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2.5 out of 5
Essence Express Wayne
320 US-46, Wayne, NJ

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 86 out of 291 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 291 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 31 out of 291 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 38 out of 291 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 97 out of 291 reviews" "

5.6/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Oluwatayo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very dirty
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Railen

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Maureen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from YG on May 27, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Allishaw

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was very clean. Customer service was very satisfying. My only problem was it’s a non-smoking building and all you can smell is cigarette.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from YG on May 23, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Robert, Henrico

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The bed sheets had stains from the previous guests. House keeping did not bother to change the sheets. I had to call for clean sheets and change them myself. I will never stay i. that place again nor would I recommend anyone to stay there.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from YG on May 20, 2024
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6/10 Okay

Mandy

Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Response from YG on May 20, 2024
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6/10 Okay

Isabella, Howard Beach

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

2/10 Terrible

Olfa

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was nasty
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Sandro

Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from YG on May 27, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Heather

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty much a disgusting dirty smelly place where obviously illegal activity is going on IYKWIM. Possibly the most disgusting place I’ve ever stepped foot in my life.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

6/10 Okay

Selenia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My first night i encountered a roach. Ended up losing sleep over it. Floor is filthy. Hallway before you enter the rooms smells like cigarettes. The bed wasn’t mounted to the wall so when you went to lay down it felt more like an attempt to survival. It’s affordable for the reason that it can’t fix up these problems.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
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8/10 Good

Ar-Raheem

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It wasn't really that bad besides the workers and staff they Had banging on my walls and ceiling
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Jaylyn

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was clean and the room was nice
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Clara

Travelled with partner
My first room wasn’t clean food left in fridge TV not working the next room bedding wasn’t clean nightstand was sticky bed spread had a Burt hole in it I cleaned and change my own Children running up and down the hall late night knocking on guest doors A horrible stay will never stay there again And I will warn all my family and friends not to stay there
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

TONIA

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 20, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

TONIA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It's a great place to stay but it has its flaws. Limited amenities ... Nothing extra really according to the rooms. No iron or ironing board, No closet, and never any face rags. I always have to ask for them, and then they usually only have hand towels for your face never small face cloths. It's ok for the price though. Just don't want to see them lose value because of the types of people they allow to stay there. Also they need to limit the places where the children play. My fiancee only has a couple hours to sleep because of overnight work so sleep during the day is important. It's not a place he may want to stay again, but I will stay again. Just minor complaints ... A quick fix ... But they have to get a grip on the kids. There were shopping carts being played with and balls being thrown pass me in the parking lot when I departed from the car. The kids were playing really loud in the hallways and running through the hall. Great thing about that is that is not always the case. But again ... It's a nice hotel overall ... Nice bed and I love the shower. The bathroom is really nice. I will recommend a good stay on a quiet day 😉
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on May 13, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

2/10 Terrible

Sivasankar, South Grafton

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay away. Noisy and cigarette smell Water clog We have to move out the next day
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 26, 2024
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6/10 Okay

Travis

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
There seemed to be people living in the motel with their entire family kids running the hallways unattended and loud then the adults would sit in the two vehicles they im assuming owned while for hours at a time late nignt and early morning then to top it all of while me and my family were taking our belongings out to our vehicle the local police come driving thru not a huge deal until they then circled the motel 4 times looping around the parking lot just to go to the front of the building and sit watching the parking lot to the motel seemed very strange
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Apr 26, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

10/10 Excellent

Paola

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
the bathrooms need more cleaning
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 23, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

rafael

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The whole place smelled like nothing but cigarettes. Fresh cigarettes staled cigarettes poor lighting. Rooms looked like my kids made it up. Walls had painting ripped out with glue pieces left. Bed was made by a 5 year old. Cob webs in the check in area.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 23, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Suzanne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not clean No wash cloths NO SOAP no side tables for bed Loud screaming woman They don’t answer the phone when calling from room
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 18, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Jesse

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice, clean, quiet, staff was excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 15, 2024
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4/10 Poor

JULIO

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 15, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Tracy J.

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the mirrors and space size. A little dusty.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 15, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

2/10 Terrible

JULIO

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty, Stained and Smelly Sheets. Dirty towels, garbage all around. No ventilation, hair all over the rooms - noisy with the random people in and out. Police activity every 20 to 30 minutes. Inconvenient entrance, dangerous highway. Will pass it at least 2 times if you have never been here. Stay away from this place , spend an extra 10 dollars and stay somewhere nicer, cleaner and safer.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 10, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

DOUGLAS

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bed was squeaky, toilet kept going off an on so much I had to turn off water supply. Wall was dirty like someone spilled something on it
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from YG on Apr 10, 2024
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6/10 Okay

Monique

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
See for ur self but definitely wouldn’t recommend the sheets and towels where dirty!!!! And also around the building
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2024
Response from YG on Apr 4, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Apr 4, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Cynthia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is ready dirty and it smells like cigarettes everywhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from YG on Apr 4, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

