Madison Resort Wildwood Crest

Had the pleasure of staying a new beautiful retro chic resort in Wildwood Crest last weekend. Found this resort on Instagram and was immediately impressed and so I decided to book it for my fun 3 day fun weekend. Glad I didn’t take the negative reviews to heart and decided to see for myself firsthand. From the moment I arrived I was taken with the cute, retro chic lobby resembling a 1950’s-60’s living room. The outside of the lobby is also cute and comfy with rocking chairs and a pretty photo-op retro flower filled phone booth. My ocean view room was just as adorable with all the retro chic appliances and coastal vibe bedroom. My room was spotless and the bed is sooo comfy and I love that the sink was outside of the bathroom and what a great beautiful walk in shower! The pool is beautiful with all the cabanas, and the lounge area with the comfy couches and fire pits. There is also a rooftop sun deck with couches as well. The resort boasts a restaurant which was only open for breakfast during this time, and what looks like a retro pink van that must serve drinks and snacks during the summer, by the pool. I thoroughly enjoyed my time during an amazing warm fall weekend at this super cute resort and was pleased with most of the staff, especially Becky at the front desk. She answered so many questions with a great smile and was so helpful. In fact I was so impressed with her salesmanship, that I already booked my birthday stay at the new tower that is opening next year, the next block over! The Royal Tower has a cute lazy, river style pool with some palm trees and most of the rooms will have a private balcony. Thank you Madison Resorts for a wonderful, relaxing stay and sooo looking forward to staying at your new tower next summer

BEAUTIFUL! Cannot say enough great things about Madison Resorts- It's a true gem of Wildwood Crest. Rooms are newly renovated with great views of the ocean! The sunset views from the 4th floor deck is not to be missed. Staff is knowledgeable and helpful throughout the property. Our family loves the DJ/live music by the pool each afternoon. Can't wait for our next visit!

I recently stayed at this beachfront property in Wildwood Crest, and we had a great experience overall. The location is unbeatable, with stunning ocean views, easy access to the beach and walkable activities. The rooms were clean and comfortable, and the decor was fun and fit the wildwood doo wop vibe! The staff was friendly and accommodating, ensuring we had everything we needed for a relaxing stay. Would recommend to anyone in the area!

First time to wildwood crest. Usually stay in Cape May but decided to give this new hotel a try. I couldn't have been happier. Clean rooms, friendly staff. Loved the shuttle service and the complimentary beach service. The hotel has a very Miami resort vibe. Will definitely be back next year.

Had the most relaxing getaway with my Honey! The hotel decor is so cool. It’s retro with a little hint of South Beach. The room was spotless and the views….amazing! The Front Desk staff was very friendly. We used the fitness room each day - it had everything we needed. Went for walks on the beach and enjoyed our balcony overlooking the pool. It was very convenient having a mini fridge and microwave in the room. We’ll definitely be back!

My family of 3 stayed at the Madison from 8/25/24-8/31/24. We stayed at the same time as my parents and my sister/brother-in-law, who each had their own rooms. We have all collectively been going to Wildwood Crest for 35+ years, and we have stayed at a wide range of hotels, motels, condos, etc. The Madison is new and it has a ton of issues, some of which should be easy fixes, but others are structural and would require major construction projects to change. My feedback below is sorted into those two categories: Things that cannot be easily changed: • When booking my room over last winter (which I did over the phone), I was told I would have an Oceanfront King Suite, which was the most expensive room type. Upon check-in, I was told this type of room does not exist. The only types of rooms that actually face the ocean are studios, and the King Suites are all “Ocean View”, which means along the side of the hotel. It is exceedingly weird for the most expensive room type to not have an oceanfront option (and that is putting aside the fact that I was misled during the booking process). • In the King Suites and the Double Queen Suites, the beds are in the front room, and the “living space” is in the back room. It is strange to enter the suite and be immediately in the bedroom space, especially when you are staying at the hotel with family members in other rooms, who all tend to gather in one person’s room. You end up sitting on each others’ beds, which is very weird. • Parking is a disaster. Small-sized spaces for self-park are expected for Wildwood Crest hotels, but there is a big parking lot behind the hotel that is valet only. There is no good reason to have valet. The valet is a major bottleneck at check-in and check-out times, and all of us were avoiding it like the plague in hopes of being one of the lucky cars to get a self-park spot. Madison should convert the valet lot into self-park. • There is only one elevator, and it is seemingly the original elevator from before the renovation. It is old, slow and extremely small (barely large enough to fit one person with a luggage cart). It is also shared by the cleaning staff of the hotel, who need it frequently. We stayed on the top floor, and thus we used the elevator a lot. My best advice to Madison is to demolish this elevator in the offseason and completely start over with a new design (including having separate elevators for guests and staff). Things that were problems, but should be quick fixes: • There is a live DJ at the pool that blasts music from 2pm-6pm. It is extremely off-putting because of how loud the music is (can’t even have a conversation with the person next to you). Everyone in our group felt it was a big reason to be on the beach in the afternoons and avoid the pool. I am not opposed to having music at the pool, but keep it to a reasonable volume. The Madison could save money by not paying a DJ every day and instead just put on a Spotify playlist. • The p

