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Reviews of MainStay Suites Jacksonville near Camp Lejeune

2.5 out of 5
MainStay Suites Jacksonville near Camp Lejeune
2201 N Marine Blvd, Jacksonville, NC

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 359 out of 646 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 174 out of 646 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 58 out of 646 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 33 out of 646 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 646 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Carol, Tucker

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will definitely be staying here again. I was really impressed with how helpful and friendly the staff are. The hotel may not be the newest but it was very clean and welcoming. No breakfast included but it’s located in an adjoining parking area with Dennys. Large outdoor seating area to enjoy your morning coffee which was one of the best I’ve had in a hotel (and it’s free, lol).
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Rick - Manager on Apr 19, 2024
Thanks Carol! We greatly appreciate your kinds words and were thrilled to read your comments! We look forward to serving your lodging needs in the future!

6/10 Okay

Michael

Travelled with family
The room smelled like smoke. It was terrible
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Rick - Manager on Apr 18, 2024
Apologies for room smelling like smoke. We are non-smoking facility but unfortunately sometimes people smoke in a room, we do our best to treat the rooms after to ensure smoke smell dissipates. Unfortunately, it appears we did not get all the smell out of the property.

10/10 Excellent

Mikala

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Rick - Manager on Apr 16, 2024
Thanks for the kind remark, we are thankful you had a great stay!

8/10 Good

angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Affordable hotel. Friendly staff. Needs some updates, new carpet, elevators that work, mattress was horrible and needed to be replaced.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Rick - Manager on Mar 29, 2024
Thanks for taking time to review stay. We just completed renovations in December with new room carpet, new mattresses and many other items. We will be replacing hallway carpet in the next couple months. We appreciate your kind comments about our friendly staff. We hope you stay with us again in the future!

2/10 Terrible

Alexander

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This was one of the most miserable stays that I can recall in a number of years. The hotel did not let anyone know that it was under renovation. The entire hotel smells like tobacco smoke. Stomping all night above my room after letting desk attendant know...Will never stay here again and will not recommend to anyone...
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Nov 28, 2023
We apologize that your stay was unpleasant, we have signs all of the building, including at the front desk, stating we are currently under renovations to make guest aware. As for the noise complaint, that was addressed right after called, we went up to room above yours, guest was one long-term occupant and was in bed when addressed about noise complaint, also we went down to th your floor to see if we could hear anything audibly and it was completely quiet. There was no renovations at that time of night nor the guest above making any noise. We only had the one call from your room and thought issue had been resolved since no further issue had been raised. We would hope after renovations to get another opportunity but understand if you do not want to. Have a great holiday season!

10/10 Excellent

dawn, Spring Hill

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Dec 5, 2023
Thanks for 5-star review!

8/10 Good

Caris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Nov 10, 2023
Thanks for reviewing our hotel

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Great service and location. Hotel was clean and had safe parking
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Nov 10, 2023
Thanks so much for kind words about our hotel and staff, we greatly appreciate it and look forward to future stays!

4/10 Poor

Judith, Bellingham

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The carpet and couch in my room were so stained and dirty I didn’t want to walk on the carpet. The refrigerator made so much noise I knew I would not sleep. I asked for and received a different room which was marginally better. The desk clerk told me they are getting ready to replace all the carpet. Too bad I came before it happened. It really looked like the place had not been maintained well even so.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Oct 25, 2023
We apologize that you was unhappy with current conditions, you are correct we are in the renovation process, as we are having new carpet installed this week and should be completed with the hotel in next several weeks. We will be receiving new sofa by the end of the year if current timetables are correct, along with other improvements. We hope you give us another opportunity in the future

10/10 Excellent

Dixie

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a great place. Staff was amazing.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Sep 19, 2023
Thanks for the 5-star review! Thanks for the compliments, our staff appreciate it!

6/10 Okay

Joanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Mainstay Suite Jacksonville
I was not told upfront there was an extra charge of over $100 on each of my rooms. I only knew by checking my online banking the next morning. When I questioned another person at the desk I was told I should not have been charged and the charges would drop off. That is not the point to be holding $200 of my money. As I explained to the desk that could have been all my vacation $ for all they knew. I was told I could call my bank and have it released again I could but I shouldn't have to. The couch was stained up and the sheets had something black on it and when I tried to brush it off it smeared. I think it came from the ac unit. The coffee table in the center of the room the legs were wobbly. We had to get assistance to even get the tv to come on. Not a terrible place to stay just needs updating and need to be upfront about fees.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Sep 6, 2023
Apologies on the pre-authorization that was taken for both reservations, the system should have used them with your actual payment at check-in but for some reason did not. It's a common practice for hotels to preauthorize on date of arrival to ensure credit cards on file are valid. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused.We are going to be replacing the sofa, along with carpet and other items during our renovation that is scheduled to start later this month through end of year.We hope you give us another opportunity in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Sidney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place! Will stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Aug 28, 2023
Thanks for the nice comments! See you again in future!

