Have been emailing Urban cowboy for a few days... I was told I can do a special boudior shoot at their tree house for $450 for 4 hours... As a bride who cares about details I decided to do it and that we would rent out the tree house for 2 days the weekend of our wedding in October! Costing us $2,000 despite probably not being able to find anyone to fill the second room for $500 a night! But I wanted it to be worth it. We spend our first night as husband and wife at the same location where had a special boudoir shoot for my future husband to cherish forever ! And it'll be special for the both of us! On May 19th I was told it was $450 for the shot! Great! I'll spend it and pay my photographer,it's worth it! 2 days later I was told their policy changed! 2 days!!!!!! Despite them giving me their word! So then they asked for me to pay the full day buy out 1,000 for the shoot! I only need 2-4 hours max! And they couldn't change their policy that's SO IMPORTANT! If it's so important why was I told otherwise by their own employee) Anyway I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Yes the place is cool but clearly they only care about the money rather than customer service! I'm personally live my life being held accountable for my word. I would never say something I wouldn't/couldn't do (if you ever had kids or dealt with them you know they'll hold you up to it) isn't that how you should run a business?!?! Your mistake! Your problem?! Maybe learn but also stay true to what you said and don't let it happen again?! But clearly the people at Urban Cowboy don't care about their word! So disappointed!!! And I was planning to use them for other things! Baby moon, baby shower, anniversary! They just lost this lifetime customer over their own mistake! - I even have screenshots of our conversation! But can't post photos on here for some reason. read more

Urban Cowboy B&B - Bed & Breakfast Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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I rented the Urban Cowboy B&B for a full weekend last year. Jersey, the inn keeper, was a terrible communicator. I inquired about a full rental and she rarely followed up, never answered questions, and her emails were littered with typos. This should have been a warning sign but I was too smitten with the venue. Against my better judgement, I continued to reach out and went forward in renting the house for a full weekend. We used the house as lodging for my wedding party and as a base to get ready in the morning. I also inquired about hosting a 30-person rehearsal dinner at the house, for which I had to pay an additional event fee. The event rental (an additional $2k) provided us with no additional benefits, not even a floor plan when requested. And good luck coordinating your event with Jersey. Since she's so unresponsive, you'll have to guess at the logistics and just do everything yourself. The folks here are not afraid to upcharge you at every corner. Imagine my shock when this "bed and breakfast" wanted to charge us for breakfast and housekeeping- something that IS included with room stays but apparently NOT with the more expensive full house rental. Nowhere was this greedy policy disclosed on the website or in our contract- we felt falsely advertised to and misled, and it contributed to making us feel unwelcome during our stay. The lack of hospitality continued the rest of the weekend. Jersey made us feel like we were invading the house or something, and all I ever got from her were feelings of resentment. Yikes! I'm sorry you have to live in the basement for the weekend but maybe you shouldn't rent out the house or you should find a new occupation. No smiles, no congratulations, just rude glares at us from across the room. Jersey had no qualms about coming upstairs every hour during our rehearsal dinner- telling us to keep it down and just making us feel really awkward. We were a tame group who kept the noise at a respectful level the entire time. We shut down before 10:30pm. But since the Urban B&B had already received noise violations and was already in trouble with their neighbors due to raucous partying they've had in the past, *I* was being penalized and policed at every corner. Checkout was noon and though my entire party was on time for check out, even tidying up a bit in the kitchen, backyard, and bedrooms, Jersey was upstairs in the main living area at 10AM watching our every move. She was rushing us out, did not lift a finger to help do anything, and it soured the experience even more. The house is very pretty. The main living areas and master bedroom are as lovely as the photos. The kitchen is a dream. The other bedrooms are a little cold and sparse, and I felt bad for guests staying in the smaller, draftier rooms. They don't feel nearly as special as the rest of the house. The cabin is conceptually cool, though not the most comfortable place to sleep (and it's hard to forget you're in a backyard in Brooklyn). The wall hanging of a native american skull against a backdrop of cowboy memorabilia also made me feel really uncomfortable- talk about insensitive. The place could benefit from some security. One of the design features of the house are the giant garage doors that lead to the front and backyard. Cool but not very secure. On the first day, during our rehearsal dinner, the garage door was left open. A total stranger wandered inside during broad daylight and, if we hadn't caught them suspiciously eyeing our bags, I'm not sure what would have happened. We closed the garage door promptly after that and locked our rooms every night. The house photographs beautifully, but I would never recommend this to anyone as lodging. Jersey was the most unpleasant person I have ever had to work with- and *I* was the client! The folks who run it should not be in the hospitality business. Save yourself the headache, listen to the reviews, and stay elsewhere. read more

