Ocean Crest Motel

Still a great place to stay. I stayed there years ago and this was our first time back. It’s still a great place. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Motel has been remodeled and is comfortable and clean.

Rooms were clean, it was great for a 2 night weekend stay.

Ocean side

It was all great

Pros: Great location, right next door to the Ocean Crest pier. Cold A/C and Hot water. Con’s, there were roaches in the room, mildew on the walls and mold in the bathroom. Staff was not accommodating and I would rate their hospitality skills at 2. Over priced for what it is. Beware The Beds are Super Extra Firm (Bricks).

We booked an "ocean view" room, thinking we were getting the view in the picture of the advertised room. What we actually got was a diagonal view from a small window. The room was super small, not even a chair to sit on...It had two beds that had a popping spring every time you reclined, and a super small bathroom - so small the toilet paper is located in front of the toilet. And everytime you flushed the toilet you had to return to jiggle the handle to shut off the water flow. We did receive a few fresh towels during our stay, but did not receive any coffee service... There is no microwave, no table, just a cheap tv tray at the end of one bed. This is way below our expectations, and from our experience, was a bait and switch on what you get. I would not recommend this hotel in any way. Such a disappointment.

For some reason our room had very strong smell of cleaning products. This was hard on the lungs

For an older property the rooms were well cleaned and nice, could be a bit more soundproof. Very friendly atmosphere from the office staff and the other guests. Very short walk to the beach, pool was great and area was clean. It was really nice to be able to continue using the parking lot, pool, pier and bathroom they provide after checkout. Would definitely stay there again!

This was a quaint little place at Oak Island for a few nights stay. It would have been nice to have had at least queen size beds in the room and maybe some more table space but it was nice for a hotel trying to keep up with the times. The pool area and beach access was wonderful. Check in was pretty easy but be sure to get there before the office closes and write down ir take a picture of your tag (it’s part of the check in process).

This property is old, outdated and had the worst furniture abs room design. Updates are cheap and lack thought or organization.