No one expects much coming here so let's start with that out of the way. What you don't expect is multiple roaches in your room, broken ice machine, and finding out you HAVE to pay in cash (when I went). While I can justify a 1-star review, I want to acknowledge that there was always someone available up front, the needs of the stay was considered in terms of room selection and parking was convenient. read more

Well it's an illegal migrant shelter now so stay far away. Yes, they get hotel rooms, free healthcare, monthly debit cards for 2,500.00... they come before our residents. So you can no longer stay at anchor inn. But I'm sure Anchor inn is happy, they're getting paid and continue to be fully booked! read more

Thumbs down and zero stars! DO NOT let the pictures of this place deceive you! This place is an absolute slummy establishment! The moment my family and I pulled into the parking lot it wreaked of marijuana and shady activity. The hallways of the building are musty, dingy and foul smelling. As you get to your room the smell only gets worse. 1. The room smelled like stale tobacco, armpit and cat piss. That's the best way to describe the odor. 2. The ceilings had multiple moldy stains due to water accumulation. 3. The furniture is old, worn out and stained as well. 4. The wallpaper is peeling off the walls. 5. The rug, I did not want to take my shoes off. 6. The bathroom towels were stained as well, even after supposedly being washed. 7. I'm surprised we didn't have bed bugs. 8. Don't expect peace and quiet either. 9. It was sooooooo bad that I slept in my rental car and checked out ASAP! Thankfully we were able to get a decent room at the "Extended Stay" off the Whitestone Expressway. The management has no intention of investing in its property and no regards for you as a customer. If this place is "Anchored" to anything it's anchored to DISGUSTING! read more

I don't know where to begin. First, the lady messed up our reservation date. Upon arrival, we got sent to our room. Before we could take two steps into the room, we smelled an awful scent. We tried to deal with it, but as we went to sit on the bed it was as hard as a rock. My boyfriend went to see if we could change rooms (a smaller bed would have even been ok). The person at the front desk told us to try the room directly next to ours. That room wreaked of cigars (non smoking room) and the bed was just as hard. We ended up staying in the original room. We bought a few drinks and went to store them in the refrigerator only to see food left in there by the previous guests. Check out time was 11 am and we requested an extra half hour since we got in late and had to deal with a disaster. We were rudely declined, "only if you want me to recharge your card." So basically if you want to stay at a hotel with non intelligent/rude employees, where you wake up with a back ache, awful smell, not fully cleaned rooms, and over priced.... Please stay here. If I could give it less than one star I would. read more

This place is ghetto!!!! I'm still here as I write the review! The smell of weed smacks you as soon as you walk in. There were a bunch of teenagers walking in and of the hotel when we walked in. No one was even at the front desk!! When we got to the room, the lady from housekeeping had just left the room and there was not enough toilet paper to use the bathroom twice and there was a huge stain on the bed!!! They didn't even bother to change the sheets! I'm so disgusted! Thankfully I brought my own sheets!! Doesn't even deserve one star!! read more

Anchor Inn - It's still wet and we checked in at 11pm. - Hotels Near Me - Bayside, New York

Rounding it was about $200 for the night. For the square footage of the room, it was the value of the century. Large king bed, pull out sofa, kitchenette, desk, bathroom and a walk in closet. But I kind of felt like I walked into Barton Fink. Perhaps there are some better rooms than the one we got. But the hotel was booked, and changing rooms wasn't an option. Still, as I learned in chemistry, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Peeling wallpaper is never a good sign. It's not that the place was completely falling apart. It was just a bit odd and a bit dingy. Not dirty. Just not very clean. And that's not the result of the housecleaning staff (who were fantastic) it's just about periodic deep cleaning and checking in on the details, like the condition of the pillows. All the pillows were different. Some were big, others were small. One was a bit lumpy, and another was hard as a rock. And the room that we were in only had three pillows for the four people staying there (my wife and two small children - who also appreciate pillows). Finding a fourth pillow was an adventure in itself. The first delivery of additional linens (we also needed sheets and blankets for the pull out couch plus more towels) came without the requested pillow. I asked the hotel clerk if he could return with the missing pillow. Nothing. So, I call the front desk and ask again. Wandering the hallways I find a very sweet, very helpful, and very lost housekeeper with what looks like an identical set of linens to the one I recently received, but still without a pillow. Together, we went to the front desk in person. And I followed the housekeeper to the first linen closet. No pillows. The manager thought there might be extra pillows in an unoccupied room. Nothing. So I followed the housekeeper along the serpentine hallways of the hotel. She found one pillow on the floor of the closet, examined it, and decided it would be unfit for use. Finally, in another closet, ironically the one closest to my room, she found one. In the end, I got a good night's sleep. Nobody got bedbugs. And we were able to stay near where we needed to be. Maybe that's worth $200. But not quite. read more

A dump. A complete mismanaged motel. The lobby stinks of weed, and the rooms are gross. Please go elsewhere.

