TownePlace Suites Dover Rockaway

It was a great stay, I wish it was a bit cheaper tho

Wow. I was blown away by how well I was treated at this property. They made me feel like royalty. I’m a Marriott loyalist with lifetime status, but that’s so common now that it often goes unremarked. Not here—I felt like a VIP. Every single staff interaction was warm and personable, and it really felt as though they went the extra mile to make my stay fantastic. The property is pristine and everything was comfortable. The continental breakfast was one of the better ones I’ve encountered. This was a last-minute booking because of a family emergency. Okay, the one mildly sour note was when I came downstairs for a luggage cart and a manager was loudly berating the front desk clerk for granting a late checkout. It happened to be me they were discussing, so that was uncomfortable. But really, she probably shouldn’t have been carrying on like that in a guest-facing part of the hotel regardless. Still, I won’t hold it against them since I never had to interact with her grumpy @$$ and everyone I dealt with was lovely. A+ experience.

Nice, quiet, clean hotel. Easy access to area. Everything needed for a weekend stay. Rockaway Mall is right down road, Dover close by. 5 mins off route 80. Everything you expect from Marriott. Good experience. Spacious rooms, well maintained. Slept well here beds real comfortable.

Probably a 3.5 rating. It's clean & seems pretty new. The room had a kitchen area with a microwave & a stovetop, but no oven. In my room, the refrigerator is decent, but the doors open the wrong way. There are a few cooking utinsels, silverware, glasware. The thing to cook there would be TV dinners & not much more. The room is smallish, at least a standard room, but it has enough to get by. There is a table & chairs that can be used for dining. There's also a comfy-looking upholstered chair that has a very big arm on the left side & a normal sized arm on the right side. For someone left handed, their arm is trapped in a sense by the high side of the chair. There's a llamp behind that chair, so it's likely good for reading, save for the weird chair. There is also a reading lamp on each side of each bed, so there's a lot of light. There ought to be a few more plugs including for USB cords, of which there aren't any. The WiFi is fine & the TVi was also fine, with a decent selection of chaaannels. There's also an iron/board available. The beds were comfortable. The batroom has a full tub, which is a fading thing these days. The sink is outside the tub & toilet, so it can be used seperately. The sink could use a towel bar/ring nearby as there is no place there to hang a towel. The drain closer unit for the tub was broken, but managed to hold water. The tub did drain well, which is not always so in hotels. There's an unusual closet there that I can't really describe. There's no dresser for folding clothes/socks except the night stand. The closet has some shelves for that I guess. The closet is unusual as noted, with a lot of wasted space. The free breakfast was mediocre, though COVID may still be a factor. The breakfast area is very small for the size of the hotel. I could see it getting over-run if a lot of the guests arrived at once. I've stayed at a lot of different Marriott hotels & this breakfast was among the poorest. They had no butter. It seems that someone could simply go to a COSTCO or Restaurant Depot for that. Also, no english muffins. The only toastable item were individual slices of plain white bread., without butter. There was no make-your-own waffle option either. The indoor pool is nice. I don't know if there's a small gym area. Parking seems adequate. I saw an outdoor grill available. Also during our stay, the smoke alarm went off each moring & the fire department had to be summoned to turn it off. There was no fire. This isn't necessarily the fault of the hotel, but one of the times we were still asleep. Maybe a guest was cooking to make up for the inadequate breakfast.