The Berkeley - Asbury Park 40.2251, -73.9987

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NO restaurant- no snack bar. Looks like a converted condo but not many hotel amenities.

We read many reviews about The Berkeley before deciding to book a room. We were a little apprehension but the hotel was gorgeous. They were in the middle of renovating so there were some little quirks like problems with elevators and the cable being out. But we didn't mind. The room was beautiful and so close to the beach. Also the price at the time was unbeatable.

The hotel leaves much to be desired. No coffee in the rooms (biggest failing), decor was a nightmare, parking is a BIG problem, have to walk sideways between tub and toilet in order to step into shower, faucet in sink so low that there's no room to soap up and rinse face cloth, continental breakfast really lacking in quality. For the price this place was extremely disappointing.

I've stayed at the Berkeley twice. The first time, we had a huge room that had a table, chairs and a couch in it. The second time was a much smaller room, but still nice. The hotel is renovated and is a great choice. Hotel is clean, staff is friendly. Our remote was dead and we went to the front desk and they sent someone up immediately. The beds are really hard but that's about the only negative thing. Location is up and coming, but there isn't much to do around there otherwise. Great if you're seeing a concert at the Stone Pony or Wonderbar as they are literally feet away from the hotel. That's the only reason I go to Asbury Park, but I will continue to stay at the Berkeley whenever I go there.

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The bed was like sleeping on a box spring! It was sooo hard. We also had a drawer in our dresser that would not stay closed, which someone could trip over in the dark. The hotel was fairly nice other than that and more than convenient for our purposes. Price couldn't be beat.

The location is outstanding. The hotel is trying to be hip, but not quite making it. There was supposed to be free parking, but none was available and the staff provided incorrect info aboutv the meters. The room design is poorly planned - for example you have to step over the toilet to get in the shower. Staff service is motel quality and the free breakfast is only for the desperate. Could be a great hotel, but it has a long way to go. That said, the location can't be beat.

First of all, let me say we loved our room! It was much bigger than expected with two queen size beds and decorated in a very hip style. The price was right too! I thought the lobby was decorated nicely as well. The two complaints I have were the free breakfast and the level of service at the hotel. To be honest, I would rather not have the breakfast and pay a bit less. All it was was coffee and lame danish and bagels. Not good at all! I found the front desk staff not helpful and extremely slow. One person was on the computer and the line was very long. They never even looked up or noticed that the line was forming and people were disgusted with the slow service. Our friends had ordered us champagne which was never delivered to the room! We called and asked several times and they finally brought it up with no glasses!!! I guess if we never called we never would have gotten the champagne. The people at the front desk also told us the pool was open when it wasn't.

We did not find any parking space on the arrival and no alternative where offered. When we returned back to sleep, we had to park a couple of blocks away from the hotel. Around 11:30 pm when we where asleep some people knocked on our room thinking that the where there room, supposedly they where sleeping there a night before and suddenly the door numbers changed or probably they where drank and noisy.

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The outside of the hotel leaves MUCH to be desired but the rooms inside are updated and modern. the bathrooms are spacious and very well done. I always enjoy my stay there. It's across the street from the boardwalk and the beach. Parking can be a problem if the hotel is full tho.

In an effort to save the client a few bucks I found what I thought was an affordable hotel, right near the beach, luck me, right? No. Having no familiarity with NJ I had no idea what Ashbury Park was like. Driving through the neighborhood to get to the hotel is shady. Definitely not a place for a woman traveling alone. Everyone told me not to walk around by myself after dark. This can be difficult because the only parking lot is in the back of the hotel with no entrance to the hotel, so you have to walk all the way around to the front. The heaters hadn't been turned on yet, so I asked for an extra blanket. They told me there was only one person working that night, so I had to come down and get it myself. It felt like a Motel rather than a HOTEL. I wouldn't stay there again.

The Hotel was located right across from the boardwalk which was very nice and convenient. We did not have to move our car, if we did not want to, could walk everywhere. Ended up with more to do than we initially thought, which was really nice with 2 young teens.

This hotel is the only one I will stay at in the Asbury Park area. If you do not like B&Bs as I do not this is the perfect hotel. The staff are wonderful, the rooms are clean and the location to the beach and boardwalk are perfect. They have a pool in the back and it is cleaned every morning.