If i could give it 0 stars i would. The first thing you smell when you walk in your room is a SOUR, SWEATY smell, we had to buy air freshener to clear the room and turn the a/c on for about 2 hours . We then found out that the source of the smell was a shower curtain which they probably never change. definitely not a 2 star hotel -also i could feel things crawling on me ALL NIGHT, i have so many bumps around my body. read more

Anchor Inn - bedbug bite - Hotels Near Me - Bayside, New York

Worst experience i have ever had in a hotel.. as soon as you walk in the door you have a strong smell to Marihuana Asked for a non smoking room and first thing i found in The room was a couple of cigarette butt next to the bed Turn the TV on and and non of the channels work the electrical plugs did not work so charging your phone is not an option Called the front desk and all i heard were excuses and was told that some one was coming to the room to fix it and never show up.. I would recommend anyone to Stay at this Place read more

Shower was good mold on ceilings and blood stains on walls and beds with bed bugs I wouldn't stay here for a long time maybe one night . read more

Nice, functional place that's great for a stay! Nice location in Queens with lots nearby...The Anchor Inn is a very functional place to stay with pleasant folks on the front desk, clean comfortable rooms. The location in Queens is terrific with Bell Avenue with lots and lots of restaurants and bars within walking distance. Huge choice of food places and other things also like hardware stores if you ever need one in a hurry! Loved our overnight stay. Parking is in the basement and dedicated side street next to the hotel. Tends to get full but something opens up if you linger around. Plus seems to be lots of street parking nearby if their lot is entirely full! Would stay again if needed! read more

Booked using Agoda booking on a Saturday. Room was filthy. Came down 5 minutes later to tell the front desk. The man told me it was non refundable even though the room was obviously not ready for the night. He told me I had to talk to a manager to get a refund. I left the hotel immediately and found another hotel for the night. Called the manager 2 days later and not only did the front desk person lie about the service he provided, the manager would not honor the refund for a filthy room that was I in for 5 minutes, especially a room that had a stench and was not prepared for someone to stay overnight. The hotel overall is unkept and the staff is non existent with terrible customer service. Do yourself a favor if your in the neighborhood and let this hotel go out of business. read more

I'm not really sure if I would give this even any stars. But I woke up to a big bed bug

Obviously this isn't the Four Seasons and the reason for staying here is primarily the location to the airport. However, I stayed here last year and it wasn't nearly as bad as it was on this visit of 8/26/19. Looked very unclean. Cobwebs and dust in the corner. Stains and cigarette burns through the couch and other furniture in the room. No remote for the tv, front desk not helpful or professional. Definitely stay somewhere else. read more

This was by far the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. The pictures are misleading. This is an old, dank, dark smelly hotel. I was put in a room that reeked of cigarettes even though I asked for non smoking. There was a bunch of flying little black bugs all over my room. The toilet seat was broken and the mattress was super thin and rock hard. The worst part however, was the staff. The people at the front desk were rude and lacked customer read more

My room was ok but a friend's room smelled like urine. The hotel clerk must have been new. Although my business ordered 30 rooms for us the clerk tried to give us room mates. He had to be told multiple times and he was rude about it. The hotel was getting paid what's it to him if there were 2 beds in the room or not? Very old hotel. Had that old lady and old wall paper smell in the hallways... read more

Toilets don't flush, television doesn't work, manager very unprofessional cursing and refusing refund after 10 minutes of being here.