We are in the middle of our stay here, and it has been fantastic! We have been coming to wildwood for years now. Most of the places to stay are motels. The Madison is also a motel, but it is a clean and updated one with lots of unique features: free shuttle to the boardwalk, free beach chairs and umbrellas that are set up for you, and an updated lounge area by the pool. The staff is very friendly and helpful, and the managers (especially Justin) are attentive and responsive. The rooms are clean and spacious. It is not a five star hotel, but it is also not advertised as such. We are having a great time and will definitely stay here again!

Our stay at the Madison was stress free and relaxing! Early check in after Labor Day was very much appreciated. We had an issue with the Endless Summer promo online but quickly resolved by Kim the receptionist upon check-in. We highly recommend the restaurant at Madison which offers breakfast and lunch off season. We had a fantastic Northeast Seafood Salad with half a lobster tail, shrimp, lump crab deviled eggs avocado asparagus Bibb lettuce and heirloom grape tomatoes with a Louis sauce.Excellent poolside lunch. Our wonderful server Cere took our order and delivered poolside which was a real plus. The hot tub worked it’s magic on our tired bones. The shuttle service drivers Sean and Jack were very accommodating. We had our car parked for 4 days till checkout. Truly a vacation from driving!Our Queen suite was very nice for the 2 of us as my husband had a working vacation. He was able to set up his laptop on the desk in bedroom. Two tv’s a nice touch incase someone wants to sleep in. The beach was close but very windy during our stay keeping us close to the hot tub. All in all a very nice relaxing getaway. We are truly looking forward to our next stay at the Madison.

My wife and I travelled to Madison Resort in Wildwood Crest over Labor Day Weekend. We paid considerably more for an oceanfront room. We checked into room 120, which is 'Technically' Ocean Front however the location and room we nothing like the pictures online. First, there was balls of hair and trash outside the door to our room when we arrived. When opening the door, there is an unexpected step down into the room causing a near fall. This, and the low ceiling made it seem as though we were in a basement room. The 'Ocean Front' upgrade gave us a view of two storage Pods, the stacks of chairs and umbrellas from the beach, trash that was blowing around and the back of a dune. The room had only small windows along the door fame and there was no throw rug on the floor, no toilet paper holder or storage shelf in the shower. The toilet paper, and the half used bottles of shampoo and body wash were just sitting on the toilet. When we notified the front desk of our dissatisfaction, we were shown another room we could have which faced the city. As this was the only room available that night, We were able to move to a room on the third floor ocean front the next night which did afford the view however, the room was not without its issues. The was a step up into the shower/toilet area and the door to this room missed the toilet by less than an inch. The shower door opened in which gave no way to turn on the water without standing in the shower. Lastly, there was no dresser in this room as advertised on the website causing us to have no where to put our clothes All this being said, there were some positives. First, the manager 'Drew' went above and beyond while helping us fix the issues on our stay. Also, the location can not be beat. At the end of the walkway to the Boardwalk, across from a bike rental place was great. Being right on the beach with use of umbrellas and chairs was a nice bonus as well. The pool and Hot tub were nice (when the Hot Tub was not filled with unsupervised preschool aged children) and the coffee at Vinyl was great. Overall, the place is going through some growing pains and with a little work and better transparency online, the place could be a gem.