Hotel 99 New York City

I stayed in Hotel 99 with a friend in September 2010. We had a rather small room, but with all basic amenities. Bathroom was on the floor, but there was about one bathroom for 3-4 rooms, so we didn't have to wait, or could use an alternative one.

Bathrooms could be cleaner, but the service was really good and receptionists downstairs were helpful with all our questions.

It's a good Upper West Side location, very close to subway, and to lots of restaurants.

Good option for budget & young travelers.

This hotel was literally condemned while we were staying there. We came home at 12:30 in the morning to find a flier posted by the fire marshal saying the building was "Imminently perilous to life" and should not be entered.

They originally said they would relocate us right away, but come 2 am they still had nothing for us and wouldn't even promise to put us somewhere. The next morning (at 7:30 am) we were directed to a new hotel that would have space for us. They refuse to refund our stay, even for the night it was condemned, and did not provide any support for the second location. For everything that happened to us, I heard others complaining of worse.

At every point the service was insultingly bad and we learned not to trust anything said to us. Do not stay at this or any other hotel in the New York Inns Hotel Group.