Ramada New York/Eastside

This is a no frills hotel but extremely clean. I get the impression it is a family owned franchise, and believe me it shows. «Harry» who was the front desk manager I get the impression is more the owner… if not he takes pride in it as if he is. Truly an outstanding location. Safe, nice, great for walking if you like to walk New York like I do. About a mile walk to Times Square, about a mile and a half to South Central Park. They recommend a great shuttle to LGA and Newark. There is a VERY COOL BBQ restaurant right up the street that serves traditional NC BBQ and is ACC themed, so if you are a Southerner you will like it. There are several small restaurants in the block that also look amazing. I really wish I could find something negative to say about this place but I can’t. They are more than willing to store your luggage for tip only both before and after check in. I have stayed here 3 or 4 times. This place is such a value for New York, that whenever I go which is about 1 to 2 times a year just to play, I always, always, always, check here first to see if they have a room. If you want the Plaza, then go there. This ain’t it. But if you want a nice very clean very safe place, then this is where to go. I LOVE IT. It does not have a bar or a restaurant but does serve a traditional free continental chain style breakfast. If you want a bar or nice restaurant there are probably 8 in the block this hotel is in. Again, the best deal in Manhattan. THANK YOU EVERYONE AT RAMADA EAST SIDE.

My husband and I selected this hotel because of price and location.
It was nothing fancy, rooms were small and staff was friendly. Free breakfast was ok but it’s free so I can’t complain :)
It was quiet at night and I slept good. The rooms were clean and just what I needed. The view was nice too!
The restaurant next door (Belvederes) has the best lobster ravioli!
I will stay here again and I recommend this hotel if you just need a place to sleep and shower.

I selected this hotel for our visit to New York due to the price and location. Our flight was delayed. then cancelled. We had to stay overnight in Chicago and was unable to make it in time for our reservation. I called the hotel to inform them we would not be arriving until the next day and was hoping they would waive the no show fee because we were still planning to keep our reservation. The gentleman we spoke to said they would not waive any fees. I spoke to the corporate office and the representative said some hotel managers are willing to waive the fee and in this case the manager at this location was unwilling. Two representatives from their corporate office placed me on hold to speak to manager to approve a waive for the no show due to a cancelled flight and the manager said no to them and to me. So if you encounter any delays or interruptions in your trip they may not be as understanding or forgiving.

This hotel was nice and clean and reasonable priced. I enjoyed my stay here.

Due to address change credit card company issued new card whereupon this hotel canceled our existing reservation with no notice (no email, no message). We arrived about 11 PM; no room, no compensation. A bad experience!

This is my go to spot in NYC if i’m on a budget. It’s clean, the price is unbeatable and the staff is excellent. The new lobby looks great and the free breakfast seals the deal. There is really no reason to spend a ton of money to be at a fancier hotel, unless someone else is paying. Great location, easy access to lower Manhattan, Midtown and Time Square. A block away from the subway.

Pleasantly surprised, room very clean, quiet, bed is very comfortable and the price was the best in town!!! I would highly recommend and definitely stay here again!

I almost don’t want to post this because this hotel has been my go-​to place to stay for a few years. It’s super cheap and super comfortable, but it’s a really nice hotel. How cheap? My room tonight is $ 104 for a king bed. I think the most I’ve paid here is $ 200 a night… And these are rack rates pretty much unheard of in Manhattan.
Will you get a chocolate on your pillow or a bellman? No. What you will get is a Tempurpedic mattress, flat screen tv, iPod dock, and individually controlled AC/​heat plus continental breakfast. The rooms and bathrooms are tiny, but this is New York and you’re paying far less than your average hotel in the city. They’ve remodeled over the years to keep up with the times and every time I stay here it’s a nice room and a nice neighborhood with a short walk to the subway.
So there’s my secret hotel in NYC. You’ll never find a nicer Ramada and you’ll be hard pressed to find a cheaper rate in the city that’s not a hostel.

Nothing bad about this hotel as such, which we would have encountered. We selected this as we got a good deal for a new year’s booking.
Pros — (a) Near to prominent locations. The first evening itself we covered Crysler Bldg, Grand Central, Rockefeller Tower, Times Square and Empire State. All on foot. A walk to the UN took about 20 mins (b) the breakfast is pretty decent and you have the means to make it heavy if you wish to © rooms were lil small, but who cares. We needed it just for the night. The room was neat, bathrooms were clean and the shower was very generous with the water flow. I am very particular about a shower and i was very satisfied with the one at Ramada.
Cons — (a) rooms didnt have a good stock of tea, coffee and condiments. Rather, our room din have tea at all. But then, when we called the operator (room serv dint take the call) with our requirement, they sent over someone promptly.
(b) elevators were lil slow and shaked everytime they moved. Once again not a matter of concern.
Ramada deserves a 5 star from me.

