We went there a week age to visit colleges and friends in Manhattan NYC and New Jersey. Since my husband doesn't like to stay in the city, I chose here for the stay. This hotel is minute away from George Washington Bridge, but it's not noisy at all. The traffic on the bridge is not bad, probably it was a holiday. The room is very clean, especially the bathtub. No smell of smoke (you know, sometimes even you choose to stay in nonsmoking room, you still can smell the smoke). The staff is very pleasant. When we asked where to find gas station, she told us that not only there are 3 down the road, but which one is the cheapest. I rated it as 4 because we got lost a little bit on the highway, it's not the hotel's fault at all. It's because the highway system and the SIGNS on the highway.