Lonely Planet Review
Space is tight, but ah the love (of art! of knights! of Brooklyn!) swells at this wonderfully artful B&B. Awesome! Yeah! All this on the edge of one of Brooklyn's most appealing neighbourhoods - and cheap!
Lined with local art - with rooms named for themes ranging from 'Sun on the Beach' to 'Gothic Nights' - this simple, friendly, B&B puts travellers steps away from several subway links to Manhattan. Awesome's six rooms are small, but overflow with detail - eg heaps of small lamps rather than a lone buzzing fluorescent bulb above, wooden dressers or entry tables, textured hand-painted walls playfully showing their smears and cable TVs. The 'Dragon Palace' room has an Asian-style dragon wrapping around three walls (it's just paint, kids - leave your jousting lance at home). The two shared bathrooms are tidy, with some shampoos and soaps provided. A breakfast of croissants, fruit and coffee or tea is laid out in the small hallway. Tell staff some of your New York plans, and they'll print out maps for you. Rooms aren't big, and there's no public space yet but it's clean and cheap.
Review by author
Robert Reid