Homewood Suites – Princeton

I sent my parents here for a night out on New Year’s Eve and they have a great night! It’s apparently not «right next» to Princeton’s Old Town but it was easy to get to and there are multiple restaurants within walking distance.
Their room was brand new — my mom actually had to take the twist-​tie off of the blow dryer and she loved the renovated kitchen. They have an indoor pool and every room has a nice TV. Their room was also non-​smoking and I was told they didn’t see any smokers on the grounds at all!
Give it a try!

This is not just a hotel room it’s a one bedroom suite with all the amenities you would want at home. It is obviously meant for long stays even though we only stayed one night. We got it for a great price.
The kitchen has a full size refrigerator, a two burner stove top, microwave, dishwasher, China plates, silverware, glassware and assorted essential kitchen utensils. There is a ski a small kitchen table and chairs. Underneath the sink are dish washing supplies, fire extinguisher and flashlight. (Man they thought of everything). Oh and they will do your grocery shopping for you.
The living room has a couch that turns into a pull out bed, huge screen TV and an ottoman big enough for my 4′ 10″ wife to sleep on.
We had two queens beds (which of course didn’t matter cause my daughters ended up in bed with us anyway). The bedroom also offers a huge screen TV.
The FREE hot breakfast was incredible. No waffles though. They are fun to make.
Although there is no restaurant in the hotel Monday through Thursday they offer FREE dinner and drinks. There is a recreation area just outside of the pool with basketball hoops, a patio and BBQs. And it is well within walking distance of a chain restaurant.
I didn’t get to take advantage of the fitness area or the pool but both appeared much nicer and bigger than anywhere I have stayed recently.
All of the staff greeted me with a smile and a hello so I had no issue with any rude or incompetent staff. They have a small PX where you can get, snacks, soda or even some microwaveable goods.
All in all this was a great place to stay and will be staying here again and again.

I stayed here 5 nights during orientation week at Princeton. The hotel was perfect for this, as the first night we needed a sofabed for my son before campus housing was available and after that, proximity to the school was particularly helpful. I’m a Hilton Honors business traveler but didn’t care whether or not the room had a bottle of water waiting, as seems to be a problem for others. There were more important matters, which this place attended to quite handily. Everything is well appointed, clean and in good working order. No highway noise. Business services room was very functional and available. Maybe most memorable is the breakfast: prepared onsite, different everyday and served by a most gracious team — really a cut above the norm are Gloria and Victor.

I personally like this place to stay for business. It’s not overly crowded and that’s a plus for me. I love the larger room for the price. The only thing I would like is for the desk to be arranged to face the television. I like to watch while I work so I did some rearranging. Good food is close enough, within 5 miles. I will stay here again. Good centralized location for what I do.

Certainly not a Hilton location I would want to stay at again.
First off is smells funny. As an hhoners member, I’m grown use to a friendly check-​ins and free bottles of water in my hhoners room. Not here. It makes a difference!
The girl at the front desk couldn’t make the phone stop beeping and that was somehow more important than greeting me. I waited 4 minutes until she gave up on it and acknowledged me standing in front of her.
I had already checked in on the app and had my room#, so really I’m just picking up the key. She couldn’t find my reservation by name and she thought I had the wrong hotel. After I found my reservation number, she was able to find my keys in the file. Really? It had my name right on it, it was right there. That was another 3 – 4 minutes.
After that ordeal, I figured I should go buy some water for the room as air travel is very dehydrating. I stopped by the vending machine and they had desani for 1.75, not too bad but I figured I’d go to the ‘store’ by the front desk and see what my options were. They had smaller bottles of Poland spring for 1.50, but the price was crossed out and 1.75 was written over it. I wasn’t going to go back to the vending machine so I settled on 2 bottles. It was $ 4. When I questioned it, she showed me that the 1.75 that was written over the 1.50 was written over again and it was now $ 2. Really, can’t you just print out a new price sheet. It’s just a computer printout of a text file.
Wow, such a disappointment.

This is becoming my go to hotel when in Princeton. The check-​in was fast and friendly. The room clean and hardly hear the traffic noise. The airco was loud. Need to do something about it.
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Place has gone downhill in the last year. I’m a HHonors Gold member and I’ve selected to get bottled water upon checkin as my loyalty gift for each stay. This hotel has informed me they no longer do that. They’ve also removed the filtered water available in the pool area and fitness center. Every hotel I’ve stayed at in the last 20yrs has filtered water in the fitness center, except this place. Feels like they are now nickel and dining each customer. Prices for rooms have gone up yet service is poor (excluding breakfast staff who are great) and even the TV listing in each room is incorrect. The high quality of Hilton Hotels that is expected is not the level at which this hotel operates at.
If you’re a Diamond or Gold HHonors member think twice before staying here. The Hampton Inn and Double tree about a mile away are much better establishments to stay if you’re looking to build points.

