Review of AKA Wall Street 4*

I stayed for 9 nights in February in a Premium Studio. As a serviced apartment — really aimed a longer stays (not a hotel for a weekend stay) — it’s great. You get discounts on rates for longer stays so the pricing compares very well to a hotel in the area. Housekeeping is weekly or bi-weekly so you don’t have to worry about leaving items out the rest of the time. The area is nice, not much going on but good food options and the Jubilee Food Market nearby is great for day to day food shopping. Pros — rooms are huge — much bigger than a comparably priced hotel room. Although the amenities are more limited, you couldn’t rent a similar size room for anything near this price in NY. Rooms are spotlessly clean — the furniture is basic IKEA type, all hard surfaces but as a result the rooms are super clean and housekeeping were very thorough. Facilities like the gym and laundry were a godsend for me — they are both small and get busy at peak times but out of peak times they are usually empty. Staff are friendly, pleasant and helpful — helped me with getting cars out to the airport and kept an eye on my room when I had to stay away overnight. Kitchen is well equipped — there is a microwave/convection oven so you can broil and cook as well as heat. Also a small dishwasher which was great and housekeeping left a couple of cleaning items to use so I didn’t have to buy these. Nice small lounge and terrace upstairs with coffee during the day if you want a break from your room. Cons — not many — I had some electrical problems in my room, it wasn’t possible to put all the lights on without one of them blowing a bulb but this was sorted within 24 hours. I did have a room facing the internal courtyard in the building and as a result it was dark during the day and I had to keep the lights on most of the time. However, it was really quiet as a result. No neighbour noise and no street noise so it’s a bit of a trade off. I would have liked a small table and chairs to eat at — there was plenty of room for it and eating at the kitchen counter or coffee table wasn’t ideal. I would definitely stay here again for a trip of more than a day or two.