The Civilian is fine, extremely small rooms but that’s to be expected sometimes in NY. Thankfully the reception is staffed otherwise the checkin kiosks are not great and offer you everything except what you want to do. The breakfast buffet may be the worst $30 per person spread I’ve ever witnessed. An unwelcoming silent staff person standing in front of an empty counter that makes the Holiday Inn free breakfast look like fine dining. A waste of money and a horrible way to start your day. House cleaning is interesting, I don’t mind paying $15 more for cleaning when needed but the basic service they offer for free essentially consists of someone walking past the room without entering. At least as far as I could tell, I saw them in the hallway but no cleaning was done. I assume I was supposed to call even for the basic service which doesn’t include making the bed. Strange. I’d recommend downloading the app and using that to manage your stay, that’s The Civilians idea of customer service, but a bot was probably better than what I received. Thankfully the front desk people were very nice, but if you want traditional hotel services this ain’t the place.