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Reviews of The Nolita Express Hostel

220 Bowery, SoHo, New York, NY 10012, United States

#396 of 429 hotels in New York

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 837 hostel reviews

6.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.1

  • Comfort

    7.0

  • Location

    8.7

  • Facilities

    7.1

  • Staff

    8.3

  • Value for money

    7.3

  • Free Wifi

    8.3

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  • Reviewed: September 9, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The bed was a bit uncomfortable and too small for a tall person.

    Good location, privacy in the rooms compared to hostels, helpful receptionist, luggage storage for free for guests

    Stayed in September 2025

  • Reviewed: September 8, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Medium Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 4 nights

    It would've been nice to have something like a night stand next to the bed. The showers were not super comfortable. Also, the check in system didn't work very smoothly for me: I didn't get some of the codes. But the staff helped.

    I loved the vibe, the place and the location. The staff was super helpful too. The place tries to make it as comfortable as possible for you. I felt very lucky because my pod even had a window. I like the water filters and the sleeping masks.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: September 8, 2025

    8.0
    Wouldn’t stay again but it was ok for 1 night
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The bed was quite small. The location was hard to walk to from the subway with heavy luggage.

    It was good enough for a layover. The staff were ok, the room was quiet and i liked that it was private.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: September 6, 2025

    8.0
    Efficient
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The shower (how I am suppose to lay my clothes ??), the room is veryyyy tiny, don't go there is you want to make friends, hard to make connections

    Efficient

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: September 1, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Medium Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Open air rooms

    Staff

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 31, 2025

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Rooms are open in the ceiling, so you hear everything. It is very cold at night. The water in the showers is always boiling hot

    Individual rooms which give you privacy

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 31, 2025

    6.0
    Good location but horrible bed
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bed and mattress were absolutely horrible! 2 showers and 1 toilet for men for the entire floor. But somehow never really busy.

    Location is perfect. A few minutes walk from subway, Chinatown and Little Italy. You have your own little room which is nice. Good place for a few nights

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 25, 2025

    7.0
    Good price/location fit, ideal for short stays
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The "rooms" could be a bit bigger at least to allow space to open a suitcase. For female bathrooms, there can be more than one hairdryer. Also the showers were really small, it was hard to fit in.

    The location was really good and good rate compared to other places in Soho. It was good to have a locked door for each bed unlike the usual hostel layout. Staff were friendly, being able to leave the luggage after the checkout helped.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 25, 2025

    8.0
    Simple and unique stay, value for money - especially if you are going to be more out and about than in.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Whatever the air freshener or cleaning product is that is a constant smell in the building was over powering at times and made me feel unwell.

    Quiet, private, clean and friendly/helpful staff! A unique stay!

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 24, 2025

    8.0
    Fun
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Some dude what’s screaming while giving self pleasure

    The location was really good

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 22, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The space was very small, I couldn't even open my suitcase in the room, so I had to open it in the corridor. However, it is a hostel, not a hotel and you do get your own room. The open ceiling meant that you could hear people walking through the corridors and opening and closing their doors at night. The air con was quite cold, especially when all that was provided was a thin sheet.

    Definitely the nicest hostel I've ever stayed in. The place was beautifully decorated, especially the communal areas and the bathrooms. It felt very luxurious. The staff were lovely and helpful. The areas were very clean and the bed was very comfortable.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 16, 2025

    6.0
    ok
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    check in took too long

    location

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 16, 2025

    7.0
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

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  • Reviewed: August 13, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Because the bedrooms are open there is a light insode the space the whole night. The beds are a little too short (I'm 167 cm).

