We stayed at this hotel for a long weekend while our favorite band was in town. Upon our arrival we realized we weren't in a very good part of the city. The parking lot around back seems a litle unsafe, I wouldn't park there. Friday night there were a bunch of possibly homeless people and other unsavory characters around. On Saturday morning we were awaken by the hotel phone and the woman on the other end of the phone said she was from the front desk and something happened with the computers, she wanted us to provide her with information. I responded with "that is fine, but I can't do this right now" and hung up the phone. When asking the front desk about this later they said I wasn't them and another guest was complaining about it as well. The front desk wasn't very helpful and didn't deal with the situation. We have to assume that the woman on the phone was staying at the hotel too. The moral of this story is don't stay here and don't EVER give your information out over the phone without double checking!

We stayed here for 2 nights on a weekend in May, 2012. First, the good...great value for the price of this room to stay off the boardwalk. It is actually about a three-block walk from the boardwalk. Centrally located. Staff was extremely friendly and nice. Room was clean and comfortable. We stayed on the first floor to avoid the elevator/stairs. 7-11 is right next door to the hotel and this was pretty convenient for a few things.

Now, the bad...because we stayed on the first floor, our door was bordering the hotel parking lot, and we could hear all of the street noise and everyone's conversation that passed by, Unfortunately, throughout the night, those conversations woke us up a few times. The Continental breakfast, which was very basic, was included, but the coffee machine was out of order. 7-11 was good for that.

Since this was our first trip to Atlantic City, my advice would be...spend the extra money to stay at one of the 11 casinos on the Boardwalk because that's what I'm going to do next time. The Boardwalk was great for walking, going to the beach, eating, and buying souveneirs, but once you go off of it, the city is not pretty. There are all kinds of down-on-your-luck types all over the place.

Close-by are the newer outlet stores. This is not your usual outlet area because the stores are spread out over a large area with street traffic in between. Again, lots of unsavory people all over.

If you have to go anywhere, use the Jitney. It runs 24 hours, pick-up stops are everywhere, very convenient.

We visited March 2012 to run the Atlantic City Marthon . The hotel is right on the beach, about four short blocks from the start and one block from the finish line. Nice breakfast included in the room price. The restaurant was being remodeled so it was not available for lunch/dinner, but there are lots of restaurants along Atlantic Ave., within walking distance of the hotel. Had a balcony overlooking all the marathon festivities.

I stayed at this hotel for one night. I really wish I would have stayed somewhere else. I reserved a king jacuzzi suite. The room was very dated. It had a rather small tv that was about 20 feet from the bed. The jacuzzi tub wasn't cleaned and when I filled it up and turned it on, hair and what appeared to be scabs were floating in the water. Needless to say I won't be back. Very overpriced and hotel isn't located in the best part of town either.