Gateway Inn

2.0 star property

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Exterior
Main Building Deluxe King w/ Sofabed  | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets
Main Building Deluxe King w/ Sofabed  | Living area | 40-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels, TV
40-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels, TV
Breakfast area

Reviews

5.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
$124
includes taxes & fees
Nov 9 - Nov 10

Explore the area

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1780 Sunrise Highway, Merrick, NY, 11566
  • Place, Merrick Road Park
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Place, Hofstra University
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Airport, New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
    ‪23 min drive‬

Room options

Garden Queen, Smoking

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Garden Queen

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Garden Double

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Main Building Deluxe Double (Highway View)

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Main Building Deluxe Double (Courtyard View)

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Main Building Deluxe King w/ Sofabed

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Main Building Deluxe King

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Main Building King, Handicap Accessible

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Garden Double, Smoking

  • 204 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About this property

Gateway Inn

Merrick hotel with coffee shop/cafe
This hotel features a coffee shop/cafe, coffee/tea in a common area, and concierge services. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, free newspapers, and a garden.
Gateway Inn offers 60 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and complimentary toiletries. 40-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

The hotel offers a coffee shop/cafe. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Merrick hotel also offers a garden, coffee/tea in a common area, and concierge services.

Gateway Inn has designated areas for smoking.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 40-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 9.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 5.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

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

  • Breakage deposit: USD 300 per stay

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

Optional extras

  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 5.0 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 9.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card 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; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Gateway Inn Merrick
Gateway Merrick
Gateway Inn Hotel
Gateway Inn Merrick
Gateway Inn Hotel Merrick

Reviews

Gateway Inn Reviews

5.6

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 184 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 194 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 164 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 141 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 319 out of 1002 reviews

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

JOSE, Silver Spring

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No tiene elevador ni baños adecuados para discapacitados, y lo que es peor la ropa de cama son arapos viejos, no lo debería recomendar Expedia
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Charity

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Priya

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Picture does not match room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Carletta

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Isha

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chelsea

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Abbie

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nasty nasty nasty

Room was absolutely disgusting.. couldn’t even sleep in the bed I was afraid to get bed bugs or something..
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jeanne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked everything BUT the hotel. The Gateway Inn was the most DISGUSTING hotel I have ever stayed at. The walls all over the room were dirty, the headboard was marked up and it looks like something removed the varnish from one big spot; there were bugs and spiders in the ceiling (obviously no one every dusts); the walls in the bathroom were cracked and crumbling; the mat on the floor of the tub was disintegrating and GROSS; the alarm clock in the room was broken; not all of the channels on the TV worked; they only gave us 2 towels for 4 registered guests; they only gave us 1 small bottle of shampoo and 1 small bottle of conditioner for 4 guests. The pictures on the website looked NOTHING like the room we were staying in (not even a refrigerator, coffee maker or microwave in the room). For what I paid for that room, I at least expected a clean room and walls that weren't crumbling and cracked (I have pictures). ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

charaine

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gilma

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pay ove $300 for the night. Place should be close. Shouldn't be in business
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The shower head is held together with electrical tape. The inside of the bathroom door looks like someone tried to house a tiger in the bathroom during their last stay. The bathroom door was almost impossible to open from inside the bathroom. The TV reception was poor and fuzzy. Finally, the room smelled like stale cigar smoke.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Neil

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Trish

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Bedding dirty no lights bulbs walls peeling want a full refund very disappointed and disturbed by this experience Expedia I want my money immediately thank you
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place looks and feels like something in a third world country
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Mark

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is was pretty old looking. Looks like they haven’t updated anything. Walls have stains, holes in ceiling, and yellow toilet water… Wouldn’t recommend unless you need a cheap place for a one night stay. Other than that no.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Michael

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t do it

Worst hotel I ever stayed at. It was disgusting
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Raymond

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms were in bad condition, bugs having fun on the floor, feels nasty. They should know who to give this type of rooms. They do business with these dirty rooms if you accept, your bad. I contacted hotels.com that same day and they fave us another room and they wanted to charge more. This is the worst trip and very disrespectful to a customer that pays the price. This is wrong. If hotels.com endorses this hotel, you guys are also participating in this business.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Fazrin

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was disgusting, paint was chipping off the door the wall there was mold smell everywhere there was mold on the mattress,in the bathroom the bathtub had a hair in the tub and the room look like it was hasn't been cleaned ever it was a disgusting and horrible experience I would not recommend. The lights kepts starting off by themselves to a point we had to keep our room open to get some light.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nicola

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room was disappointing , tv small , channels basic

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

peterson

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was expecting a room that looked like the one shown in the picture, but when I arrived, the room appeared to have not been updated. The bathroom looked horrible, and for paying $189 a night, it was not acceptable, and i didn't even get the option for the inside room they have available. Plus, a bar of soap was open
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Betty

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s clean, quiet, staff is very friendly and helpful. I wish it had an elevator for people with knee issues and some welcoming refreshments. ( juice, fruits and water).
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

MANNY

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is very old and dirty The staff was rude
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Robert

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Poor hotel

I stayed here years ago never again
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025