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Our room was clean and comfortable. The bathroom was not a typical hotel bathroom, water pressure was great and very modern. If you are looking for "extras" this is not the place to go. THe pool was not available, which is a common theme in the reviews we read. We had no problems with the elevators as others have stated. There is a beach walking distance and a great boardwalk however the area/neighborhood is not desirable. THis is a fine place to sleep/shower after a day at the beach...nothing else to do in hotel. If you bring kids, make sure you bring enough to keep them occupied if you are not planning on going to the beach! Some suggestions, maybe a gameroom, complimentary beach pass with 2 night stay? Snack machines. It is old, and true, you can see they are trying, however it seems like a "practice" place for students in the hotel industry.

The hotel is in a part of town where you may not want to walk at night! The boardwalk is pretty close, and seems to attract many people. The immediate area seems like it was very active, about 50 years ago. The room was very clean, bathroom updated nicely. Shower was not your typical hotel room shower, lots of water pressure! Bed comfortable. If you are looking for amenities, you will not find them here. It's a place to sleep and shower after a day at the beach. The pool was closed. That was a common theme in the reviews we read. I don't think it's a place to bring the kids, unless you plan on bringing your own entertainmnt. We did not have any problems with elevators as written in previous reviews.

it's a big hotel, and through out the 2 nights I was staying, only one elevator was working, and there was an wedding going on one day, so that elevator also served as a freight elevator from morning to night, so I had to take the stairs to my 6th floor room everytime during my stay there. the tub was clogged, i had to stand in a pod of water when I showered. yak!

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bad old place

Out of three elevators only one worked and hotel has 8 floors. Room was comfortable and had all necessities except refrigerator. Parking was difficult because hotel lot was small and always full. Best price out of all the hotels in area and was only one locally that had rooms available.

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The Berkeley is a wonderful place to stay! except for the following-the pool is closed until further notice, the pool table is missing over half of the pool balls, one out of the three elevators are broken, the TV is fuzzy, and there are no keys to the safe in your room (I asked the front desk if i could have a key and they told me that they no longer did that-however they did offer to do a baggage claim). Other than these things the hotel is wonderful! if you can ask for a room ending in 42, for instance 442 -the 4th floor- or 542 -on the 5th- but no lower than the 4th floor, these rooms are placed in just the right spot for a romantic view of the beach (all the rooms have the same rate so go ahead and ask ;) ). the bathrooms are all new and very clean, and the soap provided smells like mint! The rest of the living/sleeping area feels welcoming and is well kept. Overall I would recommend this hotel very highly. For the price you can't beet it!! P.S. Asbury has gotten better over the past few years :) P.P.S There are fire works on the beach in front of the hotel every Wednesday at 9 PM! Until September!

The Berkeley is a great hotel for the price. Just a short walk to the boardwalk and beach. The staff were friendly and always smiling! Our room was clean and comfortable. The air conditioning worked great! Our needs were met in a timely manner. You can't expect staff to rush to your room with towels or what not immediately. They all work very hard and have alot to do. Yes, there is not adequate "free parking" but the paid parking is only 50 cents an hour from 9am to 9pm. That's only $3!!! It's free 9pm to 9am, and it is right in front of the hotel. We gladly paid the parking fee, no big deal. Yes, the elevators were slow, but hey.. we are on vaction.. we all need to slow down and relax a little. If anything needs improving, it would be the complimentary breakfast. The staff should be more educated on determining the quality and freshness of the food before making it available to the guests. We will stay at the Berkley again. The hotel was clean , comfortable and safe with a great price!! We almost cancelled our reservations because of all the bad reviews. I'm glad we didn't. Through out the hotel there were improvements related to those reviews. Like a snack shop.... soda machines etc. It seems that the hotel management does read these reviews and attempts to improve on what guests have complained about. Yes, the community is a little run down, but the city is rebuilding. The improvements are evident.

I have stayed at this hotel a few times and would highly recommend it. The staff at the hotel are wonderful and very friendly. The pool is very nice and it is right across the street from the beach. The rooms are pretty big and the hotel has a lot of old Asbury Park charm.

The cost was excellent, the room was clean and comfortable. The only negative comment I have is that out of three elevators, only one was working during our stay. A second one worked intermittently, but was mostly out of service. This made the wait for the elevator very long. Otherwise, no complaints. Good value.

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No valet parking and hotel parking is very small it was full all the time so we had to park on the street and get up early to pay the meter.