Anchor Inn is the worst hotel to go to. Their furniture is so dirty. They have ants walking around, their sheets have holes, stains, a brown stuff inside the holes. For my family to sit anywhere we have to put sheets over it, their chairs were stained so we have no choice. I'm pretty sure they had mice cause they even had a A FLIPPING MOUSE TRAP. If you see Anchor Inn don't even look just run for your life read more

My friend was visiting Queens for the weekend and wanted to stay somewhere close to my apartment, as to not intrude on my roommate. It was the cheapest stay within ten blocks, and you get what you pay for. Dingy accommodations, visibly worn sheets, outdated decor, and questionable cleanliness. Even after adjusting the temperature, the room is relentlessly cold. Do yourself a favor and pay the extra $20/night for a significantly better hotel in the Bayside area. Would not recommend. read more

Very affordable and cozy at a reasonable price. Staff was very friendly especially the manager Thomas. He always greets everyone with a smile and makes the place feel even more welcoming. I will def be coming back. read more

I stayed here while visiting Bayside at the end of 2006. While the place looked nice enough in the website, it turned out to be CREEPY. (Disclaimer: my description may not be 100% factual and could be slightly tainted with emotion. Still, any inaccurate statements reflect the fact that the place was BAD enough it might as well be true.) To get to my non-smoking room on the 2nd floor, I had to walk through a dark, smoky (?), dingy corridor. From what I remember, the carpets were dark red/black and could very well have been ripped or peeling in some areas. I did not feel safe walking to/from my room, even during the day. My room smelled musty, as if it hadn't been aired out in ages. The free continental breakfast looked gross enough that I decided to pass--they provided cold cereal and milk in a cramped public room downstairs that had a few small tables and chairs. The cereal was in plastic bins, and the milk cartons were sitting out, open. There were flies (that is a fact), and the tables were dirty. I believe they may also have had some pastries. One night, I woke up around 4am to an incessant banging sound on the wall right behind my headboard. Thank goodness it ended w/in a few minutes!!! To be fair, they did provide basic amenities such as a platic cups and small soap bars, and had a room vault. They also had wireless internet which was nice. The location is also convenient if you don't have a car--it's a few blocks away from Bell Blvd. and about a 10 min walk to the LIRR. But yuck, I would NEVER recommend this place to anyone!!! read more

I sustained some collateral damage in the customer garage because of management's negligence to fix their property in time. Now, they are denying my claim. Horrible experience over-all. I would never go back to this place. read more

BEDBUGS, BEDBUGS, BEDBUGS!!!!!!! This is the dirtiest, nastiest, smelliest, generally crappiest hotel I have ever stayed in. Avoid at all costs unless you want to wake up in the middle of the night with bedbugs crawling all over you (which happened to my wife). Lifting up our mattreses revealed a thriving metropolis of bedbugs like nothing I could have imagined in my wildest dreams. When I complained to the front desk the owners Daniel and Jesse would not even give me a refund and told me to deal with it or leave. I went back to the room to my crying wife packed our bags and left. To top it all off we ended up bringing bedbugs back to our house with us and had to call in a very expensive terminator. I've been in jail cells cleaner than this place and my climates were kinder than the owners of this joint. AVOID! read more

This is really a terrible place to go! They gave me a room that was not cleaned up yet from the previous customers, not to mention the poor amenities~ and I was charged $20 extra for nothing, and when I called back the hotel, they told me that was because I used their phone which I did not! This is a crazy place! Never go! read more

mattress was very uncomfortable. I rather have an ugly room and a comfortable mattress. it is not worth the money.

I would definitely come back here! Despite the discouraging reviews that I read on yelp, I decided to stay at the Anchor Inn & I had a great experience! It smelled very good throughout the entire hotel. The staff was friendly. The room was very clean. They have continental breakfast. The hotel is in a nice/ convenient area of Queens. & most importantly, there was no bed bugs at all inside the room! read more

