Airport Plaza Hotel JFK Airport

From the start, the building is an OYO hotel and not as shown in the photo. We booked online and when we arrived they didn’t accept visa, only cash. Fortunately, I had $80 for the one night we booked. However, she (front desk lady) refused to give us a receipt for payment. Since she scanned my credit card, and I thought I had paid online, I definitely wanted a receipt for the cash payment. She refused to give me a receipt. After a short argument, she tried to take back the room key and kick us out. She said “I’ll give you your money back and you can leave”. Yikes! As it was 10:00 pm, we just arrived from Mexico (international flight), we were tired and didn’t want to look for a hotel. All we wanted was proof of payment, because after reading the reviews, I think she just pocketed the money and would charge us later. And we would have no proof! Anyways, we decided just to accept our loss and went to our room to sleep. The room was fine to us... but we just spent 4 months in Mexico so our standards are not that high. Actually, Mexico hotels/Airbnb’s, etc were much nicer. Oh... the whole place smells like weed. That’s how I knew we were in the right hotel. The reviews said it smelled like weed. So when we walked into the hotel, and BAM, weed... we knew we were in the right place. AHHH and the room had dirty floor with tabaco!

Please save your money... this hotel does not serve breakfast nor does it have a fitness center. It’s not clean in the bathrooms or behind the bed We asked for room service to please “do not disturb” we even put a sign and they still came in! Only good thing is the trains and buses is only a 5 minute walk and it’s not hard to find weed if you need me TRUST ME

Front desk never answers. Never.

Because the property is lying to the people once they arrive that machine is not working and trying to run business in cash causing inconvenience knowingly and on complaining they were very rude. The place smells like pot n weed and is very loud no rules nothing literally felt like a homeless shelter. Rooms are also very dark in tiny bulb and that is it. No breakfast or coffee either.

Please do not book this hotel. Remember I warned you. There are only 5 parking spaces for this hotel and they are located in a narrow alley between the two buildings. Airtran has a 8 1/2 x11 paper sign with the name of the hotel. Don't blink or you'll miss it. I arrived on Saturday evening and had to park 3 blocks away from the hotel because of the limited parking and the club that is around the block. The entire building smelled like marijuana. We got a contact high from being in this hotel. Our room had a strong smell of marijuana the entire day. The front desk didn't do anything to help with the situation. Please do not stay here.