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The Arco powered by Sonder

3.5 star property
3.5-star hotel near Rittenhouse Square

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed | Living area
Exterior
Room, 1 King Bed
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Room, 1 King Bed | Bathroom

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
1234 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
  • Reading Terminal Market
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Rittenhouse Square
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Pennsylvania Convention Center
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Philadelphia, PA (PHL-Philadelphia Intl.)
    ‪29 min drive‬

Room options

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Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible

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

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Room, 1 King Bed

Room, 1 King Bed

  • 34 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Suite, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed | Interior

Suite, 1 Queen Bed with Sofa bed

  • 72 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • 1.5 bathrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • 42 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 39 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed | Living area

Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • 46 sq m
  • Studio
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Room, 1 Queen Bed

Room, 1 Queen Bed

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

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About the area

Philadelphia

Center City stay.Within a 15-minute walk of this Center City hotel, you'll find Rittenhouse Square and Pennsylvania Convention Center. University of Pennsylvania and Liberty Bell Center are also within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Reading Terminal Market - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Rittenhouse Square - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Pennsylvania Convention Center - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Independence Hall - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Liberty Bell Center - 16 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • 12th-13th & Locust Station - 1 min walk
  • Philadelphia University City Station - 5 min drive
  • Philadelphia Intl. Airport (PHL) - 29 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪U Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Knock - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Franky Bradley's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Woody's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Bud & Marilyn's - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Entire place

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

The Arco powered by Sonder

3.5-star hotel near Rittenhouse Square
As a guest of The Arco powered by Sonder, you'll find concierge services and a fireplace in the lobby. Public spaces have free WiFi.

This 3.5-star Philadelphia hotel is smoke free.

  • 24 guestrooms or units
  • Concierge
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • No smoking on site
The Arco powered by Sonder offers 24 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished. 50-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is offered on request and change of towels can be requested.

Languages

Catalan, English, French, Spanish

Property amenities

Activities

  • Fitness center access

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email 72 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
Prior to arrival, you must complete online registration via a secure link
You will be asked to provide the property with a copy of your government-issued photo ID after booking
A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests
Guests are recommended to download the property's Sonder mobile app before check-in

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

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

Important information

You need to know

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
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. No onsite parking is available. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.

Property Registration Number 854026

We should mention

  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Independent Hotel
Independent Hotel Philadelphia
Independent Philadelphia

The Arco powered by Sonder Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 468 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 304 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 127 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 61 out of 1008 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Tara

Shower floor was filthy. Coated in grime. Glad to share a photo. I’ve also reported same to Sonder/Arco. No response yet.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Zhiyuan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is better to clean the room everyday for several-days resident.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bianca

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shannon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking can be a little dicey but no worse than any otherplace in the city. Room was lovely, very clean, staff was kind & helpful. Overall, we would happily stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Harry

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I love Sonder and this one meer our needs perfectly.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tasnim

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Timothy, New York

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for the price. Great central location.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nanette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No hotel employees on the property
Very close to Broad St. and the Academy of Music. Nice room, and bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Hugh

Travelled with family and small children
Aweful, could not access the room upon arrival due to a tech issue with their login system. There is literally no staff on the property to assist and I had to contact a customer service center to help while I was in the “lobby.” (The lobby is a couch by the elevator) The process was excruciating trying to troubleshoot a login issue and took over half an hour on the phone when I arrived. Pathetic..this is not even a hotel, it’s a lousy building with a series of rooms that are each locked by a key code that you have to punch to get room access. Despite this, I was still forced to provide them a trove of personal information including my birthday, my address, email, phone, and a photo of my passport…all just so I can get the key code to enter the room that I already paid over $250 for one night! Sucks!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

NATHALIE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Beautiful and comfortable rooms and bedding. Amazing location.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Shaun

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Clean, good location, they should provide som
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ketyrah

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in a great location and it is a short walk to everything. Make sure you do the online check in before arriving. We did it and used the app key entry was super easy. The free lockers were nice as we arrived before check in. The room was beautiful and clean and you get a white noise maker. There are two things you should be aware of. 1. There is an open karaoke cab that runs wwll into the night. It is loud and people can't sing. 2. Woodys is really close and they blare their music until 2am. So this is not a quiet hotel by any means. In my ppinion the karaoke cab was the worst of the two as it wasn't a constant noise and would come for a few minutes sound like a cat screaming and go. So it tended to wake me up. Where as I could tune out Woodys, which in general was a constant loud music.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

AISLYNN

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty dumpy, exceptionally loud, tv only works with phone streaming, outlets in stupid spots, coffee pot with nothing to stir sugar or creamer, elevator didn’t work so we had to haul luggage up three flights, pay to park only. The luggage storage area is like four cubbies which were all full. We just stayed at a Sonder in Montreal and it was LOVELY so this was extra disappointing
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Chihiro, Corning

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
I liked the property itself, except the coffee maker wouldn't shut properly so I had to be creative. My only issue was that I wish there was some kind of warning that there was a street festival happening this weekend, and it was sooooo loud all night especially in the room facing the street. Parking was not allowed on the street because of the street closure too.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Maria Paz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall a good experience. Negative points: The pre-verification process does not work, second time without receiving your sms verification, so I had to call twice! Bathroom door was damaged and sheets smelled too much of bleach. The rest was great and I would recommend it and come back there
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

dominick

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There were bugs everywhere
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Caterina

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed the look and feel of the room. I loved the style. It was convenient and just what I was looking for.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

MJ

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Rachel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was big and clean and comfy. A little "bare bones" in terms of amenities and the area is very noisy. But that was all to be expected!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not much nature light, but otherwise easy and practical. Very nice bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024