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Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia

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Exterior
40-inch LCD TV with digital channels, TV
Classic Room, 1 Queen Bed (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk) | In-room dining
Interior
Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchenette (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk) | Private kitchen | Mini-fridge, electric kettle, toaster, freezer

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Washer
    Washer
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Dryer
    Dryer
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
4003 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
  • Drexel University
    11 min walk
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    17 min walk
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    19 min walk
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL-Philadelphia Intl.)
    23 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Classic Room, 1 Queen Bed (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Classic Room, 1 Queen Bed (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

  • 28 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchenette (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchenette (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

  • 37 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Mobility Accessible, Kitchenette (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Mobility Accessible, Kitchenette (Self Check-in with Virtual Front Desk)

  • 37 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Exterior
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Pool
Hot tub
Breakfast included
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4.0 out of 5, Very good, (1001)
The price is €257
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
5 Dec - 6 Dec
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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire place to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia

Guesthouse in Philadelphia, near University of Pennsylvania
This smoke-free guesthouse features laundry facilities and free WiFi in public areas.
Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia offers 12 accommodations with washers/dryers and a hairdryer. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. 40-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include a shower and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)).

During your stay at Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia, you're just a quick walk from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Features include free WiFi in public areas and laundry facilities.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices))
  • Services include a virtual front desk
  • 11 minutes by foot from Drexel University and a 3-minute drive from University of Pennsylvania
Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia offers its guests laundry facilities. Public spaces have free WiFi.

This 4-star Philadelphia guest house is smoke free.

Languages

English

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and smart lock details; access will be through a private entrance
A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests

Access methods

Private entrance, smart lock

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A damage deposit of USD 350.00 will be collected before check-in.

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

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 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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property does not have a front desk. Guests will receive an email 48 hours before arrival with check-in information and smart lock details. Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance. A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests.
Property Registration Number 915510

Property is also known as

Niche
Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia Guesthouse
Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia Philadelphia

Kasa The Niche University City Philadelphia Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 33 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The space is very nice, modern and clean. It is a walk up, so if you have luggage you need to be prepared to go up steep stairs as there is no elevator. They were very responsive to my questions and concerns. It is conveniently located to the University of Pennsylvania. It is in a generally safe area, but it is not an area you want to venture too far by yourself at night.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Weichen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place is nice and clean. However, the stairway is very narrow, making it hard to move my luggage up and down the stairs.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Niche is simple, easy and well priced. No frills but has everything you need!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good
Nice and quite place
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
A literal party wall
Industrial chic recently renovated. A bar with music into the wee hours is adjacent to the bedroom. If you like eavesdropping on bar patrons and dancing to your favorite reggae beats, the bedroom is a prime spot.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Souranil

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Mengxi

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
An awesome location if you’re visiting Penn campus, easy walk, lots of food, groceries & Starbucks right there. Street parking is easy
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The room was very nice and clean, however the lock on the door was loose but still functioned and the only amenity was a fridge which was good for storing snacks and a coffee maker that did not work. Other than those two things I found the place very chic clean and safe and the local area very nice. I would definitely book again.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great short stay.
Very good experience room was nice a cozy.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Marie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Do not stay here if you want to sleep.
Misery from start to finish. Bar downstairs blasts music non-stop - Niche pretends to care but does nothing that makes a difference. YOU CANNOT "SLEEP" HERE - which is all we wanted the place for... We reserved at the last minute as we were driving several hours to Philadelphia. Unfortunately after we reserved thru hotels.com (and pre-paid for both nights), we were sent emails that we did not see while driving for 5 hours. We arrived expecting to have information about how to enter the property, instead we had an email demanding that we immediately send a deposit worth more than the hotel rooms - and which was NEVER mentioned on hotels.com. (Bad on them too). Niche also wanted photos of my ID & credit card - even though I had already paid for the room and was not about to send that info over the internet. It took 45 minutes of phone calls to deal with their requirements while we were exhausted and dying to use the bathroom. Finally got in .... Room is ok, basic, one cup in the entire room. Cheap amenities... We were immediately assaulted by insanely loud music ... unfortunately music was louder when we came back to go to bed. Both nights we were kept up by loud music - niche offered a different room, but we had already settled in and I don't think it would make a difference - the music was overwhelming. The problem is cheap windows and a bar downstairs that doesn't care. (I did ask that they turn the outside speakers down).
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Anne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spacious apartments/rooms, very clean. Good location.
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Shashank

