter of fact all of the staff is nice. This hotel is not fancy or romantic, but if you plan on spending most of your time out on the town I recommend it. The ball is dropping 1 block from here & I’ll be there so I’m a happy camper!

If you are reading all of these negative reviews and wonder, «Am I maybe making a mistake?», let me tell you that, as a purveyor of cheap hotels, I have stayed in far worse places. Is it really worth an extra hundred dollars a night for you to have a room without a bad paint job? Or an extra trash bin? If that answer is «yes», then go right ahead Daddy Warbucks. For the rest of us derelicts, there’s the Hotel Carter.
THE GOOD:
— 3 very fast-​moving elevators. Two staircases that will suffice if it’s rush hour. People complain about these cramped rooms, but lower ceilings lead to less stairs between floors. Fact!
— I had no problems with either of our beds. I am particular about pillows, because I get headaches easily, but they were soft (like, your head almost falls through soft) and not dense — I really hate those big fluffy pillows that bury you when you rest on one. You could fold it in half easily if you wanted something sturdier.
— Despite complaints about the noise levels, we were on the 6^th floor and heard nothing other than minor industrial hotel noise (almost kinda soothing in its own fetal Eraserheady kind of way).
— Temperatures in the room were good — I was expecting to potentially freeze but the room was nice and warm come bedtime.
— My wife had stayed here before, and had said her only complaint was the lack of hot water. Curiously enough, this time she learned there was hot water, but it was mislabeled in the shower. So not an issue with us on this trip.
— Yes, there is a shop down on the first floor where you can get stuff. It can be a rip-​off though, but thankfully you have two delis on either side of you when you exit the hotel, so you can make your own choices.
— Of course, last but not at all least, it’s got practically ever subway line within a couple of blocks of its location in the midst of Times Square. We went to Battery Park, Brooklyn, Union Square, the Upper East Side, LES/​Chinatown, Tribeca, and LaGuardia on our stay and never needed to change trains. And if you’re going to a Broadway show, you likely don’t even need to brave the post-​show station rush afterwards & can just merrily traipse back to this place.
THE UNGOOD
— Yeah, I didn’t like paying $ 5 per bag to leave my luggage on my last day in the city, especially when my two bags were still smaller than the typical suitcase, but hey — I stayed 3 nights, so pretend the service is free and then tack on an extra $ 3.33 (or, heck, $ 3.34 even) to the bill — if that prices them out of your search, then you’ve got to tell me where you’re staying.
— Yeah, I guess that was my only «ungood» after all.
Now, I’m not a theater kind of guy, so staying in Times Square would not typically be my ideal haunt here (hauling my luggage through DENSE HUMANITY was a little arduous), but I ended up thinking this was a pretty decent stay and I’d certainly return again. I guess I’ll close it this way — have you ever heard about a horror movie that was supposed to be so scary, and then you saw it and thought, «Who on earth would think this is scary? I guess only people who have never seen a scary movie.» Which maybe makes this the «Rosemary’s Baby» of hotels. And that’s coming from a guy who’s seen the «Psycho» side of things.

I stayed here with a group of friends a while back. To date, this is the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed in. I went back a few days ago and from the lobby it looks like not much has changed. What’s funny is there is a wiki page on the hotel. Our room had no towels, washcloths, or soap. Found that strange from a hotel. Not the cleanest or safest hotel. There’s a topless bar right in the lobby so if you’re into that kind of thing, go ahead and book. If not RUN!

the worst hotel I’ve visited in my whole life .
The bathroom was way disgusting ~
The drain was lacking so the water got out to the room .
not recommended.

I should have known what I was getting into, and I kinda did, but. I guess I didn’t really spend much time thinking about it until I was living it… The important thing to remember IS that it’s in Times Square, and that makes it worth it. But be prepared. Forget everything you think you know about being in a hotel. Expect NOTHINg. Bring your own towels. We didn’t get comforters, just a sheet and a table runner draped across the bottom of the bed, like some kind of decoration. There is no fitted sheet, just two flat sheets, which doesn’t seem like a big deal but when you move it pulls the sheet and you wake up pressed against the stained mattress. Literally mold on every plaster part of the bathroom. At least there were no bed bugs.

