At the southern tip of New Jersey, Hotel Alcott is a restored Italianate-bracketed villa located steps from the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 50 miles from Atlantic City International Airport. The hotel is also 90 miles from Philadelphia and 190 miles from Washington DC. This historic property, Cape ... More
The Hotel Alcott
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At the southern tip of New Jersey, Hotel Alcott is a restored Italianate-bracketed villa located steps from the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 50 miles from Atlantic City International Airport. The hotel is also 90 miles from Philadelphia and 190 miles from Washington DC. This historic property, Cape May's second-oldest operating hotel, debuted in 1878 as the Arlington House. One of the hotel's frequent patrons, and certainly its most famous, was Louisa May Alcott. Hotel amenities include the period antiques, second-floor verandah, courtyard fountain, sun room, complimentary continental breakfast, and La Verandah Restaurant, where elegant dining is offered on the outdoor verandah or in the high-ceilinged, 19th-century-style room. Among the many areas of renovation, the hotel has taken pains to restore the original dining room, the solid chestnut wood in the lobby, the plaster ceiling medallions in the lobby, and the hanging staircase, one of the earliest of its type in this country, featuring no posts or visible supports. The hotel also offers room service (in season), afternoon refreshments, and concierge service. All rooms feature private tile or granite baths, TVs, dataports, free local calls, beach towels, and air-conditioning.
from the minute we arrived this hotel lacked personality. We were informed at check in there was no parking near the hotel by a very monotoned employee. Our room was room 113 which was horrific at best. The offensive odor of cheap air fresner hit us when we opened the door. The carpet was filthy. The room was 10X10 which included A queen sized bed that the front door hit on one side and the cumbersome armoire door hit the other side of the bed.There was no coffee maker and the room sat next to the boiler room. The windows had no screens. The smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm lights flickered all night. Guest partied in the hallway. The resturant was not opened and the staff could not offer any help in finding open places in Cape May. Road construction wrecked havoc on getting around which NO ONE mentioned!!!
We were scheduled to leave in two days but opted to leave early.At check out we were told no refunds which I knew was the policy. No one asked why we wanted to leave and when I spoke up to let them know the issues the reply was "oh." I got the feeling we were not the first people to leave unhappy from this over priced disaster. no stars and advise people to look around Cape May for many other beautiful options. This place is just in it for $$$$$ without service.
The room was neat, bed very comfortable a nice flat-screen TV, too. Only negative is the lack of on-site parking has you either fishing for quarters for a parking meter or trying to parallel park on the street one to two blocks away from the hotel.
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