On the Half Shell

Location: 700 Island Retreat Court, Port Aransas, us

Star Rating: 8.2 Stars

Property Type: Apartments

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 04:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Swimming pool
• Family rooms
• Non-smoking throughout
• Beauty Services
• Fire extinguishers
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Smoke alarms
• Free wired internet
• Golfing on site
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Exercise/lap pool
• Secured parking
• Garage
• Golf cart
• Fishing nearby
• Swimming nearby
• Beach toys

Rooms Available

• Apartment

  This apartment offers a private bathroom, and tumble dryer. Meals can be prepared in the well-fitted kitchen, which has a stovetop, a refrigerator, kitchenware and an oven. The air-conditioned apartment features a TV with cable channels, a washing machine, a private entrance, a tea and coffee maker as well as sea views. The unit has 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • DVD player
  • Microwave
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Private entrance
  • Tumble dryer
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Smoke alarm
  • Fire extinguisher

Guest Reviews

• Dawn (10/5): Perfect - Close to the beach. The grill’s outside still had hot dogs on it. Not the property fault though.
• Barbara (8/5): Security - Close to beach
• Naymar (8/5): Island Retreat Review July 2025 - I like the location and all the commodities. The space was clean, and the surroundings were in good condition. I love that we were 5 min by foot to the beach!! The price is reasonable and affordable. The person who was welcoming people at the entrance was rough and tough. She could use some manners to welcome people. Even if one could be at the wrong location, she should have a better disposition to receive guests and better customer service manners instead of being rude and impolite.
• Debi (10/5): - I'd rather not...it's hard enough already for us to be able to book when we want ;) we love this place xxxooo
• Rodolfo (2/5): - The AC broke on the second night. No one came to fix it. I had to leave the windows open while my were kids there. The drawers were broken so we couldn’t store our clothes in them. We weren’t able to wash one pot because it was extremely hot in the room. They left no dish soap or detergent to clean. They decided to charge $155 for an unclean towel, and one dish! Beware of these scammers!
• Siska (7/5): Location was great with a short walk to the beach and good amenities at the property but bring ear plugs - Location was great Fridge and ac were loud and no insulation between us and the apartment above. We could hear them talking, walking around and opening and closing things. This was not great at 3 am.
• Angelita (4/5): Would stay again but I wouldn’t use Booking.com. - We enjoyed our clean and comfortable room. The password was incorrect and instructions were vague. No one onsite from Booking.com to help us get in our room which took us about 45 minutes after a long drive. Then we couldn’t get the door to lock. We weren’t given a parking pass the day we arrived but Booking.com said it would be sent by maintenance but wasn’t, and I stayed up all night worried we would be towed. The next day our plans were ruined since I had to stay in my room waiting for our parking pass. Finally after another call to Booking.com with my complaint I was told to go somewhere else to get a temporary parking pass. I also called in a broken door under the sink and was told someone would come fix it but they also never showed.
• Lana (10/5): Get Away - Great stay for a couple days!
• Mcdonald (10/5): Everything you need for a great little getaway. - The room was just right for our needs. The pool was fantastic and the walk to the beach was very nice. There where no complaints about our room.
• Garlock (7/5): Good bang for your buck but not ideal for more than 2 people or to spend much time in. - Really cute and beachy, close to beach, cute complex, nice pool and place kept up nicely, good bang for your buck The dresser was broken. It had four drawers, which we were hoping allowed for one drawer per person but one drawer was full and one was completely broken with no bottom so there was only enough space for two people to have their clothes unpacked and the other two had to live out of a suitcase for a few days. The unit needs a bit more storage. Cooking is really challenging - only a couple pots / pans, no dishwasher, and no hot water in sink so really no way to actually clean dishes; pot came with oil in it. TV doesn’t allow changing volume… maxed out on really low volume
• Miranda (10/5): - Very nice & clean Short walk to rhe beach Staff was very helpful
• Ashley (7/5): It was great over all! - I liked that it was small but roomy. I didn’t like that it was so far away from beach the pictures made it seem like it had it’s own beach access I thought it was closer and when I booked it said there was a back patio and there was not.
• Buddy (8/5): Very good -
• Suzanne (8/5): - We liked how close the property is to the beach-walking distance. The communication with the management was good and their response to helping us was excellent. The unfavorable aspects included the condo being older and in need of repairs. There were very dirty areas inside that the housekeeping had to come and clean. They needed to change sheets on the bed which were stained and dirty they also scrubbed the bathtub. The bath / shower is usable but needs replacing. Very beat up and dirty in appearance. We had to re- clean that ourselves. The door frame broke down and we had to call management again. They got someone out to us after an hour. He fixed the frame temporarily and we felt safe with the results.
• Brenda (10/5): It was awesome I didn't want to leave. - There wasn't any breakfast. When we got there the office was close, we called the number provided and a lady was being really rude when I was telling her for our door number. I finally hung up and called back a man answered this time and he helped he really quickly and had all my Questions answered.
• Madison (10/5): COMFY & CLEAN - CLOSE TO THE BEACH - THEY HAD PEOPLE AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO CHECK YOU IN. THE SUITE WAS CLEAN AND PLENTY OF CLEAN TOWELS AND THERE WERE DISHES FOR US TO UTILIZE IF NEEDED. THEIR COMMUNICATION WAS ALSO VERY GOOD! IT WAS ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO THE BEACH AND THEY HAD A WALKWAY AND WASH-OFF STATION AS WELL. MY EMAIL DIDN'T SEND CORRECTLY TO THE WEBSITE DUE TO BOOKING ON BOOKING.COM - BUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE HELPED ME OUT WITH GETTING IT RESOLVED BEFORE CHECKING IN.
• Glenn (9/5): Enjoyable stay. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. - Walking distance to beach. Property monitored so only guests and workers allowed in. Showing a little age. Bathroom a little small.
• Ezzell (9/5): Great!! - Location Didn't get in till after hours and got a notification with my door code but not my unit number so I had to call in and it took awhile to them to figure out which unit was mine
• Tammy (8/5): Quiet Place - Pictures were very accurate. And the view was just as pictured. Quiet place to stay Checking in after being booked on Booking.com was a little tricky but we figured it out. If you needed anything you had to call the local number, kind of a hassle.
• Taylor (10/5): will definitely book again! - close to the beach and fit my family of 4 very comfortably. the beds are too soft for my liking, but again that’s just me. we did find 1 small roach and some ants inside.

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