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The best hotels near Seaside Heights Boardwalk

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Updated 1 September 2026 · 34 Seaside Heights hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Seaside Heights, out of the 34 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.1.

All five are inside 700 m of Seaside Heights Boardwalk, so you can walk it.

Colony Motel

Highest rated of the five

Colony Motel

★★★★★4.8 from 152 reviews

Colony Motel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 152 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under poi.

34 hotels in Seaside Heights qualified for this list and five made it. Sunburst Motel is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Colony Motel1

    Colony Motel

    ★★★★★4.8 from 152 reviews

    700 m from Seaside Heights Boardwalk, about a 9 minute walk

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    • Sunburst Motel2

      Sunburst Motel

      ★★★★★4.5 from 199 reviews

      400 m from Seaside Heights Boardwalk, about a 5 minute walk

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      • The Sunrise Motel3

        The Sunrise Motel

        ★★★★★4.1 from 372 reviews

        400 m from Seaside Heights Boardwalk, about a 5 minute walk

        • Pool
        • Parking
        • Kitchen
        • Kid friendly
        • Air conditioning
        • Accessible

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      • Buoy16 motel4

        Buoy16 motel

        ★★★★★4.3 from 156 reviews

        under 200 m from Seaside Heights Boardwalk, about a 1 minute walk

        • Restaurant
        • Parking
        • Kid friendly
        • Air conditioning
        • Accessible

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      • Hershey Motel5

        Hershey Motel

        ★★★★★4.1 from 694 reviews

        700 m from Seaside Heights Boardwalk, about a 9 minute walk

        • Pool
        • Restaurant
        • Bar
        • Parking
        • Kid friendly
        • Air conditioning

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      How this list was put together

      34 Seaside Heights hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Seaside Heights Boardwalk second, then took the top five.

      Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

      The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

      What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

      Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

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      Editing runs in intense blocks with real gaps between, and she fills the gaps by going somewhere with no plan. No itinerary, no bookings past the first night.

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