The Historic Blue Moon Hotel

United States , New York Area - NY
NEW YORK, 100 Orchard St
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50 reviews shown

2/10

Poor

05 Mar 2026

Brenda

Do not book through Hotels.com because they (or the hotel) WILL NOT honor their price guarantee of \"what you see is what you pay\". This facility DOES include a $39 per night hotel fee and it WAS included in the amount charged and was also on my Hotels.com reservation confirmation---that is not in dispute. I read the fine print...no problem. The fees and taxes were included on my CONFIRMATION I received from Hotels.com. But because I chose to pay AT the hotel instead of through hotels.com beforehand, they decided to charge more than I booked for for the base nightly rate at check in. The nightly rate charged basically doubled their hotel fee...the nightly rate that was charged was increased conveniently by $39 per night AND they separately charged $39 per night fee which resulted in an overall nightly room rate of $283. You can book with them direct right NOW for a lesser nightly fee for the same room, so it's extremely deceptive (and their daily hotel fee if you book direct is $29 per night not $39 or even $78 as charged-not even what they told hotels.com!!!). Let me tell you...for that nightly rate, this hotel is NOT worth it. Their hotel is \"tired\". Mold stains in bathroom shower and around the tub, dirty grout, there was a dip in the floor where the vinyl plank flooring is coming undone and I almost cut my toe on it twice. There are no kleenex and the toilet paper is from Amazon and it's like sandpaper. Also, bring ear plugs for road noise.

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2025

Shar

Run down property but very unique and great staff.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Brittain

The hotel is an easy 2 minute walk to the subway, and is in a great location away from the hustle and bustle of midtown, which I appreciate. The room is the largest I have ever stayed in in NYC, and is quiet for a good night's sleep. The bed was very comfortable and had all the amenities I needed. Very friendly staff who checked in on my via text every day. Great value for the price and I would definitely stay again!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2025

Nicole

Easy check in and very considerate interactions throughout the stay. The rooms was beautiful, clean, and a great place to relax from the city bustle.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2025

Christine

What a great stay! Super clean, lovely staff, beautiful historic building, HUGE room, esp by NY standards, great location- steps away from many shops and restaurants. Couldn’t have asked for a better hotel! I’ll book again!

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2025

Dominique

The hotel was good for the rate. The room was a decently big size for NYC. Hotel staff were very friendly.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2025

Susanna

Know that they are 100% serious about no changes. We were unable to take our trip because my husband’s knee blew out the day before our trip. I called the hotel and they absolutely refused to let us reschedule for a later date. They first made us call Hotels.com to call the property, so I also had to spend the time on that. My bad because I should have gotten insurance, but I was really disappointed they wouldn’t let us reschedule even with a doctor’s note.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2025

Megan

Nice hotel in a great location, friendly and helpful staff and a comfortable bed. Would definitely stay here again!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Sofia

I don’t even know where to begin - Wow. The Blue Moon is unlike anything else in New York. Staying here feels like stepping back into the city’s history, immersed in its essence and character in a way few places can offer.

The building itself is a living story, thoughtfully preserved and lovingly restored. Every detail - from the architecture to the atmosphere - speaks of another era, yet it is seamlessly balanced with modern comfort. It’s not just a hotel; it’s an experience, a rare glimpse into the soul of Old New York.

And just as important, the staff embody that same spirit: gracious, knowledgeable, and genuinely proud to share the hotel’s heritage. Their warmth makes you feel like a guest of honor in a place that celebrates the city’s past while welcoming you into its present.

I encourage you look this place up on Instagram! You will know what I mean... This place is amazing; highly recommend.

Leisure

4/10

Poor

31 Aug 2025

Traci

Interesting history but we paid for the suite and there is a club right outside that played loud music until 3 am. There was only one person working at the hotel and when we got there a little early we already had a text that the room was ready and code to enter, but were told we had to pay $75 more if we wanted to go to the room early. If the one staff member left the front desk there was nobody else around to help and no security at all. Already mentioned all of this when asked to leave a review and was told that they don't have a sound meter to document the noise of the club. There is no way that would not be obvious.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Jeanne

Great night!

Very good hosts, huge room, loved the area!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2025

Paul

Very friendly, food was spectacular and the rooms were very clean and comfortable.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

Jessica

Friendly front desk and very nice room

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Historic hotel with modern amenities

Beautiful historic building with upgraded amenities and a lovely atmosphere. Elevator is a bit old, but otherwise this was a perfect stay in a very convenient location and I will definitely be back! The room along the back of the building facing the alleys was very quiet despite it being a loud area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2025

philip

The best New York hotel

This is the second time we stayed at the historic blue Hotel! I grew up four blocks from the hotel so this is a coming home experience. The hotel is awesome. It’s the only place to stay in New York!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2025

Christine

love the blue moon

LOVED how every single person we spoke with was totally committed to our comfort. There were a couple of technical issues (the fridge was leaking) and they fixed it immediately. They checked on but were not overbearing. They were incredibly friendly but not overbearing. The room was lovely and I would 100% stay there again.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2025

Kevin

Rooms were very spacious and well-furnished!

