Family House, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Beachside | Private kitchenette

Reviews of Anchor Motel

2 out of 5
Anchor Motel
145 Sheridan Ave, Seaside Heights, NJ

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 125 out of 425 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 425 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 89 out of 425 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 30 out of 425 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 27 out of 425 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paula

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best weekend trip!
We had a wonderful time. My two adult children and I just wanted to take a weekend getaway to the sea. The motel felt like home and the boardwalk was a few blocks of walk away. Definitely would stay there again. It felt safe and secure right next to a police station. The owner was so nice. The motel room had everything we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johnnie

Travelled with partner
The staff is always nice
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nikolett

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was very pleasant, perfect location. Great deal for the price.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family owned, staff is friendly. We wanted a budget hotel and are glad we stayed here.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

pete

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Helpful proprietor. Basic, but clean room.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

David

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Place was horrible. Door would not lock correctl, the owner argued with me until I showed him myself how easy it was to break into with a CC. He did temporary fix then walks away and doesn't apologize for the inconvenience. Peope piss on the outside of the building on the Major road side. Walls are paper thin. We would never stay there again unfortunately.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from JD on 19 Aug 2023
Dear David,I am sorry you were unhappy with your stay. We will investigate and make changes accordingly. Staff did resolve the door issue as soon as you brought it to our attention. Our building is about 60 yrs old and we continuously make improvements. We are at one of the safest location which is next to police and fire department. We will address your feedback with our staff. Once again we are sorry.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and near everything
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

karen

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, safe, quiet quick walk to beach
Our family had a wonderful stay. The staff was friendly and accommodating. The rooms were clean and quiet. Quick two-block walk to the beach. would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

LaVonne

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not enough room in the bathroom for an adult. No closet. Exterior wall shook when closing the door. Not safe.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Response from JD on 12 Aug 2023
Dear Lavonne,I am sorry you were unhappy with your stay. We will look into your comments and make changes. Since the exterior wall is concrete I am not sure which wall you are referring. We checked the room and none of the walls moved.

6/10 Okay

Maria

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Limited parking
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jd on 19 Aug 2023
Dear Maria,We do provide one parking space per room to all our guests. We always tell all our guests if there in no parking available in the lot come and see us so we can show them overflow parking lot. Many of the hotels in Seaside Heights charges for parking but we offer it free with room. I am sorry if there was an issue with finding parking.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Technically, it has a toilet
I stayed for one night on a spur of the moment mid-week beach trip. Be sure to check the total with fees. An advertised rate of $109 was over $150 total. The double room I stayed in was clean. The deadbolt did not lock and the security chain was too short to actually slide in place. The window AC unit was powerful and kept the room comfy. Shower was hot and good water pressure. The toilet was nearly unusable. I’m a tiny person and had to sit side-saddle to use it or my knees banged into the wall. If you arrive late or don’t have a compact car, you will park across the street and down the block. There is no coffee maker in room and no coffee provided by the hotel. WiFi was not functional during my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from JD on 12 Aug 2023
Hi,We are sorry you were unhappy with our bathroom size. Unfortunately building is old and there is limited changes can be made. We have done major renovation in last few years and made many improvements. I know for some of our guests commented on rooms and bathroom size but we take great care in keeping it maintained. We do have sister property where rooms are larger and bathrooms are also decent size. Please contact us to book at our sister motel.

10/10 Excellent

jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean facility. The pool was small but clear and clean. The staff was extreemly friendly and helpful. The other guests were friendly. It is a nice hotel close to the boardwalk, 5 min walk. It is at the end of the boardwalk so getting on the beach was a little further than i thought but still only a 15 min walk. It is a very nice place to stay, just a basic room which is all i needed for my stay. I would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara, Philadelphia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great stay. Felt safe right next to police and fire stations. Housekeeping was excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall a great experience
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All of the staff was very, very friendly and helpful. Easily accessible to the boardwalk and beach within walking distance. Enjoyed ourselves and hope to be back next year.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christina, Palmerton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Robyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Antonio

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Front desk reception was polite and made check in very easy. Parking was also not a problem, if there front parking is full just walk in and they will guide you to another Parking area that you can park at. Rooms are not, wish I would have scheduled it ahead of time so it would have been as expensive but it is what it is. Overall great stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

James

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Jd on 17 June 2023
Dear James,We are sorry we didn’t meet your expectations. Please contact the property to address your concern.

8/10 Good

SUSAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The condition of the hotel is a bit tired but the location is perfect and the staff was excellent,
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Jd on 17 June 2023
Thank you Susan for the review.

2/10 Terrible

James

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst hotel ever
Teenagers were allowed to use the room directly above us. They were stomping on their floor, our ceiling. It was so loud I called the manager each night (3) we were there. He said each time he would talk to them. The noise would stop for a few minutes, then the stomping start again. It is an old motel in poor condition. We did not get much sleep. Bear in mind the time was between 11:00 and 2am. My personal recommendation is don't stay here. I am a New Jersey Air Guard vet who has stayed at many hotels in my career and this was the worst.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from JD on 7 June 2023
Dear James,We are sorry you were unhappy with your stay. Upon check in we did inform you that it is a prom weekend and there were many teenagers staying at our place. We offered you free cancellation but you said you were fine with it. Kids above you were very respectful and were quite once I spoke to them. We generally do not rent to families during prom season cases like yours. Kids are here to have fun with their piers and they do tend to stay up later in nights. I understand you wanted to sleep but prom season rules are different. I am glad you were happy with the room.

2/10 Terrible

Juliette

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a very good price for how close it was to the boardwalk . The building was a little older but there was plenty of parking and the room was clean . The man at the desk was very courteous . I would stay here again .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from JD on 17 May 2023
Dear Pamela,We are happy you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to see again near future.

6/10 Okay

Ray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was just an okay place. Definitely not worth the price I paid on a Sunday night and not in peak season. Just a basic room with everything functioning. The one problem is that you have to be a double amputee to be able to sit on the toilet.
Response from JD on 17 May 2023
Dear Ray,We are sorry we did not meet your expectation. Our rooms are basic since we are a Motel and not a five star hotel. Many of us are aware since covid labor and material cost has gone up we also had to adjust our room rate. Still our room rate is very competative to other businesses. We were not aware of your physical needs and if you had asked for different room we would have gladly switched your room to accommodate your need. Once again we are sorry.

10/10 Excellent

Flor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing after tired day
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from JD on 17 May 2023
Thanks for taking time to write a review. We love to hear positive experience from our wonderful guests.

8/10 Good

Alfred

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I work at a hotel so i know what to check for with cleanliness. The room was very clean, the hotel was right next to a police station which is good. The front desk people were friendly and helpful. The only problem we had was there was an aggressive person staying there that started problems with us when we parked to check in. The cops were called and it was taken care of by hotel staff. Small but clean, id stay there again for a weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cathleen

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

PETER

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was clean Beds were comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

francesco

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Gladis

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Deborah

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Shannon

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ayda

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Sinia

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

ELSAYED

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022