Bridgewater Marriott

Nice hotel, but they charge for wifi.

Booked an overnight room for New Year’s eve. The hotel service was outstanding, as expected from a marriott, but the property itself leaves something to be desired. Rooms are small, no in-​room safe (!!!)and no bathrobes. Also, you have to pay for WiFi. While we stayed overnight for the safety and convenience on New Year’s eve, I wouldn’t stay here again.

Breathtaking! This Marriott is absolutely gorgeous. It’s about 40 mins from the Newark Airport. Maggianos and Starbucks are directly across the street. The décor is exquisite in the lobby/​bar area. Great location to host a team huddle or just socialize. Rooms are cozy with huge bathrooms.

The hotel itself is nice, and the staff are very helpful. However, there is no free WiFi. I’m paying enough for the room. Why would I need to pay more to access the Internet?
Free WiFi is the norm in every other hotel that I have stayed at in the past few years. I would easily have given this hotel a higher rating if not for the exorbitant fee for mediocre internet speeds.

*****WARNING — IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT STAYING HERE FOR A DIAMOND NATION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT THINK AGAIN*******
If Keith Moon was still with us, I would send him here so they could experience a real problem. Never in my life was I so disgusted with a hotel. This place makes up rules on the fly.
THIS HOTEL DOES NOT LIKE FAMILIES OR CHILDREN. They had security guards following the children and harassing parents who were bringing in their food and beverages to and from ALL DAY BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS.
WIFI did not function due to the amount of guests using it and the local staff will not help on site. You have to call their NON SPEAKING ENGLISH helpdesk in INDIA who instructs you that you have faulty equipment since they cant even understand YOUR NAME.
You will be better off sleeping in your car.
STAY AWAY. Our league just booked our hotel this year and its NOT here. You couldnt pay us to go back.

Sunday Brunch is a deal. Easy with the kids and large groups. The new bourbon bar looks good too, it was just revamped. Had a drink afterwards and the staff were great. Clean, decent food, great atmosphere and friendly staff

My wife and I booked this hotel two weeks before the Rutgers-​Ohio State game. I was pleasantly surprised they didn’t gouge us as the New Brunswick Hyatt was charging $ 350 for the evening! At $ 150 for an event (and a wedding), the price was great. The hotel itself is clean with very nice amnesties. Large gym, indoor pool and nice bar area. Front desk very polite and accommodating. Right across the street from a mall with high end stores and plenty of restaurant choices. Overall a winner!

My wife booked this hotel to stay at for a nearby conference. She had some difficulty with reservations through Marriott’s central phone reservations, but luckily everything was smooth sailing once her stay started.
She arrived at early in the morning and had no trouble parking. The hotel had a room ready for her at 7:15am so it saved her some time later when she came back from the conference and was tired. The hotel knew about the shuttle her group had which was very conscientious of the front desk employees.
The king room was clean and well-​appointed. The bathroom was also pristine and the standard shower/​tub provided good water pressure and temperature. The climate control system was quiet, along with everything else at the hotel, which made for a good night’s sleep.
There had been an issue with my wife’s credit card (nothing to do with the hotel) so the front desk was accommodating with her about changing the card to which the room was charged.
Although there was not time to enjoy the local surroundings, there is great shopping at the Bridgewater Mall and some great restaurants nearby including two locations of Thai Kitchen.

We stayed here for a wedding — beautiful place and great service!
The rehearsal cocktail hour was in the bar — the bar is beautiful and very comfortable. Couches and lounge area with TVS and also tall bar tables on the other side.
The gym is impressive for a hotel. Lots of machines and tools. I didn’t count but probably about 10 total tredmills/​elliptical machines.
The pool was indoors and «heated» but it wasn’t warm when we went in.
Overall a great experience!

Disappointing for a Marriott…
First — they advise you to use 700 Commons Way for your GPS but that takes you to the BACK of the hotel. There is no clear signage as to how to get to the front. Luckily some hotel workers pointed us in the right direction.
— The front entrance could use better signage. It might be more obvious during the day but at night it’s hard to tell where the main entrance door is.
— The electrical outlet for the bedside lamp was too close to the headboard. We pointed out to them that the plug was half in, half out and could easily start a fire whenever anyone moved against it while sleeping. Very alarming — I hope they fixed it.
— The TV was pointed toward the chair. When we tried to swivel it toward the bed, the cable came unplugged and we got a «NO SIGNAL» warning. Huh? You can watch TV in the chair but not the bed? How much could a longer cable cost?
Overall, the hotel was clean and comfortable but could use a little quality control.

Spent a Saturday night here. The room was discounted, normally the rooms go for $ 200+. Ultimate luxuary ! Room was small. Great place to stay when the company is paying the rent. The Resturant was delicious!

I was at the Bridgewater Marriott last weekend for a wedding and they gave the wedding guests a discounted rate which was greatly appreciated. The hotel was clean and «good-​looking» but the best part was the customer service. I need great customer service and they delivered! For example, as a traveller, I always ship my excess clothes home so I don’t have to checkin baggage at the airport. The Marriott offers Fedex business service but I needed a big box for my clothes. The manager went out of his way to find an appropriate box, as well as tape and scissors. The service was above and beyond expectations.
Thank you, Bridgewater Marriott!
As a bonus — there is a Shake Shack across the street (outside the mall) with no waiting. Great burger — by the way.

