Howard Johnson Hotel By Wyndham Toms River

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2026

Caryl

Nice clean room. Staff wonderful

Partner

4/10

Poor

09 Mar 2026

Rose

The property needs a serious renovation, which can be overlooked if it’s clean and the beds are comfortable…but not the case. The beds were awful, the room needed a good cleaning, the hallways smelled like stale smoke. Not a place I would recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2026

juan carlos

Room were clean, food was fantastic & bar was a fun atmosphere. Great for crew working.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

09 Feb 2026

Scaria

Staff is not helping to find me the room. I am walking all around the building. She have no interest to give me the details.

Business_and_leisure Family

2/10

Poor

02 Feb 2026

janet

Lights not working, rooms sm

2/10

Poor

31 Jan 2026

Victoria

This has to be the WORST place to rest your head.
Filthy, did not feel safe and most likely had a million code violations. The pictures on Expedia are old and not up to date, it’s much worse now. The housekeeping (if that’s what you would call her) was pushing a ShopRite cart around collecting the garbage from the rooms. I thought she was a homeless person. Ridiculous.

I would never return. They should probably just knock the place down and build a new hotel. Do not waste your time or money…. Stay elsewhere!!!

Negative stars is what I would give if possible!! Gross.

Business Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

31 Jan 2026

carla

Front desk person was not friendly and didn't seem like he knew was ge was doing, despite me paying through expedia and doing self check in on my phone it still took 15 min to get a key, the hallways and rooms are very outdated, no toilet paper holder, dirty walls, and the parking lot had not been shoveled or salted despite snow being 1 week old. Very dangerous! If needed for quick stay its doable

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

30 Jan 2026

alan

Not a very clean place

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

16 Jan 2026

Vanessa

I was told pool was worki g in 2 occasion before checking in and it was a lie! Then on my last night i wasn't able to sleep because the guest nezt to my room kept moving furniture around and talking loud and kept going out to the balcony to smoke weed. All of this was happening ovee night 2 am 3 am lasting till around 430am i didnt feel veey safe.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Jan 2026

Jessica

This hotel was adequate. Beds are extra firm and squeaky. Microwave didn't work. Bathroom countertop was chipped. Walls are very thin so heard a lot of noise from other rooms. Hotel would benefit from a remodel.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jan 2026

Ashley

We called to make sure that the pool was open before we booked, but then when we got there, the pool was not open. Which was very frustrating because that’s the reason we booked there to begin with. They couldn’t give us any money back because we booked through Expedia and said they were going to give us points on a Wyndham rewards account but didn’t give me the account number so I can’t access them. It’s 3 days later and I’m still waiting for my room deposit to come off of my bank account. Just not a great experience overall. Staff was nice just wish we would have felt like they really cared about the situation.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2026

Joshua

Everything was good. Heat wasnt working manager, fixed it immediately and helped everything out.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2026

Andy-Michael

Everything was good upon arrival

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2026

julio

Room was clean, staff very friendly. We stayed in a room with king size bed, refrigerator, microwave. Soap & shampoo was in the bathroom. Hairdryer didnt work. Pool was warm . Very nice. We stopped in bar room. Had a few drinks, bartender talked to her friends. Had to wait for her attention. Ordered food. Was good. Overall had a pleasant experience. Will go back

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2026

Cheryl

clean and quiet

Business

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2025

Roxane

We were impressed with the size and cleanliness of the room and the responsiveness of the staff.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2025

Daryl

The room was clean but it lacked warmth (coziness). It felt rather institutional. The bed was comfortable, but I could have used an extra blanket.

2/10

Poor

27 Dec 2025

Tzipporah

Check in

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2025

Rally

The room and beds were clean. The hallways need updating. Carpets dirty and smelled of smoke.
The staff was very nice and helpful.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

19 Dec 2025

Dennis

Nice clean room

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Dec 2025

Shana

The bed was like sleeping on a board. If I wanted to sleep on the floor I would have just done that. Maybe would have been more comfortable

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2025

Wayne

everything was perfect. Maybe in the future they can have a complementary breakfast would be nice. Maybe it’s in the works so I don’t know but other than that everything was perfect.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

17 Dec 2025

Reyhan

They are coming in your room at 3am in the morning while you are sleeping. Not safe. My girlfriend woke up and reception guy was in the room!!!!

