Howard Johnson Inn Atlantic City

I got crabs (pubic lice) from the bed I slept in. The only reason I am giving this two stars is because I am not surprised.

*****DISGUSTING**** My girlfriend and I booked a room for the dates between ¹⁰⁄₃ −10÷5 2014 for her birthday weekend. Long story short I Sat on the floor, Took some clothes out my suit case that I planned on Wearing for the night, put them aside next to me on the floor for a few, put em back in suitcase. Items to wear for the night, on top for easy access. Relaxed for a few hours and before dressing Found the tiniest of bed bug attached to a pair of pants as I was about to wear right before I put them on. Thank goodness I walked into the bathroom with more sufficient light and laid them on the sink first. It was so tiny, I couldn’t believe I saw that. I thought I killed and captured it, but it was still alive! Thank goodness, I was able to get photos before he got away. When I called the front desk they didn’t seem surprised and just offered to change our room right away. Not surprised AT ALL by the fact they might have one. It was already almost 2am and i didn’t want to come back in the wee hours of the morning after drinking and gambling to a hotel with bedbugs but the front desk clerk said he couldn’t do anything until 9 am when his manager would arrive. So we took the new room but was forced to inspect everything before getting comfy. As I lift the cover I touch a blood stain under the mattress. We now take off sheets on both beds and it’s like pee stains. No, mattress covers or even fitted sheets on The beds. I call down front desk with new complaints. And they offer to NOW give me a full comp if I leave now at around 3am. Luckily the front desk found us a room up the street. By the time we get checked into Best western, with WAY nicer rooms, service and prices we are tired and really disinterested in going out any more. I walked to back to Howard Johnson’s Saturday morning & night and Sunday before leaving to speak to the manager that was supposed to be there between the times of 9am-​3pm everyday but of course he was never there. The day I’m leaving, I Ask for a copy of receipt of the comp saying they gave us a full comp and they just print out the receipt without our signatures. I didn’t want them to charge our card later making up some lame excuse about how we destroyed something and what not. Or left without paying. And they clerk tries to shoot me down and tell me I don’t need my signed copy & All the info is in print. I am no fool. When I ask questions to them about what they would do if they got this kind of service. No answer. Why is the manager never there? No response. Why haven’t we received a phone call or email? No response. I haven’t called corporate owner yet but hopefully when I do, they’ll take better care of their rooms. Insanity. DO NOT STAY HERE!

My friends and I went to atlantic city for a bachelorette weekend and stayed at the hojo. I had very low expectations since it was one of the cheapest hotels near the boardwalk, but they definitely exceeded my expectations. We checked in and parked under the hotel, the parking attendant was very nice and gave me the option of parking there and leaving my keys or parking around the corner. I chose to leave my keys. The front desk checked us in and was very nice. The room was clean and much nicer than expected. I always get nervous staying in cheap hotels but I felt comfortable in the hojo. While the block it is on is not so nice, staying on the main streets and with others, the location didn’t bother us. It was a few blocks from the boardwalk and all the big casinos. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone looking for an affordable option.

My boyfriend and I went down for a weekend. At first I was a bit skeptical of the location because the area seemed a bit ghetto, but I was pleasantly surprised with everything.
The service was great, the people at the front desk were very helpful and friendly. I was a worried about leaving my car in this type of area, but they had people who were going out about every 5 minutes checking on the parking lot. They let me check in about 4 hours early and they also let me check out later with no charge.
The rooms were very clean, and the pool on the second floor outside was nice. Also they have a diner adjacent to the lobby called Perry’s Diner where my boyfriend and I went for breakfast, which was very good.
Overall I was pleased with our stay and it ended up being better than I expected. The only complaint I have is that the room was expensive, but it was a weekend and we did book last minute.

They weren’t sure if my room was ready although I made reservations. The room immediately smells like bleach, and everything looks run down and cheap. This is a very low budget hotel. So if you can’t afford the more high end hotels you will be staying in 1 of these roach motels.

It did the trick. A pro is that it is a quick five minute or less walk to the boardwalk. On the other hand, that five minute walk is a dirty, scary one, especially after dark. But I suppose that if you’re familiar with Jersey (which I’m not), you’re used to the, stink of it all. Anyways, the hotel could have been much worse due to the neighborhood it resides in… parking was super easy since I nabbed one of the spots where I can come and go as I please. The other option was to pull up and let people pull behind you, and then you need the staff to move cars to get you out. The room was pretty clean, no complaints. The view was of a big wall and an empty pool… so that was a bummer. Other than that, the carpets going throughout the hotel in the lobby and hallways were old and dingy, so I would suggest updating that. I probably won’t come back here, I also don’t really plan on going back to AC, but if I did, I would probably shell out a little more money and stay on the boardwalk.

Not as bad as you would think!
The room itself was very clean, and the staff was amazingly nice. Its 3 floors, and the walls are paper thin tho. There is a good sized pool, on the second floor, and there is a restaurant next door thru the lobby. and there food is pretty good
The thing with Atlantic City is the further u get away frm the boardwalk, the creepier and more unsafe things get. and this hotel is about 4 very long blocks (7min walk?)frm the boardwalk.
There was like a halfway house for girls near by, so out of my 2^nd floor window i got the lovely view of 3 pregnant girls smoking on a church step, classy rite.
This hotel was nice enough to sleep in, u might think ur gonna get stabbed but u won’t. This is the prefect place if ur looking to save some cash and have some fun.