Element Harrison – Newark

Awesome hotel! The staff was always friendly and helpful. Complimentary breakfast and evening reception were great. Rooms were clean and modern with full kitchens. I have never stayed at a hotel were ALL of the staff were so friendly. I would highly recommend this hotel

First off I’d like to stress that I very much like this hotel, however the changes in The Station, the bar/​restaurant in the hotel are extremely disappointing.
The wine selection has dropped by half, and the quality of the wine has dropped like a bird turd. The food has gone downhill like Lindsay Vonn being chased by a Yeti.
When I asked the new bartender if I could get veggies with my entrée, he offered me rice… um, no thank you, it actually already comes with rice as well.
So…in short: Hotel rocked harder than Van Halen, but the bar/​restaurant is pulling a Johnny Manziel.

I have stayed here about 6 times between 2015 – 2016 I just love staying here!
The building is nice, rooms are gorgeous but the first time I stayed here the girl at the front desk was very rude. She seemed to have an attitude the entire time checking me in but since then I have dealt with other front desk employees and they are all much nicer and helpful.
The rooms are beautiful, tons of space and clean. I always stay in the studio with full kitchen but the also have 1 bedrooms I believe.
The bathrooms in the room make you feel like your staying at a 5 star hotel!
They are doing construction constantly, trying to build up the area. I know once complete the neighborhood will look amazing but just a heads up. Also the free breakfast is not that great but if you pick the right option it’s ok so I can only give 4 stars due to that.
Recommend staying here if your ever in the area!

Checking into this hotel has proven to be a nightmare straight from the pits of hell. Between the masked charges that my bank informed me were taken out of my account and the relatively clueless front desk staff, I’m deeply regretful that I picked this hotel.
I am now trying to pay with a mix of cash and credit so that my family who traveled over 8 hours today (including the 1 hour they’ve spent wrangling with their systems and their absent manager hoping for a hint of clue) can finally check into their room.
Buyer beware!

A nice clean oasis of a hotel in Newark/​Harrison area
The location is good because it is close to the airport, next to the train and close to the Iron Bound district for great Spanish and Portugese food
The staff are young and friendly
The hotel is fairly new and very clean
They have a very nice free breakfast and happy hour in the evenings
The gym and pool are good
The rooms are spacious and each room has a full size kitchen
The bedding and mattress are comfortable
The room rate is very good
The bonus they are Starwood for SPG points

Excellent hotel conveniently located right next to the Harrison PATH. I arrived early in the morning on a red eye flight and the hotel accommodated me with early check in despite all the rooms were sold out the night before.
Rooms are modern and very simple. It is a plus to have a full kitchen as I can cook when I’m sick and tired of restaurant food.
A few things I don’t like about the hotel and hope that this feedback would help hotel management: no self closing cabinet doors, drawers; no room service unless I tell the front desk, and cold/​frozen breakfast sandwich.

I hesitate to give this hotel a good review. Not because they don’t deserve it, but because I don’t want everyone to know about the secret that is this hotel.
Great layout, modern rooms with all the bits you could want (save for a jet tub.) Tons of space, attentive staff, solid breakfast. But above all, accessibility! This thing is basically connected to the Harrison PATH stop. So you can board public transit and get into the city quick and easy. If you decide to take a LYFT or UBER, the hotel entrance is on a private side street, super easy waiting and getting into the car.
On a multi-​night stay, the room cleaning is a bit different from most hotels. They will replace your towels and any things that need restocking, but they don’t clean the room, make the bed, etc. Perfectly fine with me, but may seem a bit unusual.
Also, a word of warning: the HVAC is one of those motion sensor types. So if you set your thermostat, you have to keep moving for it to stay set. If you’re quietly watching TV, it will revert to it’s default temp (which is way too cold for me.) If you can, bring something that moves to keep the temp set.
The surrounding area is up and coming, and has some great food.
Really, cannot recommend this place highly enough.

I was on an 18 day business trip, multiple cities and 6 hotels. I had a busy day of meetings in NJ and had planned to fly out of Newark the next morning at 6am… Hands down my favorite hotel I stayed in! Of the 6 hotels I stayed in two 5 star hotels and element blew them out of the water! The customer service was spot on! The bar was perfect for after work emails and Peter was stellar and attentive. If I didn’t have an early morning flight j probably would have closed that place down. Ingrid was super nice and helpful at the front desk and every associate I met during my time had a smile and greeted me. If I am ever in the area again I will stay here and recommend anyone who is looking for a place to stay close to red bull arena, five guys is across the street and next door there is a market. But you can buy a lot of items in the market downstairs. I loved the rooms, very roomy and had a kitchen! Also really liked the fitness center! Kudos Element Harrison, great stay!
Pros: service and huge rooms!
Cons: not perfect for the light sleeper, close to trains, but it didn’t bother me.

