Clarion Hotel La Guardia Airport

I never stayed at this location. Usually take advantage of these long term parking. It’s great. Easy to get in. Close to Airport and I feel safe when I leave my car there while I’m away.

This is a 2 star hotel and my 4 stars reflect the rate for the value for a NYC hotel. Most of the clientele are layover overnighters from the airport. Hotel was clean and there was some renovation work being done. The design is quite odd. The hallway is very long and sloped. I would estimate a 30 – 40 foot differential in height from 1 end to the other. Clarion no longer sponsors this property. It is simply called «The Landing.» We did not stay for breakfast, which is included. I got a good night sleep with a quick, free shuttle back to LGA airport without any issues. This would not be my choice if I were going to Manhattan. The location is poor for that purpose.

Schrecklich!!! Als erstes fanden wir das Hotel nicht, da es nicht mehr Clarion sondern The Landing heißt… Wollen wohl die schlechten Bewertungen los werden. Bei einem Namenswechsel würde ich aber dann auch versuchen meine negativen Punkte zu verbessern. Angeblich ist das Hotel frisch renoviert. Davon sah ich nichts! In der Lobby stinkt es extrem nach fett und es war auch nicht wirklich sauber. Der Aufzug dreckig und runtergekommen. In den Fluren richtig dreckig… Unser Zimmer kam dann noch als Höhepunkt dazu. Ungemütliche Betten, alte Einrichtung, Schimmel in der Badewanne und Haare Fremder Leute!!! ECKELHAFT! Das Einzige das ich positiv bewerten kann war die Nähe zum Flughafen. Eine Nacht war okay aber länger hält mans nicht aus!

This is an awful hotel, and had it not been a company paid for hotel I would have never stayed here. The walls are paper thin so you can hear everyone who is walking in the hall or in the room next to you. Also, trying to get a shower in has been horrible. There has been a shortage of hot water on 4 different occasions now. They advertise that breakfast is served starting at 6, but what they really mean is that they will start setting up at 615.

If there was an option for no starts, I’d go with that! The most unprofessional and rude staff I have ever dealt with in the service industry. Was negotiating a group travel package with their sales’ folks, and was blown away by their rudeness. From reading some of the reviews below, it looks like their management needs to seriously look into their staff’s professional development. Especially given that your hotel is not the greatest option to begin with, having a team of extremely rude and inattentive staff gives you a zero star reputation.
Keep it up and you will be going out of business rather soon.

I would rather eat a mountain, a literal mountain, of dog shit than stay in this godforsaken hotel ever again. The two guys working the front desk were wildly disrespectful, and completely unhelpful, when they lost our reservations. If I’m ever stranded at LaGuardia airport again (flight got cancelled), I’d rather buy an electric blanket and sleep outside than visit this 1990s bowling alley again.
Also, this is directly for Chris, the front desk worker:
You are the most worthless human being I’ve ever met.

Just a comment on the airport parking service. I was under the impression it came every 10 minutes. Instead it is every half hour which actually isn’t so great.

Now keep in mind one thing, from the moment you walk in to this hotel something becomes very clear: the staff does not want you there. Period. Their job would be so much better if it wasn’t for those pesky customers.
I booked this hotel online because we missed our flight and had to wait until the next day in standby, and it is walking distance to La Guardia. But as soon as we walked in, we walked straight to the reception desk where we were promptly ignored for several minutes (there were no other customers) as the staff behind the desk argued as to what to order from the Chinese delivery menu and who wanted what. After going to lengths to get their attention, they finally acknowledged our existance. Of course since our reservation did not show up on their records we were promptly shooed away lest we risk interrupting them.
After finally being able to pull them away log enough to look for our reservation, they finally found it and, after some considerable time in the computer that seemed unrelated to our reservation on purpose, were finally given a key to our room.
Exhausted, we tried to order room service but were told to go to the lobby. We saw they had a sign for happy hour half-​off drinks and looked to order a couple, when looking around for the bartender we asked an employee for help getting our drinks, who approached what we thought was one of the patrons at the bar who was drinking and eating with the customers and she turned out to be the bartender.
The drinks were of poor quality, at best, and when we requested that the next round be made with less lemon juice, the bartender rudely responded saying her drinks were good. When we got the check, they were being charged full price. When we pointed out that all the signs in the bar said ½ off ALL DRINK during happy hour hour, she said that only applied to beers and wine, said we should take it up with the manager (who would not be there until Monday, this happened last Friday) and promptly instructed the cook to remove the signs. The exchange escalated quickly and turned hostile for no other reason that we were interrupting her happy hour and were overcharged out of spite.
Needelss a terrible experience and horrible ending to an otherwise excellent trip.

Let me start off by saying I didn’t stay here by choice — I stayed here because the airline put me here after my flight was delayed and delayed coming back home.
Granted the hotel is close to the airport — I would NEVER stay here and I wouldn’t recommend it to ANYONE I know. The rooms stink! The bed sheets smell like vomit. There are bugs in the bathroom (the red spider that was hanging out in the ceiling corner was later accompanied by a rollie pollie — by this time I about had it). You can hear almost everything in the rooms near you and outside.
The rooms do have a fridge and microwave which is the only plus. Spend a little more and stay at the Marriott if you need to be within this vicinity! Otherwise STAY AWAY!

