Name: Boardwalk Sand Surf Inn Oceanfront
Address: 1201 Ocean Terrace, Seaside Heights, US

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2026

heather

The staff was awesome! This was last minute booking due to a horrible motel experience minutes prior. We were so lucky to get this spot.it was perfect for us as we a Jersey shore fans and not only were we right on the boardwalk we were next door to the shore house!!!!! The outlets were not the best they wouldn’t hold our chargers or anything. The beds were a little old and wonky however over all it was great!!!

Friends

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2026

Gina

This hotel is in the perfect location right on the boardwalk. My family and I had a great time, we will book this hotel again.

Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2026

Debbie

So. I booked a guest room that was supposed to be a “family suite”. I got there and it was the smallest two room with three beds ever. No room for ANYTHING. Closet smelled like mold, fan in the room didn’t work. AC was terrible. I booked for guests through Expedia, which showed up on their end as threee (mistake on Expedias end) and the front desk guy hunted us down and was so rude and threatened to trespass us because I was trying to figure out why it only said 3 guests when I booked for 7 for me and my friends. He was terribly rude and loud. Made a whole scene in public and made us pay two hundred thirty dollars to not even upgrade us to be bigger room!! Terrible service, scammed us out of our money, and terrible staff. Please do not go here.

4/10

Poor

05 Jul 2026

Eric

There is only one reason to stay here: it is right on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. It was only after waiting a half hour for the manager to show up at the office and get our key did we begin to discover what we were in for otherwise. We rented a \"family suite\" which consisted of two small rooms; one with a double bed/bathroom for us, and one with a two-level bunk bed and a double bed for the grandkids, with an interior door separating the rooms. However, there is only ONE very small window air conditioner which was in in our room. Well, this turned out to be quite a problem on this 100 degree July 4th weekend. I was tempted to buy a second air conditioner for the grandkids' room, but we settled on a fan instead. The single bathroom design meant the kids had to enter our room to use it. Our double bed was against the wall, meaning I had to slide down to the end to get out of it or otherwise make my sleeping wife get up first. Every door, including the shower door, was misaligned and difficult to open/close. There was a mini-fridge and small microwave in our room, and a TV in the grandkids' room. Coffee was available outside the office in the adjoining hotel across the street (one office serves both properties). I am grateful that the manager took pity on us senior citizens and allowed us to park in the lot at that adjoining property rather than a block away where we were originally supposed to go. We survived our adventure, but for $750 I guess \"survived\" sums it up.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2026

Alice

Very clean, right on boardwalk. No extras just bed and bath which is all we needed. Could have used a chair to sit on along with mirror. Otherwise great stay. Will stay again.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

24 Jun 2026

Lorraine

The floors were dirty, our sock bottoms turned black, the shower had hair in and out of the door. There was mouse dropping in the chest of drawers. There was black mold above the air conditioners and in the bathroom cabinet.
We had to ask for towels, soap and no coffee maker, no toilet paper, window air conditioner in some rooms provided a fan in others. They said they gave us an up grade from 5’r beds to 5 beds which I didn’t need and we were in the first floor instead of the basement. I had to pay $100 more.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2026

Yaritza

Excellent staff, beach view and parking!

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jun 2026

Zakary

Not pleased with parking bc I have a disability and had to park in their lot a block and a half away. Room was much smaller than we thought. The shower again was not good bc of my disability...unable to get in and move. The manager Mohammed was EXTREMELY nice to us. Loved the closeness to the beach! The breeze was amazing. Definitely a hotel meant for younger adults.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2026

Saira

Clean room

6/10

Pleasant

27 Apr 2026

Martin

I booked a room on short notice and only needed a place to sleep. The accommodations were moderate and the price was not too high ($114.00) after some discounts. It was late April and it was in the 50's outside. The heater barely worked and stayed very cool all night. It had no carpet, just tile, so it was cold to walk on. The bed came with a cover sheet and bed spread, but no quilt. The ad promised a partial water view but the room they gave only faced the parking lot. The room was clean and served it's purpose but if you think you're getting a good deal at this place, make sure they are giving you the room the promised and don't go if it is chilly outside.

