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Sep 4, 2007 by Charles from Far Rockaway, New york
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• Front desk staff is marvelous and conversational.
• There are no negatives; it's a Howard Johnsons.

“Today is the last day there will ever be a Howard Johnsons on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It is closing its doors, along with the Holiday Inn, to be renovated into what will be called the Chelsea. I have stayed at Howard Johnsons on the boardwalk since 1996. The staff was always pleasant and the rooms were clean. I guess since I am 48-years-old I can remember what Howard Johnsons was supposed to be. It was not a sleek casino type of place. It is a family hotel; a place you could bring the children and not have to worry about them acting like children. When I was a kid we used to go to Howard Johnsons just to have dinner. Then we would go home. I have stayed at bigger hotels on the boardwalk. There are none that can compete with the comfortable atmosphere of Howard Johnsons. I hope the owner of the Chelsea has the wisdom to rehire any of the staff who wishes to return after the renovation.”

Oct 28, 2005 by Donna from Saylorsburg, PA
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[10] • Location:[8]

• Staff were excellent, room was very clean.
• Was a little rougher around the edges than I thought it would be.

“Good location, reasonable walking distance to most casinos. Staff were very friendly and accommodating. Hotel was okay, very clean, but a little shabbier than I expected. Good buffet breakfast for reasonable price.”

Sep 27, 2005 by Jim from Walworth, NY
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[6] • Location:[5]

• Great location, close to the beach, boardwalk and Casinos.
• Pool was never open.

“Reasonable rate and facility. The internet access was a nice addition.”

Aug 31, 2005 by Emily from Oakdale, NY
Overall Rating: 3
Cleanliness:[4] • Staff:[6] • Location:[6]

• It had a roof.
• Duct tape on the windows and no control over AC.

“I think this hotel was horrible. The room was ridiculously small and I have never seen a bathroom like the one in this hotel. The duct taped shut windows bothered me, along with the fact that the air conditioner had only on or off as controls. Also, I had a friend trying to call me in my room. I discovered the reason I wasn't getting her calls was because the phone was dead. It looked like the line had been ripped out of the wall.”

Aug 18, 2005 by Lesa from Alexandria, VA
Overall Rating: 5
Cleanliness:[3] • Staff:[4] • Location:[5]

• It was close to beach and casinos.

“The hotel is very USED. It needs to be updated, especially the climate control system. The vents leaked all the time, causing the carpet to be wet, along with being very stained and dirty.”

Aug 10, 2005 by Randy from Shady Side, MD
Overall Rating: 6
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[8] • Location:[8]

“It was not a bad place to spend the night, but I wouldn't want to spend many waking hours in the room. Rather shabby, but the staff was friendly and helpful.”

Aug 8, 2005 by Johanna C. from Sayreville, NJ
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[2] • Location:[2]

“This hotel wasn't what I was expecting the outside of the hotel look old and the inside was old fashion. People came into the pool area to clean their shoes and buggy boards from the sand inside the pool. The room was alright but the bathroom was too small and old fashion.”

Jul 5, 2005 by Olivia from Philadelphia, PA
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[1] • Staff:[2] • Location:[7]

• Located close to the boardwalk
• Unable to accomodate thier guest with late check out times.

“This hotel is in poor condition for the money they are charging. There is smell through out the hotel that let's you know that this building is old. The two elevators are old and slow, the cafe is by all means what you would call a greasy spoon. The check in and check out lines are long with not enough staff (only 2, but only 1 working the front desk) This is a hole in the wall hotel.”

Jun 14, 2005 by Barney from Washington, DC
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[1] • Location:[10]

• The TV Size.
• The ERA

“This hotel was so tacky. I slept with all my clothes on. And the hotel had no HEAT.”

