Newark Downtown

Very secure property in an emerging neighbourhood that offers many diverse choices for food, entertainment, and shopping.
The property is mid-​block with decent rooms (why are the bedside outlets always unable to hold a charger?). Reasonable quiet for an urban property.
If you’re here for events at the Pru Center there is a connecting walkway.

Could have given a better rating except I didn’t realize it doesn’t have parking. Add 100 $ to my stay thanks.

This was a great hotel. We had stayed one night at hotel indigo and ended up changing hotels the next day. This hotel was much better. Staff was friendly, rooms are very comfortable and clean. Super close to the prudential center. Literally can go through their parking lot to a closed bridge that leads you right in.

It’s a hotel that you would expect from a larger company. The hotel is clean and the décor is modern. The lobby area has working stations for business people and it also offers a full café that looks like it replaced a Starbucks counter. The rooms are standard and offers all that one would need for a night stay. The location is not the greatest but it is walking distance to penn station for a quick trip into the city. The hotel also offers a shuttle that take you to penn station and the airport but only leaves on the hour.

The sole disapointment of the establishment translate in it’s immediate surrounding. The area has only a few restaurants, a McDonalds down the street and a handful of soul food joints. After the hockey game at the Prudential Center at 09h30 pm, the neighbourhood was dead asleep. I had to buy a canned soup at the hotel lobby for 6 $. All pertaining to the hotel was almost immaculate. Renovated rooms and a spacious lobby with a boarding pass printing station. The indoor parking is located on Lafayette street on the right.

Great location, around the corner from the prudential center. Parking is in a garage right outside the door. All staff was friendly, the bed was very comfortable. Reasonably priced– room with a king bed, parking, and a hot breakfast for $ 150. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, family friendly and close to NYC.

Stayed a Saturday night at this Courtyard. Read the reviews here and on TripAdvisor to make this selection. Worked in Newark about 3 years ago before this hotel and knew the neighborhood and the crime. However, this place is a jewel. Hotel is on the main street with a couple of restaurants nearby. Out my window I could see the Arena. Entered on ground floor with a security guard at the desk. Elevator to the 2^nd floor to get to registration, the hotel and other amenities. Need a room key to access floors above, so they have the security covered. Great place — will stay again.

As a frequent traveler, I have been to a lot of Courtyards. I have also been traveling to Newark every week for the past six months and have stayed in multiple hotels. As far as Courtyard is concerned, this location gives you exactly what you expect. The rooms are not huge, but they are clean.
The reason I chose to stay here, however is for two main reasons.
1. If you are looking to stay in downtown Newark, this is the best and cleanest option. 2. The customer service I receive here is awesome. They are all very friendly and talkative, and they make me feel welcome. This helps a great deal when traveling a lot.
Previous reviews knock the location for this hotel, but that is a consequence of Newark and not the hotel itself.

for the hotel I would definitely come back, for the surroundings surely not. Night time this does not look like an area where you would be wondering around. Parking is also a hazzle and pretty inefficient. Would have expected better from a Marriott hotel member. Staff very friendly and rooms good.

Front desk is courteous and nice. Check-​in is a breeze. Location is not too bad as its ⁵⁄₁₀ min walk to penn station. Lots of places to eat around the area as well.
Rooms are clean and quiet. No qualms.

The hotel itself is nice, clean and fairly new but the location is horrible. It is in an area that is being refurbished. There is no entertainment, very poor restaurants and in an overall sketchy area. Also, my bag was rummaged through while being held at the front desk. Nothing was taken but the zipper pull was pulled off. Overall a poor experience. We will not return.

The staff here is fabulous! Traveling a lot for work makes hotels all seem the same to me but the staff here, especially Yelly at the front desk, really make this place great and a stand out for their customer service. The hotel is newly redone too so it’s a very nice place to stay if you have to be in Newark.

After many flight delays and being trapped at the airport for 12 hrs, we ended up stuck in Newark overnight. With all the hotels booked, we ended up at this one– and we are thankful we did.
The night staff was FABULOUS. They were extremely accommodating and even threw in free breakfast for our entire family of 7.
The morning staff was just as wonderful. Extremely customer service oriented and friendly.
After dealing with rude gate and booking agents at the airport, the service we received here was refreshing and just what we needed.
The rooms were your average hotel room, but I’ll take an avg room w above avg customer service any day over a luxurious room and avg customer service.

Avoid this place. They had bed bugs as of Jan 3, 2014.
In fact, stay away from this chain. This is my second experience with bed bugs at this chain.

Overall a great stay for new years festivities. Near the PATH train for easy access to Manhattan and all of New York’s attractions. Friendly staff great shuttle service from airport to hotel and from hotel to Penn Station. Not a great area outside of the hotel so be aware of that but if you’re just looking for a cheap place to stay outside the city with easy access to it this a great option! This spot loses a star due to its internal convenience food options being a tad limited and over a tad expensive and the front desk mis informing us that the shuttle on new years did not have extended hours when in actuality it did.

