Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Newark Airport,NJ

My husband an I stayed for a weekend. We got the Hot tub Suite. The third floor looks like is falling apart, the walls are peeling off as well as the stucco. The terminations are awful. The bed was hard, the jacuzzi was dirty upon arrival (we didn't use it, it had grime and brown spots as well as a mucossy thing) and the AC kept turning off and heating up the room to 80° during the night (we set it up at 68°). Besides that, the breakfast is not a big deal even for continental breakfast standard. The only good things were the coffee and the fresh waffles. Also good, was the staff I got in contact with, that's the only reason I gave it 2 stars.

The hotel shuttle from and to the airport is a bit small so there is a chance that you may not have a seat on the shuttle. The front desk was nice. The hotel seems a bit old. The hotel does offer free breakfast.

We stayed here one night before a Royal Caribbean cruise out of Bayonne. The location was convenient enough, the rooms seemed clean enough, the front desk people were friendly and breakfast was included. That is what got the review 2 stars instead of the 1 (or 0) that I wanted to give it.

It was a long drive to get there, and we wanted to relax in the pool with the kids for a bit before bed. When we got to the pool, there was no one in it, but the hot tub was full. There were no towels to be found, so I went to the front desk to let them know.

When I got back to the pool, the kids were already splashing around in it, complaining about the cold water. I stepped in up to my "thermometer" and stopped there. I looked down and noticed that the water was not only cold, it was cloudy and had a strange smell. I then noticed that under the return jets there was a dark "dusty" material settling on the bottom. It was not discoloration of the pool liner - it was settling foreign matter - ie/ poop. Yes, someone appeared to have had a dump in the pool and nothing was done about it.

We immediately pulled the kids out of the pool and went for very thorough showers.

DISGUSTING.

Quite underwhelmed. Everything is run down looking. The walls are covered, and I mean covered in what looks like patches of paint that don't match. Looks like they are covering graffiti or something. Not that the drab gray painting is great anyway. The button panels in the elevators move around when you push a button that is all worn down. All over, there are random sections of either chipped off paint, or white paint splotches. Not sure. Fridge doesn't work. There is no lounge type chair in the room. Just two beds and an uncomfortable office chair. Nowhere else to sit. Also the fridge doesn't work. On the bright side, they have breakfast and a good drink assortment at the front. But really, it's like they don't care what the place looks like.

This place is great. Right next to the mall. I had a neat clean one bed suite for air flight overnight transferring. No idea about the breakfast since I left quite early in the morning. The overall quality was much better than other country inns I have previously stayed with.