Surfside Motel

2.0 star property

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Seasonal outdoor pool
Balcony
Balcony
Exterior
Beach nearby

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
$102
includes taxes & fees
Dec 2 - Dec 3

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201 Ocean Terrace, Seaside Heights, NJ, 08751
  • Place, Seaside Heights Boardwalk
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Seaside Heights Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Casino Pier
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Airport, Belmar, NJ (BLM-Monmouth Executive)
    ‪29 min drive‬

Room options

Room, 1 King Bed, Ocean View

  • 150 sq ft
  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 250 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom

  • 300 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About this property

Surfside Motel

Seaside Heights motel with in-room kitchenettes
A seasonal outdoor pool, free self parking, and free WiFi in public areas are available at this motel. Other amenities include multilingual staff assistance and a vending machine.
Surfside Motel offers 58 air-conditioned accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. Kitchenettes offer refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include showers.

This Seaside Heights motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the motel include a seasonal outdoor pool.

Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or hot tub without adult supervision.

Surfside Motel features a seasonal outdoor pool, a terrace, and a vending machine. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Surfside Motel has designated areas for smoking.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • In-room kitchenette
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The seasonal pool will be open from May to October
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or hot tub without adult supervision

Property is also known as

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Surfside Motel Seaside Heights
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Surfside Hotel Seaside Heights
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Surfside Motel Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 173 out of 850 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 850 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 168 out of 850 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 130 out of 850 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 225 out of 850 reviews

5.4/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eugenia

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wanda

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Emily

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was dried blood on the blanket. Roaches in the room next door. Fight down stairs. Drunk people past our room at 2am waking our kids up. Not a nice place
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

lauran

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Broken walk ways, the bathroom was incredably small, with cracks in the flooring, shower stalls, black mold throughout. The drains radiated a smell tgat i have never experienced, the minute the bathroom door was opened we all gagged, mak8ng the bathroom non usable
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wanda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Always an amazing time.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kelly

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

jennifer

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Very nice staff Close walking distance to everything. Older motel but good for sleeping . I asked to be moved and the owner was very good about moving us . Thank you .
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Paul

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Location close to the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

stacie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
great location park and stay explore by foot or bike to anywhere .. could use some updating but over all i will definitely stay again everything worked had hot water Ac worked tv worked there are police everywhere it is extremely safe there i saw police everywhere my whole stay i felt super safe
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Damaritz

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outdated rooms the apartment one had a stove no pots no dishes no utensils location was great right across the street from beach and boardwalk overall it was ok
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Grace

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Surfside Hotel Experience

My experience at surfside hotel was not so great when we came the locks were very hard to open, then the hotel was very dirty, there were cigarettes butts on the floor , wifi did not work. Overall 2/10
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Candace

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martin or Rita

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Amy

Traveled with family
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rita

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best vacation ever

Everything was perfect ..everyone had fun
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yaritza

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Suzette

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty!! Horrible!! Gross!! People in pool right outside of our room until 2am. The room was dirty with black permanent marker drawn on it from a child. The bathroom shower was so dirty we had to wear shoes in it! Mismatched unsecured tiles that moved when you walked into the bathroom. If you are more than 175lbs you can’t even fit around the sink to sit on the toilet! I have stayed in older beach motels previously and nothing has ever been as bad as this. From 9pm until 4am the noise was so loud from people sitting out in front of their rooms drinking and carrying on. Oh and to top it off the tvs and WiFi do not work there. Even after complaining to the office nothing was done to correct it. Also the pull out couch for an extra bed smelled like old rotten bear and had throw up stains insideI would never, EVER, recommend this place to anyone!!!!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and worked well for a family having a refrigerator, stove and microwave oven. The location was great and easy to get to the Boardwalk and Beach! The only thing that was a bummer was the refrigerator was not working when we arrived. But, they replaced it quickly with one that was working well.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Had an easy early check in. Very convent to the boardwalk. room a little small but big enough for us. Nice and clean. On site parking is a plus.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disgusting Motel

The woman that checked us in was rude and snippy. We asked for the beach passes and I had to surrender my drivers license. Now I had no ID if I wanted to go to the beach / boardwalk. When we got to our room we really wanted to walk out and ask for a refund. The couch was stained so badly that we asked for a sheet to cover it. The bathroom caulking / grout was filthy. There were long black hairs ( not ours) stuck to the tile on the shower. Clesrly not wiped down from prior guest. Box spring was dirty and ripped. Toilet wouldnt flush and had to be fixed. We rented an efficiency and there were no pans or utensils had we wanted to actually use the stove. The bottom of the sink cabinet was cracked and broken. There was no closet. The floor was dirty and we had to wear flip flops. Housekeeping never came by and we had to keep asking for towels. The most disgusting motel either of us have ever stayed at. We had driven 2-1/2 hrs and there was no other local vacancies. I hope people take this review seriously and avoid booking this dive.
Filthy caulking  between shower base and wall.
Hair on shower tile from previous guest
Disgusting box spring
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Danielle

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We arrived Friday Aug 15th when checking in the lady at the front desk was amazing so nice and funny loved her! Even tho the place can use some updates, was very clean and smelled nice bed somewhat comfortable the pillow did suck and the bathroom was very small we asked for more towels and got them right away. Also asked for another blanket and got that right away fresh and clean the man at the front desk was also VERY nice! Also very close to the boardwalk like feet away!! We had an amazing stay and will be back again for another!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Karin

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location but filthy
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

siobhan

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Okay for a few nights

Clean. Not updated. Typical, cheap down the shore motel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Vanessa

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The bathroom door was hanging on by one screw. The place could be really good with some updates
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025