The ramada is a good budget hotel choice. Located on the east side, it is close to transportation. The rooms are nice but smallish. Very nice beds. Bathrooms are clean. Wi-​fi is weak in the rooms and drops a lot, but it is complimentary. The fitness center is four machines in a tiny space. The hotel comes with complimentary breakfast. But you would be better off enjoying one of the many resturants and coffee shops in the area. The breakfast at the hotel is mostly carbs. Bagels, muffins, waffles, pastries, cerials. Protein is yogurt or really overcooked hard boiled eggs, and fruit is apples or bananas. Juice and coffee. The hotel staff is very friendly and the cleaning staff efficient. The front desk never got our wakeup calls right or at all. So use your smart phone if you really have to be out early. Lobby is under renovation. Overall, not a bad choice for the budget traveller.

Great location but lobby under construction for past 6 months — 3^rd time staying here since March — June — now Sept. Here for convenience to hospital but never again! They’ve dropped all ESPN channels since June so forget watching any sports. Service was only passable — that and location is no longer enough!

Can you say BEDBUGS? I stayed overnight at the Ramada Eastside and woke up in the middle of the night to find bedbugs swarming all over the pillows of the bed. (I’ll attach photos to this listing as proof!) When we called the front desk to report the issue they quickly relocated us to a room on a higher floor, but that didn’t do much to alleviate our discomfort throughout the remainder of the night.
I will probably NEVER stay at a Ramada Inn again if the dirty, unsanitary conditions of this hotel are indicative of a typical Ramada room. We filed a complaint with the NY Department of Housing Preservation and Development and will be requesting a full refund from management as soon as we check out from this hotel.
In addition to the bedbugs, the ground floor of this hotel was under major construction and this was not disclosed on any of the travel websites we checked before booking. There was exposed electrical wiring in many parts of the lobby ceiling by the elevators, and in my opinion the hotel is not in a condition to accommodate guests.
Is this what over $ 125/​night gets you in NYC? If so, I’ll pass and stay somewhere else.

Is it anything special? No. Is it a nice place to stay in NYC that’s around everything? Yes! I have said in the Ramada Eastside 3 times within the past couple of years and I have 0 complaints. The rooms were clean, the staff is friendly and it’s right smack dab in the middle of everything I want to see when I go to New York.
The rooms are what you would expect in a New York hotel; small but enough room to move around. I’ve never had a problem with the wifi, air condition or cable. The shower water was always warm, the pressure was strong and they give you soap, conditioner and shampoo. Unlike a lot of hotels I’ve been to, the bed was actually comfortable with a good amount of pillows. The view was nothing special but it’s New York. No fridge or microwave but that’s no big deal.
There are lots of good restaurants in the area including a very good pizza place right across the street. Most sights are even in walking distance and the neighborhood is nice enough I feel comfortable walking around at night. I would recommend the breakfast as well, lots of good options and I always end up getting there near the end.
All in all, it’s a place I would gladly stay next time I go to New York.

We stayed for 5 days the end of June 2014. Due to cancelled flight we arrived late. I asked for a nice room and was assured the room was «Very Nice». It turned out to be a Handicapped room, which is the most horribly designed room I have ever seen. One small window at the end of a wall, no bath tub, TV on side of bed, which can only be viewed IN BED! Only one chair in the room. No closet. The bed was intolerable, plastic under the sheet which made you sweat as soon as you laid down. Hot and humid outside, worse in bed! Impossible to sleep. I was too tired to go down stairs to complain that night, but I did speak to desk in the morning — NO HELP. The room was the worse part of our visit to NYC. The free breakfast area is a very small room in the basement (think dungeon) next to laundry and maintinance rooms. No more than 15 people at a time, tables were about 18 inch X 24 inch and only a dozen of those.
After returning home the manager called to discuss our complaint. He did little more than pat me on the back and said he was sorry, no more. I did contact Ramada Corporate (Wyndom Hotel chain) and they fully understood the issue and sent me compensation.
The ONLY positive thing I can say about this hotel is that it is well located. However, if you are put in the wrong room you will be miserable. Don’t expect any mercy from the staff! There are better places to stay in the area. The homeless sleep better in NYC!

