Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street

Bitten by bugs while sleeping in a very chappy bed

Fairly roomy rooms

Astounded this place gets good reviews. Beds, furniture, fit and finish is worse than a cheap roadside motel in the developing world. Also, I was bit up on my arms and face by bugs in the room. Lastly, it was very noisy (sounds from inside hotel not from outside). Worst nights of sleep I've had in two years.

Underwhelming considering the rates. Claustrophobi

The staff is very courteous and helpful. The premises are clean and well maintained. The location is awesome if you like to walk around and take in the sights. The Financial District is one of the few places I enjoy walking around as it isn't as densely populated at night.

The room we had was right by a garbage disposal or ice machine so every so often we'd hear it go off. Very distracting and unpleasant. The room seemed smaller than it is because the ceilings are outrageously tall. The bathroom looks like the designer took a page out of the YMCA men's domicile for inspiration - cheap tile, crappy shower, meh. The windows haven't been washed in what I can only assume is eons so even if the view were breathtaking (it wasn't) you wouldn't be able to see it properly.

overal impressions

I thought the staff very responsive to my questions. I had a document printed out at short notice, and it was done efficiently and without complaint.

What I most disliked was the set-up with the television. It is absolutely standard these days --even at a motel 6 -- to have a large number of cable tv stations available with at least some of the more common movie channels. There was none of that. Also, one would expect a large movies-on-demand set-up on the television and that too was missing. 2) my in-house phone did not work, and so to communicate with the front desk, I had to go down by elevator; 3) it was difficult to catch a cab in this part of wall street, and there was no way of doing so, according to the staff, except to walk 2 or 3 blocks and hope for the best. The hotel should have a better arrangement when it comes to cabs; 4) the bed was fine, but the only cover/comforter doubled as a bed-spread, which meant one had to sleep with the bed-spread, which I find off-putting -- potentially unclean.