You get what you pay for, but hey you’re in nyc, all u need is a bed after all the shenanigans, a block from timesquare. Perfect location if you don’t want to curl up in your room.

I’m giving this place 5 stars for the location and price. It’s a block off of Times Square and you can walk to all the theaters. I think I paid under $ 100 per night too. The downside is that it’s kinda nasty. My room was nothing more than a mattress thrown on the floor and a 13″ TV. Surprisingly, this hotel had the best water pressure out of any hotel I’ve ever been to. It was like getting a free morning massage.

Probably the cheapest hotel in Times Square, and you’re paying for location alone. Keep this in mind before booking. My room was $ 199 while David Letterman was having a huge event, and the rest of the hotels around here started at $ 600+. Looks-​wise, I would say this hotel is on-​par with a Rodeway Inn. In fact, the website lists their «amenities» as rooms having a phone, air conditioning, private bathroom, and television. Which I assume is what pretty much all hotels have, but whatev. I can feel the springs poking my back through the mattress, but I expected this. Also, I noticed by the pictures on here that the quality of rooms vary significantly, and the renovated ones look pretty decent.
On the bright side, the window unit A/​C works great, nice flat screen tv, a great little deli on the first floor, and plenty of fun stuff to walk to. However, the hallways are creepy as hell, and if you google «dirtiest hotels in America», this one comes up. I only stay here as a last resort.

Buena la ubicación, la habitación deja mucho que desear, huelen mal las almohadas, cobijas, en general huele muy mal el hotel, además de que los baños tienen moho.

Pros bigger bathroom that was clean and bigger bed and location.
Cons can’t access closet or desk/​dresser bc bed size and small room. The tv had no remote and tv bad working order. Curtains can’t be closed bc ac would be blocked. The bed had one cheap throw for a blanket which was too small for bed. And next to strip club so dude outside promoting bus tours offered to sell drugs.
Should be 75 per night not the 190 paid through cheapo air. Just say no.

I’ve stayed here twice and it’s totally decent. Nowhere near the fleabag motel that these other reviews are claiming. The facilities are clearly old, but for $ 100 a night what are you expecting? And this is in TIMES SQUARE! You don’t come to New York to spend all of your time in a hotel. Both times I came here, the rooms were clean and presentable, with fresh sheets and towels and plenty of hot water, soap and shampoo. No evidence whatsoever of bedbugs or roaches. I’m rating Hotel Carter five stars not because I consider it a five-​star hotel (it most definitely isn’t) but because given the price and location, you won’t find much better. I mean seriously, it’s right next door to two Broadway theatres!
It may not be up to scratch if you’re going by the standards of, say, the Hyatt Regency, but anyone who seriously believes that this place is a dump has never lived in one.

Ok. So I am very torn on the 1 – 2 star rating, mainly because the hotel deserves much less.
I will say this once. The hotels only good factor is it’s incredible location! Right by the theater district off Times Square.
Ok, now that you know why the hotel receives 2 stars, let me continue to tell you why it’s really a 1 star dump. The carter hotel looks and smells like something from a movie where there’s been a few murders committed and perhaps in haunted. Think the shining but without the fancy hallways or luxury. The cleanliness does not exists in this hotel. I suggest you bring some cheap sheets and leave them behind, also check your bed for bed bugs. And no, i am not kidding! The walls are covered in rugs and the bathrooms need to be completely remodeled. They are absolutely disgusting. Make sure you wipe them down with Clorox for disinfection. If traveling with children, please do not stay here to save money. It has a shady market adjacent to the hotel that serves it as a mini market that normally has men buying beer in there. Bottom line, it’s not a good look.