This place is amazing. I spent one night here with my boyfriend to get away from the noise of Manhattan, and it was a perfect respite. It's impeccably decorated and the hosts are wonderful. The shared kitchen/living space always had great music playing, and the whole place was super clean. Our room looked and smelled like heaven. Breakfast was wonderful, complete with bloody marys made for us by Cas, the hostess. We started the evening in the hot tub and then went out to a great bar Cas recommended to us. The bed was a cloud. The mood is very relaxed, communal, trusting, and open. Cas was so easy to communicate with and made sure we had everything we needed. Such a fun experience. read more

I wouldn't know if this place is a hole in the wall or something special. Why? They don't contact you. I've been trying to contact them for a full week. I've called daily, emailed them twice and even stopped by twice. Their voicemail has been full the entire week so you can't leave a message. The phone doesn't ring, rather it goes straight to voicemail...which is full...but they "prefer" to book over the phone. Uhm, what?! Wonderful. I used the "inquire about availability" option off of their website since there is no calendar to check availability directly (aka how things were booked in the 70's). It sends an email, which I did twice and received a generic response after about 4 days, with no further useful information but to call and talk to someone (see information above about calling) and they get a lot of inquiries. In fact, I'll share their response. "If you'd like to go over pricing and move forward with booking, please give us a call Monday through Friday between 10am-6pm. We Prefer to take all payment info by phone, if you can not call, no worries, we are more than happy to arrange bookings by email. However, please note, we can only check emails a couple times a day and our inbox stay pretty full. As a policy we can not confirm a booking without payment details. " Perhaps there are other people who are patient enough to spend their free time chasing these people down to give them money, but not me. I wanted to talk to them about booking the entire house for a small wedding. After a week of calling every day and getting a full voicemail box, I give up. I dropped by and was directed to call and use the website (which I had already done for days). Then I stopped by a second time and spoke to the same really nice guy that works there, told him the struggles I've had contacting a human that could potentially be helpful (and even possibly take thousands of our dollars for an event). He wrote down my contact information to pass along to Jersey. Yeah, that was 4 days ago and no one has reached out to me. How this place stays in business is beyond me. I guess they are booked out so far in advance they don't care about potential new customers. Or they just don't understand BASIC customer service. I've contacted a dozen other places in Brooklyn to host our wedding and each time have received a response within 24 hours. When I stopped by the second time to drop off my contact information there was a bachelor's party that was still there. 2 guys passed out on couches in the main den area and remnants of cocaine (empty vials and rolled up money), pot (empty bags, joints, etc.) cases of beer. I guess if that's the type of clientele they are going for, it's best that they continue to disregard potential good customers. I'm all about supporting local and small businesses, but I'll pay someone else who cares. I advise you do the same. They were written up by the NY Times, which is great publicity, but their service is appalling at best. It's 2015, people have email wherever they go. Delays of days in responding to email isn't acceptable. Not picking up a phone and clearing voicemail regularly isn't acceptable. Use AirBNB, Hotels.com, etc and get service that's worthy of paying for. This place can't be bothered. If you are able to actually contact someone and book a room, you better hope that nothing goes wrong since there's zero chance they'll respond to you. I expect this review to be ignored by the urban cowboy of course, since well that seems to be their specialty... read more

