El Ray Motel

The staff was very friendly. The location was a 10/10. Had a great pool.

The room was a bit small, had a window AC very noisy couldn't hear the TV even on the loudest setting, nothing fancy for sure. Didn't have enough working electrical outlets. We made do with what we had.

Decent price, close to beach. The kitchen and bathroom were much nicer than the pictures (not so much the bedrooms, but it’s whatever). AC was adequate.

The owner decided we were the devil’s spawn when my group was checking in. Asked my mother more than 10 times if she was staying the whole weekend with us (the six of us are all 18-19 years old). Like I get it you don’t want a bunch of crazy kids running around, but you don’t need to interrogate your paying guests like they are enemy soldiers. Exact words were “if you leave they are leaving right behind you” as if she didn’t say countless times previously she’s in fact staying. Very stressful Check in process, and off putting after a 5 hour drive. Then made a fuss about the fact that my name was on the booking instead of my mom. So we had to cancel the booking on the app to get a refund and then go take 900$ out of a freaking atm at wawas so we could pay in cash, fishy. I’m lucky I even had that on my atm card lol. Also made my friends (not my mom) who are ADULTS wear those temporary sticker wristbands for the entire trip (3 nights) and threatened if we took them off he would kick us out of the hotel (also he made it a point to put them on himself). Actually insane. Then we walked out of the office and not a SINGLE other guest regardless of age was wearing one. Straight up profiling and age discrimination. Then we got to the room and it was questionable…. Behind the beds there was some bizzare looking orange substances. Best way to describe it was coagulated Cheeto dust lol. Maybe mold? Not a mold expert so I can’t say though, but gross. Fridge worked but was a bit crusty… Also HUGE red flag: sand everywhere. The cleaners are nice, even though we got no room service for 3 nights, I don’t think they have the proper facilities or know how to fully clean the sheets. They also put an envelope on the table for a cleaning tip like all five beds weren’t covered full of sand. Also one of the beds was sandwiched against the wall and was extremely hot to the touch (no exaggeration could’ve given you a burn if held for more than a second) Soooooo….

Location

Plumbing issues, slow sink drain , loose toilet, low water pressure

Nothing, they were absolutely disrespectful I didn’t even get to stay because they couldn’t cooperate with me when I was following policy guidelines, the fact they didn’t work with me at all got half of my money taken! Shame on these people taking advantage of locals when it’s summertime, all they care about is the people who come for the summer, they’d do anything to take your money without any thought to it.

Yes this motel needs to be red flag the manager had attitude problem and seemed to be racist towards people of color. Me and my wife stayed at another motel. The manager was very rude.

Manager attitude he has issues he doesn't know how to talk with customers would never recommend this place to anyone.