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Essence Hotel

2.5 star property

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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe
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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe
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Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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611 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
  • Barclays Center Brooklyn
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Prospect Park
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Single Bed

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Full ROOM | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe

Full ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Essence Hotel

Hotel with free breakfast, near Barclays Center Brooklyn
A microwave in a common area, a 24-hour front desk and a TV in a common area are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free on-the-go breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include multilingual staff assistance and a vending machine.
Essence Hotel offers 42 accommodations with a safe and free newspapers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay-per-view films. Bathrooms include a shower with a rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.

During your stay at Essence Hotel, you'll be within walking distance of Barclays Center Brooklyn. Free breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are available.
  • Free on-the-go breakfast served daily
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Amenities include multilingual staff, a lift and a vending machine
  • 11 minutes by foot from Barclays Center Brooklyn and a 3-minute drive from Prospect Park
Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and a television in common area are also featured at the business-friendly Essence Hotel.

This Brooklyn hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free on-the-go breakfast daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free on-the-go breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Shared microwave
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Handrails in hallways
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 4 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable/satellite channels
  • Pay films

Food and drink

  • Room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and window guards
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Children aged 18 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.

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Essence Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 150 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 150 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 28 out of 150 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 150 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 30 out of 150 reviews

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Had to move rooms after the first night because some unattended kids were up yelling until 3am
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Alicia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just a hole in the wall, super small room. The double bed was thee worst. Entered the room & there was a 1/2 drunk cup of coffee on the desk. Took a shower & there was an opened pack of soap in there. Down the hall a man was screaming all night, never heard anyone go check on him/ tell him to stop. The room was barely big enough for 2 grown people. Breakfast was a lunch bag filled w/an apple, muffin, OJ, danish & yogurt. Def a 1 & done experience for me & my fiancé. I wouldn’t recommend this place in good conscious. It gave halfway house smh.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Colson

The room is small like a broom closet and the price was outrageous, the bathroom ceiling fan doesn't work worst experience ever
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Michael

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Soutric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Thanks

These are very kind and amazing people
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

VALENTINO

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Magdalina

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Desk clerk was very professional.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Claudia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bed was comfortable. Staff was very nice.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

David-Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Abbey

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

ebony

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, welcoming staff. The hotel room itself is small, but at least it's been remodeled, and the bathroom was good. Also appreciated having a small refrigerator.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super Mid but Staff is Great

Hotel staff were very kind and efficient. Front desk helped me and was super nice. However, the room itself had fruit flies and a big spider (who was friendly but yknow…a spider) and jus kinda looked and felt run down. The room was also small as sin. For $252 i def didn’t expect it to be that small and not as clean.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Mildred

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The mattress was hard on my back, very uncomfortable. All elae ok...
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cheap but bad

I booked a Queen Accessible Room for two nights via Hotels.com. We are an elderly couple with mobility issues, and have stayed in your hotel before. We were put in room 410. The bed isn't a Queen bed, the room is barely 9 foot by 6 feet. The bathroom is almost as big as the bed room. The idea that this room is 'Accessible' is ridiculous. There is no room either side of the bed to get into it, you have to climb over the end of the bed across a metal frame. To cap it all, in the morning there was no hot water for the shower. We left after one night.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Charles, Brooklyn

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Carl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small room but clean. I arrived early and the clerk was friendly and accommodating. I was able to check in early. Overall, it was a pleasant stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Marie Adele

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
What I did not like about the hotel is that I lost my Stanley cup in there I left it in there and didn’t realize until I was on the way home so I contacted them they said they didn’t have it and I know for a fact it was there.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ebony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great people
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shantu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
awesome neighborhood. very close to the barclays center!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Joey

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Will not go back or recommend to anyone
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Preston

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025