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Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick – reviews, photos

2.5 of 5
195 Rt.18 S, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
Days Hotel Conference Center East Brunswick
3.5 of 5 stars 34 Reviews
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New Mexico
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Barely OK If You MUST Be In This Area”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 November 2011

"No frills" says it all, or almost all. This hotel is in between aging and run down. In its favor, the linens and bathroom are clean and the continental breakfast is ordinary but adequate. Traffic volume and noise, vehicular access, and a rotten fitness room, however, mean there are as many Cons as Pros for this property. Not recommended for more than 2-3 days, and only if you need a "budget" (sort of) hotel in East Brunswick with good access to the NJ Turnpike and Newark Airport.

The rooms are basic, with a small fridge and a miniature microwave, and have poor lighting if more than one person wants to read. The room TV is an old Cathode Ray Tube model with poor picture quality and basic cable channels. If you want adult movies, though, you're in luck. The HVAC under-window units are hard to adjust to suit, and are quite noisy. You may welcome the noisy fan, though, once you experience the traffic noise that kicks in around 5:30 AM with truck and bus traffic. Traffic on Rt 18, on which this hotel is located, is extremely heavy Northbound in the AM and Southbound in the PM. Access to the hotel on southbound 18 is easy, so long as you signal well in advance and keep putting on your brake lights to keep from being rear-ended by NJ's aggressive and rude drivers. Access going northbound is more difficult, initially, until you discover the exit that takes you under the highway and brings you up behind the hotel and its attached Hooters restaurant. The hotel is, in fact, sandwiched between Rt 18 and the NJ Turnpike, and has an integrated conference center with Hooters attached.

We found eating well to be a challenge. Finding (and getting to) good restaurants can be tricky. The joints recommended by the front desk are not great, so you have to be prepared to fight the traffic and the NJ "All Turns From Right Lane Only" highway layout. If you want to avoid the ubiquitous chains with their ho-hum food and service, please see my recommendation for the nearby Perkins Restaurant and Bakery.

If you're a fitness buff, you'll be really disappointed. The so-called "Fitness Room" they advertise is a joke. It has one rickety treadmill whose belt slips and whose settings can't all be accessed; and a stationary bike whose mechanism squeaks with each pedal rotation. These "cardio" machines seem not to have been serviced, ever. There is, however, a 3-position weight station that is serviceable.

The East Brunswick/New Brunswick area seems to have a plethora of poor hotels. This one is firmly in the mid-range category, at which you're likely to pay more than you think it's worth, but you avoid the really bottom-end places and don't have to pay for the much better (but more pricey) accommodations off Rt 1 or in the Rutgers Univ. area. We travel to this area 2-3 times a year for family reasons, and are still looking for a fairly-priced motel we'd be happy to return to.

Room Tip: The front desk told us upon check-in that our room on the Rt 18 side was quieter than the rooms on t...
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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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kenner
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“clean, quiet and priced right”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011

The hotel exceeded my expectations. It was convenient to the NJ Turnpike and priced right. The front desk staff was exceptionally courteous and helpful at all times. The complimentary breakfast was completely adequate, better than other places I've been that offered the same amenity. My only complaint is how difficult it was to get to if you were traveling on Route 18 toward New Brunswick with the hotel on your left. It took me one long trip past the hotel and doubling back before I could figure out the way in required going under Route 18 and looping back. Once figured out, though, it was easy enough to get in. All in all, a good solid place to stay while in that area.

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Galloway, New Jersey
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“Filthy green pool for labor weekend !!!!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2011

Needed a place for the weekend so we opted for one with a outdoor pool as you can see by the picture enclose this baby has not been cleaned for months it was full of leaves, algae, should have just closed the thing, the room was clean, a/c was barley adaquate, the breakfast was really lacking, coffee, juice machine (terrible oj) ceral, bagel, danish, that was it, definitley continental and i dont mean lincoln. Complained to the front desk about the pool and was told "she doesn't clean the pool" another clerk said "they should not have opened it this weekend" All in all i can tell you is dont expect anything more than a clean room for your stay

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Quincy, Massachusetts
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
“Simple, Basic, Not bad.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 September 2011

For $85/night.. and you're just going to sleep.. this is the hotel for you.

There are no frills, it's all business. Hotel room with clean beds, clean bathroom, we also had a little fridge and microwave. That was nice a touch. But that's all you're really going to get.

The rooms need a major update and the beds were a bit hard. The free breakfast was basic. Breads, Bagels, packaged baked goods, cereal, fruit and yogurt.

It's a great place to crash for the night without feeling like you're at a bad motel. It's clean and simple. There's also a Hooters connected to the hotel for food.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled on business
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Clean rooms, rude housekeepers”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 August 2011 via mobile

We've stayed at this hotel quite a few times, and our stays were always comfortable and pleasant, with the exception of the housekeepers, go figure! Very rude, they step way over their boundaries(esp. Blonde older lady)! They will knock on your door, and ask you to leave, or else they won't come back to clean your room. I was walking back from breakfast and took a towel off their cart that I needed for the shower, and the blonde, you know what, banged on our door, yelling at my husband for taking 1 towel off the cart! The front desk guy that works in the late afternoon/evening(Russian) is also a bit rude and unaccomodating. Even though we stayed there every 2 or 3 weeks for 3-4 nights each visit, he was unwilling to give us any kind of discount, or even accommodate our minor room preference. Definitely book through another travel website-don't book through Days Inn website. You can get much better deals on other
sites as opposed to theirs. Good points: everytime we went rooms were comfortable and clean, no seedy characters stayed during any of our visits :), breakfast was free(don't expect much more than your typical muffins/cereal/yogurt/toast), and the hotel is centrally located to many destinations.

  • Stayed May 2011
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 195 Rt.18 S, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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