8/10 Good

Konstantinos

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good value for the price.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Aug 21, 2023
Thanks for the 4-star review!

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Customer service at the front desk was great
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 29, 2023
Thanks so much for kind comments about our front desk team, they will truly be elated to read your comments!

4/10 Poor

Richard

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very noisy. Significant maintenance issues. Burned out light bulbs in the room. Lost electricity 2 times, once for several hours. Hotel doesn't have a backup generator system. Weird smell throughout.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 26, 2023
Apologies that we did not meet expectations, we will use your comments to look into ways to improve. The power outage was an area grid issue that was out of the control of the hotel, thankfully it was not out as long as Duke Energy first claimed. We appreciate your patience

8/10 Good

Desiree

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Good.
The staff was pleasant. The beds were hard as rocks - I'm still feeling that. The AC was going 100% of the time but it seemed to not keep the room cool at night. I liked I could get free tea all day long. The room needed some repairs but nothing that interfered with our stay. Overall it was a safe place to sleep and we'd come back if we're in the area and they're priced fairly at the time.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 25, 2023
Thanks so much for taking time to review stay with us, we appreciate your comments and our staff thanks you for your compliments. We look forward to serving again in the future!

2/10 Terrible

Eric

Travelled with pets
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was super nice place was as expected! My issue nothing mentioned about $35 charge for my dog until I was checking in , sure I could have said no but I was already there and didn't have another option! This should have been noted when I made reservation because I listed my dog!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 18, 2023
Thanks for reviewing your stay, we apologize you was no aware of the pet free prior, on Expedia website it does mention what our weekly pet fee amount would come to, which includes the first 1-4 days at 35 as you mentioned, that fee is not paid by Expedia or on their site and must be paid at property. We thank you for staying with us!

8/10 Good

REGINA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The hotel looks nice from the outside. The place was very clean. They had old stained furnitures in the room. There was an odor in the hallways along with it being very hot. A roach was in the closet. We reported it and the manager came to spray. He was very nice and apologized but another came from the kitchen area. Im going to try another hotel. It was ok fir the price. Close to alot of stores/restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 12, 2023
Thanks so much for the review, apologize for the outdatedness but we are renovating later this year. Appreciate comments about appearance of the hotel and we hope you come back and see us after renovations.

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great suite for the price. Comfortable and the A/C worked great - which was important because it was over 100° every day.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 11, 2023
We appreciate your review and we're glad the AC worked as well, as you mentioned Jacksonville was hot. Glad you apprecaited the value we offer and hope to serve you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Nathaniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was completely satisfied with my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 11, 2023
Thanks for your review, we are thrilled you were satisfied with your stay and look forward to future stays!

10/10 Excellent

Tamisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 10, 2023
Thanks for 10-star rating

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 6, 2023
Thanks for 5-star review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Decent place, no breakfast.
Check in was smooth and our stay was uneventful. However we were disappointed that no breakfast was included, even though the website stated that breakfast would be included. I was informed during check in that since our room had a full kitchen and the hotel offered a 10% discount at a nearby Denny's, they no longer offered breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 4, 2023
Apologies with any breakfast confusion, we have not offered breakast in awhile, I review Expedia and our site, it does not say breakfast included, but does mention breakfast items available, which would be in our market.We are glad you enjoyed your stay overall and gave us 8 stars, we truly appreciate it!.

10/10 Excellent

Nelson, Swoyersville

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good location, friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jul 4, 2023
Thanks for the kind comments about our staff and location, we greatly appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 28, 2023
Thanks for your 'great' comments, we truly appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 27, 2023
Thanks for 10-star review!

10/10 Excellent

Brenna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff nice rooms no bedbugs or other annoyances
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 24, 2023
Thanks for the nice comments, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us!

8/10 Good

Madison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was nice! Enjoyed my stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 24, 2023
Thanks for the nice comments, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us!

8/10 Good

Madi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
My room wasn’t like the photo it shows in the website The front desk lady was super nice and welcoming I asked he for a little check out she had no problem with that Outdated hotel but for the price was good the insulation is not good you can hear outside noise and kids in the hallway but agin for the price is good
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 22, 2023
Thanks so much for staying with us, we are going to get renovated later this year which will take care of the 'outdated' issue you mentioned. Appreciate comments about our wonderful desk person, she will greatly appreciate your comments!

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 23, 2023
Thanks for 10-star review!

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home away from home even better
The hotel room is very clean the staff is very friendly you're very professional tend to every need you ask and they fulfill your request within reason bad is very comfortable make me feel like I'm at home would recommend anytime to anyone just to stay here it is home away from home
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 22, 2023
Thanks for your review, we greatly appreciate your kind words about our hotel and staff and love that you felt at 'home'.

