The reviews for this hotel are very accurate in a good and bad way. Our experience here for 4 nights was fine. Would I have appreciated a higher rated hotel? Of course! But we were on a budget and the location for this place was incredible! Unbeatable in Jersey, the NYC skyline seen from your room!? Fantastic! Thats why I booked it even after reading the reviews about it being outdated and kinda dirty. Yes, we did switch rooms when we got our first one because there were hand prints on the bedframes from people doing you know what in the beds. There was a gross poop looking stain on the wall and the beds looked frumpy. The front desk was very quick to get us another room and we even got to check in early! The staff were friendly and took our request seriously. Overall, would not stay there again but we got what we paid for and it was in a nice, quiet part of town with great coffee shops and restaurants near by and the subway is next door!