Decent actual motel, but worst customer service of any place I've ever stayed at. Upon first reaching our room (one of the more expensive suites with a kitchenette) my son went to the bathroom, and the toilet wouldn't flush. Call front desk and they send maintenance promptly. After spending 10 minutes working on it, he got it to flush. Awesome! He asked if I wanted to switch rooms, but not wanting to cause a problem (plus not feeling like moving after starting to unpack and a day's drive from Michigan, in addition to me being pregnant and it just being my son and I) I said no, as long as it'd keep working. Tbh there were some language issues and I don't think he understood, but I think he said I should switch and got the manager. The manager came and also asked if I would like to switch rooms and I repeated no, and he said since there weren't any other problems I'll be ok. I go back to unpacking while they're still in the bathroom, and I hear "madre soltera" (Spanish for single mother) and laughing before they leave. Even though I understood that they were negatively talking about me, but I was on vacation and determined to relax so I let it go. About 2 hours later when I then had to go to the bathroom, it again wouldn't flush. No biggie, I need ice so I walk to the front desk to let them know. The manager that came to my room was up talking to the clerk, and he instantly (and loudly) says what now, I already came to check your toilet once and it's working. Both I and the clerk look shocked and I just respond but it's not again because I'm embarrassed since there's others waiting to check in. He responds "I was just there a few minutes ago, it's fine", absolutely rudely. I'm still in shock and thinking "what will we do without a working toilet" so I ask if he can please just come look. His response is "so you want me to walk down there again??" I said well yes please, it's not working and hasn't been so it's not our fault. He then proceeds to power walk to the room with no regard that I'm 7 months pregnant and can't move quickly, constantly looking back and sighing. As soon as he goes in he says here I'll show you...and it won't work! The look of embarrassment was almost satisfaction enough. After again calling maintenance and spending 10 minutes, he finally tells me I'll have to shift the handle up after flushing because it's broke. No offer to switch rooms, nothing. Again I try to make the best of the situation and just do what he says...and wake up to a flooded bathroom with at least a half inch of standing water. At this point I'm afraid to ask for help so my son and I skip our showers and instead use every towel in the room to soak it up the best we can. I just want to let everyone, but especially single women or those traveling with children, not to stay here or you'll be treated horribly. Plus after paying $146/night, you should be able to expect a functioning bathroom! read more

The man at the front desk is rude as hell. He asked me and my friend if we wanted a smoking room, and I said no being that we had no cigarettes left, and wouldn't be leaving to buy any. He proceeded to start screaming at us, saying "you'd better get a smoking room if you're going to be smoking otherwise there will be a $300 non refundable charge!!!!!! I'm serious!!" I was already drunk and I just wanted to sleep so you can all imagine that his screaming at 8AM didn't sit too well with me. I asked him to calm down and again asked for a nonsmoking room. He told us that checkout time was 8PM. After finally being given the key to our room, we walked to the elevator and while waiting smelled the lingering odor of weed and cigarettes. When we got to our room, it was nice other than only having one (thin, I might add) blanket. After having the horrible encounter with the receptionist I didn't even bother calling downstairs to ask if we could have another. Anyway, fast forward to 7:59PM (I'm sooooo serious, BTW, not even exaggerating)...there's a knock on our door by the housekeeper asking us if we're leaving. I'm like what the HELL, whyyyyyy are they rushing us!!! Thennnnn, the phone rings at 8 on the dot, and it's the receptionist telling us that it's 8pm and asking us if we're leaving or staying longer. I mean, I guess we should have headed downstairs a bit earlier but I thought it was super rude to not only KNOCK AT 7:59 but also CALL THE PHONE AT 8 on the dot!!! It made me feel like we were being rushed. Final straw is when we went downstairs to check out after being rushed, that there was nobody at the desk. I can't make this sh*t up, after being rushed we had to wait 10 minutes for someone to show back up! He told us he went to the bathroom but I just couldn't believe it. Doubt I'll ever give this place my business again. read more

I jus left there the place was horrible they have bed bugs we where only there for a hour and we felt the bed bugs we went down stairs and we tried to get our money back the front desk clerk was rude and did not want to give us our money back bad service read more

IF I COULD GIVE 0 STARS I WOULD! i booked this hotel because I was going to a club near by. I checked in around 3:30AM tired and drunk! Not even 30 minutes into my sleep I felt things crawling on me. I was immediately disgusted and annoyed. I packed my bags & went to checkout. I explained nicely that I wanted my money back. I was told "No refunds" Now I was even more annoyed. What do you mean no refunds? He said he'll send someone to check the room, as if that person was going to admit to seeing bugs. Anyways, he told me I'd have to wait until Monday when the manager was there to discuss a refund. I said to call the manger now, I wanted my money back I mean cmon, I spend $250 for a room I didn't even get a hour of sleep in. This turned into a disgusting argument and he threatened to call the police on me because I was telling the customers there was bugs.. moral of the story.. DON'T WASTE A PENNY HERE, TERRIBLE SERVICE & BED BUGS read more

Really noisy. I slept with earplugs and pillows sandwiched around my head and was still woken up every few minutes. The lobby smelled pretty awful when I checked in and the check in procedure was incredibly slow and inefficient. The room itself wasn't horrible, in spite of there being hair in the bathroom. I wouldn't stay there again. read more

