Hotel Le Bleu Reviews Trickle In
Guests who’ve stayed at 4th Avenue’s pricey Hotel Le Bleu during its first month of operation have started posting about their experiences on Trip Advisor, and their ratings, as Pardon Me For Asking notes, are all over the map. The three reviews on the travel site give the hotel a 3, 4 and 5 (with…
Guests who’ve stayed at 4th Avenue’s pricey Hotel Le Bleu during its first month of operation have started posting about their experiences on Trip Advisor, and their ratings, as Pardon Me For Asking notes, are all over the map. The three reviews on the travel site give the hotel a 3, 4 and 5 (with 5 being the highest possible rating). One guest was totally blown away. The hotel is 15 minutes by R train from Wall St., and the rooms were every bit as visually pleasing and clean as a W. Another, however, was a little less satisfied: I think it is trying to be super hip and urban chic, too much in my opinion…the staff at check-in was a disaster. They are very far from being as polished as the hotel would like to bill itself. Still, not a bad batch of reviews for a property that some have dubbed Hotel Le Doom. Le Bleu’s website currently shows rates starting at $270 a night.
The First Hotel Le Bleu Reviews Are In [Pardon Me For Asking] GMAP
At Long Last, Hotel Le Bleu Opens [Brownstoner]
Check back through earlier postings on Le Doom and you will notice an interesting pattern:
September 7, 2007
“Le Bleus website now shows them beginning at $365…”
November 5, 2007
“the Gowanus hotel’s prices (which start at $306 a night)…”
December 4, 2007
“Le Bleus website currently shows rates starting at $270 a night…”
Perhaps they’ve found the sweet spot. Only time will tell.
“Is there some reason that this place looks really nice on its website, and in renderings, and looks far less nice in person?”
yes, it’s called “fraud.”
“IMHO this hotel’s success and failure depends largely on the ability of the rooftop restaurant and bar to create a ‘scene’ in an area that (despite plenty of $) is far from hip.”
It WILL succeed simply because hotel rooms in NYC are at a premium. The fact that Manhattan hotels are always heavily booked has spurred this sort of development, and it will increase as years go by. So get used to it.
To the people who are thinking this hotel will be filled with PS321 Grandparents – I doubt it – The bathrooms are separated from the main rooms solely by GLASS. The vast majority of 321 PARENTS shouldn’t be that comfortable with their nudity so I have serious doubts that the Grandparents will enjoy staying in rooms like this.
IMHO this hotel’s success and failure depends largely on the ability of the rooftop restaurant and bar to create a ‘scene’ in an area that (despite plenty of $) is far from hip.
I’m rooting for them,
“Rates STARTING at $270/night??? RIP-OFF!! Give me a f*#king break.”
You obviously have not stayed in an upscale Manhattan or Brooklyn hotel recently. This is quite a value, actually.
Sorry, 12:46, but maybe your parents got a suite, or booked on a sold-out night.
These are the current rates (copied and pasted from their website):
Single Rooms $220 – $295
Double Rooms $235 – $325
Suite $295 – $550
I booked 4 nights for extended family and their rate was 250/night, on Broadway, not next to a tire shop and garage. The Le Bleu’s rates are ridiculous, hence the comments on its location.
Dear 12:25, Brenda from Flatbush:
Easy hon’ or I’m gonna’ have to find Flatbush on a map and nip your hairy buds.
Dear 12:50:
You’re, like, wicked smaaht … you made a political reference in your post. Too bad you are a dead wrong unpatriotic loser. Long live the Revolution (of 4th Avenue)!!!
-Mr. Nipper
12:50pm. “…one of the ugliest parts of the Boro” which happens to be about 200 yards from prime $3+mn brownstones in the heart of PS321.
Hey Brenda. You’re right, putting that hotel on a highway of hell was a bad idea. They should have built it on the corner of 3rd Street and 6th Avenue. You would have loved it then, as would the neighborhood.
PS people want amenities, including places for visitors to stay, but DON’T PUT THEM NEAR MY PRECIOUS BROWNSTONE OR TREE-LINED BLOCK!
The crack-cocaine of NIMBY.