When I was in the UK trying to find a good value hotel to stay in the NYC area the Comfort Inn on Staten Island kept coming up. \u00a0It was cheap, only \u00a353 a night, including a breakfast for 2 people. \u00a0That\u2019s way cheaper than almost any other hotel in the New York area. \u00a0The reason? \u00a0Because it\u2019s on Staten Island, which is a lovely place, but at least an hour from downtown Manhattan. \u00a0For our 3 day stay on Staten Island we actually enjoyed catching the bus from the hotel to the ferry terminal and then the ferry to Manhattan. \u00a0After a trip to Toronto we stayed in Manhattan, in Harlem, and we did enjoy being a simply train ride to downtown, but the room was more expensive, 100 years older and dirtier, and the breakfast was barely passable.<\/p>\n
So in short, it\u2019s a nice hotel, with good staff. \u00a0The breakfast is good, and the commute to the ferry and downtown Manhattan is not too bad. \u00a0But, it\u2019s not downtown.<\/p>\n
We found it quite confusing when leaving JFK how to get to Staten Island. \u00a0Many of the trains had been suspended due to a fault. \u00a0A lot of bus and car drivers were touting for business. \u00a0Eventually we took the air train to the Subway station, then caught the Subway to Manhattan, eventually getting to the Staten Island ferry terminal. \u00a0That took 1.5 hours maybe, and cost very little.<\/p>\n
The Comfort Inn normally runs a shuttle bus from the hotel to the ferry terminal and back. \u00a0We called the hotel but on that day but the shuttle wasn\u2019t running due to staff shortage. \u00a0The hotel told us the public bus number to get on. \u00a0So we did, and enjoyed a bus ride across the island. \u00a0We got off the bus to find it a bit of a vague area. \u00a0The hotel is not visible from the road, but we walked through some car parks and found it.<\/p>\n
On later days we used the shuttle bus. \u00a0You need to put your name on a list for the bus. \u00a0First come, first served. \u00a0If the shuttle is not running you can always get the public bus. \u00a0It\u2019s only a few dollars. \u00a0Of course you can also take a taxi.<\/p>\n
The Comfort Inn hotel is a new hotel, and won\u2019t surprise anyone who has stayed in a similar hotel before. \u00a0The staff are friendly and helpful. \u00a0In the basement is the breakfast room, and self service machines dispensing snacks and drinks. \u00a0There is also a ice machine, which I think was free.<\/p>\n
The hotel rooms are clean and modern. \u00a0We had a big flat screen TV which I found entertaining to flick through to watch all of the US TV shows.<\/p>\n
The bed was king size, which whilst comfy, did take up too much space in the room, leaving not a lot of space to walk around it. \u00a0That\u2019s really the fault of a small room and not the bed.<\/p>\n
The air-con worked well, which was very welcome on the hot September days.<\/p>\n
Breakfast at the Comfort Inn was excellent. \u00a0A comprehensive buffet style breakfast meant that there was a good choice for everyone. \u00a0There are English muffins, US muffins, eggs, cereal, toast and a waffle iron to make warm waffles. \u00a0Lots of coffee and juice.<\/p>\n
Definitely a good place to fill up before heading out for the day.<\/p>\n
There are not a great deal of stores around the hotel. \u00a0There is a restaurant and bar near by, across a few car parks. \u00a0There is a convenience store located near the main road.<\/p>\n
A hotel of this quality in downtown Manhattan would probably cost 3 or 4 times the price. \u00a0So it\u2019s great value. \u00a0The downside being that you have to take the ferry and bus to get to and from the hotel to downtown Manhattan.<\/p>\n
If you intend to stay out late in Manhattan then stay downtown. \u00a0If you intend finishing the day early then Staten Island is not a bad place to stay at all. \u00a0The ferry ride is lovely in the summer, but probably very cold in the winter.<\/p>\n
There are similar hotels on the mainland to the west of Manhattan, from which you could probably catch a bus to Manhattan, which is probably easier than the ferry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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