Jun 8, 2005 by Renee from Severna Park, MD
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[4] • Location:[5]

• It was close to area attractions
• Heat was not available to the guests even though it was freezing cold

“This Atlantic City Howard Johnson destroys the brand name. The desk clerk forgot to give me a parking pass and gave me a key that did not work in my room. They could not put my parties close to one another. The first room we got had a huge blood stain on the carpet and the second room that we were switched to upon request had a broken toliet and the ceiling in the hallway outside was leaking. We ran into several people in the elevator that were switching rooms do to not working toliets, leaking ceilings, and stained items in the rooms. Did I mention that it was less than 40 degrees outside and went down to nearly 30 degrees over night but the hotel does not offer heat to its guest during the spring and summer months so we FROZE the entire weekend. The walls between rooms were thin where there were door contecting rooms (exvery room) and so I was kept up until all hours of the night due to the loud carring ons of the neighboring guest regradless of repeated calls to the front desk about the matter. The Bell Clerk did not even offer to take our bags to our rooms. To be fair the staff was as friendly as can be expected when half of your guest are complaining about something. I would not reccommend this hotel to anyone unless they can afford to spend a small fortune on a nasty grimmy awful hotel. ”

May 25, 2005 by Jason from Bel Air, MD
Overall Rating: 3
Cleanliness:[5] • Staff:[4] • Location:[8]

• The location to the boardwalk.
• The hotel did not offer air conditioning, just heat, at the time.

“Wouldnt recommend this hotel.”

Mar 8, 2005 by Todd from Osceola, IN
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[9] • Location:[6]

• The staff was friendly and helpful.
• The sliding door going outside would not close properly.

“The staff was very helpful. I went to bed at midnight, but did not think about people having a party until 3:00a.m. and people in their cars honking their horns. My room was by the road.”

Feb 9, 2005 by Richard from Patchogue, NY
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[4] • Staff:[5] • Location:[1]

• hookers and very loud noise

“This hotel was in a horrible spot. I was approached by hookers as I walked back to the hotel. I would not use this hotel ever again. I felt very unsafe!”

Feb 8, 2005 by Tiffany from Hyattsville, MD
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[7] • Staff:[6] • Location:[9]

• I really liked the fact that the hotel was located less than one block from a Casino
• I recieved a smoking room that had two beds

“I believe that the overall quality of this hotel is fair. I would stay at the hotel again.”

Feb 1, 2005 by Dan from Pennington, NJ
Overall Rating: 3
Cleanliness:[3] • Staff:[6] • Location:[2]

• I was not happy with the room. The bathroom was not clean. Hair found. Toilet did not flush properly. Very loud throughout the night.

“The room was not what I expected. The bathroom was not clean and that is the 1st place my wife looks. The toilet did not flush. Our room was against the main street and it was very loud throughout the night. ”

Dec 9, 2004 by Paula D. from Alexandria
Overall Rating: 8

“I''ve stayed there before, so I knew what to expect. It''s not anything fancy, but it''s clean and in a good location. I still think they could stand to update the furniture, bathrooms, and interior decorations.”

Dec 7, 2004 by Candace M. from Laurelton
Overall Rating: 2

“Rust, mold, unsavory characters in front of the hotel, chainlink fencing to secure the balconies. People hanging out in the hallways, a bathroom sink that was stopped up. Very disgusting! I had to brush my teeth in the tub because the sink was so gross.”

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Nov 30, 2004 by Madhusudhan G. from Alpharetta
Overall Rating: 3

“Generally very poor upkeep, areas not suitable for stay with Family.”

Sep 5, 2004 by David D. from Myrtle Beach, SC
Overall Rating: 9

“We were in room 231 and the problems we found were:
faulty electric receptacle where the TV and coffee
pot were connected. Both connectors kept falling out
of the receptacle. Also there was no hot water in the
bathroom basin. Otherwise our stay was a wonderful
experience. I would go there again.”

Sep 4, 2004 by John H. from Clover, SC
Overall Rating: 5

“The price was $60 so we got what we paid for. But I wouldn't call it a notch below top.”

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