Business Family

2/10

Poor

09 Dec 2025

Edward

Guy was disrespectful ive been coming here every other weekend wity my kids never had a problem until today when they bill my card 100 at 5 in the morning when i paid cash for the deposit un authorized charge will be pressing

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2025

puricelly

All

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2025

David

Things were okay.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

Marlys

Door didn’t lock on sliding glass door in room 205

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Dec 2025

David

Room was clean and odor free. Nothing fancy or special, just a basic room for the night.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

30 Nov 2025

Gladys

Hotel isn’t at all what’s depicted on their site. I ended up losing my money once I checked in and saw the condition m

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Gurbinder

Clean room and staff was great

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2025

Patrick

Checked in and got a free upgrade to a river view. very thankful for my experience there. if I am ever back in the area I will for sure be back.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2025

Jennifer

Tv didnt work, balcony door was missing the outside handle and trying to close was very hard and the screws that were showing were sharp. There were no blankets available in the room. The pillows were ok.

Partner

4/10

Poor

13 Nov 2025

Ricardo

The staff support lacking with there deposit i still hwbe a pending charge on my account since 10/31/25 when i called they said they released it and said they was going to email me yne details never did called again the receptionist told me the manager was gonna call me never did still waiting

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2025

Jamie

Yes

Partner

4/10

Poor

03 Nov 2025

Hector

Room was clean but it stunk tried leaving but I would have gotten charged so had to step out and get air fresheners. Made me uncomfortable the whole stay

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Lester

Nice hotel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Lester

Very nice

Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Sep 2025

Jeannette

Look elsewhere

The walls were extremely thin, we heard everything in the room next to us. The air conditioner barely worked, it had a strong smell of smoke in the room and the beds were not comfortable. The location didn’t seem too safe either. Staff was friendly.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

23 Sep 2025

Faith

Liked restaurant. Everything else poor. Balcony door no handle to get back in. Spider webs all over ceiling. No wifi. Locked door to room hard time to unlock. Bugs yes bugs. One in bathroom but when one was on bed thank god was last night. Tv wouldnt work 1st night 2nd night we had to call 2x before someone would come up.We reported everything before we went out for day and NOONE came up to fix anything. Never never again stay away room 223

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Elias

Great

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

Christopher

Beautiful home, wonderful home owners. It was very clean and had everything you need for a nice stay

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2025

William

Close to everything

Business Self

2/10

Poor

09 Sep 2025

KEVIN

The property had abandoned vehicles in the parking lot, the lobby smelled like cigarette smoke, the room was dirty smoke oder in the leaning. Management issed me a refund then charged my credit card twice. Expedia gave me the run around had to let the credit card company handle it . Please request current pictures of the facility before booking, the photos of the room was very misleading.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2025

Carmen

It was very good to stay there

2/10

Poor

04 Sep 2025

Joshua

-

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Jonas

One of my favorite places to overnight.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2025

Ashley

This hotel was NOT at all as advertised in the pictures. The entire hotel, sheets, and room smelled of cigarette smoke despite being a non-smoking hotel with signs EVERYWHERE. The sink shot out everywhere and soaked the bathroom. The entire room was dirty in places. And the staff at the front desk had no idea what they were doing. Terrible.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

01 Sep 2025

Kelli

The rooms smelt like stale cigarettes.

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2025

Andrea

?

