Howard Johnson by Wyndham Ocean City Oceanfront

This is an older property in a great location at a fair price in an ocean resort town. We were pleased and impressed with the staff's professionalism, training and courtesy. Rooms were kept very clean and well stocked by an excellent housekeeping team. Front desk staff were pleasant, patient and well prepared for questions and concerns. Maintenance staff kept the inside and outside of the property in good shape. The onsite cafe prepared nice, simple, beach food and its bar was well stocked. Everything was affordable. The only reason I rate the experience as a 4 instead of a 5 is simply because there isn't a refresh that can make this older property outstanding. It is, however, a very nice, appropriately priced well cared for and wonderfully staffed property. We'll certainly return.

View of the beach was awesome the balcony was nice room was cute. pool was nice towels for pool were very small. Bathroom very small, beds are rock hard & squeaky we got 2 doubles but they seemed very small, shower water inconsistent went from cold to warm to cold in one showering & the floor of the shower seemed to be sinking felt soft by the drain, you could here the people upstairs banging & stomping. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. 🤩

Stayed Aug29-Sept1. I had an Oceanfront balcony room. The room was a little outdated, the beds were comfortable and clean, but my room was dirty. I had to sweep/mop the floor and wipe things down before I got settled. I told the hotel and they apologized for the lack of cleanliness and gave me a food voucher and a voucher for free Thrashers fries. That was appreciated. I use the food voucher at the restaurant next to the pool. I did notice while waiting on my food, that drink mixers where were open and they had lemons and limes sitting out uncovered. I noticed that the counters were dingey but I had already ordered my food. I ordered chicken quesadillas, chicken strips, a hamburger, and a Caesar salad for my group. The quesadillas didn't taste that great but I did eat one. And my group and I ate the chicken strips, which were fine. But a few hours later I ate my Caesar salad which had a dead fly in it and my stomach started to hurt shortly after. I let the staff know that I had a fly in my salad and they apologized and said the manager would contact me, which they never did. Also, the smoking policy is ridiculous. A few of us paid for a balcony room because we are smokers. You are NOT allowed to smoke/vape on balcony. I had to keep running up and down to my car/outside on my vacation. I would have loved to watch the ocean from my balcony while smoking. Just like people drink to relax, I smoke to relax. Smokers are not allowed the same benefits as drinkers. And they only have 1 raggedy, slow elevator. So we had to keep using the stairs. We will never stay here again.