Gateway Hotel & Suites, Ascend Hotel Collection

I've been staying at Gateway for the past three years, and it’s always been a great experience. The rooms are clean, comfortable, and nicely updated, and the front desk staff are consistently kind and helpful. The location is excellent—just a couple of blocks from the boardwalk and right over the bridge from tons of shopping. Parking can get pretty full, but I’ve never had an issue finding a spot. And for how close it is to the beach, I think the price is great. It’s become my go-to place to stay in OCMD, and I look forward to coming back every year!

*Located close to the boardwalk. Employees were friendly, especially Mike, energetic and professional an absolute joy to have at check in! Rooms were clean, bed was very comfy. ALOT of light comes through around the curtains from the automatic balcony lights and sunlight.
*In the family room next to the lobby there is a fuseball table, sofas, vending machines. Coffee,tea,hot chocolate available between certain hours. They also have a cornhole game out on the front lawn.
*Pool is located on the second floor, above the parking area. Not very big, but there were a lot of chairs around it.
*I think all rooms had a small balcony, either faced the street or the pool/parking area.
*Only issue we had was the metal door lock (one you flip once you're inside that has taken the place of chains/deadbolts) somehow flipped out after we closed the door and we were unable to get back inside. A staff member had to go through the next room, and use the balcony entrance to get inside our room. I have never experienced that before, neither did the staff member. We placed a thin hairtie around it so it wouldn't happen again and just removed it when we were in the room.
Otherwise, we enjoyed our stay and would stay here again.

This hotel is where I get the best sleep I ever had! The rooms are SO QUIET! I knew there were people in the rooms on either side of me because I saw them in the hallway, but I did not hear anything through the walls. I didn't even hear noise of my family from the bathroom in my own room! My favorite feature is the lounge area off the lobby, where there is a coffee and tea bar. It was like a cozy living room with a television, games/books, tables, and bean bag chairs. When we had a rain storm, it was a fantastic place to hang out, rather than feeling stuck in the room. In the evenings, when my adolescents wanted to be "out" and away from an adult, they were absolutely satisfied to sit down there on their phones for an hour or so (being too young to be on the boardwalk without an adult around). Staff was super friendly and answered all questions. I highly recommend this hotel for a nice, comfortable, friendly, quiet place to stay that is close enough to everything (just a block off the boardwalk), but not in the middle of everything and not overly expensive. My adolescents loved it, and we will definitely be back!