Shore Point Motel

I haven’t stayed at any other motels down by Point Pleasant Beach, but I highly recommend this one! My fiancé and I have stayed at the Shore Point on two separate occasions, and both times we were extremely impressed! The first time we stayed In a regular room which was small but super cozy and clean and equipped with a fridge, which is great if your wanting to bring drinks and food. There was no problem at all with the bed and the pillows are really fluffy and comfortable. They also give you free beach passes during the summer, which makes paying to stay at this already super affordable motel even better because it’s 10 $ a person to get on the beach per person.
The second time we stayed, we arrived at the motel Around 930am and were greeted by the owner at the front desk. He was ridiculously friendly and even helped us find a place to grab dinner and breakfast the day after Labor Day. He got us into an amazing cottage type room in the back by the pool when he absolutely did not have to. The owner really seems to care about his guests being happy and just wants them to have a good stay and get the most from their visit.

After the first time I stayed here, this past July 4^th weekend I knew they were the most accommodating hotel around and I had to bring more friends this past LDW weekend. Yes it’s a ‘motel’, yes the room is pretty small, but it’s affordable and clean. Plus you don’t go down the shore during the summer to stay in your room. Just a place to put your head down, keep your bags, and get ready to go out. The staff is very friendly and cut us a deal LDW for 4 people. 10 min walk to Jenkinsons boardwalk, 15 min walk to the train station, and a few min walk to parasailing & sea side restaurants. Definitely would stay here again next summer & I highly recommend it to anyone staying DTS.

This was a last minute thing when we pulled in to this motel. The guy at the desk was very friendly and gave us a great deal including two rooms for the price of one. Rooms were clean and just what we needed. We will come back again next year.

Ew. Aside from being incredibly small, the bed was the worst bed I have ever attempted to sleep in. The mattress tilted downwards at the head… so uncomfortable that we actually debated sleeping in our car in the parking lot. Bad moldy smell in the room and you can hear every word outside your room (even with closed windows). The rooms should cost $ 59/night…certainly not worth the money they charged us for one night.

My wife and I have been bringing our kids to Shore Point since 2010. This little place is located at 205 Broadway in Point Pleasant Beach, three short blocks from the beach. The PPB boardwalk starts at the beach, and ½ mile from that point are the Jenkinson’s attractions, including the famous Martell’s Tiki Bar, Jenkinson’s Amusements (rides, games, arcades) and Jenkinson’s Aquarium.
As for the Shore Point, the hotel itself has a fairly large pool, BBQ area and poolside seating. Free parking, beach passes, well-​kept rooms, excellent A/​C units, and basic cable are some of the good things about this place. What’s great is the service — when they could probably get away with impersonal, uninterested and uncaring staff, everyone we’ve dealt with at Shore Point has been welcoming, upbeat, happy and eager to help us have the best vacation ever. We’ve never had a problem with the rooms, never had a conflict with any employees or fellow guests or anything of the sort. Frankly, if Disneyland wasn’t already the Happiest Place On Earth, the Shore Point would be a strong contender for the title, at least for our family.
All of that being said, here are two things that some people my age or younger may count as negatives (I don’t, and you’ll see why):
1) No wi-​fi, except public wi-​fi as provided by Optimum /​Comcast /​TWC for their customers. I don’t see this as a negative, because this is the Jersey Shore and really, if you’re in the room enough to be sitting on a computer or phone or tablet and needing wi-​fi, your priorities are a bit out of whack. If you absolutely need it, there’s great cell coverage in the area for Verizon (my wife and I haven’t ever had less than three or four bars). If you’re considering having your kids watch Netflix or something like it on their phones or iDevices or whatever, consider instead buying/​renting from the Apple Store or Google Play store before you leave home, as these will allow you to save whatever movie you buy or rent to the device rather than stream it, and you won’t kill your data plan in the process.
2) Basic cable by Comcast. I’ve been to a few other hotels, chain hotels, and they didn’t even have TV Guide Network, which Shore Point is lucky to have. However, I go back to my previous comment to iterate again that this isn’t really a negative — you’re not going to the Jersey Shore to sit in your hotel room and watch TV, you’re going to do touristy things like sit on the beach and roast (or, as I do, broil) while the kids play in the water, or play games on the boardwalk, or just take a nice stroll along the boardwalk, or stick the kids in the room with a babysitter and go to Martell’s, as we plan to do at some point on one of our future visits.
The rooms have showers, towels, soap, coffee pots, toasters, microwaves, stovetops (no ovens), refrigerators, flat-​screen TVs (as mentioned before), and extra pillows. There are two big areas for the hotel — the big apartment-​sized rooms near the pool, and the smaller rooms out front near the main office. The smaller rooms are two main rooms and the bigger rooms have three main rooms.
Parking is included; you get one space unless there’s room; if not, you’ve got street parking — and keep the meter fed because PPB PD is on top of that. The front area has traditional parking set up; the rear area has four spots, one for each room in the back. We don’t mind; we’ve only got the one car, but I know some people like to bring both cars, so that’s why I figured I’d point this out.
Also, while there is a train station to PPB, it’s about ½ to ¾ of a mile away from the hotel, depending on where you get off the train. Really, I wouldn’t recommend the train for anything but day trips, as PPB and the beach community doesn’t really have local bus service — bikes sure, but not buses, and taxis can get pricey fast.
There’s plenty of places to eat and order from nearby, there’s a Stop & Shop in town and a Shoprite just up Rt. 35, as well as a Wawa, and a Walmart, Target and Kmart in Brick. BK and McDonalds are down the road, where Rt. 35 meets Rt. 88. Again, though, this would be why we’d recommend bringing the car and skipping the train. It might be cheaper and more gas friendly, but it’s more difficult, if not impossible to get around for basic necessities that you might need (for example, Wawa coffee… lol).