Top 10 Keansburg Beach Hotels

The Oyster Point is my home hotel. I grew up right across the river from it (literally, you can see my mum's house from the North Suite), and have many good memories of holiday brunches, and staying here when I was younger. When I moved away from home and wanted to visit, but not stay with family this was my ”go-to”. It's really the only decent hotel in the Middletown area. ...and that may be why they have let the hotel go a bit. I got engaged over Christmas, and while we didn't want to have a full on engagement party, we did want to celebrate with a few very close friends, and COVID being COVID we didn't want to do it in public, but also didn't want to do it at our house. So, we rented the North Suite for Valentine's Day weekend to stay and invited two other couples for a dinner in the room on Saturday evening. THE GOOD: The room is very large and has amazing views from just about everywhere of Red Bank and the Navesink River. In the warmer weather this room would be paradise with the very large terrace overlooking the river. It has 1 full bathroom in the bedroom and a half bathroom in the living area which makes it ideal to have guests over. There is also a table that seats 6 comfortably (tho oddly only has chairs for 5). The staff was wonderful. They always have been. Every time I have ever been to this hotel the staff is so friendly and helpful. (More on the downside to this shortly). We ordered room service for our dinner Friday night and it was quick and tasty and again the service from ordering to delivering was great! THE BAD This room looks great from a distance, but up close it needs A LOT of updating. The chairs around the dining table were full of chips. The table was in bad shape. The sofa in the living area was DISGUSTING with a stain that took up half of it. We covered it with a runner from the bed because it is really disgusting looking. The room is full of wall to wall windows with a great view of everywhere, but it's curious because the one wall that goes along the far end of the room by the bar the shade couldn't be put up or down. There was no string/rope/whatever to do anything with it. (the shades in the bedroom go up and down with the flip of a switch and are blackout curtains. They are perfect for the bedroom) The other shades in the living area do go up and down, but they hardly keep any light out... ...which is I guess a good thing since the lighting situation in the room is abysmal. Once the sun sets even with every single light on in the room you can hardly read a book with the awful lighting in the main room (lighting in the bedroom and bathrooms is fine). The sink in the main bathroom in the bedroom is no joke about 3 inches deep. You can't even wash your hands in it. I have no idea who thought this was a good sink, but most puddles after a sun shower are more functional. The half bathroom in the living area has a more functional sink but the black wallpaper does not fit the hotel or vibe of the room at all. It's mau

As with many Marriott properties, this example has been updated and refreshed. Everything I need for a business trip is here including The Bistro where I can choose healthy meals ( or not :) . Also as is true with every Marriott property I have visited around the country, the staff is professional and very pleasant. The consistency of customer service is remarkable.

We stayed at the hotel because we attended a birthday party and did not want to deal with an hour and a half drive back home. We pre checked in via the Hilton app. As soon as we arrived we headed for our room. The staff at the counter greated us with a smile as we rushed to the elevator. When we went back out, to get to our party, the staff at the counter waived goodnight. When we returned back to the hotel, we stopped at the front desk to get a key for the room, the staff was polite, and friendly. The room was clean and large in size. Overall we had a great stay.

I really enjoyed my stay so much that I am going back again tomorrow night. I have been a guest at this hotel 3 times, and this stay was the best. My only suggestion is that it would be nice to have free coffee in the lobby like at Tbe Oyster Point.

There is a lot of free parking and parking is very convenient. The hotel is closer to Newark Airport and UBER is about 60 knives. Breakfast is buffet, 16 knives per person.

Multiple issues with our stay. 1-SAFETY: I don't understand how the property obtained a certificate of occupancy. (A) Room doors stick such that one needs to use two hands to yank on the door to open it. This presents a very obvious fire safety issue as it makes egress difficult in case of emergency. When entering the room, I risked injury to my shoulder trying to open the door. [This also presents a security issue, requiring guests to yank hard on the door to ensure that it has closed fully and locked.] (B) Elevators repeatedly stuck, requiring opening of the doors to resume operation. When operation resumed, elevator made abrupt movement which was disconcerting, not only to me, but to other guests. 2-Staff member who checked us in was rude; didn't tell us details about the breakfast, didn't explain the $35/night security deposit, just overall surly and very atypical of a Hilton property experience. 3-Price: I was under the impression that Hilton Honors members booking direct on your website/through app had the best pricing. If so, why did my sister-in-law who booked through a 3rd-party site not only pay less than we did, they were eligible for cancellation at that rate (which we would have had to pay even more). The property is dangerous, and not what I expect as an Honors member for many years. They need to do better.

We booked 20 rooms at the Holiday Inn for our wedding and we were very satisfied with our stay. The hotel was clean and the staff was very helpful. Sam the manager saw that all our needs were taken care of before arriving to the hotel. The young lady at the front desk was amazing and any trouble I had before my stay was taken care of and check in and check out were seem less. I wish I remembered her name because she truly made our stay worth while. (Sam, give her a promotion).

Convenient parking, rich breakfast, and convenient shopping around.