Hershey Motel

this was the most foul motel I have ever stayed in. the photos are deceiving. the floors are so dirty that right out of the shower, just after walking on the tile, the bottom of my feet were BLACK. when I first unlocked the room, it looked okay until I realized a towel under the balcony door (used for masking the smell of marijuana) and a huge puddle under the mini fridge. turns out, the mini fridge is broken, filled with water & smells like mildew and was leaking everywhere. in the office, there is a sign that says «NO SMOKING INSIDE» but you can clearly tell the manager smokes cigarettes, with her smokers cough and voice, and the office REAKS of stale cigarettes — nasty! better yet, the manager emerged after we had been standing there for 10 minutes, covered in flour and said she «was making pizza». hm, ever consider doing your job first? I saved the best for last — I left a garbage bag full of dirty clothes hanging in the room. CLEARLY not trash, but expensive clothing such as Nike brand, and it magically disappeared. interesting. they’re refusing to help any further in recovering my belongings that I left in THEIR motel, that THEY either threw away or kept for themselves. I’ll be in contact with police.
unless you’re an underage kid trying to drink, and you couldn’t care less about the bed you’re sleeping in possibly having bed bugs with a leaking ceiling, I’d go somewhere else. on top of everything, during the ONE night I was there, I was awake until 4 in the morning listening to a drunk couple scream at each other.
I’d give zero starts if I could.

Had a great stay at the Hersey Motel for a Conference! Ideal location to the Boardwalk, and surrounding area. Once you park your car, you won’t have to move it. Hotel has a great pool, sandbox, makes ideal place for the kiddos. A few downsides, the bedding is VERY outdated, no iron in the room, towels are weak and so is the shower head.
Overall, would absolutely consider staying here again but would also consider additional places due to some of the more outdated features.

Had a catered event at NJ Chop Shop. Was using the Hershey Pub. Guests loved it. Every time I am there, the staff is always approachable and friendly. The property is always well maintained and the pool is always clean. I have been there for other events and I have never had a bad experience. American owned and operate by a local family. Could not be any nicer. We need more establishments like the Hershey!

don’t overlook the pub/​restaurant — the food and waitstaff is Tops.
very clean room, comfortable bed (s), nice and close (but not too close) to the beach/​boardwalk, super friendly people (check-​in people, restaurant people, bartender), and really really really good food.
free breakfast usually bums me out because it’s a sad table of boxed cereal and stale pasteries, but this place offered breakfast MEALS. we both got the american — 2 eggs, homefries, toast — and both times it was delicious: eggs weren’t greasy, toast wasn’t butter-​drenched, and the homefries were richly flavored… and FREE
we stopped into the bar for a drink on the 2^nd night, and ended up eating there because the bartender (melissa) was so cool. the boy got the pineapple express burger (recommended by melissa) and licked the plate clean; i got the caesar with shrimp — the shrimp were succulent and sweet salty like i like.
bonus points because he wanted a different side, and they gave all kinds of options, and he ended up with carrots — those mini carrots that look a little gourmet — accommodating and delicious.
the only thing keeping this from 5 stars is some room stuff– the A/​C was a little weak, the sheets and towels were kindof starchy/​old, and the wi-​fi didn’t work for us.
would Definitely return.

I think this place is absolutely GREAT!!! I have read the negative reviews and have seen NONE of the things they state. The staff, from the grounds keeping staff to the office staff went WAY out of their way to make sure our stay was a good one. Room was immaculately clean! While we were here there was a large ‘crew’ doing spring cleaning and they moved, cleaned and or replaced everything in the rooms. The staff really cares about the guest’s comfort and they go out of the way to take care of us. We will be back (in season) and stay again in August. Love this place.

Been here for a weekend with my girlfriend and another couple. My room was clean, wasn’t too small, clean bathroom, good size bathroom, microwave, fridge, TV, bed was comfortable, NO bugs, working air conditioner and a table to stack my girlfriend’s things on because she packed like we moved there. Friendly staff, never complained if we needed something. I had excellent parking real close to my room. Close to boardwalk, a CVS, and the beach. Military friendly also, 10% off with valid military ID. Best hotel I’ve stayed at in seaside.