Partner

2/10

Poor

24 Dec 2025

Gayle

I understand it’s the off-season, but the motel and the sister motel next-door both had no heat, and it was way too cold to sleep in there. so we weren’t able to stay. I will say, the owner/manager was really nice about it, and tried to help,. I think they overcharge at $100 a night for this place because it’s the most basic motel room you’ll ever see. I would only recommend this for college students on spring break who just need a bed to lay their head in and want to be near the boardwalk.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2025

Diana

We never stayed there due to no heat we stayed in the motel next door with same manager

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2025

Aimee

The guy who checked us in was very nice. We had a great stay here. It was very clean and quiet, we had a regular room and it was just fine for our overnight !!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

20 Sep 2025

Deborah

Basically a crash pad. Skip the showers if you’re a clean freak. No comforts of any kind.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2025

Michelle

Average Joe

The service wes very good. The hotel itself wes very dated, & not very clean. Also, there was no hot water in the sink, & the bathroom mirror was just propped on the back of the sink.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

Debbie

The staff is wonderful and it is clean.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Shammara

Affordable beach front hotel

Loved this hotel right on the beach! So convenient and close to everything! Affordable too!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Dawn

The price was good

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

29 Aug 2025

Susan

It was convenient. The place need upgrade.

4/10

Poor

25 Aug 2025

Sonia

Close to everything and convenient spot.
Very dirty hotel. The only thing they did was take the trash and replace the towels. Ane sheets. There were hair in the shower, a used soap bar and the floors were all full of sand. Gross

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Aug 2025

Sandra

It was not what we expected for the price it is was more like a dorm room with a broken bed and bunk beds. Location was great.

4/10

Poor

12 Aug 2025

Revend

N

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2025

Rena

Loved the location!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2025

Nicole

Owner is very nice

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2025

Joan

The room had a fresh look,it wasn't huge but fine for a seaside beach boardwalk kind of hotel. I t was a great location,too.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2025

Charmaine

Remember, you’re at Jersey shore it is definitely an older beach community. The room is great for beach days kids and animal friendly very clean very minimalistic when you’re at Jersey shore you don’t spend a lot of time in the room you sleep take off one bathing suit and put on the next. It is perfect for beach, growers, and people that love the boardwalk best location on the boardwalk Mohamed the property manager was absolutely fabulous. Not only was he on top of everything but it was my daughter 17th birthday and he surprised us with a cake for her with her name and everything on it. Extremely Clean, friendly, courteous, and best of all dog and kid friendly.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2025

Nicole

Great for the price!

We stayed for three nights and loved it. Directly on the boardwalk/beach. Free parking. We could walk everywhere. Beds were comfortable. Pet friendly (for a fee). If you aren’t super picky, this is a great spot. It has everything you need for a beach hotel. Room was large and had all the basics. The manager was super friendly and made it easy for us. We will definitely be back!

Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2025

Adriana

I had nothing but extreme inconveniences at that places! Please don’t book here it’s a waste of money!! I wish I can explain in detail everything but not enough space to type out everything word by word. But for now here’s my main issues

1. No on site parking- it’s two or three blocks away in a small tight parking lot

2. Broken bed upon arrival and I was being told I had to pay extra for a room change or they could fix it in an 1hr or two took them 3 hour to switch out the bed frame cutting in to my time to explore jersey shore
3. No hot water in the shower- the staff pretended to shut boiler off and trouble shoot the problem but nothing was resolved I still didn’t have hot water in the shower and they didn’t seem concerned. Instead they refuse to refund me or change my room unless I paid extra for an upgrade bc “ they were fully booked” I had to shower with cool water since water wasn’t warming up my entire stay.

4. Rooms are dirty and moldy and smell like urine-not sure if it’s bc a lot of guest had pets and probably pets are peeing inside.

5. Door wouldn’t lock properly had to reinforce it with a chair against the lock.

6. Only one set of small stairs to the upstairs rooms which were located at one of the corners. Only one person at a time could go up or down if two people it super tight.

