American Dream Hostel

Amazing hostel experience!
I booked a private room with shared bath — was given a room with bunk beds. The room was really clean. There’s a sink, table, chair, and TV. The bathrooms and showers are clean. The people are very helpful and friendly.
Breakfast is free and the coffee is actually really good. Didn’t expect to find such good coffee here. There are snacks available in the kitchen throughout the day. It’s also a nice study/​lounge spot.
Location is really nice and near the 23^rd street station for the 6 and a five minute walk away from the 23^rd st station for NQR.
Definitely recommend! I had such a great experience for less than $ 100 a night. Thank you. Will be coming back.

El mejor precio que encontré para una habitación doble, con desayuno incluido, en una zona céntrica de Manhattan. Mas parecido a un bed & breakfast que a un hostel. Son pocas habitaciones con baños compartidos en cada piso. Tiene una pequeña pero muy cómoda cocina que nos dejaron utilizar sin problemas, allí se sirve el desayuno y probablemente ese sea el único momento en el que te cruces con otros huéspedes. Es un hostel muy tranquilo. Las habitaciones y el baño son algo chicos, como es de esperar para nyc. Lo unico malo es que no tiene ascensor y se debe subir el equipaje por escaleras angostas. Buena limpieza y buena conexión a Internet. Esta ubicado en una buena zona, recomendable si se tienen pocos días en la ciudad y no se quiere gastar mucho dinero en transporte ya que se puede caminar a muchos lugares turísticos y hacer compras. Muy recomendable.

Ótimo hostel! Bem pertinho de tudo, superaconchegante, limpinho e com internet nos quartos além de café da manhã. Ele tem três andares de escada entao isso é negativo se você tiver muitas malas ou tiver alguma dificuldade de locomoção. Mas a cozinha é no primeiro piso, tem banheiros ali tbm, dá pra pedir pra ficar num quarto embaixo sem problemas.

Stayed here in Sept 2010, great value and close to everything! The shared bathrooms were also very clean… planning to go back this year!

Best value on the planet. Clean. Warm. Quiet. Nice. Rooms are small but nice. Mattresses are firm. Policies are reasonable and fair. Great location. Very affordable.

This is a definite YES.
Pros:
* Close to Subway (6 line)
*Free Breakfast (Cereal, OJ, fruits, bagels, waffles, donuts)
*Kitchen area, which was a great mingling area.
*Free Wi-​fi
*Computer room
*Towels and blankets available
*Great customer service
*And REALLY clean.
Cons:
*The shower is my main reason for giving this a 4 start and not a 5. The water was either scalding hot or freezing cold. It’d be good for a bit then it went crazy. Also, The water comes from right above, so for guys as tall as me and my friend (5′ 10″ and 6′ 1″) it made it a little uncomfortable.
*No air conditioner, which may a problem in hotter weather, but we were able to open our window which helped a lot.

Stayed there for 7 nights (nov-​dec2011) in a private room with shared bathroom.
It is true you get what you pay for but for 55 bucks per night on Manhattan this hostel is great.
Pros:
— location
— friendly and VERY help full staff
— free wifi (a bit unstable but hey it’s free)
— very clean.
— free breakfast (that i never tried)
— security — locked door and most of the time there is staff on duty.
Cons:
None really for the price.
— No air-​conditioner could be a problem in summertime
If I’m not getting a super deal on a 4+ star hotel next time i am going this is defiantly going to be where i stay next time i go to New York City.

I stayed in a private room (with shared bathroom) for two nights. I considered the experience to be a good value — my room had a sink (which minimizes the inconvenience of a shared bathroom) and window unit air conditioning. I was able to sleep comfortably both nights — noise wasn’t too bad. The staff was courteous/​professional and I found the building to be clean and in good condition. Convenient location, free wifi, breakfast and towels/​linens. Plus they had a nice lounge area with computers/​printing. I would definitely stay here again and recommend it to my friends.

Overall, there are a lot of good things about this hostel: very clean in the facility and the room, free breakfast, kitchen available, towels provided (though both were stained – really a minor issue), bathrooms were clean, location and nice neighborhood, and the private room (which I had) included a sink and a small (like the size of a piece of paper) tv.
The things that are not so good would probably cause me not to go back and the reason for the rating: the mattress and pillows were rock hard, the temperature in the room was very humid and hot and there was no way for me to adjust that (minus opening the window that didn’t have a screen during the pouring rain), there was a huge gap at the bottom of the door letting in sound and light from the hallway, the kitchen was right next to my rooms so people were often up very late talking. This last thing was expected in this environment, but with the sound so easily able to travel in – combined with the bedding and temperature – made it difficult to sleep.
For people who wouldn’t have a problem with the issues I noted, this is a good place to stay.

I’ll just make it as brief as possible:
Pros:
–located in heart of Manhattan: few blocks away from subway (line 6), abount 11 blocks away from Penn Station (it not that much of a walk)
–Registered place in Super Shuttle (Airport ride service)
–Nice friendly staff, free breakfast from 7AM-​11AM
–Free WiFi
–Computer with internet & printing available
–TOWELS AVAILABLE FOR FREE!
Cons:
–Since it’s in the heart of Manhattan, it takes a bit to get to the airport.
–shared bathroom unless in a private room (Personally I have no problem with this)
Overall, this place is a decent place to stay. $ 55/​night, and meeting awesome new friends from all over the world? Yeah I’ll take that over some overpriced fancy crap hotel in NYC.
Remember, this is a hostel. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE A FREAKIN’ HOTEL FOR WHAT YOU PAID FOR.

reasonable hostel