Royal Canadian Motel - Page 1

This is one of those "hotels" that was probably really nice in the late 80's and most of the 90's. Unfortunately, its 2008 and they haven't even changed the orange pastel curtains yet. Their televisions barely work, and their lamps are bolted to the dressers to give you the feeling of a one star motel in downtown Newark.

The old man (i would say in his 60's) at the check in office tried to give me and my girlfriend the one room in the entire hotel that has no view of anything but a concrete wall, room 318.

When we walked in there was a bedroom in the middle of the living room, no kitchen, and a college dorm style refrigerator. We had to go back to the desk and complain, by that time the old man was gone, and a lady (who was nicer) gave us a room on the fourth floor. She said she didn't understand why he gave us the worst room, there was plenty of space on the fourth floor with kitchens at no extra cost. He probably thought he could get away with sticking two 25 year olds in the crappiest room because we're young, ignoring the fact that we were paying almost $200 a night to stay here! Thanks pal!

We ended up staying for 2 nights and thought about staying for one more day because we were having fun. But when we asked about the rate add another night they gave us an even higher price than the previous 2 nights, and we know they had quite a few rooms vacant!! So we left and were better off, we headed to Atlantic City.

One last thing, there is a $150 security deposit that they do not tell you about over the phone. We put this on my girlfriends debit card and i had to call this past week to get the hold taken off because they were having a problem with commerce bank cards. We got the money back, but they knew about this problem with commerce bank and the old man neglected to tell us about it.

I would never stay at this hotel again unless the old man called me personally to apologize about being completely helpless and inconsiderate. In the immediate area there are quite a few nicer and cleaner looking places to stay, including the Diplomat (which has wireless internet) and Key Largo.

OK first off This not a RESORT we booked this hotel with friends 3 months in advance,when arriving to check in (check in was by 3:00) we were never told when booking the room there was a , get this a $150.00 deposit (for the room)plus $10.00 deposit for a room key and phone which is ok (the key and phone that is )the $150 (room deposit)was charged to my credit card now for some people with lots of money I guess they wouldnt mind but we were on a budget so that put a little damper on things , now I can understand to a point about this deposit its to make sure you dont smoke in the rooms (yes I smoke cigars here and there and my wife hates it and even at home I mostly smoke them outside )

so I guess thats a deterant , but it would have been nice to be told about the deposit WHEN BOOKING THE ROOM !!!!

also when we go to stay at motels we dont want the maid service because I usually take my laptop and have various items in the room that I do not want stolen or messed with . so I put out the DO NOT DISTURB sign on my door thinking that the maid service would not enter well they did anyway and also the people we went with did the same and my brother-in-laws daughter(16) was in the shower and they also had the sign on the door and they came in as well

maybe they should have the DO NOT DISTURB sign in spanish as well , because 90% of the staff didnt speak english .. the stairs smelled of urine at the bottom landing .

the good points about the hotel was plenty of hot water to take a shower at most times of the day , the room itself was fairly clean ,one remote didnt work and with the acception of a piece of long brown hair stuck to the inside bottom of the coffee pot now I know why there was no coffee in the room as well ..

the pool was clean and heated , ther was also plenty of seating around the hotel .

they do have a miniature golf course and miniature it is (Iguess its good to keep the kids busy )

In general we had an ok stay .

It had uncomfortable beds and not enough blankets. The blankets were dirty. They did not bring a crib after I asked for one.