Grand Hotel Of Cape May
The verdict
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Who it's for
- — travelers who walk everywhere instead of booking cars
- — long-shower, slow-morning travelers
- — travelers who want staff who actually follow through
- — light sleepers — the beds get singled out
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Score breakdown
How the 80/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
83- “I going to pass most of the small annoyances and get to the big one: there was no water in our room for a day. We could not shower, we couldn't flush the toilet (they shut the water off without warning us first and my kid was literally taking a poop at the time so we couldn't flush it until over 8 hours later).” 10
Location
92- “For more family-friendly resorts around New Jersey, visit our NJMOM Guide to resorts and hotels in NJ. You know what they say-location is everything, and The Grand Hotel wins hands down for its envious shoreline spot.” 13
- “It is a little further out of the historical district, but still close enough to walk places. It's on the beach, which is also nice.” 4
Room
77Service
83Bed & Sleep
79Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-08-29
Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
Falls short of what $$ usually buys
Scores 9 points below the mid-range median of 89, across 513 hotels in the same bracket.
- This hotel
- 80
- Bracket median
- 89
- Index median
- 90
Based on 513 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
- 1 mention
No location within the hotel draws repeated complaints yet.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 23 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
Quotes run exactly as travelers wrote them — spelling and all. We trim for length, never for tidiness.
- “Hemingway's is pretty decent for a hotel restaurant, there's been times it's been excellent, on par with some of the fine dining places around Cape May, and other times it's been pretty pedestrian, though never bad.” 4
- “Hemingways is nothing special for dining, so I wouldn't put much weight on the dining credit.” 4
- “Other stuff: cold, dirty indoor pool, leaky ceiling in indoor pool area out stuff got wet before we noticed what was happening, moldy shower curtains, took two hours to get sheets for second bed, run down building, just all around a big thumbs down.” 10
- “I don't know why people say it's dirty, every time we've been there, no matter what time of year, the whole property always clean, and the staff is super friendly.” 4
- “The staff is also very friendly and welcoming” 4
- “The location, rooms, common areas, pool, and customer service were all excellent!” 1
- “All of the staff there were extremely polite, friendly, and helpful.” 1
- “"All of the staff there were extremely polite, friendly, and helpful. We had a spectacular view of the ocean from our balcony.” 1
- “Grand hotel is where my family typically stays and have had no issues with it being dirty or poorly managed. It's always decently priced, comfortable and clean.” 4
- “For more family-friendly resorts around New Jersey, visit our NJMOM Guide to resorts and hotels in NJ. You know what they say-location is everything, and The Grand Hotel wins hands down for its envious shoreline spot.” 13
- “Arachne93 • 2y ago We love The Grand, it's a very nice hotel. It is a little further out of the historical district, but still close enough to walk places.” 4
- “I'm not saying avoid it if it's a good deal, but you won't have much option to walk to anything where it is located vs other places.” 4
- “It is a little further out of the historical district, but still close enough to walk places. It's on the beach, which is also nice.” 4
- “The Grand is not a hard walk to the historic area of Cape May and the Washington Mall (it's safe and under a mile), but young kids might feel otherwise.” 4
- “1 more reply 1 more reply More replies More replies Arachne93 • 2y ago We love The Grand, it's a very nice hotel. It is a little further out of the historical district, but still close enough to walk places. It's on the beach, which is also nice.” 4
- “The Marquis de Lafayette is good IF and only if you can get a renovated room,(we've stayed in their family suites which worked out nicely since we try to not be in the same room as our kids).” 4
- “Luxurious guest rooms come with amenities like a Tempur-Pedic® mattress and semi-private balcony.” 7
- “So the next morning when I checked out I told the desk clerk what room we were in and how the water was still brown and not hot and she immediately snapped "the water problem today is the town, you're not getting a refund, I can credit you $50".” 10
- “The suite was perfect for four women.” 1
- “Many of the rooms feature stunning ocean views that greet you first thing in the morning and breathtaking sunsets from your balcony.” 13
- “I going to pass most of the small annoyances and get to the big one: there was no water in our room for a day. We could not shower, we couldn't flush the toilet (they shut the water off without warning us first and my kid was literally taking a poop at the time so we couldn't flush it until over 8 hours later).” 10
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- 10 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Deep coverage · 20/100We read 0 sources for this property, covering 0 traveler mentions, boiled down to 0 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-08-29.
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Sources
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Everything quoted on this page.
- 13Grand Hotel Cape May: A Beachside Family Paradisenjmom.comReview site2026-05-12Current3 quotes used
“From flexible floor plans for families to apartment-style suites, rooms at The Grand Hotel (many with balconies) are a comfortable blend of coastal chic, with tones of aqua, white, and bleached woods.”
Read originalnjmom.com - 12
- 4Cape May in March, thoughts on the Grand hotel?reddit.comForum thread2025-03-03Recent19 quotes used
“Hemingway's is pretty decent for a hotel restaurant, there's been times it's been excellent, on par with some of the fine dining places around Cape May, and other times it's been pretty pedestrian, though never bad.”
Read originalreddit.com - 10Grand hotel. Yuck : r/CapeMayreddit.comForum thread2023-02-21Ageing4 quotes used
“Other stuff: cold, dirty indoor pool, leaky ceiling in indoor pool area out stuff got wet before we noticed what was happening, moldy shower curtains, took two hours to get sheets for second bed, run down building, just…”
Read originalreddit.com - 1Grand Hotel Of Cape May | Official Sitegrandhotelcapemay.comReview siteDate not stated8 quotes used
“The suite was perfect for four women.”
Read originalgrandhotelcapemay.com - 2Grand Hotel of Cape May Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026expedia-aarp.comReview siteDate not statedRead originalexpedia-aarp.com