Please people save your money and don’t stay here or the motel across its own/ run by the same staff.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2025

Kasey

They advertise having free parking, but it is for small vehicles only and a limited space to park. This place only has 14 rooms and only 8 spaces for parking. You have to pay for parking on street so they let you use one of their parking passes with a $300 holding fee. I reserved a family suite that says sleeps 7. We arrived way earlier than check in and when asked if we could check in early the man says that our suite wasn’t available yet but we could upgrade to an apartment suite for an extra fee. I paid the extra fee for the upgrade, the apartment is the same as the family suite just has a kitchen sink, stove and small fridge. You are in two small rooms with three full size beds. You will comfortably sleep 6 not 7 unless someone is sleeping on the floor. The air conditioner is only in one room so if you close the door the other room doesn’t have air. They also advise ocean view it is if you look at it sideways from the 2nd floor walkway to your room. The room only has a shower which would have been ok but the shower floor was dirty painted over had to wear slides to shower with NO hot water at all.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2025

Christopher

We spent 4 days here and had a great stay. Location is perfect and our room was clean. Nothing fancy but perfect for the price.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2025

Mary

Great that it was close to the boardwalk! Safe place!

2/10

Poor

23 Jul 2025

Vincent

We assumed we paid in full through Expedia but the manager charged us for an extra person. He was rude and this place was disgusting. I have used Expedia for many of my travel and was never charged extra when I arrived at the hotel. I expect to receive a refund.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2025

Justin

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Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2025

Mary E

Floor was dirty

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2025

Patrick

This is my second year staying at this motel and once again mohammad. The property manager did everything right.
Because of him and his staff, We will be back again next year.

Thank you for such a wonderful stay.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jul 2025

Rogneda

We stayed in a room with three beds, a small fridge, and a microwave from July 4-6, 2025. The twin bed was uncomfortable and needed replacement, while the other was clean. The motel’s location on the boardwalk and friendly staff were great. However, we arrived near noon and had to wait until 3 pm to check in. The private parking lot was convenient, but other cars were parked behind ours. The rooms were small and needed painting. The high price for the quality of the room made us decide not to stay again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2025

Yanira

Great spacious for 2
Great air conditioning
Desk service very friendly

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2025

Jida

over the boardwalk and ocean view

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2025

Patrick

Awesome stay, Had a few issues, but the staff immediately took care of everything!
Defiantly going back!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2025

Alesande

Convenient location

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2024

Nihad

Right on the boardwalk

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

19 Sep 2024

Sharon

I rented a 3-bedroom apartment. I ended up getting 3 separate bedrooms - 1 with 3 beds; 1 with 2 beds & 1 with 1 bed. There were bathrooms in the separate hallway. There were other guests with smaller children down the hallways in rooms also. This is definitely not for families. Us parents didn’t quite sleep because our kids were in other rooms away from us. This is more like dorming at college than staying in an apartment.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2024

Amanda

Close to the beach

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2024

Todd

Very gd location

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2024

Christina

Helpful and friendly staff. We were allowed to check in early. We went during the off season, so the price was reasonable. It was clean, but very dated and the room set up was odd. We would stay again.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2024

Joyellen

The only issue we had was shower knob broke but maintenance fixed it but we definitely had fun n love staying on the boardwalk n got our steps in definitely

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2024

Dawn

Our room was favorably priced and the staff was professional and friendly. The best was our room was about 20 feet from the boardwalk.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Aug 2024

Krysandra

Directly on the boardwalk! Room size was bigger than expected and staff was very helpful and nice!

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

21 Aug 2024

Steve

Only in an emergency …

The door to my room wouldn’t lock so I had to put chair behind the door while I slept. It took along time for the shower to get warm. The mattresses, bed sheets, pillows should have been replaced in the 90’s

2/10

Poor

19 Aug 2024

Chris

The room was absolutely not what i expected. Way out dated. Barely a locking door. Bed in the kitchen. No balcony and not superior. For $366 one night and $256 the other, i was severely ripped off. Not even enough towels and when we asked for more, the guy gave me one wash cloth. Not a sinlge dish or silverware so what good is the kitchen. Coffee pot with no coffee. This place just plain sucked

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2024

Loucel

It’s clean and conveniently located. Staff is friendly.

