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The Best Places in Asbury Park

The best places in Asbury Park, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the Forbes Travel Guide, and NJ.com have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Asbury Ocean Club Hotel comes out on top.

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Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel and The Asbury Hotel hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with NJ.com next.

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  1. Check-in happens on the fourth floor of a glass tower, no credit card demanded at the door, just a welcome drink and a cool towel while your bags disappear ahead of you. It's a luxury hotel one block from the Jersey Shore, and it reads more like a borrowed beach house than a property, with plush settees, fireplaces, and coffee table books stacked just so. Manhattan is 75 minutes away, which the crowd seems to regard as a selling point rather than a commute. Michelin awarded it a Key.

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  2. The red-brick Beaux-Arts facade on Ocean Avenue is a reminder that the Jersey Shore once attracted people who traveled with steamer trunks. This hotel carries that old-money beach-town energy into rooms with plush linens and coastal textiles that manage to feel modern rather than nautical-themed. An outdoor pool with cabanas and a tiki bar gives you a reason to avoid the boardwalk, at least until early afternoon.

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    601 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ · Asbury Park
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