Morgan State House Inn

Although we like Albany as a starting point for an Upstate New York vacation, the airport hotels are all alike and the downtown hotels are mostly unexceptional. The Morgan State House website made the inn seem like the perfect charming alternative, with a 9.2 rating on hotels.com to boot. The rooms at the inn itself may well be as nice as most reviewers claim. We wouldn't know. What we experienced was the world of antimatter. Like several other reviewers, we were shuffled off to a dumpy old apartment building several doors down. The room, with a teeny bathroom, was ordinary. The majestic view was of other apartments. A morning walk around the block revealed some elegant facades but also a run-down commercial street with many empty storefronts. We had an average, pour-it-yourself breakfast overlooking a pleasant little courtyard. The inn did not appear to have had many guests on that Monday night. We only saw three over the course of breakfast. Looking over the inn's website, one can be forgiven for failing to see the distinction between The Brownstone, which is the 4-floor walk-up inn itself, and The Studios, which are at the drab apartment building and offer an anyplace USA stay. Same for the hotels.com website, where the key word is annex/elevator, which means the apartment building, and walk-up, which is the actual inn where we expected to stay.

Lediglich der Empfangs-/Essensbereich

Sehr alte Ausstattung, alter Teppichboden, hat eher einen unsauberen Eindruck gemacht Die Gegend liegt am Rande und nah an Drogen-/Obdachlosen- und sogar Prostituierten-Bezirk (leider mit den Augen gesehen).

Great staff, beautiful building, spacious room, great patio and breakfast. Lovely stay.

Lovely folks! Very accommodating. Will return

The period house and furniture in the room were very nice. The breakfast was set out nicely and had enough for a comfortable breakfast.

Beautiful mansion just off Washington Park. Bathroom was dated but clean...fixtures fit the period vibe. Sitting area chairs and bed very comfortable. Nice view of Albany skyline. Muffins, bagels etc and coffee in kitchen for guests to enjoy. Only drawback was the staff left at 5 and no way to check in if arriving after 5.

Beautiful old property. Well appointed cozy room with a small kitchenette. Close to the avenue with all the restaurants but far enough to not have any noise. Very accommodating host.

Can’t think of anything specifically

Met Johnathan on arrival and had a great intro to property, local area restaurants etc. Our room was in a different building but we had key to access main building for breakfast. Loved the room it was spacious, clean and very comfy. The area was quiet and we felt very safe. Great stay would love to come back again one day.

Having to leave.....