Stayed here this past weekend for Valentines Day. The hotel was super clean and modern. The one bedroom suite was super cute and hade everything we needed for the weekend– a living room, kitchen, bathroom and separate bedroom. The kitchen had a full sized fridge, a dishwasher, an electric stovetop with two burners and a sink. There was plenty of counter space but the room also included a portable mobile counter which was very handy. Overall the room had a very «ikea» vibe. Very clean, modern, and matching wonderfully. The staff was awesome and helped us with anything we needed, including helping secure a (free!!) shuttle anywhere we needed to go within a 3 mile radius. The hotel was also pet friendly and did not charge a fee for her to stay in the room which was a heaven-​send for us since we did not want to leave her alone at home. Highly recommend!

Extremely cozy, supreme location & service is top notch!
You’re only about 3 – 5 min walk to the train station and in 25 minutes you’re in NYC.
I’m definitely keeping this one in mind for future trips to the city.

After leaving a review about the Element Hotel.
Today, I received a call from KIM the director of sales, who informed me that the price I paid was correct. She also stated «its an URBAN area» as a reason for the $ 100.00 increase. In addition to it being a urban area, the $ 100.00 fee was for taxes and parking for one vehicle. Really KIM ???
$ 100.00 fee for taxes and parking one vehicle???
Totally and utterly ridiculous!
AT NO POINT DURING THE CONVERSATION DID KIM EVEN ADDRESS THE BACON LEFT STUCK TO THE REFRIGERATOR WHEN I ARRIVED AND HOW THE DESK LAMP AND BEDROOM LIGHT SWITCH DIDN’T WORK.
FOCUS KIM AND GET IT TOGETHER!

Very nice hotel. Couple of blocks from the Prudential Center.
The room is set up like a mini apartment. The only thing the room is missing is a washer/​dryer lol. I mean it has everything you could possibly need to live. Full kitchen with stove, dish washer, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, etc. Honestly just super covenient and modern looking.
Comfortable beds. All TV channels. Free breakfast in the morning. They also have a «restore» to buy things/​food/​etc you might need. A bar/​restaurant. Pool and ²⁴⁄₇ gym access.
Not a fan of paying for parking when I stay at hotels though. So that $ 14 I came out of pocket might be my only qualm. However once you get over that, at least it’s with in and out privileges.
I would definitely come back and recommend anyone to stay here. It’s new and you definitely won’t regret it. Also like I said it’s convenient if you’re going to be in the area for an event at the prudential center.

I love this hotel. Great staff, garage parking and now that the bar serves food, I don’t have to leave the hotel to get a little something to chew on. Great Pico de Gallo with Tortilla chips and the Meatball sliders are super yummy.
Gym is a bit small but that is common for Element hotels. Ask for a high floor, above 4, if you don’t want to look into the condo Windows across the street. Very close.

One Thursday night stay. Waited hour and a half for airport shuttle. Assumed there would be a hotel restaurant, but just a bar. I did make it ½ before the complimentary happy hour ended at 6:30p for one adult beverage per guest.
Not sure how having a full kitchenette is useful with no groceries around to purchase.
Newer and modern hotel was nicely decorated and clean.
As others reported, don’t plan on sleeping to much. Trains and construction noises are not muffled by glass outside walls.

Stayed here recently for about a week for a business trip. I would stay here again.
Firstly, I got to stay in a suite at the same rate as regular rooms. Not sure why suites had the same rate, but they did. Clean room and nice contemporary design. The hotel has a gym and an indoor swimming pool, too.
Super close to Metro station. It’s practically right next door. It was kinda nice to commute by a train for a LA girl whose only choice normally is to drive.
1 star taken out because it took a while for the hotel shuttle to pick me up from EWR. Also because a housekeeper seemed to have forgotten to give me a full set of towels on few days.
Service is mediocre (though friendly). I think it’s the right level of service for what you pay.

