▁reception ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁received ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 5 5 %, ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 0 3 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 5 . 2 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁states : ▁" Hot el ▁Trans ylvan ia ▁ 2 ▁is ▁margin ally ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁original , ▁which ▁may ▁or ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁enough ▁of ▁a ▁recommendation ▁to ▁watch ▁ 8 9 ▁minutes ▁of ▁cor ny , ▁color fully ▁animated ▁g ags ▁from ▁Adam ▁Sand ler ▁and ▁company ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 4 4 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁In ▁Cinema Score ▁pol ls , ▁aud ien ces ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" A - " ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁Max ▁Nich ol son ▁of ▁I GN ▁awarded ▁it ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 . 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁saying ▁" Wh ile ▁Gen nd y ▁T art akov sky ' s ▁animation ▁is ▁top - not ch , ▁Hotel ▁Trans ylvan ia ▁ 2 ▁doesn ' t ▁live ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁mon ster ▁m ash ." ▁Nick ▁Sch ager ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁saying ▁" I ts ▁plot ▁comes ▁across ▁as ▁just ▁a ▁r ick ety ▁ske leton ▁designed ▁to ▁prop ▁up ▁Sand ler