This was our first trip to Ocean Isle Beach. After looking at reviews and some phone calls, we decided on the OIN. We had a wonderful time. I have more pros than cons, but I will list the pros and cons (just my opinion) to the hotel:

Pros:
1) The management was excellent to deal with. No request went unfulfilled
2) The indoor pool/hot tub was nice and we had it to ourself mostly
3) The accommodations were very nice. We had a king room and had plenty of room plus some. It isn't a big chain but was still a nice clean room.
4) The view of the beach was great!
5) The hotel was very close to everything (food, pier, etc)
6) They did have free continental breakfast in the morning, which was pretty typical, but still a nice feature.

Cons:
1) The wifi was pretty buggy. It didn't work most of the time. It did pull through occasionally.
2) The walls were pretty thin. Out of the 3 nights, we had people beside of us for 2. We could basically hear their whole conversations without really even trying to listen
3) This didn't apply to us, but didn't see where they were handicap accessible. They did have an elevator, but you did have to climb a couple of stairs to access the elevator. They may have had something arranged, just not where we could see.

All and all it was a very nice trip. We had a lot of fun and plan to return sometime soon! Thanks for a wonderful time OIN.

The good..Outdoor pool clean and nice. Indoor heated pool clean and nice. Hot tub clean, nice, hot, enjoyable. Beds comfortable and clean. Dorm size refrigerator worked great. Air conditioning and heat worked good. Nice Flat Screen TV. Balcony nice. Two plastic chairs and small end table. Service and office workers were prompt, friendly, courteous, informative.
Very quite. Good access to beach. Close to pier. Food at the pier was good. Offers 2 ice machines, 2 drink machines, 1 snack machine on office floor.

The bad. Tile floors in bedroom dirty. You could see the grout was white like under the sink then BLACK everywhere else. Microwave was in same cabinet as TV and was only knee high-VERY inconvenient. Door to balcony was nearly impossible to open and close because knob was hard to turn. Small unit window but you could still see the ocean laying on the bed. Inconvenient building structure. The Inn consisted of several buildings. You had to take the one elevator behind the office up to your floor. Then to get from building to building you had to open door, step out on small connecting bridge-way, open door to next building. Continue doing this until you got to your building. Otherwise you had to climb steps. This is no ones fault just the way the facilities were built and might be a hardship on some. Parking spaces small but sufficient.

You can't beat this hotel for an ocean front location. Beautifully situated on First Street just beyond the traffic circle on Ocean Isle Beach. Otherwise, the hotel itself is average. Our room was clean, but definitely worn. They could do some updating like replacing grout in the bathroom and updating fixtures. We wanted a King bed, but had to settle for 2 queens and they were quite uncomfortable, the old springy-type mattresses. There isn't an easy chair in the room, so no place to sit inside and read, for example. The TV was too low in the cabinet to view from the bed. There was only one night table, and that was between the beds. Very plain-jane. The breakfast, which is included, is also nothing more than adequate.

We just had another wonderful experience at the Ocean Isle Inn. Everything was great, thanks again to Lee and the staff for making this another great vacation. And Lee, sorry it going to be so long before the "universe gets back in alignment", keep my chair pointed in the right direction!. See 'ya next time.........