I have been interning in the city and I am staying at the anchor inn for the summer. It really deserves the five stars but theres a couple complaints. First the goods; The rooms have beautiful furniture, the beds so comfortable (down comforter), and I LOVE their brand lotion they give you in the bathroom. They have a community printer downstairs which has helped me a lot with work and I printed so much I killed their paper supply and no one cared. They also have a very good, secure parking garage with ample space. Its next to a beautiful seafood restaurant, starbucks and bus are right across the street, and then if you walk a block up to bell blvd theres shopping and a lively young scene at night. My complaints; Im here in the summer and some days its very hot traveling in the city and all I want to do after a long day at work is come home to a cool room but for some reason the maids shut the AC off if they give you service. They also get very pushy, Ive had only a hand full of days off where I could sleep in and despite the do not disturb sign I was woken by a knock or a phone call from the front desk asking about service. One time my dad visited and we were doing some confidential web work and the maid came in and actually insisted we leave when we said we dont need service. Another thing is the light. Theres a bunch of different lights in my room but when you turn the one on right when you get in it does the whole strobe light thing for 10mins. The carpets are dingy too, i go barefoot its not that bad but I wouldnt do my yoga in here and touch the ground. They have breakfast in the morning but i dont even use it. Its blan, plain scrambled eggs in a pot, a couple pastries and a waffle maker. Coffe is out of a machine not brewed. Another huge downfall is that they give you a fridge but no microwave, thats really the reason I cant give them more than 3. For the price youd think youd at least be able to save some food and heat it up. Overall, great place. read more

We stayed here three nights. Somewhat clean on the surface (until you take a close look), yet the hotel looks and feels like it needs a good deep cleaning. I believe they are still in the process of remodeling some rooms. We had to call the second day as they forgot to make up the room. The pillows were like bricks. The hotel is most convenient to where we needed to be, so would we stay again, probably, but bring a spray can of disinfectant, which fortunately we did. read more

I was having my apt re-painted and didn't want to deal with the fumes or ask if I could sleep on a friends couch for the night. So I figured I would treat myself to a hotel for the night as I live in the area and have walked by the Anchor Inn a thousand times. When I arrived the hotel clerk was very nice and friendly and had a few room choices available and asked what I preferred (liked that). When I arrived the room was still being cleaned so he immediately ran up and gave me a new room that was ready. I asked if I could get a late check out and he let me have until 12pm no extra charge. The bed is so comfortable and the room was clean and decent. Wonderful staff! I had left my ray ban sunglasses in the original room and the hotel maid brought them to the new room. The sunglasses were more expensive than the cost of the room for the night. So I really appreciated it. It is great to be able to support my local business and happy I stayed here for the night. I recommend to anyone not wanting to spend $500 a night in NYC when a quick LIRR trip can get you just as nice a room for a quarter of the price. Only drawback is the room I was in did not have a bathtub and will remember for next time to ask for a room with a bathtub as I like to take baths. read more

Rooms were smelling of smoke and moldy. Breakfast is a joke. There was no waffle doug. There was no milk for cereal. There were plain bagels cut into quarters!. No cream cheese. No coffee or creamer. When I asked the manager for bread, he pointed to the bagels and told me - ''there's your bread". At which point, I had to school him on the difference between the two. I have seen floors in service stop restrooms cleaner than the floor in the breakfast ares. And all this for a over $170/night. read more

Horrible experience with this hotel!! Booked for a King sized bedroom with jacuzzi and double steam-room. Got to the hotel to check-in....we overheard the workers saying there was a problem with giving us our room, and had given us a different room number. We even asked them if it was the same type of room that I had booked, the guy said yes, exactly the same. We went up to the room, and as soon as we walked in, I knew it was different. The room was very cramped unlike in the photos, and they gave us the Single steam room and sink instead of the Double (the glass door was also slightly broken). We were very disappointed and headed back down to the front desk, asked the guy if they had given is the Single steam room and he said yes. I told him that I ordered the Double one, and all he said was "I didn't think it was a big deal". Not only did they not mention to us that the reason our room couldn't be given to us, was because the person who stayed the night before decided to extend his stay for another night, and ask if we would mind moving to another room, but had also charged us for the same price when the single steam room cost less! He saw that we weren't happy with this and had finally decide to ask the guy who took our room to move to another room, and asked us to wait at least another hour for it to be cleaned up. We, of course, did not put up with this and demanded our money back! Definitely the worse experience!!! read more