Pretty Decent and Pet Friendly

We stayed at the Residence Inn Aug 19-26th. Stayed here cuz it’s pet friendly. We took our two dogs with us. Had a oceanfront studio w/ king bed. Room was clean and spacey. Bathroom was nice and big. Only negatives for the room is the “full kitchen” doesn’t have an oven and there needs to be a light above the mirror in the bathroom (for the woman). The walk in shower is nice and big but the water does splash out on the floor with only the half door design. After about the 4th day the shower started draining slow. I lifted the metal plate and there was hair over the drain. Easy fix.

We did have issue with running out of hot water 3 times. Not sure what that was about. The hotel itself is nice. Layout is pretty stupid with having to use one elevator for the parking garage and then there’s only 2 floors to access elevators to all the room floors. There was a couple times we had to “wait” on the elevator but it wasn’t as bad as some of the other reviews state. Maybe in the middle of peak season but we did t have an issue. Once u learn the layout of the land it’s not bad but a dumb design on the architect who designed the hotel. The complimentary breakfast was good. Different hot food everyday. The bar and grill on the 2nd floor has good food but a little pricey.

The food truck that sits outside the pool area was da bomb. We ate there our last day and if we would of ate our first we would of ate there everyday. Pool looked nice but didn’t use it. We’re there for the beach. Nice big pet relief area. Somewhat clean but the dirtiness is the guest fault for not cleaning up after there dogs and throwing there chicken bones out there. Although they keep the grass green they could turn off the automatic sprinklers when there’s a lot of rain. Did make it soggy.

The only other caveat is how the hotel charges you $500 for “incidentals”. And the $15 a day resort fee is stupid. Most hotels down there charge a resort fee and take a “deposit” for damages but they only put a “hold” on ur card instead of actually charging it and it’s usually around $150. I’m not docking the place for not having everyday room service cuz well that’s everyplace now thanks to the fakedemic. We had no problem getting towels and toiletries when needed. Overall I would stay there again if I got a discount of some kind. It’s nice but not sure it’s worth what we paid.

Sep. 06, 2022

Not So Good

Made reservations here to break up the drive to the beach. Room seemed clean, bed seemed clean (did have small light stain on comforter) but the killer… when we opened the door they had the air set to 61 degrees!! I don’t know what the purpose of this was but totally not necessary and the room smelled like cleaner so bad it burnt your nose. The seemed clean but was slippery from the oily layer I assume was from cleaner. Plus if complained and got another room probably but I just turned the fan on and went to sleep. If I would have gotten a room that didn’t smell like cleaner so bad I prob would of rated 4 bones. Can’t speak of the shower. Just stopped to sleep and leave

Aug. 19, 2022

Not great this time

This place is good if you have dogs but if you don't, spend your money on someplace else. Dog waste area is SMALL. like 4 ft wide and 30ft long. should be bigger to properly take dogs to bathroom. Using the beach is easier. rooms are small, bathroom is tiny. barely room to get dressed unless u stand in the tub. oceanfront efficiency with "kitchen" was not suitable to cook in. only had 2 pots, a skillet (small 7"), couple pieces of silverware, a plastic spoon and spatula. single serve coffee pot, should have full size with kitchen. would I go back? only if nothing else was available, I would spend more on a nicer place.

Update: we went back a 2nd time august of 2021. Got a oceanfront double room. Rooms aren’t dirty but not clean like that should be. This room didn’t have a coffee pot or ice bucket which was suppose to be included. Ask for one and said they would get on and never did. We seen a roach in the bathroom but kept watch and didn’t see anymore. This place used to be affordable for what it is but not anymore. Definitely will pay more for a better place

Aug. 17, 2020

Would stay again

Originally go this to take out dogs. Last minute decided not to. But would book again with or without them.

Apr. 25, 2021