This was a wonderful experience! The host, Ella was super quick with her responses to any questions I had. She also helped us out and was very understanding as our flight was delayed twice.
Things to know! This place is literally a 2 min walk to the Boardwalk and beach! It's at the end of the very short street. The location is perfect as there are public restrooms and chair/umbrella rentals as well as 3 bars/food options. This was amazing as the umbrella and chair rental places are VERY spaced out on the boardwalk Having one right at the end of the street/on the beach right there along with the other amenities was great!
This place is located on the "quiet" end of the boardwalk. If you are looking for a busy boardwalk vibe, this is not it. What it is.....a relaxing beach experience, with frozen drinks/beers/food right there (to note all three places have live music in the form of a single artist playing guitar but it's all you need especially during the daytime) The people are fantastic.....everywhere we went! It was such a chill, laid back happy vibe.
We would walk to the beach during the day. Spend all day in our lounge chairs/umbrella. Grab lunch to go, eat on the beach with our frozen drinks. The chair rentals end at 5:00pm which was perfect as we would back to our place, rest and take a shower.....that was when we would explore the busier end of the boardwalk. Right around 6pm or so.....much cooler and a nice breeze. Perfect!
We did not have a rental car.....so we ordered a 24 pack of bottled water, some food/snacks from Walmart online. They delivered it right to us. We also ordered online our liquor/beer with the local place called "Capones" they also delivered!
We ate out for dinner at many great spots. Not a bad review for the restaurants to be had. I would recommend packing a small nylon cooler to bring your snacks/drinks to the beach in.
The place itself was clean and had most the things you would need. A hot place, pans, plates, utensils, paper towels, etc....There is a coffee maker (the kind you use a coffee filter and ground coffee with) if you don't want to make coffee you can go next door to the Marriott. We went to the cafe next to the front desk. Go onto the boardwalk and take a left immediately after the restaurant that is on the boardwalk. You can get sit down breakfast and coffee on the boardwalk right there if that is your preference. (At the Marriott outside)
The place was clean. And for the 2 of us it was the perfect size. I would say for 3 people as well. For four people it would be a little tight but if you are only sleeping there and showering it's fine. If you have a rental car the parking is included. This is a BONUS as some places charge a $20 parking fee each day.
The beach is clean and beautiful! The boardwalk has a large stage with live music 7pm to 9pm each night. You can rent bikes and ride the beach which would be fun.
This was our first time staying at Ella's place. It's clean and nice. Is it super modern? No, but all of the hotels there are a bit on the older side. We stayed at 2 other places and it was the same. It was super clean and had all that we needed and the host was amazing and we will definitely book there again!