2/10

Poor

18 Aug 2024

Akrum

Ok

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

17 Aug 2024

Matthew

Not worth the money

One of the worst motel experiences of my life. Rented for two nights and paid a lot of money for this place. Would say it was more of a dorm room than motel room, which I would not necessarily have a problem with but for the price we paid it is highway robbery. Bed was awful, when we laid down on it our feet were higher than our heads. Back was killing me when I got up because it was so uncomfortable. Shower had no hot water. Sink had no drain stop to shave. There was hair on our sheets and on some of the towels that obviously was not ours. Place was old and decrepit. Was right on the boardwalk, so I would expect some noise at night from that but could hear people in the next rooms. The air conditioner drowned out most of it though as it was probably 90 decibels. Was not able to escape the constant weed smoke outside. Complained to the motel and they offered to put us in a new room but asked for a refund for the second night based on the issues above as I did not believe a new room would be better. Refused the refund. I understood it was non refundable through hotels.com but we were not expecting this level of disfunction so they should have worked with us. Left after one night and ended our vacation early. If your looking for a $120 a night place this would not be terrible but not when your paying 3 star prices.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

15 Aug 2024

mail.comjosie

The properties rooms are dirty. I’ve stayed there twice. All the furniture was broken. Broken that was so bad and not livable. Be aware beach is Beautiful this property is dirty.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2024

Jennie

Typical oceanfront hotel

This is a typical beach hotel. (Could have been updated a little more and just a bit cleaner but was not terrible) Check in was super easy. The employees were very nice and helpful. We stayed on the second floor room 14b it was a family suite with a full-size bed and a bunk bed in one room. Then the second room had a full size bed and the bathroom, mini fridge and closet. There was a small table, microwave and armoire in the main room that had all the beds. The first floor balcony had access straight to the boardwalk, but the top floor had to go back towards the street to get down to ground level. The balcony ran the whole length of the hotel, and there were chairs and benches outside of your door to enjoy the view. The Bathroom is small, but who goes to the ocean to hang out in the room? The other guest were very friendly as well. The office is located straight across the alley at the sister hotel. I feel there may have been rooms in the basement as well, but I would not think they had much for windows. When we needed something like ice or extra towels, I went over to the office and asked, and they happily got them for us. This was a reasonably priced hotel For being directly on the boardwalk. You did have to pay to go on the beaches and they closed at night with a gate and officer located at each. However you can go off the board walk and enter the beach. No life guards there tho. City parking in front of hotel and only 10 spots for guest in lot across

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2024

April

Zoltar was our neighbor!!

We loved how close to the beach it was. Perfect location, our balocony/walkway literally connected to the Boardwalk.
We were expecting a room with 2 beds and ended up with 2 rooms with 3 beds. We had a dresser, tv, microwave, small fridge and of course an air conditioner. No chairs but we were at the shore so we brought chairs for the beach so we used them, lol! It worked.
I'm sure you could see the beach and ocean from the 2nd or 3rd floor balcony/walkway.
Next time we might try to request an upstairs room but really no complaints. The parking was a little far (but free) and you got a nice walk, so it balanced out.
A great trip altogether, wished we had more time to stay a day or 2 longer.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2024

Melissa

Was ok. The staff was friendly & try to do their best to accommodate you, but I don't think I would stay again, especially for the price. Location is the only great benefit!! Top bunk was so loose that i was afraid to sleep in the full size bed under it. My daughter actually wanted to sleep on the futon instead of the top bunk, but it was broken & the mattress was so old & worn, you felt every bar underneath you (you could barely sit on it). Asked the office to tighten the bed & he said \"its always been that way...its ok\"! Ummm...no its definitely not!! So he brought us a rollaway bed. Again, mattress wasnt the best, but she used it anyway, since we were only staying one night. We had NO hot water in the shower. Only 2 outlets & you couldnt even use one because it was so loose that everything fell out. There were no smoke detectors!! There were parts of the room that were so dirty & loaded with sand that you can tell they are never cleaned!
And they only have one extremely small parking lot near the motel (it fits like 5 cars). Luckily I ended up being able to jump in a spot quickly when I saw someone leave. Otherwise, you have to park a few blocks away, which is super inconvenient & defeats the purpose of getting a motel right on the boardwalk. It was SO loud around us (especially above us) that I barely slept. I dont expect complete silence. I understand people are on vacation having fun. But when music is BLASTING & people are pounding above you, its frustrating!!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2024

Suramy

Good and comfortable

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Perfect location

Perfect location. Room was clean and the costumer service was great. The towels were small so would take my own next time. Plenty of outlets however they were lose so the plugs would fall out easily.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jul 2024

THOMAS

Very confusing

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2024

Fatima

Rooms are not luxury but they were clean and big.

