After reading reviews on trip advisor for weeks we finally made the plunge and booked a room at the Carter Hotel. A few days before our trip we all basically were freaking out due to the horrible reviews that this hotel gets. We packed our own pillow cases, sheets, and towels because we were quite scared of bed bugs and other random filth.
We arrived to the Carter and definately laughed at how tacky the entire place was! We checked in with no problem and we were off to our room. We got in the room expecting the WORST and got something bad but not complete and utter filth lol We had one king bed in the room and one double. Both beds had no pillows or blankets, just the white sheets on them. Our wall had carpet which was hilarious and our tv only had 2 working channels. The bathroom was scary and when i turned on the water a couple little bugs came out of the drain and that basically scared the [--] out of me. We went down to the lobby to let them know we had no pillows and blankets and the receptionist laughed at how ghetto the hotel really is. He was very helpful and friendly though and basically gave us the low down on the hotel, he let us upgrade to a suite and let me tell you, it was MUCH better. The suite had 4 huge beds, actual wallpaper on the wall, clean sheets and pillows and a clean bathroom. We were happy with the suite! Basically we made the most we could out of Hotel Carter and didnt let the tackiness of it bother us, the staff was fun and friendly, the concerige man was wearing a borat shirt lol, and the store which smelled like complete CRAP was open all night so that was good for buying booze, red bull, etc..
The location of the hotel was the best, only a 3 minute walk to times square, not even!
Anyways i would stay at the Carter again but only if i was willing to pay the extra for the suite, the other room was pretty bad.
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