DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark Airport

[DublinFC]

Forgive me if information about this hotel has been asked and answered previously.

I am doing my research to see where to stay for a sailing out of Cape Liberty.  Has anyone stayed here?  What was the stay like?  Good enough to stay the night and get on the ship?  Was the hotel/room clean?  

Thanks for any information to help with my research.

[Zacharius]

I've stayed here before, but it has been since...2019? That sounds about right. I'll give you my one experience, but I do urge you to check out Google and Tripadvisor too...once or two people's experience is great, but hundreds/thousands are better. Take them all with a grain of salt, because people only usually post if they have really good or really bad experiences, and mine was middle-of-the-road. BUT, trends still emerge from reviews.

Okay, enough of that. I did NOT stay here for a cruise, but that shouldn't matter. The airport shuttle was fine - not super quick, not super slow. I remember the room being fairly basic and somewhat run down (pretty common with airport hotels due to their high turnover), but decently clean. I did not try the restaurant, but I remember it being crazy expensive because (a) it's a hotel, (b) it's an airport hotel, (c) it's an airport hotel in the NYC metro area, and (d) it's an airport hotel in the NYC metro area with literally no non-hotel restaurants anywhere around it. 

So yeah, it'll be fine...but don't expect a whole lot. 

[DublinFC]

2 hours ago, Zacharius said:

I've stayed here before, but it has been since...2019? That sounds about right. I'll give you my one experience, but I do urge you to check out Google and Tripadvisor too...once or two people's experience is great, but hundreds/thousands are better. Take them all with a grain of salt, because people only usually post if they have really good or really bad experiences, and mine was middle-of-the-road. BUT, trends still emerge from reviews.

Okay, enough of that. I did NOT stay here for a cruise, but that shouldn't matter. The airport shuttle was fine - not super quick, not super slow. I remember the room being fairly basic and somewhat run down (pretty common with airport hotels due to their high turnover), but decently clean. I did not try the restaurant, but I remember it being crazy expensive because (a) it's a hotel, (b) it's an airport hotel, (c) it's an airport hotel in the NYC metro area, and (d) it's an airport hotel in the NYC metro area with literally no non-hotel restaurants anywhere around it. 

So yeah, it'll be fine...but don't expect a whole lot. 

Thanks for the run down.  I am not looking for a whole lot.  arrive, eat, sleep, cruise.  I will be looking at other places too.  I just want something handy to get to and then to the port.  We are not spending any time sightseeing in NYC.