Rooms are normal size but the tub is weirdly, creepily small. Don’t go exploring the hotel grounds unless you want to feel like you’re one of the lucky few to enter Willy Wonkas magically tilted kingdom.
Enjoy your stay :)

Didn’t honor airport parking reservation, even though they had previously taken a $ 19.00 reservation fee to secure us a spot. Caused us quite a bit of last minute grief. It took us a while to find another lot that was not full, we got very worried that we’d miss our flight. They refused to help in any way.

Would give a — 5 stars if possible… looked good on pictures, but the rooms have a terrible smell, there’s no tv guide or a menu to the dining room in the room, when i called to order some chicken wings (assuming they had that, since I didn’t have the menu) they told me they were out of that, but they had fried chicken, they put me on hold and then they told me they didn’t have that either! There’s a $ 10 charge for «Valet Parking» but you have to bring your car to them, and then you have to go and get it from the parking lot as well, I don’t think they know the meaning of «Valet Parking»!! I could hear people walking on the room above me all might long. Terrible service, the front desk people are so rude, will definitely not stay here ever again!!!

This place is trashy. Nasty rooms, small bathroom. The only good thing is the rooms have a fridge and microwave. The picture is NOT of this particular Clarion

Small tidy room, very fast check in. Ideal for travelers waiting on an early flight. Only $ 125, which is very affordable for NYC. Would return.

Stayed here while working in the area. The price is decent and only $ 10 to park. The rooms are big and the hotel is very close to the airport. The front desk staff is very nice. Decent free wifi. Those are the only good things I can say about this hotel.
The rooms are average at best. You pay the parking separately. The first day I gave them my credit card for the first night. They must not have run correctly because I never got charged. When I went out to check out early the next day, the 24 hour parking guy was no where to be found. I went to the front desk. They called him and found out he was down the street. They let me have the car and didn’t charge me for the second night either — score!
The worst part about this hotel is the free breakfast. Worse than a Super 8 or any other breakfast buffet. Stale bread and bagels. No milk for gross, bitter coffee. Green (like Oscar the Grouch Green) bananas, cardboard flavored toaster waffles. Just a nightmare and the people eating where like animals.
Wouldn’t stay here again. Would pay extra to stay somewhere nicer.

Dirty, loud, and dirty. There were short n’ curlies in my sheets, french fries on the floor, the TV fritzed in and out, and you could hear every word of people taking in the hall and every footstep of people in the room above.
Convenient location to the airport, but is it worth it?

Cheap hotel that doesn’t deserve the 3 stars sites are categorizing it as.
Do not order taxi service from front staff as it is $ 10 more than just taking the shuttle back to La Guardia and grabbing your taxi there. Or just load up the MTA card and take the Q33 bus to the 7 train into Manhattan if your staying here for touring NYC.
The room is small and the hallway slanted while the room was clean enough if your here to spend time in it this is not the place to stay but for resting your head it worked just fine. One other note on the room is that I have never been in a hotel or home whose smoke detectors went off because of steam from a shower to which the front desk instructed my wife and I to unplug the smoke detector.
The «free breakfast» is coffee or orange juice to drink and bagels, bananas, or hard boiled eggs which leaves a lot to be desired.
Also there are a lot of «long term guests» staying here looking for work and fighting with the front staff about paying their bills.
The only highlight of this place is that the cleaning staff are super nice and accommodating to your requests as well as one extra nice staff member who was walking the floors with keys and a walkie talkie maybe inspecting something but helped us with all of our questions.

Do yourself a favor and fork over a little extra dough for a better place, especially if you need more than just an overnight place to lay your head. Seriously, one night may be okay. Bring socks or footwear for around your room. I don’t think the carpet has ever been cleaned. Staff is nice enough though somewhat «whatever»… but it is New York.
Also, forget doing extensive work from your room. If the shower doesn’t drive you nuts (unless you get luckier than us), the horrible wifi connection will. There are a couple of computers downstairs, but who actually sits and seriously works at those?

Horrible hotel. Avoid it like the plague! When I reserved the room a week ago, I asked for an early check in. The receptionist said no problem! I got here at 10am. It is now 2:15pm and still no room.
None of the outlets in the lobby work, thankfully I unplugged a broken radio to charge my phone. The coffee is cold and the place is dirty. A total, waste of money.

Was stranded in New York and needed a place to stay near LGA. Hotel Tonight App had this as the special. The photos are nothing like the actual space EK! No Plasmas like the photos… The washrooms were questionable and I feel like I over paid.
I don’t reccomend this place and I can’t wait to contact hotel tonight.

There’s nothing special about the Clarion apart from being conveniently located across the street from LaGuardia Airport. This makes it a bit inconvenient if you have to go into the city but you can’t really beat the price.
The hotel is clean and the rooms are decent. There is free WiFi, although the connection is very weak and intermittent. It often kicks you off, which makes it very difficult to do anything online.
There is a free shuttle from the airport. You just need to call them when you get there and tell them which terminal you are at. the van usually comes within 10 mins.
There is one very weird oddity about this hotel though and it’s the way the hallway is designed. When you get out of the one rickety elevator and go around the corner, you’ll notice that the hallway is about 200 feet long and slopes at about 35 degrees. This can make it difficult for people with a) high heels, b) with baby strollers, and c) wheel chairs. I have no idea why they built it like this. One would think that offsetting all of the rooms to build it like this would be quite difficult and a real pain in the butt…
Anyways, since it’s close to the airport and the rooms are cheap, I would definitely recommend it for those who either need to stay close to the airport or don’t mind the long commute by public transit or the $ 45 cab ride into the city.