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301 Broadway, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
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2.5 of 5 stars 12 Reviews
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“Worst Motel Ever”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 August 2009
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I normally have a high tolerance for a crummy motel, but I just had to join TripAdvisor just to warn others.

My family and I got down to Point Pleasant late on a Saturday and figured we'd try to find a place to stay. I should have known something was wrong when they had vacancies available on one of the busiest Saturdays of the summer season. I didn't get the privilege to visit their 301 Broadway Motel, we stayed at their 108 Broadway satellite motel. There was nobody there, the guy had to drive down there to process our payment and give us our key. We got the choice of 2 rooms, I picked the one that was closest to the parking lot so we could escape as fast as possible.

The rooms were extremely musty and dirty. All of the other descriptions were very accurate. Hair in the shower, bathroom door almost hits the toilet, cigarette burns on the bed spread (even though its no-smoking), there was mold on the AC unit and walls behind the bed. Everything was extremely musty. I wore flip flops the entire time of our stay. Luckily we had some blankets in our truck to sleep on. There was sand or dirt in the bed. We had to run out and buy a candle and toiletries.

Oh yea, one of the bath towels had a red stain on it. And of course the bathroom was very moldy, I was ready to go out and buy Tilex.

Checkout was easy though, there was a post-it note on the "office" door that said to just leave the key in the room and close the door behind me. I would say the only thing that didn't happen that could have made the night a lot worse was the fact that there were no partying teenagers staying there.

Stay far far away!!!

  • Stayed August 2009, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Do not stay here!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 July 2008
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My boyfriend and i plus another couple booked two rooms for a long weekend at the this motel and thank god we booked two rooms because one room was totally unusable with little tiny bugs in the shower. Both rooms smelled horrible, there was hair that was not ours on the sheets with cigarrette burns in them, which shows they have not been washed. A employee brought us clean sheets which we had to put on, not worth 250 a night! The pillows had mlold spores on them and drool stains! The bathroom is about 2 ft by 2ft and the door didnt even close, let alone lock. The floor was disgusting and we had to keep our sandles on. Needless to say we left as soon as we could and recommend doing your homework when it comes to shore hotels.

  • Stayed July 2008, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 August 2007
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This is the dirtiest place I have ever seen. Looks like there hasn't been maintanence done in years. The only good thing about this place was that the manager was pleasant.

Stayed July 2007
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“Don't walk, but run away!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2007
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My girlfriend and I wanted to stay a couple nights and at random chose this place. The price was cheap and we figured, how bad could it be? After telling us they had vacancy and then paying for two nights the woman tells us that the only room they have is directly adjacent to the office. She told us that if the tv in the office was too loud to let her know, but that they had never had any complaints. Well suffice to say not only could we hear the tv from the office, but both mornings at about 9 am there were screaming arguments and loud conversations coming through the wall. To make matters worse both nights we were awoken by loud creaking noises from the second level above us at approx 4 am. It sounded like construction or some one rearranging a room. If the noise were the only problem I might recommend staying in another room, but if the room we were in was any indicator of the quality of the other rooms I'd recommend staying far, far away from this wretched hole. Good Luck and Stay Away

  • Liked — Spikes restaurant down the road.
  • Disliked — The 4 am wake up!
  • Tips/Secrets — Go to another motel.
  • Stayed January 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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“Great Place to Stay.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 August 2006
2
people found this review helpful

My girlfriend, and I were looking for a place to stay down the shore for the weekend, spare of the moment get away type of weekend, we were given a king size bed by the pool, very nice, and clean, the fact that is non-smoking is a plus. We enjoyed the free passes to the ocean and appreciated the very friendly staff always willing to help. Pool area was clean and plesant. They also have a free shuttle to Jenkinsons on the weekends. I would gladly recomend this hotel to family and friends.
Gary Colt.

  • Liked — Attention to detail and friendly
  • Disliked — no problems
  • Tips/Secrets — weekends especially are packed, make reservations early.
  • Stayed July 2006, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Address: 301 Broadway, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742

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