We were very surprised how nice this hotle is contrary to some of the reviews. The staff was very helpful and the room was clean and comfortable. We did have trouble operating the TV mainly becasue the direct tv we out due to the weather, but someone came up and helped us use the analop feed. Would go back again.

Very nice rooms, however poor parking (small lot) thats fills up. Staff was average but the entire hotel was redone and is a great place to stay if you are seeing a show at The Stone Pony or Convention Hall.

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We went on a family vacation. There was a convention for 'divas on the beach' being hosted by the hotel. The guests were drunk in the hallway, using profanity, and the personnel there did nothing to address the issues. I would definitley consider another location prior to taking your family to this hotel and will never use this hotel again.

We were at this hotel with four other families for a sporting event our children were participating in. We decided to travel the 25 minutes to be near the ocean. The ocean did not disappoint and our children did enjoy over an hour in the surf the night we arrived. Other situations at this hotel made it very uncomfortable to enjoy with young children. Apparently, it was DIVA Dodgeball weekend, and the behavior of the DIVA's was both inappropriate and disrupting. We could not take our children to the outdoor pool because of the behavior and foul language of the DIVAS. We ordered from a local restaurant and all ate inside one of the rooms instead of enjoying the outdoors. Our air conditioner worked but one of the other families did not. We called for sheets and blankets for our pullout and had to keep calling after 2 hours had passed and they still were not delivered. Our families had 6am wake up calls because we had to be up and out for early games. The noise and disruption in the hallways continued until after 2:30 am. Security was called several times, they seemed to have a hard time controlling the unruly crowd. The front desk seemed clueless from the check in. Really a horrible experience, couldn't wait to getout of there.

The hotel room was very nice and had a modern look to it. However this hotel I would not recommend to any family due to the events that took place at the hotel. There were some specific events that we were not made aware of and would have canceled the stay if we were told of what was going on at he hotel. My wife and I were very, very uncomfortable. Think twice before you book with the Berkeley

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This hotel has come a long way from the days when we used to call it The Shining. The renovations have the hotel looking great and the beach area in Asbury has made great strides too. All in all, a great place to stay especially for the money.

Very cool, old hotel that has been recently modernly remodeled. Has some older hotel problems such as slow/broken elevators and a sink that didnt drain quite as it should...but awesome over all. Very gay friendly, so if that bothers you don't go there. Right next to the boardwalk and a couple blocks rom the stone pony music venue, which is why I was there.

For the purpose of what we needed to use the hotel for it was ok. We stayed one night because we were going to a concert at the convention hall. The room wasn't too bad except for the bathroom. The water was brown and the water in the tube took a long time to go down. For the purpose of just sleeping, I may recommend it someone else. Would definitely not stay more then one night.

Huge hotel with lots of empty space. Nice room, recently redecorated. Location: One block from boardwalk, convention center and beach (where you'll have to pay admittance - no hotel discount). The surrounding neighnorhood looks rundown, some buildings in decay - or maybe the construction just stopped for lack of funding.

I didn't have high expectations based on the reviews that I had read. Yet, overall our experience was positive. Elevators were slow but it's an old hotel. Ice machines were sometimes empty but it was a busy weekend. Parking was sometimes a problem. They have a small parking lot with free parking but it was usually full and street parking wasn't free. We didn't pay the extra money for an ocean view and we got one. That was exciting. We arrived 3 hours before the 3pm check-in and were allowed to have our room. Yay! The rooms were bigger than I expected and they were clean. We enjoyed our stay and would go back.

You get what you would expect from a 2.5/3 star hotel in Asbury Park. There is no secure parking; you park your car in an unattended lot behind the hotel and then you walk your own bags around the building to the front door. The ladies at the front desk were very nice but charged us for the room upon checkout (even though we had already paid online via hotels.com). The room itself was nicely decorated with a modern theme. Beds were hard and the carpet was soaking wet for some mysterious reason. It seemed relatively quiet for a Friday night. We just needed a cheap, no frills place to crash so if that's what you're looking for, give The Berkeley a try.

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Clean, funky, small room close to the beach and boardwalk at a very reasonable prices allows you to overlook the small negatives: no reading lamp by the sitting chairs, no bar of soap by the sink and no place to put your suitcase, an occasionally surly clerk and a meager continental breakfast.

Needs work...............