I had never seen this space until I attended an event here last week and I was really impressed with how homey they made it. It's basically a row house in a residential area that you can rent out for events or to stay in as a B&B. There's a big outdoor area with a hot tub, a sauna, separate sleeping quarters in the back as well as upstairs in the main house, an open layout, and lots of quirky decor. The only downside that I can see is that it's right in the middle of an actual residential block so if you're having loud parties the neighbors are likely to complain (as they did at the event I attended)! read more

I would like to update my original review with the following information: Jersey responded to my email today saying that the B&B is now completely booked. My previous email was dated October 9th. Her response is dated December 2nd. She got back to me TWO MONTHS LATER. I can only find this comical since I long ago abandoned all hope to hear back from them. This place is a joke. PS: My very original inquiry is dated July 22nd. It took them almost 5 months to get me an answer on staying at the B&B. read more

I don't even know where to begin with Urban Cowboy. I stayed here with my wife for almost a week and it far exceeded our expectations. The house is even more beautiful than photos made it out to be. It was spacious, gorgeous, and comfortable. On top on that, the staff (Lyon and Jersey) were the absolute best. They were extremely accommodating and fun. They made us feel like we were a part of the family from the first moment I arrived. I can't wait to go back. read more

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! I work for a finance firm located in Midtown but I live in Philadelphia. I travel every week for work and come up to New York a couple times a month for a few days at a time and I always stay here! As someone who spends at least one night a week in a hotel, I can vouch that this place is a breath of fresh air. Totally worth the subway ride here as opposed to staying in either a comparatively priced (but probably mediocre) Manhattan hotel or paying $200-300 more per night to stay somewhere nice in Midtown. Lyon & Jersey are gracious hosts and contribute to the positive atmosphere. I also always meet really interesting people here! It seems the Urban Cowboy attracts like-minded guests looking for a cool place to stay in New York. If you're even a little bit social, I guarantee you'll find someone to talk to at the Cowboy. General vibe is relaxed and friendly, and every time I'm here it feels like I'm hanging out at a friend's super sweet pad, who happens to have clean sheets, towels, and breakfast for me :) read more

Perfect for people looking for an open and friendly experience who love a comfy bed and stocked fridge. Home away from home and something to write home about. read more

Urban Cowboy B&B - Bed & Breakfast Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

The Cowboy is my home away from home whenever I visit New York. One of the most well designed spaces I have ever had the pleasure of seeing or staying in. The bedrooms are amazing, and provide a super calm mellow environment to sleep in in the middle of New York city - you forget where you are! Last time i stayed, I was lounging around one afternoon and met the neighbors next door who didn't hesitate to invite us over for a bit italian home cooked meal! Jersey, the innkeeper, is always super accommodating and friendly. If you want a hotel experience with room service and an onsite concierge where you stay in your room and never meet anyone new, then go stay in a hotel in Manhattan. If you want a unique, relaxed experience where you can go and make new friends, stay at the Cowboy. read more

