Freehand Hotel, New York

23 Lexington Avenue, Gramercy, New York, 10010, United States of America (show on map)

Expert reviews

CN Traveler review:

“Better to book something that’s at least clean, comfortable, and strategically located, and spend the extra cash on that restaurant everyone has been posting about. Freehand takes this compromise and somehow manages to make it feel sexy and stylish. Rooms are basic but brightened up with artworks that sometimes snake across the walls and ceilings.”

Featured in CN Traveler’s Best New Hotels of 2019.

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Freehand Hotel, New York. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 16th in New York

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What guests liked

All you need to know

Located in Midtown the Freehand Hotel is just a 4 minutes walk from 5th Avenue. Offering you the perfect advantage of the location you need when getting around in Manhattan.

The hotel offers guests 395 smoke-free rooms, 5 on-site restaurants, a nightclub, breakfast, around-the-clock front desk, ATM/banking, free Wi-Fi, a 24-hour fitness center, a game room, a convenience store, and so much more. The hotel aims to offer you as many facilities and amenities as possible.

When looking to explore you will be pleased to know that the most important and prominent landmarks are a few blocks away. For instance, the Madison Square Garden is an 11-minute walk, the Empire State Building is a 17-minute walk, the Chrysler Building and Macy’s is an 18-minute walk. The further you walk the more places you will be able to explore such as the NY University, Grand Central Station, Washington Square Park, Bryant Park, and even Times Square.

When looking to get around the city you will find 23 St. Station Park Avenue at a 2-minute walking distance. While the New Your NY LaGuardia is a 13-minute drive, and the Newark Liberty International is a 20 minutes drive from the property.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

3.5

Aleth

27 January 2024

It’s a cute, cozy place. We enjoyed our stay overnight. Easy check out.

The shower was really nice… esp. the water pressure - it was perfect. The bed was comfy!!!

It wasn’t the King room I was expecting… from the photos I’ve seen beforehand. The sink was tiny. Also, the placement of the outlet by the sink, i found it a little inconvenient? Otherwise, it was nice & compact. We tried to get room service from the phone in the room but, it kept making weird alarming sounds. We just ended up calling from our own iphones for a pick up. The room was described as soundproof. Personally, I didn’t think it was.

4.5

Alicia

25 January 2024

Great stay 10/10

Perfect location. You can walk anywhere in Manhattan or catch a train. The hotel is beautiful, the lobby music is always amazing and everything from the coffee shop downstairs to the rooftop bar (and the lounge in between) is top notch. Staff is lovely - overall would 100% book again.

4.5

Julie

24 January 2024

We enjoyed our stay!

Staff was great - super friendly and helpful! Location was great! Beds were clean and comfy!

Room and bathroom were very tiny, but was as advertised.

4.5

Elnur

24 January 2024

Fabulous

Very small room

4.5

German

23 January 2024

Fabulous

Staff was relly good!!!

3.5

Elisabeth

6 January 2024

Pleasant

WiFi not secure

3.5

Oliver

4 January 2024

Pleasant

Not much noise protection. Person in the room next to me played their TV loud all night. Person upstairs played clubbing music for a few hours that made it hard to sleep without earplugs.

4.5

Ronald

3 January 2024

Fabulous

The existing reviews as to surly staff were unfounded. I look forward to staying in this hotel on my next trup.

I would like it if the hotel made coffee available in the morning.

3.5

Bryan

2 January 2024

Great value and location. Give them a shot.

Visitors won’t meet a finer staff anywhere. Pillows and mattresses aren’t the best, but the coffee downstairs will make almost make that up to you. I’d recommend it. I’ll be back. I understand the pillow situation is already being upgraded.

4.5

Julia

2 January 2024

Loved it!!

Historic charm & amazing staff, easy access to city sights.

4.0

Tamer

2 January 2024

Very good

Nice room (pretty small though!), nice location, nice bed!

4.5

Sarah

31 December 2023

Super.

Very clean, nice room, friendly staff, good location

A kettle in the room would have made it a 5* experience

4.5

Albert

31 December 2023

Fabulous

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4.5

Richard

29 December 2023

Busy, busy, busy.

Friendly staff, great location, quad room was excellent. Great gym and quiet area with great restaurants

The double room was a little small.

4.5

Carrie

28 December 2023

Fantastic hotel in great location in NYC

Great layout of rooms, easy for families (bunk beds and connecting rooms). Amazing location- walking to Gramercy. Cute coffee shop with friendly staff and good coffee on ground floor.

Rooms were a bit hot at night

4.5

Julie

27 December 2023

Great location! Great night’s sleep!

Clean, nice gym, great coffee shop, free bottles of water, comfortable beds!

4.5

Sagit

27 December 2023

Highly recomended

Great location, friendly staff, comfortable bed, very clean.

No complains.

3.5

Louanne

23 December 2023

Pleasant

Staff were great and the location

Didn't think it was nice enough to be 500-600 a night

4.0

Heekin

18 December 2023

Very good

Great location, liked the bunk beds (family of four) and many complimentary waters in the lobby. Cool lobby area though small.

Cups in rooms would be nice.

4.0

Ulrike

18 December 2023

Very good

Nice vibe. Original decor. Easy going. Good location.

4.0

Carlota

16 December 2023

Great and friendly spot for a short stay

Location was fantastic and the staff very helpful. We loved having a quadruple room where our whole family could sleep comfortably.

The room was very small and dark. Couldn’t have stayed there more than the two nights we did.

4.5

Matthias

10 December 2023

Great to walk down memory lane in New York with The Freemans as our base

The location in lower Manhattan is great, including easy access to public transport to get to almost anywhere quickly and easy. And the hotel has a great atmosphere - my son and I felt very welcome.

4.5

Powers

3 December 2023

Fabulous

The in room refrigerator could be bigger

3.5

Elizabeth

1 December 2023

This is our second stay and we just think this is a very pleasant place to stay overall.

Loved the location, found the bed comfortable and all very clean.

In the cold weather, the windows to the room let in lots of draft and, therefore, lots of street noise. Betting fitting windows or ones with insulation would be an improvement.

4.0

Arian

30 November 2023

Very good

Great neighborhood, you can visit many attractions by foot and if not, there is a subway station nearby. Entire building and interiors made a big impression. Big plus for possibility to extend stay by 1 night.

The smallest room during our stay. It wasn't bad, everything was clean and equipped but for two people we felt like in a can.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Special diet menus (on request)
  • - Coffee house on site

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out (additional charge)
  • - Luggage storage
  • - ATM/cash machine on site
  • - Concierge service
  • - Private check-in/check-out
  • - Invoice provided

Activities

  • - Fitness centre
  • - Nightclub/DJ (additional charge)
  • - Fitness

General

  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Family rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Soundproof rooms
  • - Packed lunches
  • - Heating
  • - Allergy-free room
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Shared lounge/TV area
  • - Pet bowls

Cleaning services

  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Business facilities

  • - Fax/photocopying

Outdoors

  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor furniture

Miscellaneous

  • - 24-hour security
  • - Key access
  • - Key card access
  • - Security alarm
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
  • - Access to health care professionals
  • - Face masks for guests available
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