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The blinds were broken.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really great people with a great apartment to stay in, would for sure recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kaley

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, responsive booking, etc., will definitely be staying here again! The area is totally walkable, easy parking, it's right by Penn but also just a normal neighborhood.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Depends what you’re looking for
Loved the apartment. Hated the onerous pre-checkin process and requirements. Not worth a short stay. Also note there’s no elevator and the stairs are steep, so not for everyone.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Eunkyoung

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Candace

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
I booked a standard bed&bath "studio." The 3 good things were the number of electrical outlets in the room, the wifi, and the cunning lock system. The standard bedroom had no closet. The standard bath was a two-piece up a short set of painted wooden stairs (slippery when wet) with no heat. The sink was in the bed area. Clothes storage was a one drawer in the base of the cheap platform bed. There was no wastebasket. There was a dorm fridge but no way to heat anything. The heating/cooling unit near the ceiling just inside the door of the bed area made a lot of noise. The dorm fridge gurgled. No place to work--tiny pedestal table. Very steep stairs leading up from a foyer were the one way to access the rooms. The place is very bad for anyone with a mobility challenge. Basically, it was a flip that they tried to make seem chic, but that was for all that a builder-grade renovation made nearly legal by the drawer under the platform bed (one has to have something to serve as clothes storage in anything called a "bedroom"--normally, a raised closet, wardrobe, or bureau). I'll head for a proper place next time work takes me to Philadelphia.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Melanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
WARNING when choosing room types
WARNING - City View units DO NOT actually have a city view. Overall location and unit were fine. They required a large security deposit and referenced non-smoking building. However, 2 of the 3 nights there was HEAVY smell of marijuana in the hallways. When booking, we paid extra for the city view unit. City View is actually the name of the type of room and it cost more money than others at the same location. And, although VERY chatty via text for check in and check out, I had to ask more than half a dozen times for a response to my question about the CITY VIEW that we actually had - picture attached - as soon as we arrived. A response did not come until after we got home from our 3 night stay and they: - 1st blamed covid for a room switch - when asked about refund for room type difference said that the city view is a type of room vs a promise of a city view.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Indigo

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
STAY AWAY! Not disability friendly whatsoever: my "suite" was on the third floor with no elevator, so I seriously considered rebooking somewhere else but nothing was available so I got stuck here. Room was filled with Ikea furniture (at least one piece was broken), the cheap digital lock on the door could definitely be taken off easily, there is no drinkable water in the building (they could at least put a water cooler in the entry!), and the whole thing reeks of gentrification. Most importantly, though: there was an audio surveillance device in my room, which was not disclosed in the paperwork I had to sign to stay here. I found a strange plastic thing plugged into the wall and assumed it was a scented plugin or something until I took it out and realized it had a FCC label on the back and looked up the company. NoiseAware is a sound monitoring system that relays information to property owners, and the company's site is clear that its use must be disclosed to renters, but the owners here didn't bother, which makes it illegal. I am completely appalled and would never, ever, stay at a URHIP property again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Thanh

Travelled with group
Liked: Room comfort
He stayed is very nice. The only thing is there hair on the towel and on the bed other then that it was very nice. Thank you.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Yanil

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property Management left us outside to whether the storm Ide to do check in. We couldnt conduct business past our first night. Left premises a day early due to poor customer service and uncomfortable room conditions. We are well- travelled and never experienced anything like the unprofessional treatment we received here. We inquired about a refund for the second night and the company had little regards to our discomfort. Needless to say, we highly do not recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021