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Reviews of Budget Lodge Buena

2.5 out of 5
Budget Lodge Buena
736 S Harding Highway, Buena, NJ

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 160 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 160 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 36 out of 160 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 160 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 160 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

RICHARD A

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place is in a convenient location, but definitely overdue for a renovation.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Anna

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very rude, terrible customer service. The rooms are in need of an upgrade and even the walls are dirty. Wouldn’t book again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

angela

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lawrence

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Mel, Vine lannnnd

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rooms stank like a big man with too much cologne on and a cigar in his mouth. Other than smell wasn’t horrendous just as expected. Pretty ok in terms of cleanliness when considering it’s a motel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Nicole

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Steven

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Budget Motel
The room was neat and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Jesse

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

scot

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Decent place if you're paying under 100
I have low expectations of budget hotels so I don't mind if things aren't perfect.... Though I had pretty much no complaints at all this visit. The bed was comfortable and there was hot water and the air conditioning worked fine. That's really all I ask for.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Tanya

It was okay until it started smelling like damp carpet and there was a roach crawling across the desk.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

scot

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Ok alternative if not trying to spend a ton
I was looking for a cheap alternative to staying in AC for 150-200 per night and I didn't mind being half hour away, so this worked fine. Condition wasn't the best but it was acceptable. Didn't realize there would be a kitchen which was a nice surprise. everything worked so I really have no complaints, but it all about your expectations... I knew I was staying at a budget place so I knew what I would get. There was good and a gas station right nearby too which worked out well for me.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Citti, Williamsport

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The front desk was highly rude. They were very disrespectful. Gave us bare minimum. Yelled at us
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Priscilla

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2020

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Long story less long they have bed bugs I was bit on my neck and foot. The guy in charge was rude when I told him about the situation.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

8/10 Good

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was cleaner than most and employees are polite.
Stayed 1 night in May 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Cristie

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
convenient, clean, friendly people. Goof care of me as a customer
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Denton

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not stay
Didn’t let me stay and pay cash. Very rude and unprofessional
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

David

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Terrible Mgmt
Did not stay at this place because there seemed to be a "confirmation" discrepancy. The jerk that manned the reception station argued his position, told me he did not want me to stay and brokered no discussion on the issue though I showed him the confirmation email in my possession. Whatever the issue was, this establishment chose to send me away rather than figure out how the problem could be remedied.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Overall the place was a great place to stay but the shower curtain had mold on it, there was a cricket in the bathroom, the water from the jacuzzi was brown yellow and dirty Hair in the tube No iron or iron board as well Gentleman at the the desk was kind of rude Told him I was coming from CT so I would arrive around 3AMish So it sounded like he didn’t like that at all because when I got there he was sleeping. And I had to wait for him and was ringing the bell at the door for a little So like I said it was a good place to stay but definitely not a place I would recommend. First and Last for me!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was clean and comfy. Quiet area (although no options for real food around) and super affordable. Quick check in and will def be back soon
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Kelley

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Kelley

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Terrible, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
Neighbors were VERY noisy. I complained and was told there was nothing they could do. Also the neighbors smoked pot, the hallway reeked of it. I was down the only hallway at the hotel with only 4 rooms. I was there for 2 weeks and booked for a 3rd week only to be told that they denied my booking because they were supposedly booked full. When i booked i got the last room.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mary Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean , comfortable in a nice area!
Very nice place to stay !
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Rochelle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible hotel
The check in person was very rude and did not tell me where the room was located was short just handed me the room key and that was it. Don’t stay at this hotel not worth it. The room stunk the curtains had holes in them the bathroom was filthy
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I did not like that my box spring cover had black markings on them.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
I like this place cause is very close to my family/friends but on the last two times I stayed here that only complaint that I had is about the smell in the rooms. It's a smell between humidity and smoke, even that are "smoke free" rooms. I couldn't say if is because the a/c were on on fan or the carpet or what, but this last time the smell was terrible. I have to ask for an air refresher to try to put away the smell. The maintenance guy was nice, but the guy at the front desk had a nasty attitude when I went to complaint. The rest was great.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Revanth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy with the stay
After looking in to reviews , I thought it will be bad . But ,it was very good . Very happy with the stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
no amenties or breakfast . it was close to the family. the first room smell so we ask for another room.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best kept secret.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best kept secret.
It was nice =:)
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Carpet had dog hair and what appeared to be toe nails that were never vaccumed up. Room smelt like dog pee. All i wanted was a nice clean place to sleep and never got it. TV didnt work and called desk and said theyd be there in 5 minites and never showed. Went to bed and tv came on by itself. I didnt have a dog i was by myself. Next time im better off sleeping in my truck. Didnt see any bed buhs but treated all as if they did to be sure. List goes on and on....
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
We had to have a smoking room because there were no non-smoking rooms. I was highly disappointed at how much like smoke the room STILL smelled, including the clean towels.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Hector

Over paid.
There is a large lite up sign at hotel. Showing stay is $39.99 monday through Thursday.But l was charged $60.00. And sign has not been removed. Your prices online do not match hotel sign advertisement. This had,happened to me twice at this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Nattooee, Vineland

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very disappointed
Not impressed at all room was we're filthty, bathroom door broken cigarettes burn holes in blanket room smelled bad
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The room was smaller and i just didnt like it and i was way in the back never ever stayed in the back seems like that room was for a drug or drinking person
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018