This was the worst place I ever saw. I will never use tripadvisor because of deceptive pictures & reviews. We could not even stay there. Awful place.

We knew the Carolina was an old hotel from reading previous reviews. My wife and I found it dated, but the room was clean and presentable. What we were not prepared for was the 20-25 yahoo guests that occupied the hotel while we were there. These people, from Quebec, took over the courtyard every night from 6 PM until they were told to shut up (around 11 PM) drinking, hollering and burning a large fire in the BBQ pit, located in the courtyard, just 10 feet from our room door. Although we complained to the management, and they told the people to quiet down, the same issue arose each and every night. We felt as if we were staying at one of the yahoo's home, instead of a hotel, because they had absolutely no regard for any of the other paying hotel guests. While on the beach, during the day, one of these people set up a horseshoe stake, just 3 feet from my head while I was lying on my beach towel !!
we will not be staying there again

This hotel was THE WORST. We read the reviews, but didnt belive them--we should have--the rooms smelled of mold, the place was probably faboulous in the 60's but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING has been up-graded since then. Thank God we brought our own sheets--since we found an old sock while changing the bed! The maids do nothing other than check the tip envelope! We would sleep in a tent on the beach before staying at the Carolina again--lets just hope we didnt bring any unwelcome guests home with us after staying in such a run down, dirty, unkept, old hotel. BEWARE!

The hotel is right on the beach and not a far walk from the Pier. It is however VERY old and in need of updates. The room wasn't really dirty just old. The only dirty part was the box spring on the bed which someone either spilled tomato soup on or a homicide occured on it. See attached photo.