We stayed at here over 4th of July weekend. Great location, right on the beach - can't be beat. Older place, lots of families. The only downside was the noise noise noise. We were expecting this since we were right on the beach & during a holiday weekend but we were exhausted from lack of sleep by the end of our stay.
If you have a family with children, this a a great place. Lots of other families, shuffle board, ping pong, grills, picnic tables etc... but if you're looking to get away w/ your significant other, this may not be the best place. We would consider staying here again if its possible to get a room on a quieter side of the property. The location is hard to pass up.

My family and I have been goin to the beach cottages for about 35 years, every year in July we always look forward to going, we have barbeques, play ping pong tournaments, go meet new people, as well go to SeaWorld and Belmont Park, which is a great local theme park. The service is great as well , and restaurants near by are great to eat, My favorite restaurant Konos just down the boardwalk near Crystal Pier and right next door is the Green Flash, great service. For anyone to relax and have fun at the beach I recommend going to the Beach Cottages

This hotel is an older, refurbished building, with several off shoots to the main building. We had the misfortune of staying in an annex located in an alley surrounded by bars. It is a VERY busy and extremely noisey location. The room was older but large, slept 5 comfortably, but the beds were very hard and the carpet was filthy. The room had a nice size stocked kitchen with a bar and a large dining room table. There is no air conditioning, which I am very glad it was only in the high 60's cause it got pretty stuffy in the late afternoon, and you would not dare leave the sliding glass door open at night, as we were in an alley with all types of actvitiy, homeless people sleeping in the bushes, people smoking pot and lots of intoxicated individuals. The last night we had several people banging on our door at 3:30 in the am. The average age in this particular block was around 19 years old. It felt more like spring break in Rocky Point Mexico. On a positive note....the beach was just a very short block away, and you could see the waves from the balcany.

I stayed 5 nights in a 3rd floor motel room that directly looked out onto the beach and cottage overtop the cottages. It was a superb view. The room was very nice although slightly on the small side. Some of the fixtures were older but still in good condition. The staff was very accomodating. The room had a refrigerator and microwave, and there is a Ralph's grocery store diaganally across the street.

The beach out in front of the hotel and the neighborhood in general tends to draw a younger crowd. There is a place just down the ocean walk called Kono's that has a very good breakfast at a very good price (it also has a long line but is worth the wait).

Overall very happy with the hotel.