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just Don’t !
The rooms are filthy, nasty and disgusting! We had room 313 and the carpet was stained horribly. After being in the room for 20 minutes I couldn’t stand it any longer so I went to the front desk and asked for a clean room . I was given a key to a 2nd floor room and she said see if that’s better . She must have known they are all dirty. I went by that room and it was almost as bad as the first! The sofa was disgusting and I wouldn’t even sit on it . Do yourself a favor and stay somewhere else! I wouldn’t stay here if it were free !
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 22, 2023
Apologies for room condition, we are getting renovated later this year and getting new carpet, couches, drapes and more. Our staff works hard daily to ensure the rooms are cleaned properly prior to any of our guests stay, however a few rooms that have stains that are engrained and will not go away until they are replaced unfortunately, we hope you come back and try us out after renovations but we understand your feelings about giving us another opportunity.

4/10 Poor

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The rug and sofa was disgusting, dirty, stucky, and with an abundance of stains.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 22, 2023
Apologies for room condition, we are getting renovated later this year and getting new carpet, couches, drapes and more. There was no complaints made during your stay, as we would have attempted to address the issues while you was here. The rooms are cleaned prior to every reservation and we hope you come back and try us out after renovations.

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything went just perfect for me from checking in to check it out bed was nice and comfortable room is soundproof staff was great very professional the room is worth the price I felt very safe where the hotel is located
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 21, 2023
Thanks so much for your detailed review of your stay, we are thrilled that you have enjoyed your stay and everything that we can offer. We greatly appreciate the kind words about our hotel and staff!

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 20, 2023
Thanks for comments about great stay for a great value!

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was great staff she was very friendly professional
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 19, 2023
Thanks for much for kind words about our wonderful staff, we greatly appreciate it!

6/10 Okay

Miranda

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 17, 2023
Thanks for 3-star review!

10/10 Excellent

Rixie

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 17, 2023
Thanks for 10-star review!

10/10 Excellent

marco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff is very friendly & is located near anything you would need
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 14, 2023
Thanks for the kind comments about our location and staff, we greatly appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

JULIAN

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love it
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 7, 2023
We are thrilled that you loved your stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!!!
Very nice staff, very clean Hotel and rooms. Let me stay in peace. Only there if I needed them. Loved my Kingsize room! Would recommend them!!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 6, 2023
Thanks for your awesome review, we greatly appreciate all the kind words about hotel and staff!

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 30, 2023
Thanks for 10-star review!

6/10 Okay

Jerrell

Liked: Staff & service
The property felt a little outdated. Other than that, it was clean
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 26, 2023
Thanks for your time in reviewing stay, we are looking to change the 'outdated' comment, as we are going thru renovation by the end of the year and hope you come and stay with us again! Thanks for comments about our cleanliness!

10/10 Excellent

Lilyana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 23, 2023
Thanks for 10-star review!

8/10 Good

Erin

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on Jun 12, 2023
Thanks for 4-star review!

6/10 Okay

Katherine

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
Friendly staff. Carpet in room was disgusting I didn’t want to take my shoes off Couch was equally disgusting I would not sit on it. Roaches, we killed a few. Beds were nice. No fan in bathroom. Disappointed
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 18, 2023
Thanks for taking time to review your stay, we are in fact going to be renovated this year with new carpet and sofa. The fan in the bathroom is automatically on all the time, it's central exhaust. Apology for any bug issue, please make sure to inform staff of any issue when at hotel so we can address the situation. We appreciate kind comments about our staff and look forward to future stay.

8/10 Good

Hunter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pros: Great Staff, Good location, little room but good for two, the price here is great, very clean and in good driving distance for restaurants in Jacksonville. Cons: The fridge on our stay was super loud throughout the night which was annoying. No free breakfast, and location on very busy highway. Outside of this overall good stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 11, 2023
Thanks for your review, thrilled that overall you had a good stay. We appreciate the kind comments about our staff and hotel. Look forward to future stays!

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome Place!
Beautiful and clean room. Even Bella Grace loved it!!!
Thanks for a great nights sleep!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 8, 2023
We're glad you and Bella Grace loved your room, we look forward to future stays!

10/10 Excellent

Samuel R

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was professional and friendly. Our room was clean and appointed well. Area was nice and conveniently located. We have paid much more for rooms that were not as nice. Will definately stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 5, 2023
Thanks for staying with us and your very kind comments about about our wonderful staff and our value for our rooms, we are thrilled you will stay with us again in the future!

10/10 Excellent

Brittany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Rick - Manager on May 4, 2023
Thanks for the 5-star review and kind comment, we appreciate it!