Chalfonte Hotel

2.0 star property

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Exterior
Comfort Cottage | Private kitchen
Romantic Room
Bar (on property)
Interior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
301 Howard St, Cape May, NJ, 08204
  • Cape May Convention Hall
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Washington Street Mall
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Cape May Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Cape May, NJ (WWD-Cape May County)

Room options

Classic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Premium Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Romantic Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Presidential Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed

Basic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Cape May

Located in Cape May (Cape May Historic District), Chalfonte Hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Washington Street Mall and Cape May Beach. .This hotel is 7.4 mi (12 km) from Wildwood Boardwalk and 11.1 mi (17.9 km) from Wildwood Beach.

What's nearby

  • Colonial House - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Cape May Convention Hall - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Washington Street Mall - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Cape May Beach - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Sunset Beach - 9 min drive - 5.1 km

Getting around

  • Cape May, NJ (WWD-Cape May County) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Ugly Mug Bar & Restaurant - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Out There Coffee - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Taco Caballito Tequileria - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Mad Batter Restaurant and Bar At The Carroll Villa Hotel - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Coffeetyme - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Chalfonte Hotel

Victorian hotel in Cape May
Chalfonte Hotel offers 65 accommodations with air conditioning. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.
Make yourself at home in one of the 65 individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
This smoke-free hotel was built in 1876.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Beach umbrellas

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Individual decor

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

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

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 50 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

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

Property is also known as

Chalfonte Hotel Hotel
Chalfonte Hotel Cape May
Chalfonte Hotel Hotel Cape May

Chalfonte Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 199 out of 384 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 116 out of 384 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 384 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 384 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 384 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was an amazing experience only downside was we couldn’t stay longer. Easy check in and check out. Will be back!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jamie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Decent
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything everywhere was a winter wonderland 🎄I definitely will be returning and be staying at the Chalfonte.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds..lots of cool cubby hole rooms on the main floor - tons of gorgeous antiques throughout. Great History.

4/10 Poor

Diane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I can't speak for warmer weather, but we stayed in December. The main hotel was closed, which we were not told when booking. We were looking for the Christmas experience. There was no contact with any hotel staff. We stayed in what they called the Southern Quarters, a separate building that housed 6 rooms. Even though the room had heat it was very cold. We were very cold all night. The floors were like ice. The bathroom was freezing! I don't think there was any heat in there. I would not recommend staying here in the cold weather.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eleanor, Somers

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Although only part of the hotel is opened this time of year, I enjoyed this lovely clean , quiet property perfect for my visit to Cape May.I look forward to a return stay when this charming hotel is fully opened with it's restaurant and rocking chair porch ..a step back in time...
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stay was pleasant
We had a wonderful couple days in Cape May. Chalfonte was nice but we weren't in the main building due to it being closed for the season. Would like to stay again but in the actual hotel next time.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Audrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I loved the welcome handwritten envelope—loved everything. I am very appreciative and honored to have had these 2 nights at this most historical location.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Janemarie

We didn’t know what to expect but the hotel was lovely. The staff was very friendly and welcoming.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

JOHN

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Chalfont is an old Victorian hotel. In the off-season you stay in the Southern Quarters. There are 9 rooms on 3 floors. Rooms 1-3 are on the first floor and the heat is controlled by one main thermostat in the hallway. Once the outside temps dropped so did the room temperature. The hallway temperature was 56. The bathroom tile floor is freezing and it took forever for the sink water to heat up. Outside of the temps, the room was nice, the bed was comfortable, nice TV with many stations. Everything is within walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Glen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
If you like old world history this historical hotel is for you. My visit was during off season so didn't get to experience the hotel in full swing. Had nice amenities for being an old building.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robin

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was exactly as pictured online.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really lovely historic hotel. Conveniently located and wonderfully maintained. Highly recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was pleasantly surprised that this room had a TV. I seen them advertise that they didn't offer any TV's in their rooms, but this place is so big that most of the other rooms might not have one. The bathroom was very nice. The shower was big. It was very clean. The hotel is also close to the mall so I made several trips on for. Also did a trolley ghost tour and found out that this place has a few ghosts. Which makes it a bit more interesting. I will definitely look into this place in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Carlos M.

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I loved the property. Very historic. Our tv did not work, only drawback since it was election night and wasn't able to watch.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia A

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Randy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Liked: Staff & service
Very good area, walkable to beach and outdoor “mall” easy and plenty of parking around the building. Room was fine