East Village Bed & CoffeeEditor's Pick

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The ethos at the quirky East Village Bed & Coffee is communal, funky and friendly, like the eclectic, artsy neighborhood in which the property resides.

The 11 rooms are ragtag. There are framed fliers advertising music shows of days past, the odd IKEA bit, a massive wall turned over to a floor-to-ceiling collage and multiple representations of the New York subway system. Ground-floor rooms feel like loft spaces; upper floors feel like more typical East Village housing. All rooms are air-conditioned and feature i-Pod docking stations and free Wi-Fi. Bathrooms are all shared on each floor.

Other amenities reflect the communal nature of this friendly spot. Each floor has a fully equipped communal kitchen with complimentary coffee and tea, as well as a computer station with free Internet access. There are bikes, umbrellas and museum passes on offer, all free for guests. There are friendly dogs on offer, too.

You know that super cool aunt you have, the one who left her small town at the age of 19 and traveled around the world before making it big in some creative field, buying a dilapidated house in Alphabet City in the early 1980s and fixing it up?

We don’t have an aunt like that either, sadly. But after touring East Village Bed & Coffee and hearing stories about its innkeeper, Anne Edris, we at least now know where the trailblazer of an aunt we never had would have set up shop: in a funky inn where the rates are cheap, the staff is friendly and the neighborhood still sports plenty of raw corners. The spirit of Alphabet City lives on here, on Avenue C.

» Alex Robertson Textor

Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.