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El Ray motel

2.5 star property

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Sun deck
Restaurant
Seasonal outdoor pool
Elite Triple Room
Elite Triple Room | Private kitchen

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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4711 Atlantic Ave, Wildwood, NJ, 08260
  • Place, Wildwoods Convention Center
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Splash Zone Water Park
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Raging Waters Water Park
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Airport, Cape May, NJ (WWD-Cape May County)
    ‪11 min drive‬

Room options

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Family Apartment, Non Smoking

Family Apartment, Non Smoking

  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 8
  • 5 Double Beds

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Economy Single Room, Pool View

Economy Single Room, Pool View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • 9 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Basic Double Room, Non Smoking

Basic Double Room, Non Smoking

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 9 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds

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Standard Triple Room, Non Smoking

Standard Triple Room, Non Smoking

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

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Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchenette

Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchenette

  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Elite Triple Room

Elite Triple Room

  • 18 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

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About the area

Wildwood

With a stay at El Ray motel, you'll be centrally located in Wildwood, steps from Wildwood Boardwalk and 4 minutes by foot from Wildwoods Convention Center. .This motel is 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Morey's Piers and 10.3 mi (16.6 km) from Cape May Beach.
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What's nearby

  • Wildwood Boardwalk - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Wildwoods Convention Center - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Morey's Piers - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Splash Zone Water Park - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Raging Waters Water Park - 16 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • Cape May, NJ (WWD-Cape May County) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mud Hen Brewing Company - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Mack's Pizza - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Marvis Diner - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Stella's Cafe - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Dogtooth Bar & Grill - ‬5 min walk

About this property

El Ray motel

Motel with free parking, steps from Wildwood Boardwalk
El Ray motel offers 38 air-conditioned accommodations with irons/ironing boards. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Housekeeping is offered daily and change of towels can be requested.
A children's pool and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site.
Make yourself at home in one of the 38 air-conditioned rooms featuring microwaves and flat-screen televisions. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a seasonal outdoor pool or take in the view from a rooftop terrace. Additional amenities at this motel include complimentary wireless internet access and gas grills.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours).
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
El Ray motel has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free covered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • In-room microwave
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift
  • Tile flooring in room

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The seasonal pool will be open from May 21 to September 25
Pool access available from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Reviews

El Ray motel Reviews

7.4

Good

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 54 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 54 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 54 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 54 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 54 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Veronica

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel is a very comfy place. It has three floors and the surroundings are quiet. The room is pretty big and it has a great view of the boardwalk and the wildwood sign. Place is great it’s only a half a block away from the boardwalk. Staff is really polite and gives you recommendations.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms were cozy, clean and private balcony. Close to boardwalk and food options. No vent in bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Horace

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Television didn’t work, remote broke held together with tape. Holes in wall, rusty pipes, railings… Staff was pleasant
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kaila

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Annette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a nice experience. Comfortable room especially beds with a balcony. People at the office were very nice. Family trip. I would recommend this place for families. Nice environment.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Daniela

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Jacqueline

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cleanliness Did not appreciate the owners bed side manners, tv didn't work no access to wifi.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Maria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice room for a last min stay. It was very out dated but clean. The staff is very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owners were MORE than accommodating and friendly! Will 100% be coming back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Eligha

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Keith

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It wasn't terrible, but the rating on hotels.com is way too high. It's average at best and is in need of updating. Half of the outlets didn't work and the A/C never shut off regardless of what temperature it was set at.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Bryan

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Ok
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chavon

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not pleased with my stay at all!

I was so disappointed as soon as I walked through the door. I have to admit the people were extremely nice at the front desk and I was hoping that this wasn’t going to be a nightmare being that they did not do any type of refunds, but this place was totally ridiculous. Our door was so close to the pool. You can smell the chlorine through the walls. There was a bubble in our bathroom from water damage that looked like it was gonna bust anything the bathroom floor stay flooding. We kept having to put their towel down, which made it that we had no towels so we had to go and buy ourselves some towels to use. The microwave was dirty. We never used the refrigerator to microwave the toaster nor the coffee maker because everything unsanitary especially since it was located right next to the bathroom that had the leak and smelled like urine all day long actually the whole time we were there we kept the window to the bathroom open. The shower stall was disgusting. It seemed like we had to take a shower with shower shoes or our flip-flops or whatever on because our feet should never hit that floor. The little sign that tells you what TV channels are was gross and disgusting. There was some human substance on the back of this thing so when you picked it up, you don’t know if you were touching boogers or what so that means the cleaning crew did not clean that room properly. When I went to tell the front desk all he did was give me a brand new one and told me to toss the nasty one away.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Driss

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will miss Daniel, Already
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sheela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My husband and I did a quick day trip and ended up staying over night. We arrived early and the staff was nice enough to let us checkin early. They also upgraded our room and no additional charge. The hotel is a bit outdated but the cleanliness was 10/10. There’s a nice size pool on the property that goes as deep as 9ft so please be careful. Over all we will be back! Great staff. Great stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Kay

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service

Okay room

Room was small. Outdated. Dirty
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Ricardo

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Cathy

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Edilson

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa, Chalfont

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is my second time staying here, and I absolutely LOVE it here! The managers are so warm and welcoming. I booked a last-minute, mother-daughter trip and got this room for an absolutely unbeatable price. Ironically, I'm staying in the same room I stayed in 6 or 7 years ago. I have nothing but good things to say about the El Ray! It's super close to the boardwalk and beach (right in front of the Convention Center). There is ample parking, and the rooms are very clean and beautiful! I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone. Our room was literally spotless when we arrived. We will most definitely be coming back in the future! 5 stars across the board for sure! Please ignore the 1-star reviews. In my opinion, they're all bogus. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the pool. Someone claimed that "four people almost drowned because it goes up to 9 feet and you have to sign a waiver that releases the hotel from responsibility if you get hurt in it." Just about every hotel I've ever stayed at in Wildwood makes you sign a waiver, and the pool is VERY CLEARLY marked with signs telling people how deep it is in which spots. Our room is absolutely spotless and everything works perfectly. I've talked to a few of the other guests and seen another room, and it looks just as beautiful as ours. I think some people are too picky and will find anything to complain about.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025