Breakfast is included for free, which consists of a hot buffet, toast, waffle making machine, fruit, coffees, fruit juices. They change the hot food every day. The breakfast service can be chaotic, especially at the weekend, and you can struggle to find a table. The queue for the waffle maker can be long too. They also don’t have normal English tea bags either at breakfast or in the rooms.
The rooms are clean but quite dated in their decor. The bed is comfortable. The air conditioning unit is quite noisy but it didn’t stop me from sleeping (and I’m a light sleeper!). There was no noise from the street.
The staff are generally helpful, but not always particularly happy or cheerful!
The location is ideal. 3 minutes from Penn Station which connects to Jamaica Station via LIRR, from there the AirTrain goes direct to JFK Terminals. Really cheap to transfer from airport, very little walking involved, plenty of seats on the LIRR trains which are all air conditioned (very welcome in the New York heat and humidity in the summer!). You can easily walk to Time Square, Empire State etc which are all within a 10-15 minute walk. If you like to walk you can get to lower Manhattan in about an hour or so walk, or similarly uptown to Central Park.
Overall, for the price, it is a clean hotel with a nice free breakfast, and a great central location with easy access to the Subway and LIRR transport systems. I would stay there again.