If you are the type of person who needs a cookie cutter hotel and staff to wait on you hand and foot, stop reading now and put Buffy, Kip and little Suzy in the Volvo and head down to the Embassy suites. Your over privileged butt won’t like this place.

If you are the type of person who wants to get falling down drunk, throwing beer cans from the balcony, yelling at people walking on the boardwalk then stop reading now, load up the rest of your immature teen-minded friends in Dad’s car and head over to the Americana hotel it is right next door and they love that kind of people there.

If you are the kind of person who likes a warm friendly place to stay the is more like staying at a friend’s or your grandmother’s house then stop reading and pick up the phone and make a reservation and pray to god they still have a room available !

I have been vacationing at beaches since I was a young boy. Until recently I vacationed in Maine and stayed in typical New England cottages. Recently I have been coming to Ocean City, The thing bothered me the most about Ocean City was how commercial and impersonal it is. All the hotels are basically the same with no personality or charm. Very cold and business like. The Beach Walk Hotel has changed that.

Due to horrible traffic delays (Accident in Washington DC.) We showed up after the posted check in time, while the owners Danelle and Mike were entertaining friends in their home, I expected a very rude response when I knocked on their door and interrupted their family time, if they were rude I would have understood. We got the exact opposite, they were very friendly, pleasant and joked with us and completely set us at ease.

When we went to the “office area” resembled a parlor in someone’s house. Nicely decorated, very homey feeling. We had a good conversation with and Danelle I apologized again for how late we were and that I had not called and she told me I had nothing to apologize for she processed our paperwork and gave us a room key. When we opened the door to the room we saw a basic room, I say basic because it wasn’t cluttered with nick knacks, tacky wall paper other typical hotel crap. The walls were painted in a very warm and inviting color and the white trim offset the wall perfectly. I thought I was standing in someone’s bedroom.

The room and the rest of the hotel was spotless. This is by far the cleanest place I have ever stayed at. Anyone can tell that there is a lot of love and pride put into this place. I have stayed in larger rooms, but who cares. It was a room for 2 and there was more than enough room for the two of us. We booked the room because we are at the beach not hosting dinner parties.

The Beach Walk is maybe 30 yards from the boardwalk. The room we stayed In had a great view of the ocean and I imagine the sunrise would have been spectacular. We never got to see the sunrise because the bed was so comfortable we couldn’t get out of it!

The coffee maker is located in the “lobby area” aka “office area” but as I said before more resembles a parlor in someone’s house and I imagine there are 2 reasons for this. My first thought was because it saved money. The rates were extremely reasonable ( I don’t want to use the word cheap because nothing about this place deserves that word) Our first morning I figured out the other reason the coffee maker is there because it acts as a general meeting place where guests can meet, sit down on the Victorian couches and talk. Danelle and Mike have gone to great lengths to make this a warm and personal place to stay.

I know this was extremely long and I am not the best writer in the world, but I had to tell people this DO NOT BELIEVE THE BAD REVIEWS ! I know the type, they are the first type of person’s I talked about at the top of the page. The Beach Walk Hotel (should be called Inn or House the term hotel does not do it justice) Is warm, friendly, inviting it has all the charm of an expensive bed and breakfast in the country but it is in Ocean City !!!! Assuming I can get a reservation this will be the only place I will stay when I am in Ocean City. It is truly the best kept secret in Ocean City and the best place I have stayed. The worst thing about the hotel is LEAVING!!!! You can’t buy or manufacture this type of a place….

Excellent....haven't been to OC in 14 years and we chose an excellent place to stay....I wanted to be close to the boardwalk and Beach Walk was perfect....I will be back.

One of the reviews above mentions that the lady was rude. I cannot disagree more. Let me tell you what happened on a recent trip.
We booked a single night and when we got there, it turned out that the hotel was overbooked, and an error was made in our reservation date. But then, the lady that runs the place made several calls, and when we walked to the rather more expensive hotel across from this one, and got a room, she paid the difference!!! In cash! Including taxes. Unbelievable. The fact is that she probably did not owe us that courtesy. And, she could have found a place that is at the same price point. But yet, she apologized profusely, and paid the hotel bill.

The hotel itself looked clean, and is located splendidly. This is my spot in Ocean City in future.

The owner was rude to my husband when we made the reservation over the phone and he said he said she stopped in the middle of conversation with him to say something to one of her employees that sounded demeaning and very rude.ut the rooms and parking etc. He later called back about to ask some general questions about the hotel and the same lady answered and was just as rude before. We were almost not going to show but the location was perfect (right off of tenth street) . When we arrived however the parking was across the interstate and 3 blocks down. What a pain in the butt. If it wasnt for the cleanliness. We would have left and found another place. Would not recomend due to parking and the rudeness of hotel staff