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"Room was clean, breakfast needs to improve, not to happy about hotel charging $15 for parking "

"The restaurant was staffed by an immature server who definitely needed training. The shower water was barely warm or hot and the pressure was horrible. They make the hotel appear as if it is right on the beach and it's not. You have to walk down aways to go through a state park. There's a beach campground across the street. The coffee that looks like it's available in the lobby had no coffee. The only real positive thing I can say about the hotel is the valet staff. They were great but they charge 55 bucks for valet per day."

"The weekend stay was lovely. I brought my mom here for a graduation party and to visit family for Mother's Day . It was very pleasant. The hotel is very clean and the staff was amazing. Everyone was very friendly from staff to guests. I didn’t realize it’s dog friendly hotel but you’d never guess. It was very clean and no pet smells. My room we had a double queen was ok. Very clean but why the bathroom was so small. Toilet was cramped by the sink & hard to flush. The shower was hard to get in to. Very high yet it had handicap bars. My 82 year old mom could no way get in safely. Kind of strange bathroom. I loved the lotions and soaps offered but strangely hooked to the walls. Had a tissue box but no tissue. The towels were super soft. I had issues with the tv I guess someone programmed it to Spanish and for a blind person. I just unplugged the streaming box snd rebooted it myself. Ok, now a bad experience that took place on Saturday night. The guests Nextdoor to my room were obviously drunk and loud as hell. Banging on the door to get in to their room on speaker phone and yelling. I called downstairs I guess after midnight to tell them someone was locked out. The young lady at the desk said she’d come up. Obviously not quickly. I heard a loud man ask them are you locked out. Between all the giggling and banging I guess the guy gave up on them. It was quiet for a bit 20-30 minutes and it started again. I heard someone open their room and yelled at them!"

"Room was ok. Staff was nice. I didn't try the breakfast "

"Loved the staff very friendly helpful parking expensive but the valet service was awesome very helpful"

"The property was amazing.. problem was the resort was inundated with a large number of babies, infants, toddler s and adolescents. It was like visiting a daycare center.. kids in pool with diapers, dogs running around off leach and kids jumping in spa like it was a pool.., parents were feckless!"