The location & reasonable pricing at the John Yancey Inn is what attracted us to select this Inn. The John Yancy Inn is actually housed in three separate structures; the Sea Building, Four Seasons Building and the Main Building. We stayed in the Four Seasons building. Room was in adequate repair and clean. The grounds at the John Yancey Inn provide recreational facilities for families: an outdoor heated swimming pool, a kiddie pool, a playground and a picnic area with barbecue grills. The resort also offers laundry facilities, a complimentary Continental breakfast in the lobby/front desk area and ice/vending machines.

I was alittle hesitant to book the room since it wasn't part of a big chain, at least not one that I know. However I thought it was very nice and would stay again in the future.

We stayed in the tower building, forgot the name already. We got the cheapest standard room. We were on our way south to Hatteras so we only stayed 1 night. The room was a nice size with a refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker. The pillows were really a small square, but ended up being very comfortable as were the beds. You could see the ocean from our balcony which was nice. They even have a little playground for kids and picnic tables. No problem with parking which is nice. Plenty of spaces. If we were staying longer I definitely would have gotten the Ocean view room.

Unfortunately we checked out very early in the morning so we didn't try the breakfast.

The front desk staff was very friendly and helpful.

The best part was the hotel is across the street from Kill Devil Grill. If you stay at the John Yancey definitely eat at Kill Devil Grill. They have the BEST Key Lime Pie. See my review for them seperately.

I agree with most other timely comments - the property is dated, probably was nice 30 years ago and reminded me of the 2-story motels dotting most ocean towns during the 1960s. Wifi was supposedly available, but wouldn't very well for us. We had a bottom floor room in the Four Seasons building - which was oceanfront, but the view of the ocean was blocked by the sand dunes. Unlike some of the other comments who somehow only paid $80-90 for their rooms, we booked online on their website and paid $179/night. Definitely not worth this price - should have been more like $69-79 equivalent. However, this was the cheapest priced room I could find - the others mentioned were up to $280/night. The property was okay overall, and they offer complimentary breakfast; and being a few steps away from the ocean was extremely nice. Negative - as someone else mentioned, you had to lug your suitcases up 6 steps at the building entrance; it was tough to do.

We were in room #523. Room was clean and linens were good. This is an older hotel but it seems like the owner is in the process of making some repairs. Had issue with toilet not cutting off but it was addressed and taken care of the same day. Great access to the beach. Continental breakfast was on par with other hotels where we have stayed. Every staff person we came in contact with was helpful and friendly! We would definitely stay there again.