Essence Hotel Meadowlands- NYC

To summarize, if you're on a budget and need a place to spend a night, this hotel is suitable. However, if you're looking for a longer stay or more luxurious accommodations, I recommend looking elsewhere. My stay at this hotel was for just one night. I chose this location due to its proximity to Times Square. Unfortunately, my experience wasn't great. The hotel appeared to be under renovation, but it wasn't complete yet. Out of the four elevators, two were out of service, and they were old. Sometimes the elevators didn't even fully open, and I had to crawl through a small opening in the elevator door. My floor had a strong smell of cigarettes and other smoking substances. The bathroom was leaking, and the beds were just firm mattresses with blankets. The only new thing in the hotel was a S

Avoid this at all cost. Thank fully we had a voucher from a timeshare sales pitch that we used for this dump so we didn't waste much money on. Went running to another much better hotel! You couldn't pay me enough to stay here. Lobby is the nicest part of the hotel 2 of the 4 elevators were out of order and the 2 that did work did so barely. One the doors opened half way or so and so we had to squeeze through. The other one didn't level out with the floor. The floor we were on the hallway was dark and dated. Rooms smelt dirty. A pile of rocks would be more comfortable than the beds that had stained sheets. It appears that they are renovating it but it needs a TON of work. Almost better to flatten it and start over. Do yourself a favor and spend some extra money on a better hotel!

I stayed at this hotel for only a couple hours on Feb 20th and it was a very unpleasant experience. To begin, the area is very sketchy and I didn’t feel comfortable parking my car in the parking lot overnight. Once in the hotel, I noticed the hotel is frequented by sketchy people, adding to my discomfort. The hotel had a strong chemical smell in the lobby and leading into the room. The front desk person just took the money and gave us a room number. There was no other instructions or additional information given like check out time or wifi ,which wasn’t even available. Once in the room, it had a strong cigarette smoke smell and the room looked very dingy. The carpet was not vacuumed as it was riddled with feathers. The walls had black smudges and an unfinished paint job. The window curtai

If there is a 0 star or a Myers sign, I would like to give it to this hotel. Overall, the hotel feels old and everything is broken. The smell in the hotel hallway on the 5th floor was so disgusting. On the first day, the window in our room was broken and opened about 1cm, letting rain and wind into the room. The next day we moved to another room, but it was next to the road and it was so noisy that we couldn't sleep. One of the elevators was broken and couldn't be used, and the other had a door that didn't open well, so there was a risk of getting trapped. After two nights, we canceled our contract for the rest of the night and slept in another motel. It was much neater, quieter, and cheaper. Just my opinion they will be many motel or inn much much better then that hotel even transfer

The only good thing about this place is, if you want to go to NYC, it's nearby. Through the tunnel, with no traffic it's about 15 minutes. Otherwise the place itself is trash. We stayed kn the 9th floor. The entire floor smells like cigarette or an old casino. The room was so bad. The furniture was super old or something they took from the side of the road after someone threw them away. In the bathroom, it's like there was an attempt at remodeling it. And they forgot to put put the counter top next to the sink. So we had to improvise. The pillows are so old, you need to put 4 together to get a pillow. The AC is so old and ridiculous, you're either too hit or too cold. Let's not even talk about the elevators! They are old and don't work. 2 were out if order. The other two barely work and so