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Aug 2025

LORRAINE

Nice and clean

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2025

Mary

people at the desk were great however the area was loud and dirty

6/10

Pleasant

29 Aug 2025

Marcia

Paid for a room with a hot tub hot tub did not work.
very disappointing.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

24 Aug 2025

Walter

Typical formerly corporate owned motel sold to immigrant owners who then run it with minimal maintenance. Safety doors taped open because the locks don't work, amateur paint jobs done without first masking it off, and even spraying wall texture over electrical outlets. Wyndham should be ashamed to put their name on this motel. Plus one star for no bedbugs, thankfully.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Leslie

Hotel staff was welcoming and very nice. Room was clean, free wifi worked, parking convient. Close to the beach would stay again

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

24 Aug 2025

James

Place is more like a motel. Smells like smoke, noisy on the weekends because of the bar.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2025

Lorraine

A good experience

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

20 Aug 2025

John

This place should be considered a homeless shelter instead of hotel. The pictures online look NOTHING like the hotel. It's a trap! They don't refund you becuase they know you'll have no choice but to stay. Filthy, trash outside, cigarette butts and needles. GROSS!!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2025

Angel

Its was ok

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2025

Thomas

Th

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

Maria

It was convenient and it had been remodeled.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

isidra ramos

Nice

6/10

Pleasant

11 Aug 2025

joanne

On arrival TV remote didn’t work. Requested assistance told maintenance would be in tomorrow.b

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2025

Melinda

Owners need to put more attention to maintenance of the areas... the pool... but the rooms are ok. Everything neat and clean...

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2025

Patrice

Decent hotel. You’re only going to stay here because you’re close to Jersey Shore without the prices. The pool area wasn’t too clean. The guests do not follow policy, and were rowdy in the hallways two nights in a row. We reported it on the second night. Front desk was a little afraid to reprimand the guest in the rooms on our hall, and I believe police were called. The best thing about this hotel was the bar-restaurant combo downstairs. We extended our stay in NJ, but did not stay here. We moved to a different hotel.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

04 Aug 2025

Ana

Very bad selection to stay at the Howard Johnson

Entry light to the room did not work
Only bathroom and a lamp in the room worked
I believe 298.00 for a night was way too much to for the poor accommodation we received.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Aug 2025

Erin

I did not feel comfortable in our first room. They kindly moved my room without an extra charge. The front of the building was better but very noisy at night. I needed an extra towel but got a pool towel.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2025

Rebecca

The room was clean and the bed was comfortable. The downsides were the pillows were too squishy and the tv channels were limited. The shower was roomy with good water pressure but there was no place to put the soap or shampoo except on the counter outside the shower. This made for a wet slippery floor. There was also no bathmat towels so either a hand towel or bath towel needed to be used. The reason I picked the hotel was because it had an indoor pool so that I didn’t have to worry about my granddaughter getting sunburned. The first day we went in the pool it was freezing, dirty on the bottom and cloudy. I advised the front desk but it wasn’t much better the next day. Overall it wasn’t a bad stay. There’s plenty of options for food and entertainment and it’s not far from the local beaches.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Aug 2025

Giuseppe

It was a great stay. The only issue was the bed was very uncomfortable and the mattress was very hard.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2025

Kisha

Stay?

We have stayed here before and not many problems. This stayed involved my husband slipping and falling from a leaky air conditioning unit and my husband and daughter being harassed by a drunk person.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jul 2025

Glen

I didn’t like the conditions of the hotel… looks dirty !

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Jul 2025

John

It’s OK

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2025

Lydia

staff were really nice especiallly Laurie front desk.
The bathroom needs attention and upgrading The shower head is leaking needs teflon tape.
the sliding door is not secured( latch is broken.)
cigarette buds on balcony floor. TV is too small.I loved the
Pub and IHOP.

Leisure Pet

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Yikes

Pros: housekeeping kept fresh towels and sheets daily, plenty of parking, decent location
Cons: outdated, needs a lot of TLC (doors, ceilings, flooring), pool smelled bad, hallways were dim, shady people basically living towards the back of the building, THE BED WAS THE WORST. I have never laid on a bad so hard in my life. I had to go to Target and buy a mattress topper to survive 7 nights on that bed. How a place has this horrible of a bed in a “suite” is beyond me.

