Hotel on Rivington

The hotel staff were terrible, room service took an hour and 40 min. We stayed here 3 nights and they were great at check in, after that they just didn’t seem to care.

Stayed at the property recently, but I have to say I left rather disappointed. The images on the website made the property look swanky, modern, and cool. In reality, I felt the place was a bit divey.
Walking into the hotel was, well, weird. It’s basically a hallway with the lobby nowhere to be found. In fact, I don’t even think I saw signage indicating the lobby was on the second floor. Everything seemed worn. Couldn’t tell if it was intentional, given the hip vibe in LES.
The room was small (expected in NYC), but worn down. The window handle was broken, drawers were scratched, and the TV failed to work. The bathroom was really nice, though.
Not the hotel’s fault or anything, but I got absolutely no sleep from the 11^th floor with the constant honking from the vehicles below. With the windows closed. Just something to be aware of if you’re a light sleeper.
Overall, it wasn’t miserable, but I don’t think I would stay here again.

Booked a Unique Room here for our anniversary. The view from the room was really great.
Unfortunately, there were a few downsides. The air conditioning in the room didn’t work. When we walked in, it had to be at least 90 degrees and was incredibly stuffy. I saw a review from last week that said the same thing and hoped the problem was fixed, but it wasn’t.
I also requested a wheelchair for my partner. The one they gave me was filthy, covered in dust and dirt. When I spoke to the man at the front desk about both the air conditioner and wheelchair, he didn’t even apologize. He implied that most people don’t request wheelchairs and made it sound like they did us a favor for even giving us one.
Lastly, there was a room of loud guys directly below us yelling on their porch all night. We asked the front desk to speak to them, but it never quieted down and we barely slept.
There was one woman at the front desk who was really nice and did our best to accommodate us. She even sent us a free bottle of wine and ultimately, the wheelchair was cleaned off (though the air conditioner still didn’t work properly.)
That withstanding, it was a disappointing experience given the price point (over $ 600.) Standard rooms may be better here and again, you can’t beat the views. But I would not recommend this for anyone looking for a first rate experience.

I truly enjoyed my stay here between 19 – 20 of May! The hotel is quite anonymous from the outside, and the lobby is small and on the second floor. Service has been great all the stay through, and upon arrival I was greeted nicely with an upgrade to the 18^th floor, to the most amazing view, and best room ever!
The room is huge! Quiet and gave me a great nights sleep! The bathroom was amazing, with a beautiful bathtub and great quality products (love going to hotels when you don’t have to bring toiletries)
Breakfast was located on 20^th floor, and was everything I wanted: yogurt with berries and granola, coffee and juice, bagel/​toast with either jam or cream cheese.
Location is great!
In my room they had prepared cookies, water and popcorn, nice gesture!
I come to NYC in business at least three times per year, and will happily stay here again, no other hotel can compare to this!

Take your hard-​earned money elsewhere. Not worth it! This place is a dump.
Issues:
AC was broken and the room was about 95 degrees. They had to call maintenance to fix it.
We did not have hot water in our room. I took an icey cold shower in the morning.
Carpets are disgusting all over the hotel. It’s like they don’t vacuum.
Rooftop has a nice view of the city but the view is ruined by the huge pile of abandoned furniture stacked up in the corner. It looks like a furniture hoarder’s paradise up there.
Rooftop bar is ill-​equipped and there’s no cocktail menu. Just some random liquor bottles and mixers.
The front desk was very polite when I told them the hot water issue and the AC but the manager only gave us a 10% discount. Really? 10% off to take a cold shower? We paid almost $ 500 for our room. Total waste.

What has happened to this hotel?! my room isn’t super sanitary and there is duct tape holding the batteries into the TV controls. Entrance is all messed up. No restaurant anymore… YIKES. This place needs a financial injection. Not worth the $$$.

My birthday was made special by the amazing staff ! They gave us an upgrade and even sent some complimentary wine and fruit. Overall Cool hotel with modern urban vibe. Love the floor to ceiling Windows. Optimally located in the heart of LES — with easy access to all the restaurants and nightlife in the area. They know the way to a New Yorkers heart (free breakfast included a bacon egg and cheese on a croissant) definitely would consider staying here again

While my bike was parked in front of the hotel for 15 minutes, they came out and cut my Kryptonite lock off. That is the third lock they’ve cut in the past week, they said. The bike was not in the way – it was locked to the construction scaffolding off on the side, and there were no signs barring bike parking. A police officer said she’d never seen a business do this to bikes on scaffolding. This is a bike-​heavy neighborhood with few places to lock up, and the hotel has always been prickly about parking in front (even when not blocking the entrance). The Hotel on Rivington is a bad neighbor.

