Hotel Edison, New York City, Smell

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Hotel Edison	Average Price: $316 Check Rates

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228 West 47TH Street

New York City, 10036 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 36 of 154
Average review rating: 3.67

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (51) , Expedia (93) , MyTravelGuide (1) , TripAdvisor (1135) , YahooTravel (83)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (4/5 issues found)

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Construction:	There are recent comments about Construction, Renovation.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	Recent comments complained about room smell.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	Recent comments complained about bed bugs.

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1. Hotel is old, smell old, furniture like 1500's halways also look like low category place.

"Pictures completely different to reality " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/25/2012 Vote

2. There was a musty smell as well.

"Great location, could use a bit of a facelift " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/5/2012 Vote

3. Once we got up the elevator to the room, we could smell unsmoked marijuana in the hallways and the walls looked dirty.

"toilet didn't even work properly!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/24/2012 Vote

4. We were on the 12th floor and the room was smelling musty.

"Smelly room " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/21/2012 Vote

5. I think the mattress had to be at least 40 years old and the bedsheets were yellowed with age and had a musty smell to them.

"Lost in the 60's " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/17/2012 Vote

6. ) but you soon get used to it, we asked for a renovated room and thats what we got (slight smell of paint) Very happy with this hotel :) :) We were there for 3 nights and managed to do absolutely everything.

"Ignore All Bad Reviews! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/21/2011 Vote

7. The first impression that greeted us was a strong smell of rancid frying fat.

"Seriously??! Does New York City not have public health inspectors? " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/14/2011 Vote

8. The smell of the room can only be equated to a very old male sports changing room, many years of many sweaty bodies.

"Unpleasant surprise " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/3/2011 Vote

9. It was very cramped (you could only just walk round the bed) and smelled of food.

"BASIC BUT CENTRAL " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/22/2011 Vote

10. Room was cleaned, but smelled like bleach the next 3 days.

"Small,dirty room " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/18/2011 Vote