Courtyard Long Island City/New York Manhattan View

I stayed for 2 nights on a family vacation. The front desk staff was very friendly and it was close to the subway for easy transportation. It was clean and well organized, so we felt comfortable and well rested.

Rooms were very small. Thing which bothered me was that there was no space in room to keep and open my suitcase which I had to do only on bed. Our room was 2 queen bed and we were party of 4 my husband, me and 2 kids(8month, 4 year).

The rooms were very clean, kudos to the maids. Room was quiet, slept like a baby. Parking is terrible, although there is a parking garage next door, for about $ 50 dollars a day.. The staff were very friendly.

We have very mixed feelilngs about this hotel. They messed up our reservation & put our family of 5 in a tiny double queen room (2 adults, 3 older teen boys). When I told them I had reserved a double queen corner family room w/ a pull-out sofa, they said that isn't what they had listed & that they had actually "upgraded" us from a king to a double queen room. We had already lost a day of vacation due to a cancelled flight so we didn't argue further. That night at 11 PM (after some of us were already asleep) somoene tried to get into our room, then a security guard knocked on our door and asked why we were still in the room b/c we were supposed to have checked out that morning. We said we had just checked IN. Then 5 minutes later the front desk called us & said they had messed up & we weren't supposed to be there. We just went on trying to make the most of our vacation and just made the best of the situation. One of our teenage sons had to sleep on the floor b/c we didn't have enough bed space for everyone. We asked for extra pillows, blankets & towels, which we had to ask for multiple times before they brought them up to us. The best part of the hotel is its location. It's located fairly close to a subway line for easy access to the city, and there is a fabulous market right next door w/ coffee, snacks, deli items, made to order menu items, & everything else one might need. I did find the original reservation after we got back home and it was exactly what I told them it was.

This was a great place to stay while visiting New York. We were there for 6 nights. My only suggestion would be to come in and vacuum the room every once in a while. We had kids with us and the floor got pretty messy. They came in and cleaned our room the first day but after that they didn't clean the room again. One of the nice things about this hotel is the area. There's a really nice deli downstairs just next door and there are two subway stops that are very close. I thought this was a very safe area for our family to be.

I was in NYC for a family function so didn't spend a great deal of time at the hotel. I appreciated the small "convenience store" in the lobby for late night snacks or drinks. Desk staff was friendly and accomodating