I don't even know where to begin with the unprofessional way this place is run. My partner and I catered a friend's wedding this past weekend at the Urban Cowboy B&B and all of our experiences with the staff at this place were pretty disappointing. The space is really so well designed but it pretty much stops there. When I came the night before to check out the layout for the next day, Jersey, the "event planner" and "inn keeper" at the space was completely clueless about the setup or line up of events for the day. Her answer to everything was "i don't know" despite her charging the couple for her services as an event planner. The next morning, we arrived as planned and the place was filthy with no sign of Jersey anywhere. No hand towel in the bathroom (which also had not been cleaned and the toilet seat was falling off), wine bottles everywhere, crumbs and dirty dishes strewn all over the kitchen and a bunch of the bride's friends and family were having to rush around to do things they didn't. The wedding party and family were staying in the rooms there and apparently Jersey thought it was there responsibility to clean up after themselves. There was rotting melon and fruit on the counter that I only assume was part of the breakfast they served and only one overflowing trashcan that overflowed for the entire time we were there. We were forced to create make-shift trashcans from the crates from the rental company and our staff had to empty them constantly throughout the night. This would not have been a problem if we had been told ahead of time that we needed to have additional staff to clean-up as we went along, but that was never communicated to us by Jersey. I had also asked her to clear the refrigerator, which was full of her food (she lives in the basement) before we arrived because we would need all of it for storing food and she did clean some of it out but still left a bunch of gross stinky expired food in there when we really needed the space. Jersey and Lion, the owner, did not surface until the wedding was to begin and they did, at least, look like they were attending a wedding, which apparently they were, as guests. They did nothing to help out and instead ate, drank, smoked and made out with each other all over the place. They had quoted my friends an 11 pm end time to the space but that night actually tried to tell them that they couldn't turn any music up for dancing after 10:30 pm. This is because their next door neighbors hate them with, it seems, good reason, as no one let them know there would be a large party there that evening. The next door neighbor showed up around 11 and got into an argument with Lion and was threatening to call the cops because of an apparent ongoing issue surrounding noise and general disrespect to the fact that this place is in a residential neighborhood. After that very stressful conversation, Lion returned to us inside that are frantically trying to clean everything up after having no place to really put trash and started taking shots straight out of a bottle of whiskey from the bride and grooms alcohol with other wedding guests because it was too much for him to handle. Overall, the wedding was spared disaster and was lovely because the bride and groom are amazingly chill people with great friends and family that made everything as smooth as could be for them. The entitled couple that run this place seem to care nothing about providing a service that they charge a pretty penny for. It seems they wanted a cool place to hang out in, so they occasionally offer people the privilege to stay there for hundreds of dollars a night, as long as they don't harsh their mellow expecting to be treated as a guest or get what they pay for. They clearly oversold the space's capabilities and their own as anything other than there to attend your party! They took a bunch of photos of the night and the food, which I'm sure they will use somewhere on their website to sell this as an event space but I would stay as far away as possible. The trendy decor does nothing to make up for the careless way they do business. read more

That inn keeper - Jersey is that her name? Is rude, intrusive, and extremely unhelpful. During our weekend stay, she is nowhere to be found when she was needed.. when I asked her a question about how to use some household supplies (ie. coffee grinder) she basically walked away as she was answering and just didn't want to help at all... so of course for our early morning next day we ended up catering/buying coffee nearby so all the amenities weren't useful. The only times she came up was to yell at us ON THE FKING WEDDING DAY for moving furniture I think. Thanks for being so considerate. Really, cute decors and it really stops there. There's also like no lighting in any of the bedrooms .. not even lit enough for me to unpack to sleep. Very bad mosquito/bug control. read more

What an insanely special oasis this is tucked away in Brooklyn - aesthetically done to perfection. We staycationed there and everything was awesome starting from when we arrived entering of course through the open garage door on the front porch. The garage door stay opened most of the night welcoming in friends, neighbors and passer-byers in to see the Urban Cowboy and say hello. We hung out by the fire in the back and met some new friends before retiring to the Cabin. The room was very cozy, we loved it, really felt like we were in a Cabin in the woods! Jersey and Lyon were the best hosts; I have already sent many of my friends over there who have all loved it. I will definitely be back for more good people and great times. read more

Wow, these guys have nailed the best BK BnB experience. It doesn't even feel right to call it a BnB - it's like staying at a really cool friends house. But you also get to meet interesting, fun people and discover a super cool little part of Williamsburg that still has a great community feel. It's got everything you need - nothing you don't - good coffee, great restaurants popping up, interesting shopping spots. And best of all, right on the L train so a quick scoot into Manhattan. Great spot if your social, curious and looking for something unique. read more

I've been working on an event with this place and so far, they have been very communicative, reliable and professional. I will follow up after we finalize everything. Location wise, it feels like a dream being there with a wood burning fire going inside of a mountain resort in the middle of Hipsterville Wikliamsburg. I think they've created something really unique and interesting. More to come... read more

Urban Cowboy B&B is the best place to stay in Williamsburg - I had an amazing experience staying here and cannot wait to go back. Lyon and Jersey are so nice and we all had the best stay. The decor is perfection and you really feel as if you are in a cabin - can't wait to go back:) read more

Feels like home. We're staying here every time we come to NYC for work! Great escape from the busy city! Love the design and interiors! Amazing customer service. read more

