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Reviews of The Islander Inn

2.5 out of 5
The Islander Inn
57 West 1st St., Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 465 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 353 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 116 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 49 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 1002 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lahcen

Travelled with family
The location is excellent quiet and ocean view is magnificent
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely love this place!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Tamara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property was clean and the breakfast was out early in the morning.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brooke

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great clean place with large rooms.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right on the beach. Big rooms. Nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Noisy construction on buildings
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Sheila

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I like that it is right on the beach! Everyone was friendly. We checked in on a Thursday and left on Monday. During this time no once came to freshen up the room. The floors are laminate, so if you got sand on the floor, it stayed there. We had to go to the front desk to ask for new towels each time we needed them. Looks like they are trying to make some renovations, but it's still dated.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Rusty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

fiona

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the indoor pool and access to the ocean!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nancy Coromoto

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quite clean room and bathroom, impeccable sheets, impeccable kitchen, I was impressed with the cleanliness, congratulations to the cleaning staff, the only bad thing is that one of the chairs on the balcony had bird pupu but it is not the fault of those who clean, in general I loved it and I will book at this hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gwynn

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view. On beach. Grandkids loved the indoor pool. Nice staff. Adjoining rooms. Great family inn! Beach walks and kids running on the beach allowed lots of family time and exercise.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Shirley Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing particularly unique. Staff was very pleasant and accomidating. Breakfast wasn't that great. Coffee was terrible.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

stephanie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
It was a good visit other than the heater making loud noise when it ran.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

HOLLY

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
I love OIB ❤️
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

meliza

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Supper clean, beautifull view from the room!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get Away
A great place to stay. Beautiful ocean view. This was our first trip to Ocean Beach. Enjoyed stay here.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

michael

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Atlantic Ocean!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

angel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking was a mess
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Robert, Franklinton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay. Beautiful views and beach access. Remodeling was going on but fairly easy to deal with.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Disappointed Veteran and spouse
Upon arrival front desk staff were not very welcoming. Hotel ad stated disability friendly. I disagree! When i reserved the room i stated that I was on oxygen. The elevator that i had to use to get to my room was to the far end of the property even after going up had to walk long hall through several buildings to room. The breakfast room the same. Drink machines were open out of order. We left the free breakfast to far to walk. On top of that hotel property was under some type of construction. This was soppose to be a trip celebration of my Veteran. Needless to say he did not enjoy his trip either!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

R. Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spectacular November Beach Trip!!!
First trip to Brunswick County Beaches and a first to go to a beach off season. Weather was 75 and water cold but our two year old grandson couldn’t get enough. The indoor pool was also a favorite for him and the hotel and beach not crowded. Affordable nice room — We will go in November again and stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Teresa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Renovations underway on property - should look great by summertime!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great accommodations on the oceanfront
Always amazing with oceanfront view. ALL the staff were exceptional & responded quickly to our every need. The room was perfect—only issue were the sheets & pillowcases were scratchy & rough probably from being laundered so much. Other than that little minor thing we will definitely be back & always stay at the Islander Inn.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

BAHAUDDIN

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Major Disappointment!
The room needs major updates. The bedding was old and frail. Will not be staying at that location again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Shari

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location of the Islander Inn is ideal. The beach is absolutely the perfect place for a quiet getaway. The hotel itself is just a little tired. The bed linens and towels were in need of replacement as they were threadbare and pretty tattered. The included continental breakfast was just okay. That said, it was a decent value for the low room rates.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn a

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ocean view is fabulous. Towels & pillows are A .
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Bonnie, Hardyville

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Needs some TLC but appears they are working on it
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amarentha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great room...beautiful view
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place - refurbishing is going well.
Check in was fast, nice to have elevator and rooms clean, smelled wonderful. Close to pier and beach. Plenty of parking. Standard continental breakfast, nothing special. Only notable issue would be quality of towels, etc. They were very thin and small.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great front desk staff. Rooms are comfortable and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great ocean views, short walk on to the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Gabrielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Can’t beat the location
Staff was super friendly, having the view from balcony to the ocean was unbeatable. Short walk to the beach. Indoor/outdoor pool is very convenient. There are no towels provided at the pool. Another couple asked at front desk and were than brought to the pool for us. As in previous reviews please invest in new linens and towels. They were all stained, extremely raggedy and dingy. This is an ocean front property, so expect rusty anythings. Still enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Amazing views with spacious rooms. Seemed older and slightly run down but was still very comfortable. Breakfast options are limited and not the best. We absolutely loved our stay though.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to get to, safe very helpful, quiet room.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place to stay. Very quit and family friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent place for the money in early September. Most amenities close by. Easy beach access.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Robin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
Very good stay. Easy access to the beach and stores around! Loved it
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great vacation
The hotel was clean and safe. Breakfast was better than years in the past. They should make plans to have another elevator installed at the other end of the building.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great stay. Clean. Nice employees. A good breakfast. Oceanfront
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
like location not clean everyday
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023