Harlem Bed and Breakfast

Having never stayed or really even visited in Harlem, I was not sure what to expect. However, I was very pleasantly surprised by this place. It is right next to a really nice park, especially in the warm months. Is convenient to the 2/3 Express subway station, only 3 blocks away and the famous Apollo Theater is only 5 blocks. The neighborhood is quiet, […] clean and very safe feeling. But a really great little service is a very friendly face to greet you every time you come in through the front door. Not sure if they are there 24/7, but they were there every time my wife and I came in, sometimes as late as midnight. Breakfast is nice enough with fresh croissants and french bread, but lacking in fresh fruit. Coffee and tea is available 24 hours a day, a nice for perk for me. We stayed in the Garden room, allowing us to have a private bath, 2 bedrooms and a small kitchen, with basic pots and limited plates and service ware. Not something always available in bed and breakfasts. In addition, there is a pleasant little garden outside of the second bedroom that I am sure is a real joy in warmer months. It appears that they have BBQ facilities available for warm days. All of this would make this a great place for a small family gathering, as the rooms can easily support 7 people with one queen in the master bedroom and 2 doubles in the second room. The couch will sleep one. Disappointing to me for the price was the overall condition of the furnishings. The dressers were in really bad shape with drawers falling apart, the bed sheets were really rough and the beds were sitting directly on the floor with no bed frame. Lighting was relatively dark, and given being on the bottom of the brownstone, there were only 2 windows. The shower would benefit from a curved rod to get the shower curtain out and away from your body. The tub had jacuzzi capability but there was no stopper for the drain in order to use it. However, probably the most problematic issue was the water temperature in Read more

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

Very friendly staff, comfortable room, excellent breakfast choices, and quite close to a subway station for getting to downtown.

Genuine Hotels.com guest review

Dette er en tradisjonell boligbygning som er gjort om til bed & breakfast, noe som blant annet innebærer at tre rom deler bad i hver etasje. Det betyr at det kan hende at badet er opptatt når man selv vil bruke det, men vi opplevde aldri noe køproblem. Rommet vårt var praktisk utstyrt med alt det var annonsert at det skulle ha + en del ting til. Ikke […] over/gjennomdesignet, men praktisk. Ypperlig renhold. Alt teknisk/praktisk fungerte som det skulle, med unntak av WiFi på rommet (men det skulle visst fikses, og det fungerte nede i resepsjonen). Fredelig boliggate, noen få minutter å gå til subway, litt boligområdepreg på funksjonene langs avenuen på vei til subway (barneskole, supermarked og andre lokale forretninger, kirke, lokale spisesteder osv), ikke veldig spennende shopping eller sydende natte/uteliv. Området/gatene opplevdes som trygge og hyggelige med mange gamle og unge som er ute og går, både grytidlig og ganske sent. Mye gamle mennesker er ute og lufter hunden sin sent og tidlig. Enkelte bygninger langs Malcom X Bd står tomme med plater foran vinduene. Første kvelden gikk vi oss litt bort (tok feil av hvor vi bodde i forhold til subway og gikk lang omvei østover), der var gatelivet annerledes, med enkelte litt øde gater og her og der grupper av menn som sto og hang på gatehjørner osv. Da vi bodde her, betalte vi under en tredjedel av hva vi måtte ha betalt for et dobbelrom med enkel standard downtown. Read more

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