10/10 Excellent

Annalyne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazingly hygienic area very well kept clean and safe enviroment
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from YG on Mar 13, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Sugeily

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Mar 7, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

JULIO

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice Place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Mar 7, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

2/10 Terrible

Víctor fernando

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Feb 16, 2024
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4/10 Poor

Jose

Liked: Staff & service
Stairs way very dirty
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Feb 16, 2024
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6/10 Okay

Manuel A

Disliked: Amenities
This hotel would only be good for a one night stay to get some sleep. The rooms do not have a closet, so not good for families vacation, or long term. The entrance is dangerously off of the main road, so you have to make sure you're not coming upto it at a speed above 25mph, and you're mindful of vehicles around you. Checkin appeared to be strictly at 3pm, but a charge for early Checkin ... AND ... although Checkout is at 11am, the Cleaning was knocking at my door at 10:45am and then opened the door while I was washing up in the bathroom. There's plenty of parking on either side of the hotel, but personally, I kept checking on my car through my window, because some of the guest I saw around the hotel looked suspect. It looks like the owners tried to make the place look appealing, and the bathroom in my room had a pretty cool walkin shower, but nothing else impressed me. This is a one night, get a few hours of sleep type motel (not hotel).
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Feb 16, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

10/10 Excellent

JULIO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Place, Nice Updates.
Very Nice Updates ; Got a Good Nights Rest. Highly Recommended ; Will Stay Again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from YG on Feb 7, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

JULIO

Great Place To Stay ; Best Bang for Your Buck!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Feb 2, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Johanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Feb 2, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Is ok
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 30, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

JULIO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good Stay - Entrance to parking lot is a bit tricky but overall a great place to spend a day or two.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 30, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Orfa

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 24, 2024
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4/10 Poor

Luis

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It wasn’t clean and catfish
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 24, 2024
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4/10 Poor

Nedeshka

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Necesitan mas limpieza en el area de los cuarto pareciera que el bano estaba sucio, y no tenia cortina en la regadera.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 24, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
For starters, be prepared to pass it a couple of times since it's location is dangerously right after an underpass that also curves. So some people might not see that you are stopped and ready to turn into the hotel when they zoom around that corner. Be warned. No dining. No breakfast. Towels AND bed had stains on them as if they had not ever been washed. Iron your clothes before booking here if I didn't scare you yet for there is no ironing board. No lockbox to store valuables. The place seems to be a beacon for drunk people at night that no one does anything about. I did love that there were vending machines until I found out I was having stomach problems because half of the drink and food items were expired. By MONTHS. The wifi is absolutely awful slow and don't bother watching any TV because you have no channels. Wasted money on expensive TV's but they didn't install cable. Was going to drink a cup of water from the sink since none of the vending machines had any water. Do not drink from the faucet. Little white floaty things are in it and it will SHRED your stomach. I only drank it because your body naturally needs water and it was the only thing available. Never again. Air-conditioning and heater works like a charm. The hot water takes a second but when it kicks in it's awesome. The bed is surprisingly comfortable like a temperpedic bed you'll sink into it. I chose this place for my new years vacation and it was overpriced considering all of the things it was missing.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from YG on Jan 8, 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Nia

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 8, 2024
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4/10 Poor

Malui

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was nice and polite and it was an easy check in process. However the room was a different story. Not only was our room dirty and had previous customers trash there, it was clear all the cleaning staff did was change the sheets/all linen and did nothing else but maybe wipe with a Lysol wipe. The room had gunk and hair on the floors, the bathroom had no shower curtain and the water pressure was terrible. Because of no shower curtain the water just how everywhere and soaked the place. The bathroom has hair on the floor and rust on the pipes. The fridge had the previous customers WENDYS CUP INSIDE. No one even looked in the fridge to clean it. The walls of the bathroom had handprint and the walls in the bedroom was dirty and had stains. But my main things was the floor and shower. The floor was so bad I didn’t take off my shoes. Overall I don’t think it’s the owner fault. He was very nice and polite the whole time and where he was it was spotless and clean. However the cleaning people don’t seem to care at all. I suggest he really crack down and do room checks to be sure they are doing there job at all. It would be a great property with potential with the cleaning staff just did they JOB!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YG on Jan 8, 2024
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2/10 Terrible

DIAMOND

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from YG on Jan 8, 2024
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team

2/10 Terrible

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from YG on Jan 24, 2024
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8/10 Good

Imran

Liked: Staff & service
It was an okay stay. The price of the room was really good. The main issue was the plumbing in the bathroom made constantly ran all nite. Other than that it was an okay stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from YG on Dec 27, 2023
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10/10 Excellent

Mohamed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from YG on Dec 25, 2023
Hello, Thank you for taking your time out to provide us your honest feedback. At Essence, we continuously strive to serve you better. Looking forward to serving you in the future! Best Wishes Essence Express Team