2/10

Poor

18 Jul 2024

Carla Fernanda

the worst hotel I have ever stayed at. worse than the description. they didn't give me the room I had booked (half ocean view) the entrance was horrible, there was a lot of loud noise upstairs until 4:00am every day, the bathroom was so small that if the person was a little bigger does not enter . There was no security at all, the doors didn't lock properly, I was alone with 4 children and I was very scared. disappointing

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2024

Zimadar

Comfort @ Sun and Surf Motel

We like our stay, the facility is near the beach thats the more important thing. All in All our stay is very good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2024

Ricardo

Great

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

13 Jul 2024

Kristy

We chose this location because it was attached to the boardwalk and it had pretty good reviews but the room we were given was not ideal. It was very hot, there was only a small window AC unit that was not on when we got there and took hours to semi cool down the rooms, the floor was dirty, I assume it was sand. The door handle to our room was busted, it took a good hour to get it somewhat fixed to even be able to get into the room and to lock the door from the inside, we had to jam our finger into the lock unit in hopes it actually locked. I didnt expect anything great but I did expect better than the accommodations we had. We were in room 14A, we are staying here again in a week, I am hoping we get a different room and have a better experience.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2024

Elena

The room was very clean and the location was very convenient.When you walk out your room the boardwalk and beach is a few feet away.I will stay at thisotel again

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2024

Rhyann

Was told checkin would be 330 then checked again at 4 and still not ready. They said it was being cleaned. We finally check in, hair in the bed. Sticky stuff on desk. And I guess previous guests thong behind the toilet.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2024

Daisy

Room was roomy for 4 adults and 1 child , close to everything . Staff was friendly , we would return

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jun 2024

Jaime

The beds definitely need an upgrade. One of the legs on one of them were broken and the whole bed was lopsided. Also the you either got an ice cold or scolding hot shower. There was no adjusting the temperature

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

28 Jun 2024

Jaime

We had a room with 5 people and they would only give us 3 towels and washcloths. The shower temp was either ice cold or scolding hot. No way to adjust the temperature. The bed covers looked un washed and one of the beds legs were broken and the whole thing was lopsided

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

26 Jun 2024

Claudia

Needs a update SAP

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

Tiffany

We needed just a night get away out and it was very nice there and right next to the boardwalk and we will be back again

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2023

Eileen

No hot water, dishes dirty microwave plate dirty with pizza cheese melted on it

But location location wonderful, it was a typical shore hotel

Partner

2/10

Poor

09 Sep 2023

Heidi

Worst stay ever. If I had to say something good about this property, it was that the front desk staff allowed me in the room early. The rest went downhill from there. The room was filthy come on the floor sand all over the floor. Hair is on the floor. I don't think it was even cleaned. Hair in the shower. A broken spoon with some kind of food on it in the closet and the closet smelled like pee. There was something else in the closet. I didn't know what the heck it was. On top of everything, after 9:00 at night it was extremely noisy and people partyed until 4:00 in the morning when I finally decided that after the first night I was going to was going hightail out of there even though I paid for two nights. I called the motel around 8:30 a.m. after I left I told them I couldn't stay there because it was so disgusting and the only response I got from the woman who answered was oh I'll let the owner know. I haven't heard back from anyone. I haven't gotten any money back and I will never ever stay here again. If you like slumming it and partying all night and dirty beds then this is the perfect place for you. Otherwise steer clear.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

05 Sep 2023

Verified traveler

Sketchy at best

I booked the “grand room” with four bedrooms for a family vacation. I should have known it sounded too good to be true. What I got was a hallway in a basement that anyone could walk into from a side door on the building that had four separate rooms and one bathroom in the hallway. The doors each had their own key and no joke, if someone needed to use a bathroom off the street there would have been nothing preventing them from using this one. It definitely did not feel safe to be there with kids when there were other people in the hallway at random. The pictures of what I booked made it look like you Could see outside. My basement window was against a concrete wall. One of my kids found a broken off finger nail in the bed and the whole place just felt super dirty. The door also looked like someone tried to kick it in at one point and was pretty sketchy. When I told them this wasn’t what I booked, they acted like hotels.com advertised it wrong and that wasn’t their problem. The only good thing about this place was the location, but even then I don’t think it’s worth it. This place is sketchy at best.

Friends_and_family Family