Freehand Hotel, New York
Expert reviews
“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.
What guests liked
- Rooftop bar
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Top location
- Excellent Wifi
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
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.
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.
Elnur
24 January 2024
Fabulous
Very small room
German
23 January 2024
Fabulous
Staff was relly good!!!
Elisabeth
6 January 2024
Pleasant
WiFi not secure
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.
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.
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.
Julia
2 January 2024
Loved it!!
Historic charm & amazing staff, easy access to city sights.
Tamer
2 January 2024
Very good
Nice room (pretty small though!), nice location, nice bed!
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
Albert
31 December 2023
Fabulous
locatio
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.
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
Julie
27 December 2023
Great location! Great night’s sleep!
Clean, nice gym, great coffee shop, free bottles of water, comfortable beds!
Sagit
27 December 2023
Highly recomended
Great location, friendly staff, comfortable bed, very clean.
No complains.
Louanne
23 December 2023
Pleasant
Staff were great and the location
Didn't think it was nice enough to be 500-600 a night
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.
Ulrike
18 December 2023
Very good
Nice vibe. Original decor. Easy going. Good location.
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.
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.
Powers
3 December 2023
Fabulous
The in room refrigerator could be bigger
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.
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
Aleth
27 January 2024
It’s a cute, cozy place. We enjoyed our stay overnight. Easy check out.