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Reviews of Howard Johnson by Wyndham Virginia Beach At The Beach

2 out of 5
Howard Johnson by Wyndham Virginia Beach At The Beach
512 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 276 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 276 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 48 out of 276 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 42 out of 276 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 85 out of 276 reviews

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Janmesh

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Motel needs updating, elevator was not work to the 1st floor. The rooms were ok. Location is great close to the beach. Staff was very helpful Dinesh was great and he helped us with anything we needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Jodi

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The elevator did not work when arrived, had to take stairs to 2nd floor. You could easily hear everything outside your room. No hygiene products like shampoo or conditioner, tissues. It was not what I expected. Breakfast was coffee, juice and one item only like a small muffin or yogurt. I won’t be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Durgesh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very dirty, they don't clean rooms everyday, said breakfast included but they just had some snacks, juice and coffee for breakfast, expired snacks.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Leticia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What is shown on the web is nothing like the real thing. The conditions are in its worst. It has 6 floors and the elevator did not work. When i arrived i received a text from the hotel asking to contact them for anything needed. I texted back and mentioned all the missing things for the room and the following day i had to go and get them myself. Dont get fooled by the pictures on line, the place is very poor quality.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

KENNETH

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Liked everything
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Raju

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The check in staff was not polite. He was doing his job as if someone forced him to do that job. The amount was fully paid in advance as non refundable. He reserved another card for no reason. I am sure not returning to this facility again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Bernard

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Taposh, Brooklyn

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not stay even though I booked it for two days. The pricing is not appropriate for the ambience it provides. I probably will not get any credit even I I paid for two nights. I will avoid this hotel in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Nick

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a last minute decision and the only place that wasn’t sold out on a holiday weekend. I’ll start with the cons There’s so much potential for this place. It is in a great location just across the street from the beach. They need a better cleaning staff. Upon arrival there were random hairs on the toilet. The end tables are peeling. We stayed 2 nights and no one cleaned the room on the 2nd day. The sink drains extremely slow. The AC looks like someone was chewing on it, worked surprisingly well. The AC works so well we were freezing the first night. We requested an additional blanket through their text message app which we never received. Shower curtain had mold on the bottom. The breakfast is not a breakfast it’s more like snacks. The tv volume had to be at max in order to hear it. The good: Location Parking was easy
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Rude staff, no place to hang your wet clothes, refusal to provide enough towels for guests to shower. Screaming like a maniac about hanging wet laundry on the banister outside. Horribly small parking lot. The literal only good thing about this property is it’s a 45 second walk to the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Matthew

bad exprienc
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Travelled with family and small children
Close to where we needed to be.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Brian

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, walk across the street to the beach. The provided breakfast is a joke, it's snacks and coffee. The towels were stained, no hand soap for sink, some shower supplies were empty upon arrival, the bathroom light flickered with a sketchy caulked outlet. Fortunately we were only using the room for snacking and sleeping.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

LaWana

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overall, my stay was fine. The AC unit was a bit louder than expected and the people hanging out in the staircase which was by the room was annoying.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Lorena Torres

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tamara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy room. Very comfortable stay and rate.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Richard E

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was filthy, roaches, no TV, towels were stained and lighting fixtures didn't work.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chloe Cheyenne

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is very negligent people. We came in and the TV was on and the floors was dirty. We inspected the bed and it was still dirty, the towels has dark marks on it, someone’s nail clipping on the sink. We asked for room service and they told us, you just checked in it won’t be clean in 3 days. We told them to clean it off because it was disgusting. They said room service will be in the morning. Came back and guess what they only clean the trash bag and changed the towels to more towels that is dirty. They keep claiming it was clean. The towel has poop stains on it. Never again. Left. Look at the photos.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ruthie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely Disgusting Do Not Stay Here This place was an absolute nightmare. The photos online are completely misleading this hotel is filthy and run-down. From the moment we walked in, it was clear this was not what we were promised. The front desk staff was incredibly rude. There were three of us, and they only provided two towels. When we asked for another, the man at the front desk acted like we were bothering him and flat-out refused at first. We had to press him just to explain how three people were supposed to share two towels and even then, he showed zero concern or courtesy. The next day, we didn’t even get any wash rags they said they were “out.” How does a hotel run out of basic essentials? This place is a complete catfish. The only reason we stayed both nights was because the stay was non-refundable. We couldn’t check out fast enough. Save yourself the trouble I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to anyone, not even my worst enemy.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tyler

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would not recommend for anyone with kids or a family
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
CLEAN AND QUIET
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a great stay, I always enjoy this hotel. The staff is awesome, accomidating and friendly. I love the smell of the room. The location is perfect because you're close to everything. I definitely recommend if your looking for a great price to enjoy your time.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Junk yard hotel

Worst hotel stay ever. Place was disgusting. Staff locks office and comes and goes as they please. Had to be switched to a different room cause of maintenance issues and no staff at office. Other guests kept me up all night. And playing music full volume fom there car starting at 7 am all morning right infeont of staff in parking lot and they didnt care. We will never stay at another howard Johnson again. Worst experience every
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Devin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Crapy motel with loud guests

