Asbury Ocean Club Hotel

Stayed at Asbury Ocean Club this month and had an amazing time. The service was wonderful from start to finish—everyone we interacted with, from the front desk to the pool staff, was friendly and helpful. The pool area had such a chill, resort vibe—perfect for relaxing. Food and drinks were awesome too. Can’t wait to return!

The hotel was beautiful and the service was top notch. My family loved the pool and the view was amazing. My 3 year old also loved the fresh cookies and milk delivered to our room! We will definitely we returning!

Nice hotel, but very overpriced for what you get. The rooms are very nice. The pillows on the bed were awful. The food at the restaurant was awful, but cocktails delicious.

I came across this property from Forbes and American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts, so I had to take it seriously. I was not familiar with Asbury Park either, but I wanted to explore the New Jersey shore and this is the only FHR property currently listed in all of New Jersey. I had booked a top level suite (poolside terrace) and was upgraded to the Penthouse Suite. It's not exactly a penthouse because all the hotel rooms are on the 4th floor of a much taller building, but it is a corner suite with nice views and direct access to the pool area, which is great if you like swimming late at night or want to snag a good lounge before the pool officially opens at 8am. The downside is that it's easy for someone to come to your room from the outside and look or try to go inside, but fortunately nobody seemed curious. The room was furnished nicely. and we liked the suite. I normally would have liked it more had the bathroom not been part of the bedroom but you could see the sunlight and outdoors from the shower (and there was a large curtain you could use if you wanted privacy), so the layout actually worked. Everything worked fine and the AC was excellent. Only thing I didn't like were the bath towels which we thought were small. Grab some towels at the pool area and bring them to your room. I had the feeling that a lot of thought went into designing this property and that somebody thought about all the little things. If you go to the gym, bring a water bottle with you although there are cups inside the drawers below the water fountain designed only for bottles. The gym was very good and it has a separate room with two punching and kicking bags and a third room with a yoga studio. I found some of the choices of equipment a bit curious since it is not a very large gym in terms of equipment, but it is high quality stuff in there and it has all the necessary items you would want to find such as foam rollers. If you know what you are doing in a gym, you can make use of everything and get what you want out of it. The pool is good, but I would have been happier if the pool had been heated a few degrees warmer. Not many people were in the pool probably because the water was a bit cool. A good 5-star hotel heated pool should feel heated and it's a really important thing not to cut those few degrees because it's a centerpiece of a hotel property. Although I've read complaints about service on prior reviews, we found that our food and beverage came out timely and we felt and remarked in real time that there were plenty of people working all over the place. We didn't see evidence of anything being understaffed. The best part of this property is the food and nightly entertainment. It is like having a private eating club since outsiders can't dine in and it's a lifesaver here -- if you don't have a dinner reservation at a good local restaurant on a weekend in the summer, you're not getting a table. We were on our first visit to Asbury Park, and aside from one loca

It's a wonderful place, but seems to have come down quite a bit from the wonderful stay we enjoyed just a year ago. It just seemed understaffed and under-managed, and except for the small and mostly inspired team at the front desk and a harried and hardworking bellman, the staff seemed sparse and disheartened. We were there from Monday to Thursday, and it was far from crowded, but everything ran late or inconsistently. All of this made us fear that this gem may have fallen on hard economic times. Or, at the very least, is understaffed. It's a beautiful place in a wonderful location. A rating of good here is below our expectations. We had such a wonderful stay a year ago that we'll try it again in the Fall and report.

We loved the duo that played live music in the living room on Friday night June 6th! Staff were very helpful. Food and drinks were divine. Awesome location. The pool area, lounge chairs and view are fantastic! We enjoyed a wonderful family vacation even though it rained everyday!