Hotel Le Bleu Rates: A Brief History
In honor of a post on the Doree Chronicles noting that room prices for Gowanus’s high-end Hotel Le Bleu now start at $136 per night, we’ve put together a timeline showing the property’s rates (wished-for and real) over the past few months. September ’07: Le Bleu not yet open; website shows rooms starting at $365…
In honor of a post on the Doree Chronicles noting that room prices for Gowanus’s high-end Hotel Le Bleu now start at $136 per night, we’ve put together a timeline showing the property’s rates (wished-for and real) over the past few months.
September ’07: Le Bleu not yet open; website shows rooms starting at $365
October ’07: Le Bleu GM says he’s confident people will pay $300-$500/night when hotel opens
November ’07: Hotel opens; rooms start at $306/night
December ’07: Le Bleu website shows rooms available from $270/night
January ’08: Rooms start at $136/night
Hotel Le Blah [The Doree Chronicles] GMAP
At Long Last, Hotel Le Bleu Opens [Brownstoner]
Hotel Le Bleu Reviews Trickle In [Brownstoner]
The hotel’s supporters were all over Brownstoner and they were the ones who were smug, calling people idiots for saying the hotel’s prices were too high. They should have listened to the helpful feedback.
The reviews on Trip Advisor for this hotel are terrible. Trip Advisor is heavily used by Americans and Europeans both, in selecting lesser known hotels when they travel to other countries. We chose our hotel in Paris by referencing Trip Advisor guest reviews. The reviews almost all say the immediate area around the hotel is grubby and unappealing. Guests were aware of the restaurants in Park Slope and liked them, but they hated 4th Ave. Also the reviews were saying the service was fumbling and amateur, the restaurant is not open yet so the contintental breakfast consisted of muffins on a plate in the lobby, etc. Also, interestingly, one guy on Trip Advisor exposed the big lie that the R subway is convenient to Manhattan. It took the guy an hour to get to Midtown on the R for his meetings, between the long wait and the multiple stops. And he wasn’t pleased with that.
I stay there every night after getting dialysis next door.
I wish the hotel much success, it’s needed. Le Bleu is right on the BQE access esp at night. Perfect for guys on the lam.
I personally don’t want the hotel to fail but I think the rates offered at the start were simply ridiculous and most people here know that.
“The main problem with the hotel is location.”
UNDERSTATMENT OF THE YEAR!
Do you guys want this hotel to fail? If so why? Because it’s tall? Because it’s “out of character”? Just so you can be smug about it and say “I told you so”?
I’m not sure if $300 is a fair price but I would expect the winter months to be ‘off season’ and a lower rate. By summer expect the rates to return up above $300. The main problem with the hotel is location.
People not willing to pay $365 per night to stay in Gowanus when they can pay less to stay in Manhattan? This is a shocker.
At that price, you can’t aford NOT to stay there!