Hotel Riverside Studios

Overall:

"I would not recommend putting more than 2 people per room, otherwise it's fine for a city hotel, in good shape, and good value for the money." — source Hotels.com

"Just a few blocks further, over on Amsterdam, Broadway and Columbus, there are lots of restaurants and shops and you're actually in the heart of the Upper West Side of NYC - a great place to be." — source Venere

"\nBottom line: It's a great place for people who are going to be out most of the day who'd rather spend their money enjoying the city rather than sleeping in a posh room." — source Travelocity

"if one wants a very convenient place near the nyc sigtseeings/sub/central park to sleep only at night, this place is recommended." — source Expedia

"This was my second stay st this hotel so I recommend it if your looking to save a few bucks." — source Hotels.com

Clean:

"Rooms are clean and bathrooms are shared but I have never found this to be a problem." — source Hotels.com

"The second day the same thing happened , so I asked in front desk if somebody could clean it, supposing that in a hotel in which you have to share a bathroom there would be some person in charge of cleaning all the time." — source Venere

"We decided to sign in and check to see that if the bathrooms were not cleaned properly and if not that we would only stay one of the three nights we had booked - to our supprise the bathrooms were clean every day so we stayed the entire time." — source Travelocity

"called for someone to clean it and they donÂ’t have 24 hour maid service so they told me to just "close the door and someone would clean it in the morning"." — source Expedia

"The room itself was nice and very clean." — source Hotels.com

Service:

"The hotel provides daily maid service, toilet paper - very important to keep up with the toilet paper, and fresh towels (but bring your flip-flops, & washcloths/scrubbies if that's important to you as they don't seem to stock anything other than hand and bath towels." — source Travelocity

"Once we arrived at the "hostel" it was disgusting: ripped and extremely dirty carpet, no curtains, mold (yes i say mold) everywhere, wet bathroom, and no friendly staff." — source Travelocity

"Other perks: it is only a two-block walk from the 72nd Street 1/9 subway, where you can get express service to Grand Central and all other subway lines." — source Travelocity

"Location and the room are better than what we expected, good area, maid service was good, day time front dest was very helpful." — source Travelocity

"the beds are hard, no services so forget room service or even a restaurant for 2 blocks." — source Travelocity

Location:

"-> Excellent Location convenient for travelling via Metro." — source Hotels.com

"This beautiful, convenient area on the upper west side is fantastic--a few minutes walk to the riverside park for a morning jog or coffee on the pier,close to express subway,Lincoln Center." — source Venere

"Hotel is located on the on the quite and safe W 71 St. You can walk to all attractions, Times Square is on the 42 st, Central Park is only 10 min walking distance and best of all, there is a subway stop 5 min away (72 St W)." — source Travelocity

"The location is quite convenient @ the west end about 10 minutes away from the nearest subway." — source Expedia

"The hotel was farther west than I anticipated, but the location was still good." — source Venere

Value:

"I would not recommend this hotel to anyone even to save a few dollars." — source Hotels.com

"This is not an hotel but a dormitory, for the same price i am sure you can find much better, than an horrible room where everything is broken and quite dirty." — source Venere

"location is wonderful, price is great, check-in was without problems rooms are clean, comfortable, fridge added bonus, shared bath was no problem quiet - transportation extremely close -- would stay here again best deal we have found in past 4 years of visting NY esp." — source Travelocity

"Overall I would say this hotel was good value for a single traveller." — source Expedia

"In fact, I wanted to leave it as soon as I saw it but was told that I would have to pay a full price for an entire stay anyhow, hence stayed." — source Venere