Best Hotels on the Jersey Shore, NJ

Our picks for the best hotels on the Jersey Shore: 15 local businesses, with phone numbers, addresses and websites. Chosen by the NJ Business Directory team; sponsored listings are labeled.

Planning a stay on the Jersey Shore? This guide covers inns, hotels and motels in Cape May, Ocean City and Wildwood in Cape May County, plus Spring Lake, Belmar, Asbury Park and Long Branch in Monmouth County. Expect Victorian bed and breakfasts, boardwalk hotels, boutique inns and a few full-service resorts along the coast.

Shore rooms fill around summer weekends, holidays and special events. Rates, room types and cancellation policies change often, so confirm them on each property's own site before you book.

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Sources: Towns and counties: U.S. Census geography. Each pick: the business's own website (linked on its card).

  • The Queen Victoria

    Hotels & Lodging

    Cape May

    The Queen Victoria is a Victorian bed and breakfast at 102 Ocean Street in Cape May, Cape May County, established in 1881. The inn has rooms across several historic buildings, serves breakfast and afternoon tea, and keeps a gift shop and cookbook on site. Guests can book special events through the inn, and its website covers the buildings, room types, policies and a local guide. Sister properties are listed on the same site.

  • Southern Mansion

    Bed & Breakfasts

    720 Washington St, Cape May

    The Southern Mansion is a bed and breakfast and wedding venue in Cape May, Cape May County. It offers guest rooms and suites, a daily breakfast menu and amenities for overnight stays. The mansion also hosts weddings, special events and corporate retreats, with meeting and retreat menus available. Its website covers accommodations, wedding pricing and galleries, area attractions and gift certificates.

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  • Beauclaires Bed and Breakfast Inn

    Hotels & Lodging

    Cape May

    Beauclaire's Bed & Breakfast Inn is a historic Queen Anne Victorian inn in Cape May, Cape May County, built in 1879 after the great Cape May fire. It sits about 100 yards from the beach and a short walk from Washington Street Mall, restaurants and local attractions. The boutique inn is geared toward couples looking for a quiet stay near the ocean. Its website covers rooms and rates, dining, FAQs and a gallery.

  • Port-O-Call Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    1510 Boardwalk, Ocean City

    Port-O-Call Hotel is an Ocean City hotel on the boardwalk in Cape May County. Guests get complimentary beach tags in season, and the 14th Street beach is about a block from the hotel. Amenities include resort-style facilities, on-site dining at the Epicurean Ocean Club, and spaces for meetings, events and weddings. Its website lists accommodations, specials and a blog, and rooms can be booked online.

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  • Linda Grande Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    Ocean City

    The Linda Grande Hotel is a historic, family-owned shore hotel at 617 East 8th Street and Ocean Avenue in Ocean City, Cape May County, steps from the boardwalk. It offers rooms and apartment-style stays refreshed for families, couples and friends. The hotel is named for Linda, and its website covers room types, amenities, a gallery, FAQs and current offers. Guests can book directly online or by phone.

  • Beach Club Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    Ocean City

    The Beach Club Hotel is an Ocean City hotel in Cape May County, reached by turning onto Ocean Avenue near 13th Street after crossing the Ocean City bridge. It offers hotel rooms and suites, along with a cafe, and posts hotel and suite specials on its website. Guests can explore Ocean City rainy-day activity ideas from the site and book by phone. Online bookings for the next season open on a schedule noted on the homepage.

  • Chateau Inn & Suites

    Hotels & Lodging

    500 Warren Ave, Spring Lake

    Chateau Inn and Suites is a boutique hotel at 500 Warren Avenue in Spring Lake, Monmouth County. It offers guest rooms and suites and publishes a travel guide covering dining, nightlife, shopping and nearby Asbury Park boardwalk points of interest. The website includes a gallery, FAQs, policies and current specials. Guests can book online or call the Spring Lake front desk.

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  • Hewitt Wellington Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    200 Monmouth Ave, Spring Lake

    The Hewitt Wellington is a historic boutique hotel in Spring Lake, Monmouth County. It offers luxury suites and boutique guest rooms, with waterfront views and walking distance to the beach. The hotel's website includes a history page, accommodations overview, promotions, FAQs and local links for things to do. Guests can reserve by phone or through the booking options on the site.

  • Royal Court Motel

    Hotels & Lodging

    4301 Atlantic Ave, Wildwood

    The Royal Court Motel is a motel in Wildwood, Cape May County, about one block from the Wildwood beach and boardwalk. Guests can walk to the beach, boardwalk and nearby attractions from the property. The motel posts rooms, rates, specials, features and a slideshow on its website, and online booking is available. Directions and a contact page are also listed.

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  • Quebec By The-Sea Motel

    Hotels & Lodging

    3811 Atlantic Ave, Wildwood

    Quebec Motel By-The-Sea is a year-round motel in Wildwood, Cape May County, steps from the free beach and Wildwood's boardwalk, piers, arcades and amusements. It welcomes guests for vacations, reunions, meetings and class trips across spring, summer, fall and winter events. The motel has partnered with nearby dining for guest discounts in season and lists sister properties on its website. Accommodations, rates and specials are posted online.

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  • The Inn At The Shore

    Hotels & Lodging

    301 4th Ave, Belmar

    The Inn At The Shore is a Victorian-era bed and breakfast in Belmar, Monmouth County, built as Belmar's original guest house in 1880. It is open year round and offers six guest rooms, plus common areas with a billiards table, cable TV, a dry bar and the inn's original fieldstone fireplace. Amenities, FAQs, dining ideas, group stays and a local guide are on its website. Gift certificates and current offers are also available.

  • Asbury Ocean Club Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    1101 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park

    Asbury Ocean Club Hotel is an oceanfront hotel at 1101 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, operated by Sage Hotel Management. It offers rooms and suites, a spa with a spa menu, a drawing room and pool bar, and a pool and garden terrace. The hotel hosts meetings and events and posts neighborhood and local attraction guides. Guests can book online or call the hotel.

  • The Ocean House Bed & Breakfast Hotel

    Hotels & Lodging

    102 Sussex Ave, Spring Lake

    The Ocean House Bed & Breakfast Hotel is a bed and breakfast at 102 Sussex Avenue in Spring Lake, Monmouth County. It offers guest rooms for overnight stays and posts specials, packages and ticketed events on its website. Amenities, FAQs, policies, live music and restaurant guides for the Spring Lake area are listed online. Gift certificates and a booking calendar are available through the site.

  • Saltwater Inn

    Hotels & Lodging

    300 10th Ave, Belmar

    Saltwater Inn is a bed and breakfast hotel in Belmar, Monmouth County, open since 2012 and about two blocks from the beach in Belmar's north end. It offers eight suites, including family suites with multiple bedrooms, plus free WiFi, central air, free parking and a wrap-around porch. The inn's website covers rooms, amenities, enhancements and a gallery. Guests can book online for weekend getaways or longer shore stays.

  • Wave Resort

    Hotels & Lodging

    110 Ocean Ave, Long Branch

    Wave Resort is an oceanfront resort and spa in Long Branch, Monmouth County, near Pier Village. It offers guest rooms, a spa, a pool and beach access, and on-site dining that includes Bubbi's Bagels, The Bar, Carousel Bar, Pool Bar, LBK Grill and SEA LVL. The resort hosts weddings, meetings, corporate retreats and events, and its website covers accommodations, amenities and nearby attractions.