Best Western

Needed to find a hotel in the area due to being in the area for one night. I found this place on Priceline for under 100 $. I wasn’t looking for crazy amounts of amenities or a 5 star hotel just needed a place to rest my head. First thing I noticed was this hotel was extremely out of date. Looks like it hasn’t been updated since the late 80’s. They free breakfast was okay. And the little room they call a gym had 2 working machines in it. Overall the worst part about my stay was the air quality. I felt that it was musty and old smelling throughout my stay. That’s my one and only true complaint.

Here is an update. I was told by Mina, the hotel manager, that he would call
and authorize a refund. Well, he didn’t. Now I have to file with the BBB, my credit card, Best Western corporate office. Everybody.
If you want a hotel run by idiots with spooge on the furniture you found it. Just don’t give them your credit card number. Once they charge good luck getting it back.

A clean room with working AC and ‘fridge. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s perfectly adequate for a night or two. I booked it on Expedia and got a $ 100 rate, which is about half of any other hotels in the area that are decent. I would stay here again.

Hey I don’t like anything. But this was a decent place I’m serious. And need to write more so It can be posted blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

I was scared before coming here… I read a lot of reviews about this place, which seemed all very hit or miss. For me, everything worked out just fine. This was again another time where I feel like other people who review this place are kind of being a little ridiculous.
My stay was cheap… I paid $ 200 for two nights, which included the taxes. I somehow landed a room that was on the second floor, the last door all the way at the end, kind of tucked away behind a wall. My room faced the woods as well. That made me happy off the bat. The room was small, but I didn’t mind that. I was there to shower and sleep. My room was clean and smelled nice when I walked in. I inspected everything (because I’m weird like that), all seemed fine. The sink is outside the bathroom, immediately when you walk into your room. I noticed on other sites that people think that’s weird… I think it’s a good idea. No steamy mirrors while getting ready, or waiting for someone else to get out of the shower to use the sink area. Everything worked fine in my room. The bed is firm, which works for some people… it may not for others. I will suggest that you might want to bring extra pillows with you if you like normal sized pillows. Their pillows are on the smaller side, but I didn’t bitch about it. I don’t sleep well when I’m not home (not the hotel’s fault), but I will say… I heard absolutely nothing through the night. I wasn’t woke up or kept up by any noises. Everyone there was extremely quiet. I know this may not be the case all the time, but things sure as hell worked in my favor as far as that goes. I was also happy that I had a little baby fridge to keep my water bottles in.
I made the most out of the continental breakfast. I was satisfied with it. It was a pretty decent assortment. People bitched about the eggs, but eggs being made in that large amount that quickly aren’t freshly cracked eggs… it’s the stuff from the carton. I know this having worked at a hotel before. Who cares? There was also sausage, assorted yogurt, english muffins, different breads, muffins, danishes, assorted cereal, fruit, juices, tea, oatmeal… I loved making my own waffle. You had the choice between strawberry or plain… I thought it was pretty damn good. The coffee was great too. The staff was really on top of keeping it together.
All in all… I’d come back if I needed to. I had a pretty decent stay!

My girlfriend and I went to a wedding in Hazlet last weekend and stayed at the Best Western. This was an interesting experiment on the difference between Trip Advisor and Unilocal.While this hotel has a 4-​star average across over 160 reviews on Trip, it is a tepid 2-​star on Unilocal.Spoiler: Unilocal was more accurate.
Our room was non-​smoking, but had a very pronounced cigarette odor. Around 1am, we heard a group of younger people, presumably from the hood, running through the halls, laughing, screaming, banging on doors, etc. I called the front desk and the front desk person told us to wait for them to go to bed. I don’t blame him for not wanting any part of that. But still.
The next morning when I went to take a shower, there were hairs, presumably from the pubic region, in the shower. Pro-​tip: bring shower sandals circa college and your own toiletries.
The television remote was also broken and the water from the sink was not drinkable. Pro-​tip: Bring your own bottled water before you get to the hotel because leaving the hotel is a pain since New Jersey outlawed left-​turns.
The refrigerator and air conditioning worked so I’ll give them a star for that.
All-​in-​all, rather disappointed as I paid almost $ 250 for 2 nights. It’s just a shame that the going rate for an acceptable hotel in this day-​and-​age is $ 300/​night. For anything less you are really rolling the dice.
Stay here if you must spend the night in Hazlet; otherwise, find another hotel.
Don’t trust anything you read on Trip Advisor.