We made reservations at this hotel ten months in advance, in anticipation of staying there for our son’s graduation. At the time, we did not know the exact dates of graduation and after repeatedly asking the reservations specialist, were assured that we could modify the dates without penalty as long as it was 24 hours in advance of arrival. With this promise, we made the reservation for an entire week, knowing that graduation fell somewhere within those dates. Upon requesting the modification, even though our requested stay dates were within that same week, the weekend rate tripled and the weekday rate went up nearly $ 100 per night. I consider this a penalty. We had to cancel the reservation outright and are now scrambling for an alternative for graduation accommodations. The hotel does not care what we were promised and said that they could not honor our rate because the new rate was in «the system». Hilton said that it is up to the hotel, so we had no recourse there. Unacceptable, poor service.

My friend wandered into Homewood Suites after a long drive, and we felt really comfortable. Huge bed and a really nice room set up for a great price. The room was quiet. The bathroom was spacious and I adored the shower. So hard to get that water pressure right in hotels but this one was awesome. A great walk-​in price, and nice service. This is definitely my hotel brand of choice when traveling!

I am simply shocked by the negatvie reviews about this place. My husband and I have been coming to this hotel for almost three years now on a regular basis and it is WONDERFUL! The rooms are always clean and maintained well. House keeping could not be any nicer or more accommadating. As for the staff at this hotel, I adore them all. They are respectful, especially Desire, whom is the sweetest of them all. Just between this April and May we have gone four weekends in a row to do some bird watching and have never encountered anything close to what the negative reviews say. Besides the comfort that we feel in our room, we also get a pretty good breakfast which is free and a wonderful benefit. Route 1 is a little crowded during the week days but what road isn’t? My husband and I have also stayed at other hotels in the area like the Hyatt down the road and The Doubleday when the Hoomwood Suites is fully booked, however, we always come back and prefer the Hoomwood Suites because it is in my opnion the best. PS there is an entrance to the D&R canal behind the hotel which is like a secret little garden full of birds and wildlfe that is simply amazing!

Other websites has better reviews on this. And we agree with those. We, a family of 5, were in a 1-​Bedroom-​King-​Bed suite for 3 days in early April, 2014. Local friends recommended this and they were correct. Other than some noise coming from adjacent rooms, we liked everything. The room was clean although a bit small, the breakfast plentiful, the dinner okay, and the swimming pool and spa great. Our children still want to go back to stay there.

We stayed at the Homewood Suites in Princeton because our town, 25 minutes away, lost power and all the local hotels were sold out. We ended up having to stay for 2 nights and in spite of the reason for our visit, we had such a pleasant time which started with the manager, Stefan and his courteous, friendly staff. Every employee that we encountered from the front desk to housekeeping was delightful. We enjoyed complimentary beer and wine and well as an elaborate breakfast buffet. The rooms were oversized suites and very clean. Beds were comfy and the lobby area with fireplace added an extra perk to our stay. The location was convenient to Princeton University, the Market Fair Mail and many great restaurants. I definitely recommend this hotel and again thank Stefan and his staff for a wonderful stay!

This is a mostly a business hotel adjacent Marriott Courtyard on Route 1. Though also suitable for small families.
Clean, modern, well-​equipped. Friendly staff. Usual comfy Hilton bed. Bedroom with adjoining suite.
Courtesy Shuttle available for area destinations.
I was there on weekend, so missed Manager’s Reception Monday-​Thursday.
Ruby Tuesday is one block walk away.
Tip: When driving South on Route 1, exercise care not to pass by since a u-​turn will take at least 10 mins. Uses same entrance as Ruby Tuesday and the Marriott Courtyard.
Room Tip: Ask about quality of Wi-​Fi reception and room location, in case that’s important to you.
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A good experience while in Princeton, NJ on business.
Good things:
* Room and hallways smelled good
* Plenty of parking available
* Staff was friendly and accommodating
Bad things:
* Bathroom lighting was not very good.
* Getting on US 1 was difficult anytime of the day, because heavy traffic area
* Bathroom tub faucet got stuck. Needed maintenance to lubricate the thing.
* Noisy heater in bedroom
* Hard to find check-​in building
I might consider staying in Homewood Suites the next time I’m in Princeton, NJ.

What a fuckin’ trash heap! You’d think that a place like this would be a little more ambitious, what with the university and businesses nearby, but holy hell it was straight motor inn quality all the way. The chair in my suite was all torn up like somebody had gotten into a knife fight with it — I was shocked that they hadn’t replaced it. The walls are maybe the thinnest I’ve ever encountered — I could hear the guy next door speaking as clearly and intelligibly as if he was in my own room, and he was only talking at a normal conversational volume. The person above me sounded like they were about to crash through the ceiling at any point. Awful!

