The Sandpiper offers lovely accomodations with beautiful ocean views. The staff is excellent and you want for nothing. LOVE the place.

We stayed mid-week in mid-September at the Sandpiper Beach Club in Cape May, NJ and thoroughly enjoyed it. The unit was a one bedroom with full kitchen on the first floor. The hotel is across the road from the beach, but you need to walk a little bit to the beach service hut where you get complimentary loungers, umbrellas, chairs. The unit was very clean and we loved it. The furniture is okay - beach decor. The price is pretty high considering how it was furnished, but the linens were crisp and everything was spotless. To me, it's worth it. I am not a fan of "charming" Victorian B&Bs where the draperies and soft furniture has been used without cleaning for last 100 years.

Pros: 1) super clean; 2) beach front (across the road); 3) beach service; 4) did I mention clean :)
Cons: 1) loud in-room central A/C (can be bothersome at night in the summer); Not many cons.

Located directly across the street (Beach Avenue) in Cape May, the Sandpiper is a great location with a great view. Our room was on the 3rd floor of the wing closest to the ocean and from the balcony, unless you look down, you’d hardly know there was a road between you and the road!

When we got to our room, we were very impressed with the décor and layout. You come in to a full kitchen area with marble counter tops, that opens out to a large living room with an ocean view balcony and another wall with large widows looking west down the shore. Our room had two bedrooms with 2 full (nicely appointed) bathrooms (one of them en suite). A minor complaint is that while the master bedroom had an ocean view, the smaller bedroom had windows looking out onto the hallway (fine for kids, I suppose … and since this room was at the end of the hall, it would be rare for anyone else to be walking by those windows).

When we checked in, they gave us a discount breakfast coupon to the Rusty Nail restaurant a block or two down Beach Avenue. This is a very casual (bathing suits are okay) place at the Beach Shack motel (a sister property to the Sandpiper) with great breakfasts. Not sure why they only gave us 1 coupon since we were there for 4 days, but it didn’t really matter since it was great to have the eat-in kitchen right in our room!

The center of Cape May is a very short walk, by the historic Congress Hall hotel (check out the “Blue Pig” restaurant). There are the typical tourist shops and great restaurants of all descriptions (don’t miss Kohr Brothers frozen custard shop … get the orange/vanilla swirl cone!) along a walking mall in the center of town. A long walk down the beach (or a short drive) toward the mouth of the Delaware River is the historic Cape May lighthouse which (on a clear day) offers spectacular views of the area.

One excellent perk that the Sandpiper (and their sister properties) offers is complementary beach-chair/umbrella/towel service right on the beach. Just walk up to their beach cabana, give your name and room number to the attendant and he’ll set up your chairs and umbrella for you at no extra charge (although a tip is much appreciated). Or, if the surf is a bit rough that day, there is a very nice swimming pool right in front of the hotel.

The cleaning staff did an excellent job and they were very friendly when they came to offer towel and linen service (twice a day … which is great for a beach hotel!).

I’d definitely recommend the Sandpiper to anyone who wants to get away for a few days at the low-key end of the “Jersey Shore”!

We stayed for 3 nights in September. It had been quite a few years since we stayed in Cape May and our stay at The Sandpiper was lovely.

The unit and all common areas were very clean. The renovation of this property from a Beach Drive Motel to small condo "resort" was well done. While Cape Resorts could not increase the overall unit size they utilized every square inch in the one bedroom unit that we stayed in. All of the finishes in the unit - fixtures, tile, marble countertops, linens and towels are upgraded.

We arrived before check-in and we were able to use the locker rooms off of the fitness room to change. We then walked down 1 small block to the beach in front of Congress Hall. They have complimentary beach services. It was so nice to just walk down and have a nice young man place 2 lounge chairs, table, umbrella and towels for us. After years of trekking to the beach with supplies this was a true vacation. At lunch time they bring menus so you can order lunch if you like (at an extra charge). This was lovely especially when we hadn't checked into our room. I see by other reviews that the beach services "in season" may not be as pleasant as what we experienced but these services alone are worth staying at a Cape Resort property!

The front desk called us on our cell phone when our room was ready. Our unit had everything you could want. Full size fridge with ice maker, stove and sink. All the kichen equipment you could need. We also had a small balcony overlooking the parking area, pool, Beach Dr and the beach.

There was twice daily made service. More towels in the room, beach and pool then even I could ever use.

If I had any complaints it would be for the price, they should have a bellman to take your luggage to your room. However, they did have luggage carts to use. Its just a touch that upgrades a property and gives a better first impression than hauling your own stuff.

The location of The Sandpiper is ideal as Cape May is very walkable from this part of town. The Washington St Mall is about a 3 block walk as is just about everthing else you may be looking for.

In the end, I would love to stay at The Sandpiper again.