Liked: The Halestorm concert at the Stone Pony was great. The crowd had a good mix of my age and teen future metal heads.
Disliked: I'm a 50 year old and I've been in great hotels and $40 a night motels. I must say I walked into the Berkeley and it looked like one of the scenes in the movie Titanic - the beautiful large rooms, great lighting, marble, couches all over. Then at check in time it was $30 more than expected. I booked this hotel because they claim to be 1/10 of a mile from the Stone Pony so having bad knees from sports my whole life, I booked the hotel because it looked great and the location. When I checked in the rude check in staff had better things to do other than their jobs, so I asked where could I park and was told on the phone that morning due to my situation they will have parking on site - well, wrong again, I had to park 3 blocks further from the Stone Pony. OK, I got into the elevator, got off on my floor and it was old - 1970 dark green rugs with damp smells, like an old bad movie. We opened the door and the room wasn't what the pictures looked like before I booked - half the lamps had dead light bulbs, the white bed spread had 3 huge stains on it when we pulled it off the bed, and we found a woman's pony tail rubber band in the sheets. Then the TV didn't work - when the repair guy showed up he said "um, you got a bad picture" and we can't fix it. Then he left, and under a chair I found a BMW car key, in view of anyone - that tells me my room was not cleaned, because my car key is worth $300 and I don't drive a BMW, so I was totally disgusted. I went down to the front desk and asked what time I could get a cup of coffee - the heavy set young man could tell I wasn't enjoying my stay and said to me "coffee gets here when it gets here" - so, my wife and I were standing at the checkout line and there was a senior citizen woman complaining about everything I went through with the guaranteed hotel parking, so this led me to believe that the Berkeley hotel and staff are full of crap - it's the old bait and switch. If anyone is looking to stay in Asbury, stay clear of this hotel. The sotry doesn't end there - I went to hand in my key and the front desk tried to charge me again. I paid cash, and got the receipt when I checked in thank God. Don't go there if you do put it on your card like I should have - because then I could have denied payment. And yes, they never came up to change the sheets - we both got tired of waiting and slept in the chairs and checked out at 7a.m.

Great hotel; wish parking didn't cost extra. Also for the price a complimentary beach pass would be nice. Seems Jersey wants to charge you for everything. Overall good hotel.

Liked: Impressive building; friendly staff.
Disliked: Pay extra to park.

Good

Very good

Not worth the money for...

Liked: I liked that the hotel was close to the water and had their own bars to hang out in.
Disliked: Ants in my room. Don’t know where they were coming from. The one curtain was broken and if you pulled the shade down there wasn’t anything affixed that could bring it back up. The carpet in the room is dated and spotty. Gross.

Pleasant

Good

Very nice Hotel & staff

Disliked: Didn’t like having to pay $75. / night to park car

It was worth it to...

Liked: I like the location to the beach and the paramount! It was awesome.
Disliked: That the parking you had to pay for the whole time you were there. The hotel parking was not free! It was $75 and you could not park it yourself! I wish the hotel looked like it did when it first opened In the 1920’s that would have been great! Instead it was filled with cheap 80’s decor! That was disappointing.

Would not return

Liked: The property was nice the staff was nice and the bar snd food atmosphere was good
Disliked: The room was old -Bed was like sleeping on plywood -Curtains where ripped -No blanket -paid for a beach view got a roof view-extremely overpriced for the state of the room - room was old and in need of repairs (curtain,wall,chair)-would not stay here again

Superb

Liked: The view, comfort, refrigerator & shower were great!
Disliked: There should be a coffee pot in the room.