We recently stayed here on the 16th December 2011. We were quite impressed with this hotel. The rooms were big and beds comfortable. This is a great place to stay with kids as they have lots of room to run around. Though they were told off for using the computers in the business room without an adult. It is close to lots of restaurants and shops Walmart is nearby, we were daring and even walked there! Breakfast was good and coffee available all day. They even have a social hour with free drinks.

The front desk staff was friendly and tried to be accommodating at check in and check out. I work in the hotel industry and have so for 7 years. It is a becoming a reiterated fact that paying a little more than I would for a specific level of hotel does not mean that I will get the quality that I am accustomed to. I was moved to two new rooms due to cigar/other smoke smells left behind from a previous guest in this non smoking hotel? Once settled into my room a few more noticeable issues arose as the night went on...room smell was not the best, hair in the bathroom, stained towels, stained sofa and chair, shower curtain was not clean, etc. I am usually a forgiving person as I am well aware even the best housekeeper can miss something occassionally but whoever is inspecting is definitely not as detailed as needed to ensure each guest has a great stay. At check out it was a simple sorry that you were not satisfied and I will pass your information on to my manager who has yet to call almost two days after the fact. Needless to say it will be a long time before I give another Hawthorn a chance when one of my hotels is not readily available.

I booked this hotel using Hotwire for $93 a night. I felt that was very overpriced for what we got. It seems that Corpus Christi hotels are overpriced though. Perhaps the fact that we went during spring break had something to do with inflated hotel prices? At any rate, I feel that $93 a night was to much for what we got. Had the hotel been $60 or less a night I would have had no complaints.

My mom, pre-teen daughter and myself stayed at this hotel from March 17-20, 2011. I booked the hotel on Hotwire and they ended up sticking us in a room with 1 king sized bed. When I asked if they could move us to a room with two double/queen beds the front desk said that would not be possible since they were all booked but that our room had a sofa that made into a bed. This greatly annoyed me as I do not like sofa beds so all three of us ended up sleeping in the bed. We aren’t large people so it really wasn’t an issue but I was still annoyed. The bed was very comfortable though. The front desk staff was nice though and they did give us a late check-out (of 1pm as opposed to the regular check-out time of noon) on the day we left.

The room was much smaller than I expected for a “suite” but it was adequate. We had a “wet bar” type area in the room with a fridge, microwave, coffee maker and sink. The a/c kept the room very cool. It was one of the a/c units that’s stuck below the window. There was no exhaust fan and no ventilation in the bathroom (since there wasn’t central air in the room and there wasn’t an exhaust fan in the bathroom) so it was very hot and steamy in the bathroom after taking a shower which made it impossible to use to get dressed and/or apply make-up without waiting for it to air out and cool down. The lighting in the bathroom was awful for applying make-up (very harsh fluorescent) and the room was very dark since the lamps didn’t give off much light and there was no overheard lighting so the room wasn’t any better. We tried opening the curtains so we could apply makeup in the mirrored closest doors that were right next to the window but the window was behind us and so was the sunlight so it was no better either. The room and everything in it was very clean though and it was quiet. Wireless internet was provided at no extra charge but the connection in our room (202) was not that great. I kept losing signal. Parking was free.

The complimentary breakfast was nothing to write home about. They had soggy scrambled style eggs each morning with bacon or sausage and sometimes both. I don’t eat bacon and the sausage was undercooked for my taste. The last morning we were there they mixed the sausage (still undercooked) in with the eggs and had bacon separate. They also had a pastry, either donuts or muffins that they didn’t bother to replenish after they ran out even though the posted hours for breakfast were not over. They also had a selection of cold cereal and instant oatmeal. They had waffles (that looked like frozen eggo waffles,) bagels, regular toast and English muffins that you could toast in a toaster on the breakfast bar and on the last morning they had pre-cooked French toast that you could toast in addition to English muffins, bagels and regular toast. They also had fresh fruit and fruit juice as well as yogurt on one of the mornings and coffee. The coffee was actually very good and it was available throughout the day regardless of what time of day it was.

The hotel was located near some restaurants. Lubys is in the same parking lot. After we took our luggage to our room on the first evening we set out to find a place to eat dinner and the GPS took us through a neighborhood behind the hotel and I got the impression that the hotel was in a not so great part of town because of that but after getting lost in a neighborhood by the USS Lexington it became clear to me that there are much worse parts of town in Corpus than the part of town this hotel is located in. This hotel isn’t really that close to the large attractions in Corpus (USS Lexington and Texas State Aquarium) but it was still less than 10 miles from them.

This hotel was an okay place to stay. If I could find a hotel for $93 a night on the shoreline near downtown, the USS Lexington and the Texas State Aquarium I would not stay here again. If I could not find a cheaper hotel in the Corpus area that was at least the same star rating as this one/offered similiar amenities I would stay here again though.

Booked a 'suite' on travel website for a mini-family vacation from Dallas. We had never been to Corpus so even with checking on line where to stay, what to do..we decided on this hotel..seemed central to everything we were interested in. Good choice! Not far from the beaches whether you go to Mustang Island, Padre or the Corpus beaches. Even with Friday after-work traffic we made it to Mustang Island in 25 minutes. Beautiful beaches..not crowded..great water. The hotel upgraded us to a 1 room suite which was nice for the price we paid. Seperate living area, fully stocked kitchenette, dining room area. The bedroom was roomy, good mattress, PLENTY OF PILLOWS (which you dont normally find in hotels), bathroom was well equipped, many towels. Small pool but when you're that close to the beach..the pool isnt that important. Breakfast was at 6am, hot and different each day (stayed there 4 days), plenty of very good coffee, juices..just a nice breakfast. Which is included with your stay ($ saver especially when traveling with a teenage boy!) Very nice staff, helpful and courteous. Enjoyed our stay and enjoyed Corpus. Would stay here again.