Read the reviews, they are pretty accurate. I thought for what I got the price for the week was expensive. I’d never stay there again.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2025

Kathleen

Good roommate

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Honestly for $370.00 this hotel is overcharging just because of the season. says no-smoking but the entire hotel is masked with febreeze. It is a bare minimum hotel room. Bathroom door did not close, the positioning of the air conditioner blows directly on the bed -horrible. No bathroom matte for the floor, etc. - no way worth $370 that paid.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jul 2025

Chrissy

Drugs

There were people doing drugs outside the lobby and another guy drunk in the hallway

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2025

Frank

Clean. Nice staff. Conveniently located. And loved Christophers Pub and Grill.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Hotel was more like a motel. The rooms look NOTHING like the rooms in the photos. The rooms were horrible, the beds consist of a thin mattress and metal bed platform. The refrigerators either did not work well or were damaged to where you had to force the doors to close. Blood stains on the window curtains. Pool was DISGUSTING and unsanitary. Manager was RUDE and would not listen to anything you have to say. Shower curtain was not long enough for the stand up showers and caused water to get on the floor.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jul 2025

Steven

Lobby is nice. Rooms are clean. Hallways smelled like pot!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jul 2025

Ruben

Fighting outside my window Friday night into Saturday morning.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2025

Lorienny

The property was perfect and in the perfect place. We loved the indoor pool used to go in it everyday after the beach. We had an accessible room so the bathroom was nice and big. Lots of stuff around from gas stations to a lot of food options, pharmacy, and a supermarket. There’s also a pub/bar inside which is called Christopher’s and the food was really good. The best thing is that this property is just 10-15mins to seaside heights beach depending on traffic. The only downfall of this place I would say is that there’s no continental breakfast and it’s advertised, the WiFi is no good and the beds are not quite comfortable, our bed had a metal clanking noise on every turn but the kids bed did not so maybe it was just ours that was faulty. But other than that everything else was great. Would definitely go back and do recommend.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2025

IBIS

The hotel was very clean, very close from everything.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

16 Jun 2025

Maria

Hotel needs updating. Entrances are easily accessible. Rugs need replacement. Also older guests should be on lower floors.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2025

Logan Oliveira

Too expensive for the place.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jun 2025

Stephen

stay was so so.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Jeffrey

Clean good food and drinks

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

07 Jun 2025

Heather

RUN

Front desk was very nice and the pool was clean. Thats the only thing bice i can say about this room. The building smells like weed, cigarette smoke and different foods from people cooking, the hallways were sticky and the rooms look like a ton of landlord specials and half done work. The beds arent beds but metal springs, its outdated and looks nothing like the photos online for almost 1k for a week i expected way more. Do not stay here its just a bunch of rif raf.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

07 Jun 2025

Brandon

I found a roach in my room and was refused a refund!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jun 2025

Martha

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

04 Jun 2025

Robert

The location is great. The rooms and furniture are old.
It appears that they have long term undesirable people living there.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jun 2025

Keli

Not enough towels given for the amount of people in the room. When we asked for more we were told that they would have someone bring them up, but we never seen any. I had to buy wash rags and towels. Room was decently clean.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

James

Very friendly staff no problems

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2025

Preston

The rooms were great, and. Ed were comfortable. However the hallways and stairwells seems shady, dirty rugs, and outdated railings. The hotel lobby is also poorly maintained and feels like a motel. I was not expecting this at all. The room looked like the pictures but the other hotel grounds were just okay.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

30 May 2025

Glenn

The beds were hard as a rock .The toilet was unusable as it filled up to high when you sat down you were touching water and ir was not clogged. Room service was non existance even though expedia said it had it.I WOULD NOT REFER ANYONE TO THIS PROPERTY!!!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2025

Valerie

Quick check in, large, nice clean bedroom and large indoor pool. We had a wonderful time

2/10

Poor

26 May 2025

Pamela

I wouldn’t know we never checked in our rental car broke down and I couldn’t get a hold

2/10

Poor

19 May 2025

VALENTINA

Stayed 1 night. Stained and worn sheets and towels, lights not working at the entrance to the room, sink was clogged, musty smell, curtains with holes, noisy air conditioner, walls, interior looked shabby, everything looked outdated and stale. I still wonder why they charged me almost $200 a night, will never stay there again.

Business Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 May 2025

Tenayia

Bed was uncomfortable, room was small and blankets had stains on them.

Business Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2025

Celia

Good price. Room was clean