The Leon Hotel

It’s a really nice hotel, had a comfy bed, and modern furniture and fixtures. It’s was a teeny bit small, but not for under $ 100 in NYC.

Very nice hotel for the price, location and quality.
Service was nice too, a girl at the front desk was pleasant and helpful, even tho we were trying to check in at 3 am in the morning.

Excellent location and price. Popeyes is right next door. The hotel is a few blocks away from the subway and also a few blocks away from public parking ($ 90 for 48 hr). The staffs were friendly and were able to check us in around noon (vs. 3pm) when we arrived. The room was spacious compared to other NYC hotels. Room was clean and I love the fact that they have separate heating unit for the bathroom. The main heating unit does not work well, the heating kept running no matter what the setting was. I had to turn on and off myself to regulate the temperature. My friend’s room also had the same issue. Other than that, great hotel.

Clean, comfy, central. Great for anyone. It’s way bigger than I expected and it’s in an amazing spot of New York! I would stay here again for sure.

It’s a pretty good deal — around $ 150 per night in Manhattan. Rarely can you find that kind of pricing.
It’s clean and looks nice. My room seemed to have been updated not too long ago.
The curtains on the window thoroughly keep out the Sun — moreso than I’ve experienced at probably any hotel. It’s great if you’ve just come in via a flight or want to relax after a day of walking. Very peaceful. The walls are fairly thin, so you can make out words of people in the hallway, but the neighbors are generally quiet. And although it’s on the rim of a giant roundabout, you don’t hear the traffic at all. You get a decent view of the same out your window.
They’ve got an elevator — always a plus, again after a flight or a busy day. Air conditioning works fast, although it seems to overshoot the temperate you set and keep cooling. So you’ll need to toggle it off.
There are a handful of inconveniences. Most importantly, the air conditioning unit makes an extremely loud and unpleasant sound every few hours. I have no idea why. The Wi-​Fi is also terribly slow. It clocked in under 1 Mbps, too slow to load any modern website. I also noticed that the toilet seat wasn’t quite aligned properly.
Staff were friendly and helpful. The lady who cleaned the rooms honored the «privacy please» sign on my door and didn’t clean it.
The neighborhood has what you’d expect from a Chinatown: ethnic businesses, and unfortunately lots of sewage /​garbage smell. Prosperity Dumplings, just a few minutes walk away, sells über-​cheap dumplings, so check them out.
While you won’t find a subway line outside your door, you’ve got two options, each a five minute walk (better to see the neighborhood anyways).
On the aggregate I enjoyed my time here and a few tweaks would make it a genuinely great hotel.

Was very pleased. Last minute decision to stay. Had a quick painless check in. Room was super clean. Crazy large. Extremely comfortable. Will return without hesitation.

Great location. Super close to subway. Clean. Comfortable bed. Nice bathroom. Pleasant customer service. Pretty view. Stayed there in middle of March, 2015.

Pros:
Located in the heart of China town. This may not be for everyone but you should try it. I’m telling you, you won’t regret it. You can walk 5 blocks in any directions and hit 1) Little Italy 2) Lower East Side 3) Soho and 4) Train stations
Entire staff from front desk, porter, and housekeeping were fantastic and very accommodating!
Big rooms with huge windows — loved!
Super comfortable bed. I had a great night sleep
Quiet
Very Clean
Needs improvement:
Wifi was very bad in my room (room 401). This room is likely in a dead zone. This was mentioned by a few other reviewers. Since this was a business trip and having no internet was a little problematic. The front desk and their tech support was very helpful but the problem was never resolve.
PLEASE put some sort of shelf or ledge in the shower for toilet trees
Comments:
Keep in mind this hotel has no amenities, this shouldn’t be a problem or a deterrence. They have a soda and snack vendor machines and an ice machine (all on the lower level = no noise on the floors. yay). You can pretty much order anything you want from seamless and have it delivered to your door.

My girlfriend and I found this hotel through a 3^rd part booking site after a last-​minute decision to stay in the city overnight. Great deal, great view of the Manhattan Bridge, great room.
Our 3^rd floor room had two plush queen beds, a flat panel TV, Keurig coffee machine, and modern spacious bathroom. The concierges were friendly and knowledgeable about the area– A big plus when you’re an out-​of-​towner!
Would happily recommend and stay here again. There is no breakfast provided (hence the 4-​stars), but a short walk down the street is Prosperity Dumpling. STRONGLY recommend you go there and enjoy some early morning dumplings. You’ll thank me later!
Bottom line: Great hotel in a great location. I will be staying here many nights in the future!

I will be updating this review while I stay here.
We arrived and I was able to get a cart (but no bell person) to get out Lugguge from the cab as the block the hotel is on was road blocked.
After asking many times we were able to convince the person to let us see the room that was reserved for us and to put our bags in there 30 minutes before check in time. (2:30 pm)
The view is awesome from the top floor. Much better than the second floor.
Not sure why they put us in second floor if both rooms were available — bit we requested to move up and they agreed.
I booked through
and put in the notes that I am requesting a top floor room next to the elevator but my notes did not come through.
The room is new and nice and spacious. We had a closet. I know not all rooms do from a review I read. The toilet flusher is semi broken and the only thing the fancy tv can do is turn on and off and mute. So it’s the ny weather channel only.
They seem understaffed for the 3.5 stars they claim. Not sure if I know what I’m talking about but I have been to 2 star hotels that offer more.
All together I think it’s too expensive for what they provide. I would rate the hotel to cost about $ 125 a night. We paid more than double that. Almost triple.
That’s about it. Comments accepted happily.

Cheap clean rooms in good if slightly noisy location. BUT… Some big health warnings on the service: my wife went down to the basement to use the restroom and when she took a long time to come back I made a joke to the front desk manager, Hugo, about her being trapped in the basement. This seemed to trigger some sort of rage in him and he raised his voice and practically shouted at me to calm down and that «nobody was trapped» I was totally taken aback, pointed out that it was a joke and perhaps he was the one who calm down and he totally lost his temper and became very rude and said I was welcome to go to a hotel with a better sense of humor. So we did– and won’t be returning! Rage issues don’t tend towards good customer service.

When we stayed here, it was newly opened (April 2014). The rooms were clean, quiet, lovely, and inexpensive; the employees were pleasant; the view was sensational (we looked out onto the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge), and we loved the location (but that’s because we love Chinatown). The lobby is just a check-​in desk, so don’t look for major amenities. But if we could guarantee getting the room we got, with the quality delivered, at the price we paid, every time we go to New York, we would never stay anywhere else.