This is the low maintenance, budget NYC visitor’s hotel. If you come looking for a 5 star hotel, expect to pay 5 star prices. With the Hotel Carter, you get what you pay for (and then some depending on what you are looking for). First, if you are looking to see NYC, you are in a great area. The Hotel is located in Times Square, 1 block from the subway, and just blocks away from the theatre and many other Times Squares diversions. The rooms are a decent size for the price, the bed was comfortabl, and you get your own shower and bathroom, which is more than can be said for other comparably priced hotels. The staff was friendly and helpful.
As for the no-​frills. Don’t expect to check in early or checkout later without paying for it. Don’t expect to drop of luggage without paying for it ($ 4 a bag). The television service is not great (but should you really be in your hotel watching tv anways?). The sheets were not the right size for the bed. The first night we checked in, there was dried blood or something else on the bedsheets. There was no room service so we had to go down and get new ones from the staff and change them ourselves. If you are willing to put up with things like that in exchange for a cheap price, good location, and comfortable bed, then check out Hotel Carter.

Worst hotel experience ever. Rooms look nothing like the picture posted. Customer Service is horrible. Called room service for towels and bathroom tissue, a rude woman said,” you have to come down to the service desk and get it.”
Then, got a call saying we were being charged $ 250 for smoking in the room, mind you 1) we don’t smoke, AT ALL and 2) the entire hallway smelled like smoke.
When we tried to dispute it, we were told it was «confirmed» with security.
The shower was freezing! Hot water wasn’t working, got no answers when I complained. Definitely won’t be staying here ever again.
ROACHES. HUGE, GIANT ROACHES. Do not leave your luggage open on the floor. Ew. Just don’t book here. Save yourself the disgust and discomfort.

This place is absolutely remarkable. Remarkably bad. It’s like the one night stand you don’t even tell your best friend about.
The beds are hard and springy. The towels are the size of bath mats. And, the floor is the only place where you can put your stuff. Plus, they use comic sans on a sign by the elevator. Need I say more?
There are absolutely no frills. And, by frills I mean reasons to stay here.

At the reception they’re clumsy. I’ve been waiting for the addresses to have breakfast and extra pillow for 2 days. The cleaning lady comes every other day. She doesn’t accommodate toilet paper. When I arrived there was long hair all over the floor. The was a cap of a razor on the shower floor. Well, so far it’s been a fiasco, I can’t leave because I booked through Hotwire. Don’t recommend it to anyone.

DO NOT STAY HERE!!! Read below.
This place is ABSOLUTELY AWFUL! The service is absolutely non existent they did not even clean our rooms 2 of the 4 nights we were. THERE WAS NO HOT WATER THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. We asked for toilet paper and they made US go downstairs and get it and the worst part is my fiancé woke up with these disgusting half dollar size bug bites on both her arms. IT IS DISGUSTING!
I DONT EVER WRITE REVIEWS BUT I HAD TO Unilocal THIS PLACE!
We thought it would be fine to stay here because we would only be there to sleep/​shower but IT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE AND RUINED OUR TRIP!!!

Un hôtel très bien situé avec salle de bain dans la chambre.à ce prix là… à New York… que demander de plus… Bön d’accord ils né vous font pas la chambre tout les jours mais plutôt tous les 2 ou 3 jours, l’hôtel fait un peu vieillot, il y a parfois la queue aux ascenseurs pour descendre les 24 étages …mais vous êtes à Time Square dés la porte franchie et en plus nous n’avons pas eu de bed bugs pourtant très répandus à New York… Un hôtel à conseiller à ce qui né veulent pas trop dépenser pour l’hébergement et qui vont à New York pour la première fois (très bien situé) et à déconseiller à ceux qui aiment leur petit confort et qui souhaitent un quartier plus calme …

As said before, you get what you pay for.
Why two stars ?
We’re on Times Square (20 seconds on foot), not far from 3 Starbucks (at least but well, can we really get away with Starbucks in NY… ?) We stayed 8 days in this hotel, quite cheap for the place and the town but…
Why ONLY two stars ?
Dirty, extra-​dirty, mega dirty (in case you still don’t get it, it was dirty.)
I’m exaggerating: the bed was clean. That’s it.
The room was noisy because of the air conditioners (we stopped ours, but could still hear the ones of the other rooms as we were at the beginning of October…)
It’s like the Hotel Carter stopped time so that nothing moves: you have to pay to have an Internet access (about $ 5 for 15 minuts, seriously? Are we in the 21^st century ?). A piece of advice: go to Starbucks, McDonalds or even in the street on Times Square if you want free wifi !
No hairdryer.
Next time I’ll go to New York, I’ll break my piggy bank and thus, go to a better place: this hotel was the only thing that went wrong during my stay… with my mother-​in law.