This will b r 3^rd yr at Hersey. Twice in the summer we stay 5 days. The cleanliness is superb, the friendliness of Anne, Dwanye, Joann, and maintenance John & Kevin. They REALLY care abt this place. A Very cozy family orientation place to stay. Free breakfast in the mths of July & August & Also poolside service for food & drinks!!! A family game room, a separate baby pool, & also a BiG sandbox for the kids. WE LOVE THIS PLACE! And also they offer a late checkout of 6pm instead of noon for an additional charge. BEST PLACE TO STAY IN SEASIDE & LADT WEEK OF AUGUST THEY USUALLY OFFER A FREE NITE IF U STAY ¾ NIGHTS… NOONE DOES THAT EXCEPT R FAVORITE PLACE «THE HERSHEY HOTEL» A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS PF MANY YEARS!!!

Room: beds suck, no iron or ironing board, no phone to call out or front desk, bed sheet gross, room smelled like wet dog
Arcade: both changes machine out of order, only some games worked.
Restaurant: although breakfast came with room, ketchup up watered down… and coffee was decaf and was told regular… was told by waitress
Pool: nice area.. always lively
Bar: small but but not horrible… friendly staff

H O R R I B L E!!! I was with my bf relaxing in the room smoke a joint and the managers came sworming with cops saying hand over the «reefer». they took the joint and they wanted to bring the dog because they thought we had more weed. so if you’re a smoker go across the street to another motel. These ppl were so rude from the beginning. Racist…

Stay away at all costs. I’ve been here twice for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and both times the room had bed bugs. The rooms are nasty and the heaters don’t even work. No soap/​shampoo in the bathroom. The adjoining restaurant has decent food but horrible service.
Look elsewhere

This motel is a typical one. Room was okay. Mattress wasn’t too comfortable, but what do you expect? Rooms are big enough to fit six people (room we got had two full sized beds), so plan accordingly! Staff was friendly. The pool is always warm (dunno if that’s a good thing), and it always seems lively. It’s an okay place. I’d stay here again.

We stayed here for a friend’s birthday trip. The other couple had stayed in this hotel before and said it was decent, which I vehemently disagree with.
Let’s start with price: outrageous. Absolutely outrageous. For a place like this, with its «amenities», I’m awestruck. Apparently the price was good for a seaside hotel? I have no idea.
Upon check-​in, we found our room to be on the second floor. Inside we found a green carpet that was questionably damp and oddly cushioned, adorned with ground-​in lumps of chewing gum. The beds were… well I’ll cover that further down. Directly inside the door was a TV straight out of 1998, perched precariously on a stand, the failure of which was a definite possibility.
The other furniture was standard, however the dresser was pretty beat up and old, as was the single night stand. There were two armchairs by the window that looked to have been set pieces off of a low-​budget ‘80s porno. On the opposite side of the room from the door, there was a door-​less doorway that lead into an odd antechamber for the bathroom, which is where the surprisingly modern air conditioner was perched. A minifridge sat on a shelf and rattled at me, and there was a decent sink with a mirror. The bathroom was all right, not exciting, but not terrible. The water from any tap, though, can get «burn your face off» hot. You have been warned. Also, the light «fixture» was just a couple of fluorescent bulbs behind a plastic lattice piece, and nothing prevented me from being able to see the insulation between the floors.
Now, I didn’t notice this, but the wall between the bathroom and the bedroom was actually warped away from the drop ceiling (yes, a drop ceiling. Gross) in ripples, as if a large amount of water had come flowing down from above.
We stayed two nights. Allow me to recount the experience of the first night. It was unseasonably cold for August, and I can attest that the light wool sheet and thin coverlet were inadequate. That, however, was easily forgotten after laying in the bed for more than 10 seconds. Immediately I noticed it was firm and lumpy. Not just lumpy, but «old, beat mattress» lumpy. There was a pillow to theoretically rest your head on, but it was so understuffed I could feel mattress lumps under my head. The sheets, at least, were clean and not itchy. There was nothing covering the cloth top of the mattress except the fitted sheet, which I didn’t find out until the second night. Falling asleep was a task, because we were delighted to discover the over weight children in the room above us were practicing Irish step dancers, who’s complex routines were interrupted only by shrill, indecipherable screaming.
The next morning, I awoke unable to breathe properly at 4:30, with a head full from allergies. I am only really allergic to dust mites, and only when there’s lots of them, if that’s any indication. The bed was still lumpy, pillow still flat, and carpet still weird. Bedding down for the second night, we asked the front desk for more pillows, and received 1 more pillow per person which was a SIGNIFICANT difference. Nothing was different other than I found some decongestant at a Walgreens, and was able to breathe properly.
The hotel does give you tickets that cover part of a breakfast at the nearby pub, which deserves its own review.
This hotel looks as if they tried to emulate the idyllic seashore hotel from the 1960s back when that was popular, and then just stopped there. It could use some serious overhaul before it becomes anything I would consider «decent». Don’t stay here until something major changes. It’s downright horrible.

