SoTechie Spaces

This place provided me with what I needed. All I wanted was a small room to make a Skype call in private in the city. I believe they charge $ 9.99 an hour for this. But because today was Friday it was free for me. I stayed about an hour for free made my call with internet and that was that. I will certainly come back here for future calls I need to make.

Bootstrapping? Looking for a quaint, laid back friendly space? Most start ups and other green businesses are looking for exactly that a place to work, to rub elbows with other smart, sharp, «go getters», «rain makers».
The first time I stepped foot into this coworking space I was given a tour of the conference room, on my way down the hallway I was greeted by friendly smiles and welcoming faces; architects, designers, freelancers, everyone sharing space while managing their business.
Conveniently located around the block from Bryant park, easily accessible from any location. The owner Jason and the Office Manger Nancy are very accommodating. Give them a call and try the space out. I’m sure you’ll tell all your friends about it.

Don’t believe the 5 star reviews. They are most likely fraudulent.
At least one, by Nancy G, is absolutely fake. (she had posted one of the reviews titled «Awesome space»). She is the director of the space and has no business posting reviews. I have flagged it for removal if it is no longer there.
The aforementioned Nancy Gonzalez had posted several times on the New York Tech Meetup list about free coworking space on Fridays. After she had posted for several months, I decided to take her up on her offer. I emailed with her several times and confirmed with her that the following Friday, ⁵⁄₃₁ would be a great day for me to come in.
I arrive and I am greeted with a sparse, drab and depressing space. There were only 5 solo people working at the entire space, and someone at the desk. It was really not a great space to begin with.
Despite seemingly making my reservation with Nancy via email a week ago, the person at the desk was clueless. He claimed they stopped their free coworking Fridays weeks ago and wanted to charge me $ 30 to use this space (keep in mind the last promotional email went out to the tech meetup group only a week and a half ago).
Showing him my emails with Nancy Gonzalez, the director, did not help.
The person at the desk was really not sorry for the mixup and I was told to sit and wait until I got confirmation that I could go ahead and work there for the day. This person, did not make a phone call, but either texted or emailed. There was no urgency to solve this problem.
20 minutes go by, and I find myself answering emails on my phone.
«Sorry he says, I have to get confirmation from my boss.» I give it 5 more minutes. Still nothing. I then left, being that I had a lot of work to do, and I couldn’t sit around any longer waiting for a response. Who knows how long I would have to wait.
I then left, finding a coffee shop down the street to conduct my business, and wrote an angry email to Nancy Gonzalez, which was never responded to. I thought I would give her a weekend to respond, always trying to give a business the benefit of the doubt. After no response I posted this review.
maybe Nancy Gonzalez and SoTechie Spaces should spend more time handing their customers and customer service instead of posting fake Unilocal reviews.
DO NOT GO! DO NOT TRUST THEM!

We booked their conference for 4 hours (12pm-​4pm) for an interview session we were holding since we are in the process of expanding to NYC. It is very convenient that you can book the rooms online and pay all at once. Also, it is such a central location. The conference room is exactly like the picture on their website. The price is excellent and even includes wi-​fi which is a huge plus. The only thing is that we were packing up the last 5 minutes to leave and they were telling us to leave 2 min before 4 pm because they had other clients waiting. We were on our way to the airport so were just packing up and left at exactly 4pm since that is what we paid for. Other than that it was great. Everyone is professional, nice, and helpful. I recommend this company to anyone that needs to hold a meeting, interview, or just looking for an office place to work. I will definitely be booking a room there again in the future.

I’ll give SoTechie five stars for being the most centrally located and convenient co-​working space in the city!
They are in the absolute center of Manhattan, on 39^th street between 5^th and 6^th. For just $ 400/​mo a desk, you can get ²⁴⁄₇ access to the space with WiFi included, separate mens’ and womens’ restrooms, and reliable WiFi.
What really makes the place unique though is how few people know about it. I’m so reluctant to let the cat out of the bag, but I do need to maintain by Elite Unilocaler status! We have never had a problem booking the conference room or holding large meetings. Also, unlike many Silicon Alley spaces, the other companies here seem to be very diverse. I swear at one point our fellow residents included some telemarketers cold-​call pitching small business loans. There are also enclosed office spaces large enough to fit mattresses (and people do sleep there).
All in all, it’s a very different experience from your WeWork or General Assembly. If you want to ensure you will not be in the Web 2.0, social media, local /​mobile echo chamber, SoTechie is your oasis.