We stayed here in early August of this year. It was a lovely site, with a view of the ocean from our second floor room. All of the rooms face the ocean, and all rooms can hear the waves, but I think only the second and third floors can actually see the waves. It is a short walk to a very, very long beach. When we arrived at our room we could tell that they had recently cleaned and it smelled like the light scent of bleach. I appreciate their efforts to keep us safe. We opened the sliding glass door onto the balcony and within a few minutes the bleach scent had dissipated. It was very clean, and very well maintained. With two bathrooms and one bedroom, plus a Murphy bed there was plenty of space for our family of three to spread out at night and in the mornings to get ready for the day. The Murphy bed that folds down from the wall was perfectly comfortable for our teenage daughter. It has a large and comfortable traditional mattress on it. It is nothing like a fold out sofa bed! It is like a platform mattress bed. I am not sure whether it was a double bed or a queen, but it would have easily accommodated two people. It was perfect! The bedroom and living room areas are roomy. Our family of three left the Murphy bed down the entire time and still had room to move around. If you have a larger family, it is easy to put the bed away and move the dining chairs into the living space. The table and chairs on the balcony were a nice place to relax. The gas fireplace was a comforting and gentle addition to the ambiance in the evenings. The staff was very, very responsive to our requests for a simple needs like an extra blanket and toilet paper. they have a swimming pool down the hill along a path and down some stairs, and are working hard to allow guests to use the space. Each room could have the pool to themselves if they wished. The system for reserving the space is to call the front desk at 8:00 in the morning and get your name on the list. (Tip: call a couple of minutes early! Sometimes the pool was completely reserved by 8:03 a.m.!) They cleaned in between each use of the pool. We went twice during our week-long stay and thoroughly enjoyed our time. Unfortunately amenities like exercise space and the playground are off limits right now and they were not serving any food. But I understand this. We went into town to one of the local grocery stores and bought breakfast foods to prepare in our lovely and well supplied kitchen. They even supplied little spice packets of varying types so that you could make food and season it pretty well! The kitchen has a dishwasher and they provide dish soap. Their laundry room is clean, free, and they supply laundry soap in a basket. Again, for use of the laundry room each room can call and request a time to do laundry. We did run one load of laundry during our stay and it was very nice to have private use of the room one morning.
Remember that this facility is WAYYYY out on the peninsula. It is easily 30 minutes north side of the Astoria bridge. If you intend to explore the Washington and Oregon coast, you will have at least 40 minutes of driving to and from the hotel each day. We were fine with that and enjoyed exploring the peninsula each day. The hotel is about 15 min north of the touristy town of Long beach. It is the only hotel this far up on the peninsula. An easy (15 min) drive to tourist shops and restaurants without the noise and bustle of a tourist town.
There is WiFi for a daily fee, so we skipped that, but in one teeny corner of our room I could get the tiniest of bars (ATT), so I was able to message family or look up a few bits of info about where to go and what to see. I believe there is ok reception out in the parking lot. We were fine with the opportunity to (mostly) disconnect for the week. All in all, a lovely and relaxing place to disconnect with Facebook and reconnect with family. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. read more