I was so happy to stay here after always walking by as a teen. As for the location, it is the best location. You can walk to all the surrounding areas within minutes– Chinatown, Soho, Noho, East Village, Little Italy, etc. It’s located within LES nightlife so you can step out and bar hop.
During check in, I was told they serving complimentary wine and how could I pass on this? We were given a corner top floor with views of the Freedom Tower and Uptown. We walked into a small modern living with a hallway leading to our room with a king termpur-​pedic mattress that featured floor to ceiling windows that wrapped around the room. The entire suite has dim lighting that can be adjusted throughout. The bathroom had black tiling all over, large shower, and a black toilet which was weird to me the entire time lol. Each night during turndown service, they would leave some goodies bedside, we got Rice Krispies one night and oatmeal cookies on the other. The mini fridge is stocked with whatever you may need but you can save a lot of money by just walking to the corner bodega and picking up a lot of things for much less. In the closet, they had two bath robes and an umbrella. Probably the best robes I have ever lodged around in and you can keep it… for $ 150.
At night, they lock the elevators so you may only access it from the main floor with your room key which I am sure is handy as there is many drunk people in the streets after 9pm. I liked that all the doormen they had greeted you as you came and went. Now, like many others have stated, the noise level at night is extremely high. All you hear is drunk people and cars honking from the below traffic from the bars. If you aren’t used to this, this will shock you. I was able to sleep through it since I am used to it but the first night I was wondering if I could be able to. Obviously the weekend nights are much worse then weekday nights. I would suggest going to Duane Reade down the street on Delancey and getting ear plugs if you just can’t sleep. Also one night of showering, something poked my feet and I realized their tile had lifted off. Something maintenance surely can fix quickly so no biggie.
I am saving my 5 stars for when I stay in the room with the penthouse suite with the soak in tub!

Ahhh, the hotel party. The cornerstone of a night in Manhattan, on occasion. One of my dearest friends recently had her 30^th birthday party here at Hotel on Rivington, and it was a lovely evening, absolutely!
She scored by getting a suite on the 17^th floor, for starters. Upon entering, I flowed my way though the living area, walk-​in closet, two bedrooms, and both bathrooms. It should be said that one bathroom, the living area, and the main bed area had unparalleled Manhattan views to the north, east, and west! The bathroom with the north and east views was completely glass-​walled; the soaking tub and shower shared the same area, and I can only imagine how wonderful it’d be to take a bath, surrounded by Manhattan. A terrace lined the entire length of the north side of the suite; on an unusually balmy February night, when it was about 55 degrees, were were all able to partake in the fresh air while sipping on some drinks.
I did enjoy the amenities such as booze and, yes, adult souvenirs; there were bottles of lube and massage candles available for use, courtesy of Babeland, for a small fee. Think of it as taking food from the mini bar. ;-)
I really loved the hospitality of the staff towards my friend. Over the course of the evening, a complimentary slice of birthday, some cookies, and some champagne made their way up to the suite. It was so thoughtful and showed great customer service!
We’re already talking about when we can have our next party here! It was really an amazing experience, and I know my friend had a perfect evening. I really can’t wait to come and party here again!

4.5 stars! Great hotel. Lovely lobby and love the beverage bar hours (free hot coffee teas in the am and wine and juices in the pm). There was also a beautiful smell all over the hotel from lobby to elevator to hallways to bedroom. Booked a studio room (all are corner) and I really liked the separate (although no door partition but long hallway of closets instead divided living from bedroom) living area with the 2 small couches. Requested for a high floor and got 15^th! Awesome views from every room including the shower. Stayed on my bday weekend and received a bottle of wine and a gift plate of cupcakes and strawberries with a card. Felt spoiled and very special. Everything was just excellent.

Overall we had a nice stay.
One of the best bathrooms in any hotel I’ve stayed in, (next to the standard). Pleasant staff but scarce.
Great location.
Spacious rooms with nice views
The only downside — my friend also had a room. I paid $ 100 more to get a «corner suite» that had Windows all around.
She ended up on the 19^th floor rather than the 9^th where I was.
Here views were better :(

Was picking up my cousin who was staying here from out of town and the inner city door boy with dredds cursed me out. Not cool. I was waiting in the car outside and he told me the car was too close to the hotel. Without argument, I moved the car. On his way back inside he cursed me. I asked him to repeat himself, and he said it again. Very unprofessional and totally uncalled for. My cousin was too shy and embarrassed to say anything to management when I told her the story.

Stayed here on New Years and all I can say is wow. The view from my room was wonderful! Modern room with marble bathroom and a really awesome tub. The bar downstairs is über cool. I’d definitely stay here again.

Nice, Sheik LES Hotel. Comfy tempurpedic type beds, free wifi, mini bar, gym and in room movies. No parking garage but they’ll Valet (Very expensive). Very nice Resteraunt.