    The staff is great and everything very clean. Beautiful design of the open spaces and great located.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 10, 2025

    6.0
    Great location, budget price, limited comfort
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 7 nights

    The "rooms" are basically just a very simple bed with an iron frame — like a military bunk with a slab of foam instead of a proper mattress. Not very comfortable, to say the least. Each bed is enclosed by wooden walls that separate the adjacent cabins, but the ceiling is open, so you're constantly disturbed by other guests' noises. The signs everywhere threatening a $100 fine for noise make no difference: people talk, answer their phones, snore, have a shower forgetting the phone in room with alarm clock ON, and slam doors. It's therefore hard to sleep well — and I am someone who normally sleeps extremely deeply... Each bed-unit has very little free space to put a suitcase, barely more than one square meter. There are no properly sized shelves and far too few hooks. On the floor there are more than 30 of these "rooms", all lined up like cells in a beehive. For that number of guests the floor provides 1 toilet, 2 sinks and 2 showers — clearly insufficient. In the showers and the sink you cannot regulate the water temperature, which alternates unpredictably between polar-cold and scalding hot. The common area also has very few power outlets, which is inconvenient when you need to charge a laptop or smartphone.

    On the plus side: the property is in a very trendy, pleasant neighborhood with plenty of restaurants and small bars, and it’s close to the subway and a supermarket. By New York City standards it offers "cabins" at good prices — I paid EUR 82 per night in August. The common area is small but cozy and well furnished. All areas have good air conditioning. Guests have complete freedom to choose their check‑in and check‑out times.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: August 9, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Medium Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I think because of limited space these premises don't have a lift but they can add an escalator instead of that, It might be helpful to get more business and convenient for guests.

    Location wise it's really nice.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: July 30, 2025

    8.0
    Relax
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - All Gender
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The treatment

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: July 29, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 1 night

    Could be noisy at night

    Stayed only forone night, however the staff was helpful with the check in. Also appreciated clean bathrooms even though the property was quite busy. Wifi did work great. There is a small kitchen to store your food.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: July 28, 2025

    8.0
    Good experience, hostel with added layer of privacy.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Medium Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing is luxurious, but nothing is horrible. Not a hotel experience, but a hostel with elevated privacy!

    Its an affordable option, you’re not in a luxury hotel but for what it is I feel like you get value for your money. The pictures are a true representation of what to expect. Location is great. Its somewhere between a hostel and a private room: its much better and more peaceful & private than just sharing a room with bunk beds with strangers, but not quite a private hotel room as the ceilings are open and you hear other peoples alarms etc., however people were respectful of each other and I had no trouble sleeping. Bit of a random experience, but ahead of my stay the room layout did make me think about fire safety, just a thought that crossed my mind. Lo and behold, on my first morning I wake up to a 6AM fire alarm (later found out another guest had accidentally set a small fire) and I can now attest that the fire alarms and evacuation all worked rapidly and effectively in case you are a bit paranoid about these things like me. The fire brigade was outside in less than 2 minutes and the staff dealt with the situation extremely well even though in the end there was no danger. Slept well the second night!

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: July 25, 2025

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No elevator, staying at the 3th floor. Not cool! I couldn't carry my luggage upstairs and anyway that would have not been space for it in my room

    Location is perfect, very nice area indeed

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: July 22, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I wish the beds were taken better care of, cause they are often stained and damaged But the overall experience in great

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: July 21, 2025

    8.0
    Good place, simple stay for single travelers
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bathroom and shower. There is a mattress on the floor, it’s so wet after someone used it, I think that I could wipe it up if there is floor mop. It will be more clean and comfortable.

    Location and staff were very kind. I rent an electric bike there I could enjoy to explore the city so much! I recommend to rent a bicycle if you can.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: July 21, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Solo traveler
    • Small Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The ceilings made me paranoid

    The lobby was nice and the staff were so respectful

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: July 20, 2025

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Medium Vintage Pod - Female Only
    • Stayed 1 night

    If you are a light sleeper, you will have a hard time to fall asleep as you can hear everyone coming in and out of the cabins. Still, I found it was fine for a night, and I will come back for short stays.

    Stayed in July 2025

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