We've been traveling aboard our boat for the last 4 months. As you might imagine, we've stayed at a…read morelot of great marinas. Our standards are pretty high. However, Son Rise blew the competition out of the water! From the moment we arrived we could tell Son Rise was a special place. Despite its size, they make every customer feel known, and important. The attention to detail is unparalleled! The docks are clean and very well kept, along with every other inch of the marina from the parking lot to the swimming pool. Son Rise offers many extra amenities such as: a community room with coffee available 42/7, beautiful, clean bathrooms and shower facilities, huge indoor heated storage, a large pool and a nice laundry room. The entire marina is gated making it very secure. Our family was extremely impressed with the friendly and kind attitudes of everyone at Son Rise. It obviously starts with the Manager, Tim, and trickles down through the staff and even the other customers. My daughter even mentioned that Son Rise was exactly like Disney World. It magically looks perfect- though you never actually see the effort that goes into maintaining it so well. Son Rise has set the bar for how all marinas should be! We will absolutely be back.

From the owner: Son Rise Marina is located on beautiful Sandusky Bay in Sandusky, Ohio, with a stunning view of…read moreCedar Point Amusement Park. Our goal is to exceed boater expectations, whether through excellent care of our docks and amenities or unrivaled personal service and attention. Once you drive through our gate, see our facility and meet our staff, you will know that you and your boat have found a home.

Before going to get gas at this marina on 7/28 we called and asked what time they are open until…read more We were provided with the time of 5:00pm. We arrived after boating across the bay at 4:40pm and as we pulled up, the kid working said that they were out of gas as he was putting locks on the pumps. However, the boat ahead of us was in the process of fueling up. As we inquired, the answer changed to, "We are closed." Understandably frustrated we mentioned at we called ahead to ask and the kid Caleb almost refused to fuel the boat. He was no help in helping us dock and if it wasn't for the nice lady working saying, "I don't know why he said that because we are indeed open until 5:00". Caleb probably wanted to just get out of there but when you boat across the whole bay with little fuel, if it wasn't for the nice girl we would have been stranded in the marina. Overall Caleb gets an F for customer service and for lying. We will avoid getting fuel from this place again.

Great place! The food is great (And it's amazing for a place by the water!) The Burgers taste good…read moreand you get a great view of the great place Cedar point. There's a spot where you can get drinks but sometimes bees will beat you to it and drink the liquid. Don't worry about the bees they are rarely there! The food isn't expensive it's cheap and amazing so if you are looking for a place to eat in Sandusky stop by at the Battery Park Marina!

shitty business owners / managers that think they can change policies as they go. Docks are…read moreliterally falling apart. stay away

Repost. After being contacted by a member of Hoty Marine (Venetian Marina), my issue with a 1-star…read morerating was addressed. I am now again a satisfied customer. Hoty, keep listening to your customers, and you will have customers for life.

Matt, Mike and Tom Jr. are great guys. They are very fair and honest and for the last 10 years…read morehave always treated me right. The marina does great mechanical work and can handle anything you throw at them. The slips are very well maintained and fairly priced for what you get. I bought my first two boats here and dock my current boat here as well. I will be a customer for life.

The place is AWFUL, Do not go there after checking in went…read moreto the room trash everywhere in the walkway got in the elevator a board was missing on the floor they fixed it themselves by putting another board in it was really unsafe When we got to the room open the door smelled like cig smoke one of the beds a hole looked like made from a cig, the other bed had a stain we left the room and checked out the person at the desk said we will get a refund tomorrow well i thas been several days and still have not gotten it

Nice beach, decent marina and restaurant, good location. BUT terrible customer service. The office…read moreis always nasty and treat you horrible. They talk down to their customers with holier than thou attitudes. Very frustrating to deal with. Customer service was much better before they were bought in 2020.

The place it's self is nice, live bands weekly, kids activities. However, the river flooding is…read morecrazy. The park can't control the weather I suppose

Only stayed here for a night, but this place was perfect. I booked a camping spot over the phone 15…read moreminutes before the office closed, and the woman on the phone was extremely helpful. We slept on the ground in sleeping bags. There were a lot of people making noise until about 12:30am, playing music, singing, talking and yelling. The showers were not great but fine for a campground. I went to bed around 2am when everything had died down. Around 7am, some banging started like there might be a shooting range nearby. In the morning, I explored the camping area and got some exercise. So much better than a hotel gym! I ran around, shot some hoops, and bounced on their "jumping pillow" which was exactly what I needed before a day of driving. And it was so much cheaper than a hotel room.

My wife and I took a sailing class with Captain Ron at Harbor North about a year ago. DO NOT TAKE A…read moreCLASS THERE! Ron was more interested in telling people how he was getting paid to teach people how to sail than actually teaching people how to sail. We really learned very little during the course about actual sailing. We did learn that Captain Ron likes going to expensive places for lunch and having his students pay the tab. We did not receive our Basic Cruising stickers for our logbook as they were out, and they never sent our info to US Sailing. I just found this out the other day. I emailed and called about a dozen times in the past year and still have nothing. Captain Ron also showed us how to destroy the navigation lights on his boat while pulling into a slip. Not sure I wanted to learn that. Overall it was a terrible experience.

We were invited to go sailing with my husband's brother & wife since they're learning to sail. They…read morehad several lessons with Captain Ron and were very impressed with his experience. Captain Ron accompanied us from Huron to Sandusky. My husband & I learned so much from Ron even though we were just "tagging along" for the ride. We felt so comfortable sailing with him and we very much enjoyed hearing his sailing life experiences. We'd highly recommend him if you want to learn to truly sail.

We encountered very unfriendly service from the management and owners. The management staff cussed…read moreus out and threatened to kick us out of the Marina for accidentally walking on their 30x30 section of grass that did not have a sign. They were also drunk and did not allow us to use their restrooms by the pool.

This place was very rude. Owner rude, food not good,and all around not nice people. If the owner…read moreship changed it would be much better. Very strict with rules. And if you broke one you got kicked out. Do not recommend going there!