This is not a review of Seaside Heights as a whole, I will do that elsewhere. This review is specific to the Hershey.
FRONT DESK:.
The battle axes who work the front desk are hags. When we sliced up a bunch of english muffins for breakfast and it turned out that the toaster did not work, thus ruining breakfast since the rest of the food was already cooking, my request for another was met with sneering scorn. Another toaster arrived over 24 hours later.
All of my dealings with thr front desk staff from check in to check out suggested that they should not be dealing with the public.
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WITH DECAYING DOG
The fellow with the room next to us, bald on the top, with long hair to compensate for it, appears to always be working, an employee of the motel, seemed like a welfare forced to work type of deal, pushing towel carts and sweeping. He has a hound who smells so unbelievably bad, like the Braintree transfer station green puddles, that the stench of this animal wafts out his window so that one can not sit anywhere nearby. We could even smell it through the walls at certain times. I am not talking about a dog that needs a little shampoo. I am talking drop you to your knees, make your eyes water, rotting cadaver stench.
This dude should not be anywhere near the paying public. He should be housed next to the charming front desk women, so they can get a good long whiff.
PHYSICAL PLANT
The former pool bar is a big jumble of misc. storage, not covered in any way. The pool clock and thermometer are large and frozen broken. Our front and back doors appeared to have been beaten with objects several times. Our «roll out bed» was a crappy mattress jammed in a corner, no supporting cradle or anything. The toilet seat appeared to be original. The street side has flapping Tyvek with no siding on it. The one tv was blurry. Letters have fallen off the wall so that one is treated to «Motl…ool» in large red letters outside one’s door.
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD
The Hershey is a 2 block walk to the North end of the Boardwalk. The north end does have the skyride, but is not in the center of things, which would be halfway between the two amusements piers (Casino and Funtown). It is thus a bit of a walk from the Hershey to the center of things.
That would be ok but the surrounding neighborhood leaves alot to be desired. The Hotel right next door, the «Seashore», is no longer a legitimate hotel at all, as it is full of section 8 folks. Yes I know this for a fact as I was treated to some screaming fights between tenants where such details were revealed.
These folks appear to be in hopeless situations. I myself do not like having these sorts of folks right outside my windows when I am on vacation. The last night some woman woke me up at midnight loudly chattering in Russian; her outfit and manner suggested that her affections could be purchased for a fee. This woman was pacing around on Central Ave, including right outside my window, ie literally 4 feet from me. I could really do without this thanks.
The bar across the street is a sleazy mildly scary dump, not vacationer friendly.
The pool is smaller than the pictures make it appear.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Umm, I have been to good continental breakfasts at hotels, I know what they are supposed to look like. A crappy donut plunked on a paper plate is not «continental breakfast», and that’s all they had.
Even more fun was exiting the pinball arcade where they set this feast up. The stair out is like 14 inches high, so unless you remember you almost break your ankle exitting with your crappy donut. How the local building inspector allows this at a public facility is bewildering.
SUMMARY
With the number of people in our party, it looks like we should have rented a house or condo, of which many appeared to be available. One would have to do some different Googling to pull that off, but it would certainly be doable, and I highly suspect for alot of square feet for the same or less dough. If you do not want to go that route, you might want to consider something like the Aztec, which is right in the center of things, although we did not stay there but did check it out.
I thought the placed sucked, but for anyone to consider it at all, it should be like nuts cheap, which it is not.