My wife and I have stayed at the Hotel Carter several times over the years, never having a problem and just booked another weekend stay for this summer. My last visit was in May 2011 from which I included some pictures.
Do NOT believe all the doom and gloom some people post about this hotel. Is the décor and furnishings old and rundown in most rooms? Sure, but the Hotel Carter is clean, safe, and inexpensive with a great location.
When you’re in NYC you shouldn’t be hanging around in a hotel room. You should be out enjoying the restaurants, theaters, bars, entertainment and all the other sites that this great city has to offer. I am only in my room to sleep and by staying at the Carter I have an extra 1 – 2 hundred dollars in my pocket each day to spend actually enjoying the city. Can’t beat that.
This is a budget hotel located half a block from Times Square, don’t go in expecting an upscale boutique hotel or 5-​star services and amenities you won’t use anyway. If you are looking for an inexpensive place to stay in mid-​town the Hotel Carter is your place

The pictures are glamorous compared to the reality.
Starting with the good; check-​in was fast and the front desk staff is very nice. The security officer in the lobby checking keys seemed overwhelmed with the traffic in and out of this joint.
Theater district/​Times Sq location: good.
Moving on…
The rooms were so hot– steaming heat from the original radiator systems, we had to have a window fully open our entire stay… in November. The noise from the street, subsequently kept our entire party up (awake) for most of the night.
Vents on original doors (see pics) allowed for clear loud hall noise.
Easily the sketchiest place I have ever stayed.
Sketch=worst.
Ceiling lights only. No lamps.
So…fully lit, or completely dark. WTF?
When we arrived, used soap and a full trashcan in the bathroom greeted us. The only trashcan in the room.
Beds were hard, like cement with a hospital sheet thrown over it.
I shouldn’t mention the man masturbating in his window across the street because it is not the hotels fault that some derelict was tugging his junk in another building adjacent to the hotel, BUT, location location location, and had the room not been so goddamned hot and I wasn’t living with an open window, it is likely I never would have seen that fool.
We will all need chiropractors and therapy after this visit.
Breakfast/​convenience store attached to front area where you can get to-​go breakfast, and water for about 4.50 a bottle… not a gallon… a bottle.
Limited seating.
Gentleman’s club (Cheetahs) right next door– not sure if that’s a pro or con, but the man covered in blood out front while we were there would lead me to believe its a con.
Oh…wifi…the paid wifi through a third party is only available on certain floors. Another WTF?
We did leave a day early and our last night’s stay was refunded promptly. One for the Hotel Carter!

Weit besser als das restliche Internet behauptet. Saubere Bettlaken und Handtücher, warmes Wasser, funktionstüchtige Dusche und Toilette. Roomservice alle 2 Tage incl. neue Handtücher. Hinter oder unter das Bett sollte man jedoch nicht schauen :) Für ein Zimmer im Herzen von NYC (1min zu Fuß vom Time Square) Preis/​Leistung für mich absolut zufriedenstellend.

aufgrund der schlechten bewertungen haben auch wir und auf das schlimmste gefasst gemacht. aber weder ratten noch kakerlaken gesehn. es gibt schönere jugendherbergen aber die liegen nicht im herzen von manhatten.

Wir haben uns aufgrund schlechter Bewertungen auf das Schlimmste gefasst gemacht und müssen sagen: für den Preis war das Hotel absolut in Ordnung. Die Lage ist der absolute Hammer, es war nicht sooo laut (von der Klimaanlage mal abgesehen), die Zimmer waren für New York Verhältnisse groß und relativ sauber. Aber zum Schlafen reicht es absolut aus, Preis-​Leistungsverhältnis war super.

Mir wurde mein gesamtes Gepäck aus’m storage room geklaut. Weg war’s und ersetzt wurde es nicht.