Please. look only at recent reviews which highly rates it, the negative reviews may be under different owners. This motel has been renovated so as another reviewer said furniture is new, no smells and it is clean, so although there are no amenities like pool or gym, (so none of those DARN resort fees!) they do the basics right
I found this when I was looking for a room for just a few hours and wanted to pay a low day rate, (I didn't know there were that many motels in Wilmington, but they don't advertise on booking sites so they may have been cheaper for the a full night but they may not have had the jacuzzi room) which unfortunately is not advertised by Crescent but should! Even if others in the area were cheaper for a full night, no regrets staying here.
The jacuzzi room, is VERY nice with disco lights , next-door the bathroom had a huge shower with rainbow shower head, it was the cheapest spa room I ever had in CA at $190 and the staff was polite. They also have day rates where you rent for just a few hours and get a discount, they usually will NOT rent the jacuzzi room at that rate, but if you came in the evening hours and it's not rented out, you may get it for the cheaper price. They also had these unique shades, on top was a black out share and below was a shade where you can clearly see out but I don't think people could see in, I was probably staying in the most expensive room so not sure according to the pics, if all the rooms had that.
The cons I have is that you have to PAY for the ice and it's a small bucket you get for .50. This is not the greatest neighborhood (although safe) and the motel opening is NOT through a hallway but with outside doors and stairs and the ice machine is not in a locked room so maybe to avoid ice "theft" from non-guests, you have to pay. I told him that if one is paying $190 for the spa room it's rather tacky, just have tokens and a sign that says, that one can get tokens as a guest to pay for the ice. I guess because they have vinyl floors there's not much sound proofing and you can easily hear people walking above. read more