3.5 stars
Solid no frills hotel near the 6 train with free wifi and breakfast. Great restaurants are also within walking distance. The rooms are clean with enough space that you can actually open your suitcase without hitting the wall/​bed/​table. That’s a lot of space for a NYC! I’ve stayed in other hotels where I barely have walking space around the bed. Our room (#809) was facing Lexington Ave and it was still pretty quiet. The bed was also very comfy and I definitely slept like a baby. The bathroom is on the smaller side but it was very clean and had great water pressure in the shower (I really care about water pressure! haha). There’s also a small gym that’s open 24 hours. No need to bring towels and water to the gym since they already have them there for you.
Check in/​out was a breeze. We came in around 1 pm to drop off bags but luckily our room was already ready and they let us check in early. No complains here. :)

I usually stay with friends when I go to New York, but this time I had to find a hotel, and there isn’t much in my price range in Manhattan that doesn’t involve sharing a bathroom or sleeping in a glorified closet. The rooms aren’t huge, but perfectly fine. Queen size bed with memory foam mattress, flat screen TV with cable. I was there during very humid weather, and the AC was fantastic. Small bathroom, but very clean. Good hot water. Wifi was adequate, and free. The free continental breakfast was great, but sometimes the breakfast room seemed like kind of a wreck, and could use a more consistent picking up after/​table wiping by the staff. The only vending machines are for soda and water, no snacks. Also no ice machines that I could find. But there’s a deli across the street for whatever you might need. Easy access to the subway and buses.

I’ve stayed at Ramada Eastside 3 times in the last few years. Twice with a cousin as a sleep pad after partying in NYC. A third time with my wife as a planned 5 night stay in August.
This review for room #912, a single King.
Pros: priced right, good location, breakfast included, good hotel service, upper floor quiet, no problems with free wi-​fi and hot water.
Cons: something smells bad, musty stench has got to go (carpets?), A/​C works but is LOUD, slippery shower floor could be trouble, cheap towels, my first use the shower towel split in half.
Summary: typical big city small hotel room, good spot as a late night crash pad, you get what you pay for,
Wife and I moved on after a sleepless night and paid up 30% for a quiet, non stink room in Tribeca. The wife is happy.
I just read another Unilocal-​ers warning about rooms ending in #12, confirmed.

Third time around with this place– the windows and bathroom have gotten progressively smaller each time we have stayed here so the shine of the first stay (see review) is wearing thin. The ceiling had repaired water damage so it was musty– the pillows are hard lumps but the bed is excellent. They repaired a slow toilet in no time.
Basically a nice place– will probably go somewhere else next time unless we can for sure get our favorite room back. Avoid rooms ending in ##12– they have small windows and small bathrooms.

Nice cheaper place to stay.
King room does not have a refrigerator and microwave like advertised, only some of the queen rooms do. Staff was accommodating with my concern that my room didn’t have what was advertised. Be aware that this hotel also charges extra for more than one person.
King room was a typical small NY room with a nice memory foam bed with lots of pillows. Nice flat screen TV with Showtime. Bathroom has a bit of counter space (more than some NY rooms) and a shower/​tub with a nice adjustable shower head. Toiletries were good and included conditioner.
Internet is free and fast. Air conditioner was fine, not too noisy.
Breakfast room has beagles, doughnuts, instant oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, toast, cereal, fruit, milk and juices.
Lots of good restaurants in the area, I just wish the subway was a little closer but it’s not too far away. I will stay here again and be sure to sign up for Wyndham Rewards so you can earn free stays too.

I would AVOID staying at the Ramada Eastside.
We stayed in 2 rooms for 8 nights in 2010. Here are just a few of the lowlights of our experience:
1) The female employee who ran the continental breakfast area downstairs approached us about the major bug infestation problem they were having in the food service area of the hotel and asked us to keep the door closed to help control the flies that were swarming around the food. If the hostess running the food area felt compelled to tell me that there was a sanitary issue causing a problem with flies, needless to say I am worried.
2) We filed 3 complaints about our room directly by phone with the Manager of the Ramada Eastside, and then emailed a 4^th complaint to the Customer Service Hotline for all of Ramada. That was 90 days ago. They have come back to say that the Manager of the Ramada Eastside has «lost» all 3 of our complaints so they don’t have to respond, and they are too busy to respond to the 4^th complaint.
It was a miserable stay. I so wish we had stayed at the hotel where my friends stayed 2 blocks away that was about the same price but MUCH MUCH nicer.