Here's the 2 most recent Berkley reviews on Trip Advisor;
""Can I get directions to the nearest hospital""
Berkeley Hotel
gtipunk10
philadelphia pa
Nov 18, 2008
A bunch of our friends were in town to see a band that we all knew have their
final show.
So in addition to the room we had there were several other rooms booked in the
same
party or group.
The hotel is as other reviews have stated trying to be hip and swanky. But it
should deff
not fool you. Just because there is an ihome in every room doesn't make it
nice. It does
lack a lot of normal amenities such as a mini-fridge. The place didn't even
have a vending
machine. What hotel do you know where you can not even get a bottle of water
from a
vending machine?!
The next morning before check out a member staying in our room went to use the
horribly designed shower. Instead of a shower curtain or a door there was just
a stationary
piece of glass about a 1/4" thick x 3'-6" wide to the ceiling. So needless to
say water goes
all over and doesn't stay in the shower. The person who was taking a shower
leaned out to
grab a towel with one hand out the glass and it fell out. Just came right out.
He managed
to catch it however since the water was running everything was slippery and it
still fell on
him. Causing a bloody mess! When I called down to the front desk to see what I
was
supposed to do she said she would send someone up. It was taking forever and we
couldn't wait so I went down to the desk to ask for directions to the nearest
hospital. The
front desk woman said I was rude even though I apologized to the people in line
when I
butted it to get the directions. She then started to rattle off street names to
me as though I
knew where I was. In which case would I really be staying in your hotel or
asking you
where the hospital was. When I asked her for something that was written down I
got an
eye roll and attitude. When I got back upstairs the maintenance man was now in
the room.
He looked at the directions and told me they were incorrect. She then fought
with the guy
who's name the room at the desk about the incident but then got the manager to
come in.
Apparently he was nice and comped the room. And corporate is supposed to pickup
the
medical charges but we will see what happens there. So after a 3 hour ER visit
the guy had
to have his toenail surgically removed. We were late getting to an event in NYC
that day.
And now are inconvenienced all around with the injury.
I would never go there again.
This TripAdvisor Member:
Liked it was close to asbury lanes
Disliked having to spend 3 hours at the ER
"Convenient for closeness but Room Sevice was bad"
Berkeley Hotel
magrat08
UK
Nov 7, 2008
I have stayed at this hotel before and have to say it was much better then it
is now, even
though they are supposed to be improving it. The newly renovations look good,
but it's
the housekeeping and breakfast service was no good, infact both of them were
NIL.
We stayed for 4 nights and each day we never saw a cleaner in our room and our
beds did
not get changed until we left. Reception staff said they only do room after
departure and
only give fresh towels. We had to empty our room bins ourselves and take them
down to
reception to get emptied. There were no phones in the room so if you wanted
something,
we had keep going up and down to get things.
The desperately need better cleaners in this hotel, the computer room
downstairs near the
reception, there were lots of empty bottles and rubbish in there, nothing much
was clean.
It stated that in included breakfast with the room, this breakast consisted of
just a bagel
and hot drink. They have a bar, but it was not open and not used at all.
A little advice, if you want to go out for something decent to eat and drink,
head to a place
called Clancy's Tavern in Ocean Grove, the address is...
25 South Main Street
Neptune, NJ 07753
They have some really good shops in that area too and a good launderette if
needed :-)
Don't be walking around on your own late at night in Asbury Park!!
This TripAdvisor Member:
Liked CLose by to the Stone Pony and other entertainment and Beach
Disliked Room Service and hotel amenities
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I also think that The Berkley could use the pressure of other hotels in order
> to push
them
> to step up and get their act together.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dsher4" <dsher4@> wrote:
> >
> > > How many rooms there are in other towns and what level of supply would
> > > be too much. Does anyone have any insight on this topic?
> > >
> > > dan
> > >
> >
> > Enough rooms that owners want to buy more or add on...
> >
> > You can go to AC in the summer and not get a room or get one, but pay
> > out the nose or today, drive down Rt 30 toards the marina disrict -
> > and see rooms from abou $29 sun-thursday... or get free rooms in the
> > hotels or $79 rooms at the casinos...
> >
> > I was in hollywood fl got a room via price at a hyatt place... via
> > priceline cheap.
> >
> > YOu need a mix, a choice. The problem is, you need the land to build
> > it on. Would a 25 story hotel work? That's grand. Would a 100 room
> > "family" hotel work?
> >
> > Right now having extra hotel rooms is not the problem. That's my
> > thoughts for what it's worth. Throw a holiday express or other simple
> > style hotel and you have alomst the whole shore to draw from - "steps"
> > to the beach...
> >
>
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