Worst hotel experience of our lives. Let me start by saying my wife and I spend 30 – 50 days in hotels around nyc yearly for business. We are no strangers to nyc and understand its loud. That being said we felt like we were sleeping on the street. Bars across the street blast music until 1am then throw there bottles into garbage pails until 3am. I have never been inside of a building in ny and be able to make out entire conversations by people outside speaking at a normal tone. Try making the TV louder to drown true noise out. Oh wait the remote doesn’t work. When the air conditioner turns on it sounds like a truck hit the building but the temp never went below 77 degrees. The bed and the steam shower were nice too bad everything else sucks. When we complained about not being able to get any sleep, the ac not working etc we were told «sorry». Do yourself a favor and listen to my advise, stay anywhere else.

Not a review of the hotel itself, as I’ve never stayed here, but for the lobby area. I worked there one time and it is a good spot for that. The atmosphere is very nice and the same goes for the staff.
The place feels classy in a good way with modern furniture and clean style.
There is free quality Wi-​Fi via the hotel.

The bath tub was my best friend, if home girl could have fallen asleep in that thing comfortably, I totally would have.
Let me explain my fascination with this tub. The tub is filled by water that cascades from the ceiling, the most modern, interesting, unique thing I’ve ever seen in my life in terms of bath tubbery.
To top it off, you can also use this tub/​shower area as a steam room.
Never seen a hotel put so much thought into a bathroom.
Next to the bed stand were two ginger snap cookies greeting us. Thoughtful!
Sleep like a king/​queen on the temper-​pedic, only problem is that this hotel is located on a super loud street, and I couldn’t fall asleep for a few hours because it’s right in the middle of party central. Normally I’d be out and about, but we had to wake up early the next morning to leave the city. If you’re planning on staying out and partying I think this would be an ideal hotel.
Should you choose to stay here consider asking for a higher floor, or popping a sleeping pill so you can get some nice shut eye. If you’re not a light sleeper than you shant worry!
The next morning, they had a nice little complimentary coffee/​breakfast bar with the bare essentials such as coffee, juice, and fruits.
Noise you suck, hotel you rock. If only we could air lift this hotel to another, quieter street.

Large spacious rooms. Excellent bed. Wonderful toiletries — Davines. Love the all black steam shower and bathroom. Complimentary truffle scented popcorn and cookies when you arrive. Very stylish clientele. Everyone was stylishly dressed.
Be prepared for major street noise during the night. Bring earplugs if you are a light sleeper. This is NYC.
Right around the corner from a subway stop. The bellman is great at hailing you a cab or getting a private car for you.
The décor is edgy, design forward, and dark. Cool hip spaces. Might be aging for the NYC scene, but for others outside of NYC it is still trendy.

We had a corner room with a soaking tub and it lived up to the billing. The reviews are correct this hotel is loud and subject to a lot of noise from the neighborhood so if you are a light sleeper you will not like it here. We didn’t find it a problem at all.
Housekeeping was great and all of the staff we encountered was friendly.
Check-​in was a bit of a hassle. We arrived early (11am) and didn’t get a room until just after 4pm. Front desk gave is some silliness about it being housekeeping — they could have redirected them but weren’t interested in that. We felt like they were trying to downgrade our room from our reservation — but in the end we got exactly what we had reserved.
The bar downstairs is nice and the brunch at co-​op (the restaurant) was also really good.

Hôtel incroyable à New York, dans le Lower East Side, quartier bien trop peu visité par les touristes mais qui a tout pour plaire. Il est en plein expansion, on y voit encore ici le New York multiculturel, anarchique, cool et proposant une variété incroyable de magasins, restaurants, lieux de sortie. Quelle vie ici!
Le Rivington est à l’image de son quartier: Unique!
Cette tour de verre offre des chambres très spacieuses avec des vues INCROYABLES sur Manhattan. Demander de préfère une High Floor Room. Au réveil, toute la ville se trouve à vos pieds et même dans votre douche, vous profiterez de la plus belle vue de la ville.
Le service de chambre est excellent, la réception est pro et le petit déjeuner est à tomber. Voilà une adresse hors des sentiers battus, un hôtel qui a du caractère et qui rend votre séjour à New York encore plus incroyable.
Courez-​y!
WIFI GRATUIT!

Sensationelles Hotel mit einem der besten Ausblicke in NYC. Man sollte versuchen, möglichst weit oben ein Zimmer zu bekommen — optimal 14. Stock oder drüber — und dafür sorgen dass man uptown-​Blick hat. Die Zimmer sind fast rundum verglast — man wacht auf und sieht über die Stadt.
Auch die Dusche ist verglast und man kann während der täglichen Körperpflege dem Treiben in der LES zusehen… gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber toll gemacht.
Wenn man sich was gönnen will, der perfekte Platz um NY zu erkunden. Die Lower East Side hat sich ja endgültig zum Trendviertel entwickelt, was natürlich extrem zur Dichte an Restaurants, Shops, Bars und auch sonst allem was man braucht beiträgt.
Klare Empfehlung!
Nachtrag: Ein Schnäpchen ist das Ganze natürlich nicht!