At Least All I’m Doing At This Place Is Sleeping!
The Good: The Courtyard Marriott in Downtown Newark is prime place to stay for those doing business in the area, catching an event at the Prudential Center, going to a Red Bulls game and or visiting the Rutgers Newark, UMDNJ and NJIT campuses. You can easily get to those locations from the hotel, not to mention the Newark International Airport or Newark Penn Station (free shuttle to Penn & EWR). Above all, this hotel is an okay place to stay if you are going to be busy all day and need a place to crash at night, but not necessarily a great place to explore /​relax in.
Location: Close to the Prudential Center, University Heights, Newark Penn Station, The Airport (10 min drive), Red Bull Arena (less than 2 mi.) etc.
Shiny & New: The Courtyard Marriott Downtown Newark is the first NEW hotel built in Downtown Newark within the last 40 years. AKA everything is new, clean, up-​to-​date and in working order.
Nice Hotel In A Not-​So Nice Area: To put it nicely; The City of Newark isn’t the most glamorous place to be. However, this hotel is beautiful, clean, well-​kept and probably not something you would expect to find in Newark. But, once you leave the hotel, you are smacked in the face with the realities of a big urban city struggling to become a better place at a snail’s pace.
Housekeeping: The rooms were clean and tidy the entire week my friends and I stayed here! However, they missed leaving some key toiletries the day we checked in.
Food: The food in the hotel is pretty decent. Not amazing but not bad in terms of taste and price.
Price: Depending on the day of the week, time of the year and what events are going on, you can typically get a room here for cheap. Cheaper compared to staying directly in NYC or directly next to Penn Station.
Transportation: As mentioned, the hotel provides a free shuttle to and from Newark Penn Station and the Airport (EWR). It stops at each location, once an hour form 5 AM — Midnight Plus, it’s only about a 10 minute walk (½ mile) from the hotel to Newark Penn Station (only do this during the day if possible).
The Ugh…:
If you miss the shuttle from Newark Penn you will have to wait an hour until the shuttle comes back! If you call the hotel, they will send a cab service to pick you up. However the cab company charges by the fare/​ride and not by the distance. Prepare to pay $ 8.00 (excluding tip) to go the half mile from Newark Penn to the Hotel (not good at all)! If you want a cab, I suggest calling the hotel to arrange this for you. Often time the cab drivers won’t take you to the hotel (unless done through the hotel) because it’s too short of a ride/​fare.
You can walk to and from Penn Station but it’s not the most pleasant /​safe walk in general, let alone after dark.
Not A Great Area: Newark is just Newark. There are positives and negatives to every city, however there’s not much to do around the hotel, especially if you want to be safe. The only «good» restaurants you can really go to near the hotel (walking distance) are Dinosaur BBQ, Brick City Bar & Grill and The Edison Ale House. Venturing out to Broad Street is fine but I wouldn’t suggest it after dark and especially after dark on the weekends. If you plan to venture out and about in the area, I suggest going in groups. The bigger the group, the better (this rule applies to any big city). The good news — a Joe’s Crab Shack is scheduled to open next to the hotel in the near future.
Terrible Customer Service: The staff isn’t friendly in the least bit! You get a dose of friendliness when you check in, check out and order food from the café. Beyond that, the staff is pretty darn rude! I personally prefer Marriott’s and I’m a Marriott Rewards Member, but this location serves up the absolute worst customer service I have ever experienced at any Marriott, let alone a crappy gas station connected to a McDonald’s in the middle of nowhere. If this were my first time staying at a Marriott, I probably wouldn’t want to stay at another Marriott hotel in the future; based on the customer service. My friends from out of town mentioned that if they visit Newark again, they will not be staying at this hotel primarily due to the lack of customer service.
I’m happy that this hotel opened in Downtown Newark! I personally believe that this hotel will help to slowly revitalize the City of Newark; a step in the right direction. However, the Courtyard Marriott Downtown Newark desperately needs to invest some serious time into training they’re employees along with giving them a cup of coffee and some sunshine!

The front desk was very friendly and parking was a little inconvenient. Wi-​fi is free, but practically not working. Wall insulation was horrible, I heard conversations from surrounding rooms throughout the night.
The bathroom in my room had some nasty stains with hair stubs on the floor, located right beneath the toilet. There was a dirty towel leftover by the previous guest hanging on the shower curtain bar. I’ve also realized one of the bath towels I’ve just used was not completely clean. Overall these things really made me feel umcomfortable, the room service really need to do a better job at clean up the room for the new guests.

Meh. I’ve experienced better. The hotel is decent, but not in the nicest of areas. While the area is probably safe, it doesn’t look it with all the run down buildings around. The service was adequate but no one went beyond the call of duty or was helpful. THey just did their job. The parking situation was confusing with no one really knowing what to do in the lot. You do have to exit the lot and go outside to go through the front entrance of the hotel. The room was decent, but the bed faced the window and was somewhat awkward. I probably wouldn’t stay here again for the value received for the money.