I have stayed at other Elements overseas so I was excited to try this one. That hope was short lived.
Called the hotel when we landed. Asked the lady at the front desk where to meet shuttle. She said all shuttles picked up at P4. When I asked her where that was she said she didn’t know. I would have really thought she would have said let me ask someone else but that didn’t happen. Not a big deal.
We called once we got to P4 (take the Air Train btw) and we were told the shuttle was on its way. We already knew from checking prior to our trip that the shuttle was reported to run every 30 mins. 45 mins later the shuttle van showed up. No explanation no apology nothing. It was a very quiet ride to the hotel which took all of 10 mins. So why the 45 min wait? When we arrived at the hotel the shuttle driver didn’t even bother to get our bags out of the back. He did however carefully get his take out food and get it safely inside. Ok we all have bad days so maybe this was his. Both my traveling partner and I are frequent SPG Hotel stayers. Not once did the front desk clerk greet us. No pleasantries or anything. The clerk actually never even spoke a word to me.
In the end I would say the hotel is everything the Element is supposed to be. Very nice, clean and new. The location couldn’t be better. Plenty of parking and public transportation close by. The human factor here could certain use some serious work. People who have been traveling all day and dealing with everything that comes with that don’t deserve to be treated like we were. With SO many other choices close by I’m not sure I would do this again.
As a side note I would like to add that the day crew was a completely different story. Everyone was VERY pleasant and outgoing. From the front desk crew to the lady working the breakfast area and even the shuttle driver. Maybe I caught the night crew on a bad day. The people this morning are more like the other Element employees I have encountered around the world.

Solid hotel with very clean design. Parking onsite in the garage requires checking in first to get a keycard. Price is 14/​day to park there.
The rooms are well equipped and the wifi is free and fast (my #1 priority when on the road).
Didn’t try the food but I did get snacks from their lobby which was ok but nothing amazing. They had beer by the bottle and snacks so that was cool.
Free breakfast in the mornings too.
I’ll be back :)

Ok hands down the best way to do NYC. We wanted to go to New York but the hotels are crazy expensive. This was perfect! I’m not a big fan of Newark so I was a little worried but Element was awesome. I basically just had to go across the parking lot of the hotel and right in to the PATH station. A couple of bucks and less than 30 minutes later and we were in the city. Can’t beat it!
As for the actual hotel, it’s absolutely gorgeous! Modern, clean and great amenities. They have a big open breakfast area and a little spot of buy snacks and easy to fix foods (pasta, etc). Our room had a full kitchen with dishwasher so we were able to grab some groceries at the Whole Foods near the PATH station on the NY side and cook healthy inexpensive meals in the hotel.
My only gripe is that the best way to get from the Newark airport is taxi and it’s crazy expensive. Otherwise the location and hotel itself are great.
Ps: I got all that awesome for $ 140 a night. NYC hotel prices can kiss my butt

I’m a gold level member of SPG so I generally get upgraded. We were in a studio room facing the train station. I worried about the noise, but it was quiet. I was traveling with my bf. I arrived by train, but he had a rental car. If you were going to to NYC everyday you would not need a car as the PATH train can take you right there. The path exit/​entrance is a little shady I wouldn’t want to arrive/​depart too late at night, but the hotel is literally 2 – 3 minutes away. Near the hotel is a five guys and dunkin donuts.
We were upgraded to a Studio room with a full kitchen, complete with dishwasher etc. You could easily live in this room for awhile if you needed to. The pool was small and did not have lounge chairs. The downstairs had a nice lounge/​living room for working outside of your room or perhaps meeting friends. The breakfast was lackluster compared to Hyatt House or other Sheratons. However, still a nice amenity. As I said the room was huge. We only stayed one night, but it was a lovely room.
They just opened another hotel closer to EWR so I think we would try that out before we stayed here again. However, I would definitely recommend this hotel!

My wife and I are fans of Element Hotels as we have stayed in two other locations prior to this one. Love the décor, the walk in showers with the rainfall shower head, the small kitchen set up in the rooms and the free breakfast in the morning. This location did not disappoint.
When we walked in our room it was impeccable. The King size bed was fluffy and comfortable. The bathroom was neat and super clean. I love that it feels like a tiny studio apartment.
The indoor Saline Pool looked great. Unfortunately, we arrived late in the night right before it closed and we didn’t have bathing suits anyway.
We love the Restore convenience store in the lobby. So convenient to just grab midnight snack.
When we arrived we were checked in right away by a friendly member of the staff. We had parked in the self park garage next door and were promptly asked for our parking ticket in order to get validated for the hotel parking rate of $ 14 with unlimited in and out privileges. Regular overnight parking is $ 28.
Our only issue the fact that you can here the trains when the honk their horns as it seems the windows are not sound proof. But it wasn’t all night. Maybe once or twice for a few seconds.
Loved the Keurig station in the lobby. It was great to grab a cup to go at checkout. Nice hotel option for the downtown Newark-​Harrison area.