Stayed here over the weekend with a couple friends. The hotel seems decent at first, a few sketchy people hanging out in the lobby. Shortly after checking into the room my friend discovered an empty condom wrapper in the nightstand drawer. We ended up getting the room comped, however the attitude of the guy working the front desk was atrocious. When we asked to speak with the supervisor he refused, and when we asked if he was the manager or supervisor his answer was «sort of, I don’t want to confuse you». Either way, not a pleasant stay, and our first room was rather dirty, I would not recommend this place to anyone.

If you want to pay an affordable rate ($ 76 pretax for me with AAA rate) for a king bed with 5 pillows for a comfortable night’s sleep, you can’t get much better than here.
Others wrote of watery eggs in the complimentary continental breakfast in the lobby (running from 6:30 — 9:30) which I concur but the banana walnut mini muffin was tasty.
Others wrote of the mini fridge missing but mine was there. I also got a cable TV with over 50 channels, free wireless internet, and a lovely window view overlooking the parking lot.
Seriously, considering you go to a motel to sleep, what to complain about?

Horrible !!! Horrible and ones again Horrible the room was non smoking and smelled like cigarettes. The bathroom was nasty and I ended up putting down a couple towels and my slippers on just to take a shower. We had no fridge in our room. The room next door was a little bit better (werentedtworooms). Unfortunately we didnt really have a choice in hotels because it was some one else that did the planning. I guess you can say that was our fault.

Stayed at the Best Western in Hazlet, NJ for the Dave Matthews Band show in Holmdel after booking a few days prior on Priceline. I took the advice of others and skipped breakfast, so I can’t review that, but the location and cleanliness couldn’t be beaten… there’s a Dunkin Donuts next door and the staff was friendly. I’d certainly stay again, as the hotel absolutely did the job! Free Wi-​Fi is a plus.

I came here after partying at Park East with some friends. This beats any dirty motel around the area, but rooms are always sold out so make sure u book in advance preferably during the day. Rooms are comfy, but breakfast is horrible. Eggs weren’t fully cooked, in fact they were watery. You have to make your own Belgian waffles with a mix that if you pour in excess, the batter will overflow. The person at the reception desk wasn’t present for the past two check-​ins, in which they should have a bell if they’re going to disappear. I would come here for one night only not since trains in Jerz don’t run past 1:30am

I waited more than two weeks to post this, hoping the hotel, or Best Western Corporate, woud make this situation right. The hotel itself (Manager Nicole Monaco) has refused all contact, and I received an offer of a $ 30 Best Western gift card from Corporrate.
In a nutshell: Booked one KING room for May 26. Breakfast was to be included. Total charge: $ 166. Kind of pricey, but it was holiday weekend.
Upon checkin, we discovered we had ONE DOUBLE BED. For two adults. Went to desk to get it straightened out — they were booked solid, couldn’t move us, and told me it was Expedia’s fault, although it says clearly on my Expedia confirmation ONE KING STANDARD. So it was NOT Expedia’s fault.
Got up early for a sunrise service at Sandy Hook. Went down for «free breakfast.» there was no breakfast. The desk clerk said the «breakfast woman» had not shown up for work.
On checkout I asked for compensation. Nancy and Jessica at the front desk said they didn’t have the authority. I asked what the difference in the room I paid for and the room i received was. Nancy said $ 40. Plus the $ 10 I figured the beakfast was worth. I was not looking for a comped stay; i was looking for compensation totalling about $ 50.
This hotel has never once contacted me, although Corporate kept trying to have me settle with them directly. i have e-​mailed and snail mailed numerous times; I have received NOTHING from the hotel. Expedia says it is the hotel’s fault. Corporate finally emailed me offering me a $ 30 gift card to another BW hotel! Not acceptable. At this point, I will never stay in another BW hotel.
Am I crazy, or should this have been an easy matter to settle? You booked me in the wrong room type! You promised breakfast as part of the room rate and offered none! Make it right, for heaven’s sake! How hard is that?
WANTED TO ADD: aFTER ALMOST A MONTH OF BACK AND FORTH WITH CORPORATE bw, THEY AGREED TO SEND ME A bw «GIFT CARD» WORTH $ 50 WHICH i BELIEVE THE WHOLE THING WAS WORTH. HOWEVER, THINK ABOUT IT: HOW IN THE WORLD CAN i USE THIS CARD? i DON’T BOOK WITH THE HOTEL, BECAUSE IT IS NEVER THE BEST OPTION. THIS CARD WILL PROBABLY BE THROWN INTO A DRAWER SOMEWHERE. o, WELL.