2/10

Poor

20 Jan 2025

Suzette

Title: Disappointing Stay at Blue Moon Hotel - NYC. Quick runaway don’t stay here.
\"We were incredibly excited to stay at the Blue Moon Hotel on Orchard Street for my birthday weekend, having admired its history and location for years. However, our experience was severely disappointing.
We initially booked through a third party but had to contact the hotel directly to upgrade to a junior suite with a king bed and a twin bed for our daughter. The hotel quoted us an extra $XXXper night. Upon arrival, we discovered that the \"twin bed\" was actually a chair that was supposed to convert into a bed. Not only was it not set up, but there was no bedding provided.
As our daughter ended up not staying with us, we requested to be moved back to the original room we booked. The weekend staff was unhelpful and referred us to the manager, who was unavailable until Sunday at 11 am. When we finally spoke with the manager, they were incredibly rude and refused to refund the $60 upgrade fee or offer any compromise.
Beyond this, the accommodations themselves were underwhelming. We were constantly disturbed by the sound of doves cooing outside the window, and the noise from the street traffic was significant. Moreover, it took an excruciatingly long time to heat the water for a shower.
Based on our experience, I cannot recommend staying at the Blue Moon Hotel. The lack of customer service, coupled with the subpar accommodations, made our stay significantly less enjoyable than we had anticipated.\"

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2024

Erica

Charming hotel

Amazing historic hotel w lots of charm great staff and the hidden gem is the restaurant in the back very intimate where the owner is a chef and cooks you the best food. Best meal we had in New York was at this hotel ! So much charm loved the balcony great location

Business

4/10

Poor

08 Dec 2024

Cynthia

The beds were very comfy but that was it! The place appeared empty (and the doors were locked and no one at the front desk at 12:00 noon on a Saturday! A guy finally appeared and mumbled about the check in. We left our bags because it was before check in. We returned at 11:00 pm and the guy who showed up ALSO couldn’t have cared less we were there. The place was desolate - we never saw any other guests. The cases in the windows held a sad assortment of cookies that looked like they’d seen their better days.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2024

Laura

Perfect

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2024

Eric

Excellent staying.

Very nice and comfortable place.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2024

William

Really a charming hotel that the owner has filled with creative and interesting historical items. Wonderful location for the Lower East Side.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2024

Avery

Hidden Gem. The nicest staff and service!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2024

Christine

We had a great time at the Historic Blue Moon. Not your regular kind of hotel - there’s been a lot of love in creating this unique place. Friendly, fun and interesting owners and staff. Highly recommend staying here!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Aug 2024

Jason

The first thing I was greeted with was getting maced and an employee of the hotel knocking out a protestor (who were contending the hotel owners son was a war criminal). I’m not kidding. The hotel has a large step and if you’re handicapped they will offer to lift you up, but it’s not exactly handicap accessible. I reasonably contended that this wasn’t the place for my 71 year old crippled mom who has cancer, yet couldn’t get my money back. Eventually Expedia would only get half of my money back as I booked 2 rooms. Paid for a room, never stayed. Never give these people your money.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2024

Julia

Bummed that I didn’t get the balcony that I paid for when buying through Expedia but otherwise nice stay. It was cool that the hotel had so much history. Also a great location.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2024

jose

Best small hotel in NY

The room was large, clean but best of all the staff was friendly and made the visit great. The cookies and desert made in the restaurant are to die for..

Self

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2024

Douglas

The room I booked was not the room I got. The noise outside and inside was terrible.They added a 437.40 charge to my credit card.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

27 May 2024

mohamed

The ac in my room didn't work and the was no remote for the TV. Called the front desk for help and they couldn't help me.

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2024

Nina

Wonderful,people!

6/10

Pleasant

26 Apr 2024

Sara

Last minute 3 day stay- great views on balcony

I had rented the 1 bedroom apartment 701 for 3 nights last minute stay because my other accommodations at The Muse fell through due to city scaffolding and not being able to use the balcony room, they let me know the night before, so I had to scramble and many hotels were already full. When I arrived the Blue Moon hotel seemed closed, the street in front was closed, the Uber had to go down anyway because of all my luggage (I had traveled by train on a10 day Boston trip prior) so I was ready to check in! Turns out it was Passover holiday and the hotel was run on a skeleton crew.Ok. understandable,no glass of wine to welcome us like the website suggested? That's ok. The elevator is slow but efficient and the room is 420 friendly. Everything feels safe, they're nice and friendly, but no housekeeping or ice machine. No breakfast as advertised either, the cafe downstairs looks like a set of a cafe but again it's a holiday week. There's Dudley's cafe on the corner and it's wonderful food. They stay has great views of the Chrysler Building and the empire State Building. There's a comfortable bed. The tub had hairs in it...Eww. I thinkI loved the coffee machine and the mini fridge the most! It's a nice thing to wake up to a hot coffee and a view of the city. The historic Blue Moon has a fresh coat of paint and one can notice little updates and pride in ownership from the big screen TV to providing updated electrical outlets. There's a touch of the classic NYC feel to the place too!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2024

