I loooove visiting New York...I visit between two and three times a year.

I love traveling nationally and normally travel alone, but this time I cajoled a friend into going with me and we stayed in Brooklyn and I loved it!

I was always hesitant to come to Brooklyn, but oh my gosh, if only everyone knew what a hidden jewel it is!

We arrived around 6:30pm in the eveningand the staff were friendly, very accomodating and check in was a breeze. Although the rooms were a bit small, they were very cozy and they appear just how they look on the hotel's website.

We stayed in a room facing the Statue of Liberty - such a beautiful view. The hotel is in an area being developed and all the restaurants and shopping were a block away on Fifth Avenue...we walked up to Seventh Avenue and found even more restaurants and shopping.....there were restaurants of all cuisine types and shops for every room in your home....amazing! And people were sooooo friendly.

I love Italian and we ate at a great restaurant called Sotte Voce...
highly recommended!

In one of the stores we found a postcard for a Picnic Day Out from a company called All About Brooklyn Concierge. Wow, we purchased a very chic wicker picnic basket on their website and picked it up from a place called Stinky Brooklyn. But what was more neat was that it was filled with meats and cheese, crackers a cool bottle of jam, pickles and a bottle of wine! And everything was soooo good. We chose the Italian Deluxe, but other cuisines were available. I definitely recommend anyone who loves picnics to experience what I did!

I never knew Brooklyn had sooo many great things to do...and there's also a huuuge park where we had our picnic. We also did canoeing there. It think it's called Prospect Park.

There are so many bars and lounges to hang out it. We barhopped a bit on Fifth Avenue and met sooo many cool people at Bar 4 and Excelsior which had the coolest outdoor deck. Although there's not too much activity right near the hotel, we felt very safe walking around and when we walked back to the hotel.

Overall, I really enjoyed my stay here and would definitely be back! Brooklyn is sooo cool and everyone that hasn't visited is definitely missing out!

I have now stayed here on two different occasions. If you need to stay in Brooklyn, this hotel is fairly convenient with a location near the subway (F, M, R - 4 Ave stop). I flew into JFK and took the airtrain/subway to the stop nearest the hotel (approx. 1 hr train ride but only $7.00), which was also a plus. The hotel is located on 4th Ave, which is more commercial/industrial but one block over on 5th Ave are numerous shops and restaurants. Further east is 7th Ave with an even better selection of restaurants, bars, and shops. And Prospect Park is not too much further east from 7th.

As stated in previous reviews, the rooms are Euro-chic but spacious enough. I would recommend the upgrade to a room with a balcony but make sure if you do this, you ask for the side with a view of the statue. Yes, you can actually see the Statue of Liberty a ways off from one side of the hotel (unfortunately, you also see a UHaul center but just look straight and not down). The rooms are modern with unique bathroom features. My first stay, I had a room with a shower that “protrudes” into the room and is fully glass enclosed. Yes, you can see in but there is a curtain that could be wrapped around the glass shower enclosure. The sink is by the bed and then the toilet is in another glass enclosed room (but opaque glass for this enclosure). Modest travelers may be uncomfortable with this but it is very unique none the less. My second stay, I had a similar room but the shower, toilet, and sink were all in an opaque glass enclosure. I didn’t like this arrangement as much because the shower was open to the rest of the bathroom (no curtain or wall) so when taking a shower, water could and did splash to other parts of the bathroom. The water was supposed to drain near the shower but it actually pooled somewhat near the toilet and I had to use a towel on the floor to mop up the splash over from my shower. Not the best arrangement, in my opinion. Again, if you don’t want this, ask for the first type of bathroom setup I described.

Other than the unusual bathrooms, the room itself is nice with a 42” plasma on the wall, dimmer switches on the lights, an iPod capable alarm, a refrigerator, coffee maker, iron, hairdryer, etc. The bed is comfortable and well stocked with pillows. The staff are all friendly and helpful. Negatives are the somewhat thin walls and city noise (but not as bad as the noise when staying in Manhattan). If you drive in, there is a small parking lot in front of the hotel (not sure if there is a parking fee). Cabs aren’t nearly as plentiful as on the island but the hotel can get you one pretty quickly.

The hotel restaurant is still not finished (as of mid May) so if you book here be prepared to walk a few blocks for food (again, many decent places to eat an avenue or more over). There is a continental breakfast in the mornings but not much room to sit and eat - I ended up walking to a close by bagel shop instead for a much better breakfast.

Overall, both my stays were enjoyable and good for my visit to see my son, who lives in Brooklyn. It is on the edge of Park Slope, which to me is a nice part of Brooklyn. If you don’t mind a 30-40 min subway ride into lower Manhattan (including walking to the station and waiting for trains), then this hotel would be suitable for NYC tourists.

My stay was much better than expected! I assumed all rooms in NY were tiny and overpriced. We arrived after the longest day of driving ever, so i would have settled for a squeaky bed and dingy carpet as long as i could sleep. I didn't know what to expect as the reviews weren't great and you can never really tell how a hotel is from pictures.

The front desk staff was super friendly and helpful and i was in my room within a few minutes of arrival. The room was huge by city standards. The bed was perfectly firm yet comforting with a feather bed on top. The linens were very high quality as well as the bath amenities from Davies Gate. The side lamps were some of my favorites, the Flos Miss K by Phillipe Starck. I could have stayed in the shower for an hour with the over head rain fixture as well as detachable shower head keeping my legs warm.

The two strikes against the property is that, one, the restaurant is still under construction, but they make up for it with a free continental breakfast and a host of delivery menus in the room.
And two, the in-room Bose sound system can be heard through the walls. I'm a very heavy sleeper, so it wasn't a problem for me, but if someone in the next room really went crazy with the volume, i might get annoyed.

For only staying in the room for less than 12 hours, it was very enjoyable and i would definitely stay here again.

I recently stayed at Hotel Le Bleu and was presently surprise. I had read some reviews good and bad. However, I chose the hotel for the location in park slope. I am so glad I did not listen to the bad. The room was beautiful. The price was a little on the high side for me, but great compared to the prices I was quoted in Manhattan. There is supposed to be a restraunt which they said will be opened in June. breakfast was ok though. They bring it up to your room so you don't have to get it from the little room in the lobby, and they gave me a list of different places that delivered to my room. 5th ave was very close only a 2 minute walk. I was amazed to see the choices of restaurants and little shops and bars. Then I walked to Prospect Park which I found to be just as nice and less crowded than central park. I barely went into Manhattan. The staff at the hotel was very nice. They were training a new person at the desk, but I was so tired from my plane trip that the gentleman checked me in real quick. The bed was really comfortable. I almost never got up. All in all I think I got my money's worth. I already made my reservation for July.