I've stayed at the Urban Cowboy a few times and always love it. Jersey and her team are a pleasure and there's always a fun event happening. It's more than just a place to crash, it's a place to relax and enjoy yourself. I'll be back. read more

I was in town for a wedding last weekend and stumbled upon this bed and breakfast in Williamsburg. I must say I was very happy that I booked with Urban Cowboy. It was a very low stress atmosphere and I found the accommodations to be a great value for the area. My stay here surpassed my expectations, and my expectations were pretty high from the website. The people managing the property on a daily basis were very kind, attentive, and helpful. It is clear that they care about the happiness of their guests. I will definitely stay here again when visiting Brooklyn and would recommend the Urban Cowboy to anyone looking for an "easy" travel experience with a Williamsburg flavor. I think the biggest compliment I can share is that I felt like I was truly a guest in the home of my friends. read more

this has become my favorite place to stay in the city. it's totally affordable, a really cool place top hang out in between meetings and events. it's clean, comfortable, cool, convenient. Lion, Jersey, and the staff could not be more accommodating. i should be keeping this a secret, so as not to threaten my room availability, but i don't want to be that kind of guy. also of note, i am able to park my car on the street neat the Urban Cowboy, and that makes it really easy and even more affordable to get into and around the city. read more

This is the perfect place to cozy up to a wood burning potbelly fireplace on cold winter night. It is truly one of the coolest places not only in Brooklyn, but in NYC! Jersey and Lyon are truly the most hospitable people that I have ever met, they really make you feel as if their home is your home. I can't wait to go back! read more

As a person who loves to visit New York often I am always faced with the same dilemmas: 1) Hotels are so expensive 2) It's too noisy for me after a while 3) I prefer to stay in Brooklyn but don't love any of the hotel there 4) I hate feeling like a tourist which everyone who doesn't live there always does. Okay, I set this up a little. Of course my next move is to tell you I found the perfect solution but please believe I really do (well, did) have all these issues. Alright here it is...AND THEN I DISCOVERED URBAN COWBOY B&B. If you haven't yet clicked off my review as retribution for my dull predictability then let me share a few more thoughts while I have you: Lyon and Jersey are the perfect hosts and each time I stay I feel more and more like extended family. They treat everyone like a distant cousin they are so happy to finally meet. The space is beautiful and homey, the neighborhood is quite, safe and cool without being unbearably hip and they offer rooms to suit all price ranges. When I'm treating myself I rent the cabin (truly an experience!) or the Lyon's Den. I have also stayed in smaller rooms which make use of the clean, large, shared bathroom and that has never been an issue- it's almost always available and feels a bit like college dorms for grown-ups if you end up chatting with other guests in the hallway. Some guests prefer to keep to themselves and even in the communal space it is easy to find a corner to read or work quietly. If, like me, you enjoy meeting new people, it's equally as easy to strike up a conversation with a stranger or you can chat with Jersey who seems to thrive on making people feel at home. During my stays I have met a world-renowned photographer (who gave me free photo editing lessons!), a freelance writer, and successful food blogger to name only a few. Breakfast everyday is delicious, they have awesome events like pop-up dinners and Jersey & Lyon even let me host a BBQ one weekend where I invited 10 of my friends and they invited some of theirs. I felt like I was having a party in my own backyard and by midnight you could barely tell who had known each other for years and who had just met. I used to plan a trip to New York and then look for a place to stay; now I have a place to stay and am always looking for a way to plan a trip. read more

I reserved judgment after reading the extraordinarily lengthy critiques from two of the guests, but after my first trip the Urban Cowboy, I enjoyed it so much that I've been back twice. Lyon and Jersey have done an amazing job on design and creating a unique environment suitable for an easy escape from city life, with the opportunity for a fun social experience with interesting people or some quiet time alone. They are gracious hosts (never intrusive or rude) who went out of their way to cater to my dietary restrictions and were generally enjoyable to spend time with. Beyond that, staying in the Cabin is a truly special experience that should not be missed and it's hard not to enjoy fresh bacon in the morning, as well as other local food. read more