Mary

Very quiet and the art and history of the hotel made it interesting but still home-like

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2024

Miguel

One of the best hotels you can stay at if you are driving into NYC. There is always parking directly across the street or around the corner. Keyless entry with pin instead of using a card, so you can never lose your keys. All in all a GREAT hotel. I always come back!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2024

M D

When you walk in, it looks very funky, after which everything is excellent. Extremely helpful staff, very clean, unusually large room for NY at this price.

Partner

2/10

Poor

28 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

Unsafe and unwelcome

Please do not stay here if you want to feel welcome and safe.

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2023

Morgan

I HIGHLY recommend this hotel for anyone visiting NYC! It was small and unique, had a lot of character unlike most hotels

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2023

chuck

Well...upon arrival, i was asked (made) to pay a 'facility' fee they said Expedia didn't collect...so that wasn't pleasant at all. otherwise, cute place ...drafty, but the atmosphere was part of the allure.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2023

Patricia

GREAT STAY!!

We appreciated the beauty of an historic hotel. SOOO unique. We felt very safe with the security. ALLL staff were quite helpful. The variety of fresh foods/sweets was fun and tasty
HIGHLY recommend staying here

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2023

Silvia

Beautiful historic hotel in a great area close to everything, amazing room and very good customer service

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2023

Jason

My favorite place to stay in nyc.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

12 Nov 2023

Nigel

Mould in the bathroom

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

26 Oct 2023

Jennifer

I love boutique hotels, and thought with the historic accolades this hotel would be great. It's not terrible, but there were quite a few issues, running toilet, flickering lights, broken coffee pot, cheerios on the floor from previous guest, lumpy pillows and the mattress was sloped and the shower doors didn't slide - the property is tired. The room was spacious and had a nice balcony but for the money I think we could have done better. Staff was not outright snarky, but not anxious to please either. You can do better in NYC.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2023

Verified traveler

Great Hotel

The history is so authentic, you could feel transported back in time. It’s well maintained and clean. Very nice and friendly staff.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2023

heather

The staff here is absolutely amazing! They are so kind and accommodating. The rooms are adorable and the balcony is amazing! Can’t wait to go back!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2023

jose

the manager of the property is very nice guy. Room was over price due to fashion week, but the pace is decent, rooms are big and clean. neighborhood is very active, lot of clubs, bars and restaurants close by. No luxury amenities.

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2023

Alex O.

Tha true meaning of hidden gem

This hotel is the actual definition of hidden gem and it really is, the moment you entered the hotel it really transport you to the era cafe shop in the front restaurant in the back the rooms are very comfortable they all have balconybut ypu have to share them but inguess i was the only one using it, but there's one room that really was jaw dropping and that is 603 if your are a couple or a single adventurous this room wont let you down it's big and spacious the balcony is very spacious hope they put the patio furniture soon. Now the service i work in the hospitality business for 25+ years and travels the service that mister David Del Valle give me was beyond since the moment you enter the hotel this great gentleman greets you with the warmest heart if you need directions or recommendations on anything specifically bagels or iconic thing in lower east side he is your man to go even to talk to him was good, you also get to meet the creator of this masterpiece Mr. Settenbrino he is always there on the weekdays to show you around and tell you the stories his wife make the most delicious cookies in the word and they are big. This hotel is close to
everywhere like the subway,Chinatown,Little Italy, Wall Street Tribeca, Soho you named it so many bars and restaurants around it so glad i came to this place and will be my to go hotel for now on thank you david again for everything.
P.S. The bagels where really good Gracias.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2023

Janet

An unusual hotel that captures the unique history of the neighborhood. Great to stay in a place with character and charm that is also comfortable and convenient.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2023

Joann

The staff was very friendly and accommodating. David is from the neighborhood and had great suggestions and help with directions. I loved the room. It was comfortable and big enough for 3. The balcony was a plus to sit outside and enjoy a coffee in the morning or a drink in the evening . I’d stay again .👍

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2023

Fanya

What a lovely hotel! I loved all of the historical collages and paintings by the owner. The room was beautiful and immaculate! The owner and the desk guy David were very friendly and interesting to talk to. I really enjoyed my stay.