We're upper-mid range experienced travellers - expect comfort, clean, some extras - but don't need fancy extras. Meadowlands Plaza worked well for us. At first taken aback by the exterior where they were resurfacing - but soon realized it was the painting contractor equipment and masking. For older full service hotels in the NJ/NY area - at affordable (<200) prices, this was a good find. On location bar, restaurant, workout room. Good access to Newark Airport, Secacus Junction rail station (to Manhatten), Lincoln Harbor, and highways to everything. Liquor store, Dunkin Donuts, Wendys and several other restaurants are very close walk (less than a block). Clean, beds a bit stiff, rooms good but not updated to the latest "business traveller" standards, pretty good full breakfast included. The hotel bar was especially fun - unique architecture for a hotel, great Halloween decorations, friendly staff, good beers on tap at decent prices, great entertainment on Fri, Sat. Had a singer with perfect pitch and did a fantastic channel of Sinatra, Dean Martin and Tony Bennet - including their own unique nuances.

Our room at this hotel was very clean and well maintained. The bed and pillows were both very firm and difficult to sleep on for both myself and my husband so that neither one of us slept very well. The pillows especially were thick and firm/hard with very little "give" in them which caused me to wake up with a sore neck. The staff was helpful and courteous. The insulation is very good as we never heard any noise at all from the hallway or other rooms.
There's a Dunkin Donuts right across the street as well as a couple quick serve restaurants. Close to highway.

I stayed in thr hotel for 3 nights. The rooms are big but with no fridge or microwave. Just a bed, tv and bathroom. The room was clean, the bathroom not as clean.

The staff were not that helpfull and not always very eager to help you, it seems as if they just want to do their job amd not do anything extra for you, but atleast they did their job.

Getting to NY was easy. The shuttle, which should leave every 30 min, but doesn't, takes you to the train station, about 10 min drive. From the station it is one stop to Penn Station NY. To get back you can also take the train and call the hotel to send you the shuttle, only before 10pm. I would it easier to take the 129 bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal and it stopped about 100m fro the hotel, so that worked very good.

The buffet breakfast is tasteless but it is better than no breakfast.

Overall a good expierence and I would recommend it as an alternative to NY self which can get expensive. The train and bus tickets cost me about $20 which saved me a lot when compared to NY hotel prices.

The best part about this hotel is it's proximity to NYC. The hotel offers shuttle service to the local bus stop and train station for two easy ways of getting into Manhattan. The only drawback is that the shuttle does not run late at night. If you stay in Manhattan for a evening show or other entertainment, you have to take a taxi or walk 6 blocks through quiet neighbourhood to get back to the hotel from the bus stop.
The hotel was clean and service was acceptable.