One of the best Marriotts ever.
I sleep like a log whenever I am here.
It is a bit expensive.

Excellent place to stay either for business or just to get away… this property is very well maintained. …the front desk is well attended. … nice restaurant and bar area… this property has it all with shopping across the street and excellent restaurants in the area… this property has it all for everyone… Marriott does it right.

They’re pulling some shady activities on their local network.
When signing onto the hotel wireless, anyone trying to use OpenDNS is blocked — you need to use their locally provided DNS servers otherwise no pages resolve. This not only puts users at risk if their DNS server was compromised, but is incredibly heavy handed.

I must give this hotel the max! My family and I were in town for my daighter softball showcase and the room was clean and comfortable, but what earned my 5 stars is that fact that my teen daughter left her iPad in our room and didnt tell us until we were home 3 and a half hours away. I panick and knew that IPad was as good as gone. I called the front desk who checked the lost and found and than sent someone to the room and checked the night stand draw where she left it and it was there. That Monday I spoke with Connie who informed me she would ship it to me. She was very helpful as was everyone I spoke with.
I want to thank Connie and the rest of the staff for all their assistance with this issue. I did recieve the iPad in great condition wrapped securly in bubble wrap.
Again thanks to Connie and the entire staff!!!
Signed,
A very happy customer

Every aspect of the weekend of my wedding was perfect thanks to the marriott, especially the help of Camille and Lauren!
Our rehearsal dinner was delicious and the personalized menus were a great touch. Food was terrific and it was lovely having our own private room.
I was in a suite so I had enough room to get my bridal party ready, and it was spacious and comfortable. Plenty of mirrors and closet space as well as seating. When we needed another chair for the hair stylist, it was brought to us immediately.
Everyone from room service, to wait staff, shuttle drivers and front desk were delightful and accommodating. Pre ordered breakfast arrived on time and was awesome as I was a bit stressed about the wedding that night.
Brunch this morning was delicious and we again reserved the room for our guests. The groomsmen enjoyed the pool and everyone had a good time at the bar. Michelle was our bartender when we first arrived and chatted with us for a while.
The actual wedding was not at the hotel, but I cannot thank the marriott enough for making our special weekend perfect.
Thank you Camille and Lauren, for everything!
–meridith and Jon zois

Our company held an event there so this review is based on the overall stay and event.
Location wise it’s good, about 30 – 40 minutes from Newark airport and across Bridgewater Commons where there are quite a few options for meals. The rooms are nice and clean, and housekeeping does a pretty good job. They always left me little bottles of water and it’s one of the little things that I appreciate. Check in was very fast since we had a group reservation and arrived at a good time.
Now the thing that I was really impressed with was the event management. We held a two day event here and our event manager Clifton was amazing. He is always calm, knows what to do and handled all the requests with a wonderful attitude. He and his team were still setting up when we left around 1.30am in the morning and were already at work when we got there in the morning at 7. The team worked tirelessly to ensure the event went without a glitch. I hope the management reads Unilocal reviews because Clifton and his team really deserve a special shoutout.
I also have to mention that in terms of event catering, they have pretty good food.

Stayed here 1 night for work. There weren’t a lot of options in the area.
Gawked at the price but wasn’t paying so went ahead with it. Check-​in was easy. Service was friendly. Entrance and common areas were actually pretty nice. The gym was decent and had some apples like most Marriotts which I always like (though it was it on the first floor so you have to walk by the lobby area in your gym clothes which is weird). The room was fine.
So what was wrong? Two main things.
First off, the internet didn’t work. I’m always surprised at hotels that can’t maintain a working internet connection for their guests. In particular, hotels like this that cater overwhelmingly to business clients. I have to use stupid Lotus Notes. I need internet access to read my emails. I spent 30 min on the phone with someone in a call center somewhere and they were finally able to manually patch me into the system. My coworker had problems as well and just gave up.
Second, I couldn’t get a late checkout. How late you ask? Noon. Not particularly late. I didn’t bother to ask when I checked in because it’s never been a problem when staying at Marriott hotels (if anything, they seem surprised that I even ask) but I double checked in the morning. I was told they were booked solid and couldn’t do it. This was a bit of a pain since I had to quickly pack before our meeting instead of being able to come back after (as did my coworker, who was annoyed since it was my idea to do a late checkout in the first place). I get that they’re booked solid — I wasn’t asking for another night or a 3pm checkout or anything. They don’t check people into their rooms before 4pm anyway, so why the big issue with getting in to clean my room at 12pm?
For nigh $ 300 a night in hardly the hottest of areas, I expected a bit more from this place. If I have to come back here, I’ll try the Hyatt down the street.

I didn’t stay here over night but I was in one of the rooms and spent some time at the bar. (that sounds worse than it is, I swear)
I attended a wedding near by and this was the main hotel for the guests, they were running a shuttle to and from which was nice. After the wedding we hit the bar at the hotel. It appeared as if there was either another wedding doing the same or they may have had their event at this hotel. So the bar was packed, full of wedding goers still keeping the party going. When the bride and groom from our wedding entered everyone was hooting and hollering even the people that were not at our event… I guess they just assumed and joined in haha. So much fun. Very Very nice bar, very nice bathrooms and the room I was in was nice as well. I really liked the carpeting.
I would totally stay here. Our friends said their room was like $ 100 bucks. I woulda guessed $ 125 at least.