Duane Street Hotel Tribeca, Belvilla District 6 Formerly Sonder

I would not stay at this hotel and was highly disappointed in the service. First, for ~450/night, there was no housekeeping service. The towels I received were folded to hide mould stains and brown markings; there was no initiative from the staff to replace the towels despite me being there for 7 nights. On first checking in, there was a considerable amount of hair on the bathroom floor. I was locked out of my room twice and it took them about an hour each time to find a replacement key. To my surprise, during a period of being locked out of my room, the manager came up with a QR code and asked me to write a review specifically mentioning his name. I found this really unprofessional given all the issues with the stay; I said ‘sure’ out of awkwardness and then on two follow-up equations, he asked me why I had not left a review which I found extremely uncomfortable. Moreover, this hotel is no longer Sonder but has been taking over by Oyo. Despite this, all the branding within the hotel remains Sonder including directing you to Sonder wifi and the Sonder app for towel replacements; all of this is irrelevant given its no longer Sonder, so that wifi does not exist and was only provided to me on asking (which seems odd); the Wifi itself does not work for the TV. You also cannot set the AC temperature and all the pillows were different brands/levels of cushioning. I would really strongly advise against staying at this hotel.

WARNING DO NOT BOOK. This is NO LONGER Sonder. DUANE HOTEL IS A SCAM AND NOTHING LIKE THE PHOTOS. VERY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT. This hotel is in shambles. Arrived at 10:35pm - greeted by a hotel team of 3 unwashed men in disheveled clothes (think undershirts and flip flops) each yelling into their telephones. Realised quickly they had no idea who was staying in what room, keys were being stored in plastic shopping bags in a pile on the check in counter. I was taken upstairs in a filthy elevator to a room, he opened the door and quickly shut it as someone was staying in there. He didn’t know what room to put me, took a phone call and left me waiting in the hallway. I eventually made it downstairs again after waiting over 5 minutes for the elevator, walking over construction site materials in the hallway. They were trying to check in someone else by this stage, letting him know there is no AC’s in the rooms. The police arrived in the lobby responding to a seperate incident, other guests were locked out of rooms and were not being given their keys. I was loosing it, It was late at night, after a long day of work and with a migraine. I let them know that I wanted a refund and that I’ll be going elsewhere. This hotel is not a safe environment. I was told in person that they cannot refund my $300 reservation for this less than 1 star hotel experience because booking.com managed the res. I’m still waiting for customer service to fix this. Honestly I’ve stayed in hostels in rural India that were a better experience than this.

It wasnt open you guys

-Die Dusche war ziemlich abgenutzt und hatte viele starke Kalkablagerungen.
- Raum für große Koffer eher schwierig mit kleinen kein Problem
-Konzept der Sonder Hotels sieht keinen täglichen Zimmer Service vor der ist ja auch nicht immer nötig aber würde einen Aufenthalt angenehmer gestalten wenn bspw. das Bett täglich gemacht wird.

La cama era grande pero no había lugar para las valijas, eso era medio incomodo. Pero a tener en cuenta no es malo

Bathroom Dirty
Room very small for a 2x double bed room
Reception being renovated
Because of the above was not worth the money

Baustelle im EG / Lobby (zeitweise Lärm)

Baustelle außen (Fassade, daher zeitweise Lärm),
andauernde Sicht auf Müll und Bauschutt auf Etagenhöhe)

Zimmerservice an einigen Tagen trotz Anfragen verspätet oder gar nicht stattgefunden

Kein Wasserkocher

Lobby mehrheitlich nicht besetzt (trotz Besetzungszeit)

Purtroppo le pulizie non sono comprese proprio come concetto di base della struttura, quindi essendo la camera molto piccola e poco arieggiata o si prenotano le pulizie a pagamento o si rimane nello sporco e nell'umidità.

Kamer/appartement werd verhuurd voor 4 personen maar slaapbank was niet goed genoeg om op te slapen. Slaapbank was bij aankomst niet opgemaakt en lakens waren vies. Badkamer was ook in slechte staat en oude douche. Verwachting was veel hoger als je naar de foto's kijkt.