Crappy should be considered a motel
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

naomi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

naomi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful stay
Stayed 14 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Rebecca

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The first impression of the property was that they were unwillingly to accommodate a request for late check out after I was given the option to select this as an add-on. However they did allow one extra hour. Second impression was that the room had an odor as if it was a smoking room. Next was the excessive noise directly outside of our room while we were sleeping. Next was that housekeeping entered the room while we were still getting ready to leave without waiting for us to open the door after the agreed upon extra hour. Lastly, I brought it to their attention the possibility of bed bugs being on one of the beds and took pictures. I was offered a partial refund because I “didn’t address my concerns immediately.” Which is a total lie because I addressed every concern as they came up and was told management would contact me to reach a further resolution such as a full refund. I was never contacted. I highly recommend finding somewhere else to stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Eileen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst place we have ever stayed

We felt that the pictures and description on the website were totally deceptive. It was dirty and there were people dealing drugs right outside our room. They were fighting and we felt unsafe. We decided to leave the hotel, even though we had already paid for 3 more nights. I am very unhappy that I was not able to cancel my reservation based on these circumstances.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There were very loud people after midnight laughing talking and occasionally kicking doors I expected that to have been stopped
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Willie

It was giod
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Kathleen-Marie

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Not a bad place for a lower budget

The room was clean although you could tell it has some damage I assume from being exposed to elements. The water pressure in the shower was awful and the bed pillows definitely recommend bringing your own. Otherwise for the price it was good great location service was good.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Won't be back

It was pretty much terrible, the guy at the front desk was rude, but that whatever. It was a motel, but bad. The cinder block walls make it feel like a prison, the shower was plumbed backwards so hot was cold and cold was hot, the tv however does work so long as you want to watch syfy channel because thats all you get, the pillows were paper and the bed was a rock. It pretty much sucked completely.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ahmad

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible stay

This place is full of disappointments, they ran out of toilet paper for the rooms, all of the bedding looked really faded and old. The breakfast is a joke but mostly they are just rude hotel owners, for the price I could have found something else that was a two star and received more respect and better service.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
As a senior citizen, I grew up hearing the name Howard Johnson and it's reputation for quality. I, unfortunately didn't find this to be true. The beds were comfy and the room was clean, but practically everything in the room didn't work, i.e. the t.v. the iron, the A/C, the phone, the coffee pot, sometimes no hot water. The fridge and microwave did work, tho. I found the staff to be friendly but a bit lazy. The office was closed alot and it was like pulling teeth to get service. However, I was allowed to leave my luggage in the lobby until my next hotel was ready for check in.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eric J, MAMARONECK

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ethan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Truly disrespectful establishment with very poor customer service and disgusting rooms. I would not recommend a stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Edwin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Luis M

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
No soap in the dispenser in the shower and the sink.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Tanisha

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I will say the rooms were clean except for 1 out of 3 of my rooms had mold, smelled wet and had a hole in the ceiling right above the bed and pillows. Was not enough towels and wash clothes and none of my 3 rooms and when asked everything was we had to wait until the next morning. No yea or coffee or anything. My daughter is allergic to mold so this was very dangerous for her so luckily we could switch. The elevator felt like I was going to get stuck every time we took the steps to floor 5 a lot of the times. I have pictures of proof is needed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

naomi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its quite and nice. The staff is so wonderful they make you want to stay. Im not good with names but the two men that work here. They are so nice.
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel was dirty and very sketchy. Surrounded by nice hotels but this one is not. Would not recommend
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa, Frostburg

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room for the price. Plenty of things to do near by, close to shops and beach. Bedroom and bathroom were very clean and recently updated. We will definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Douglas

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Stephan, Frostburg

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and staff was helpful. We enjoyed our stay. Great room for the price you pay and was close to everything.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kristi

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

STAY FAR AWAY

I think this may have been one of my worst experiences ever. I called before i got there and the guy at the desk was very short with me and rude. When I got there I was nice checked in. When I got to the room it smelled bad but it was also a strong smell of bleach too. The lock on the door was broken. When we arrived there were several gentleman watching us from the 2nd floor and we felt uncomfortable. When we got in the room we realized the sheets were dirty with either makeup/dirt I went down to the front desk and asked for someone to change it out. He said he would be right up to LOOK ( not change) at it because he didnt believe me. We waited a long time and we could see him and he never came. Just stayed talking on his cell. After waiting awhile because we had no where to sit, I went down and cancelled my stay for the weekend. He was super rude the entire time rolling his eyes at me. Huffing and puffing anytime I said anything. I was so nice too!!! There was food still in the fridge from the previous person.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Toni

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We did not even stay here. We had to leave immediately after checking in and find a new hotel at 11pm because there were roaches everywhere. I have still not been refunded for the stay we did not have. Absolutely dirty and disgusting. There was poop or blood or both smeared on the walls, roaches coming out of the toilet and in the fridge and all around it. Couldn’t sit in the chair because there was roaches there too. I have pictures of everything and this was disgusting! And then, after we left, this same room which was the last room they had, was re-listed on the site for $65. That’s just absurd.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Very good
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025