We had our family reunion this year in Princeton, New Jersey. It was held by one of my cousins in the area. Most of my family lives either further south or upper north. Therefore my cousins recommend we stay at The Homewood Suites and reserved several rooms for us to do so. We had over seven rooms booked there. Now here is the situation. When I booked my room I asked for the 2 queen bed room however they didn’t have any available. Therefore I reserved the one King bed room. And the hotel consultant put uner my reservation that I’d prefer a 2 queen room. My mother arrived at the hotel on Friday and there was an available 2 queen bed room. She went ahead and booked that one. I arrived that Saturday and was told by my mother that she had received the 2 queen room so we are okay. At this point I forgot I had reservations for the one king room. We had a great time with family and friends at the reunion and our stay at the hotel. Gina our hotel consultant was very nice and pleasant. My mother and I paid for our room and we left. On that Wednesday I notice a charged from the hotel and knew what it was for. Didn’t think it was going to be a big deal when I called the hotel to tell them that over the weekend I was at your establishment but forgot to cancel my prior reservations. The hotel consultant said there is nothing they can do because I didn’t call within the 72 hour window. I immediately called Hilton and their policy is to allow the hotel to follow their rules without them intervening. So basically the hotel policy states you’ll get charged for a no-​show even if you showed! I feel as though ever rule has a valid exception and believe this is one.

WORST NIGHTMARE — DO NOT BOOK A ROOM WITH THIS HOTEL!
My wife booked 2 rooms for the night of Saturday, July 21, 2012; one was for my family and the other for another family of friends who were spending the weekend with us. Both rooms were booked over a week in advance on the website of
, and fully paid $ 155 for each room.
We chose this hotel because we needed the amenities that this hotel provides — a suite that has a kitchen. We were traveling with 2 senior citizens within our families, as well as 3 young infants, between the ages of 1 and 3. One of the infants was celebrating her 2^nd birthday, and we needed the kitchen to heat up food and also cook for the 2 senior citizens.
At 11:30 pm, on Friday night, July 20, 2012, my wife was egregiously surprised by a text from
stating that our reservations are cancelled and to call immediately for alternate accommodations. At the time, I was already in bed, since we had to get up early on Saturday morning to travel to Princeton, New Jersey. We then called the hotel to find out why was our reservations canceled and was greeted by an absolutely incompetent and ignorant man answering the phone that could not provide any information what-​so-​ever, and kept on continuously tell us to call back at 7:30 am. He repeated himself, like a broken record, as if «call back at 7:30» is the only words he knows how to say.
We then stayed up until 2am on Saturday morning with
to make alternate arrangements. We ended up with a room in Pennsylvania, and was 30 miles away. The room was NOT a suite, did NOT have a kitchen, and we were NOT able to do any cooking. Needless to say, the child’s birthday party was ruined!
My wife called on Saturday morning at 8:15 and was told the manager was not available. We finally got a call back from a woman named Lori, and the only explanation she can give was that the previous guess needed to extend their stay in that room. But she could not give an explanation as to why we weren’t notified until 11:30 the night before. Also, when we told her that we really needed that room in order to use the kitchen to cook for 2 senior citizens and 3 infant children, she just continuously said there is nothing she can do about it. When asked why they can not make those guess that are occupying our room move to a near by hotel, she wasn’t able to give an explanation either. Is that how the hotel trains their staff?
It is extremely disturbing that a reputable hotel, under the name of Hilton, would hire such incompetent, irresponsible, ignorant, obnoxious, and inconsiderate people, who has absolutely no regards of the well being of their consumer. Do they not understand? How do they expect people to make alternate hotel plans at 11:30, the night before they are supposed to check in? Do they not understand that there are senior citizens or infant children that can not just eat any kind of food, and has special needs? Unless a full refund is received, along with compensation, and a formal apology, we will have no choice but to commence legal action. Both families here fell extremely violated, and will see to it that justice is served, and that this does not happen to another family or customer.
As for
, I am holding them responsible as well. It is no wonder that they have over 1100 complaints on file with the Consumer Affairs in Texas.

Perfectly fine place. I thought the hallways smelled a little strange but nothing awful or offputting. Unilocaler Andy notes that this play may be hosting some rehab patients. I don’t know whether that’s the case, but I certainly did not notice any disruptive behavior. Unless Andy’s car was broken into or his room was broken into, let’s let be sick people who are trying to get better.

I’ve stayed here twice and both times the room was in perfect shape and clean. The price is very inexpensive considering the room and location. I’ve stayed at dozens of Hilton family hotels such as this one and don’t think I’ll begin looking elsewhere for hotel rooms anytime soon.

A very nice facility – was pleasantly surprised when it came up after I made my Hotwire reservation. It isn’t often that you can score a suite for $ 60 in this area.
My only complaint was the noise from the road. Things like this usually don’t bother me, as I’m pretty hard of hearing, but the trucks going down US-​1 right outside my window woke me up several times. You might want to ask for a room facing the other direction.