Pirate's Cove Motel Motel - Page 1

Definitely an okay place though I was there in October and it was rather quiet. The tourists were mostly gone so it was peaceful. It was $79 per night...... The room was clean, the women at the desk was pleasant and charged me less because I paid cash......

The room I was in had a shower not a tub...... the bathroom window was broken so it did not open......

AC was good......

It is not a Five Star place but..... definitely okay for a mom and pop motel..... There is a restaurant across the street and a gay men's leather bar...... both were quiet and you really did not know they were there.......

A group of us (6 girls) stayed here for three days two nights. I will just make a list of what is decent first, and then sound off on what's bad.

- there was room for 6 of us to sleep.

- toilet paper in the bathroom

- kitchenette was in working order

- had dishes and silverware, pots etc for cooking a meal

- hot water in faucets

- big kitchen sink

- kitchen linens (one kitchen towel, one washrag) was replaced (albeit once)

- the air conditioner worked

- basic cable w/ remote tv

- good shower pressure

- different size towels and washcloths

- location is not as convenient as they make it out to be, although it is on the strip so it is a straight lined walk to the beach (a mile or so walk)

- there is a male bar and a restaurant (unable to tell you how it was, did not go) across the street.

- liquor store nearby

what was bad?

- checkout time is 11am SHARP

- no phone OR phonebook OR local directory

- i believe there is no internet

- no iron, iron burns on carpet

- showering was a challenge since we had no hot water until the manager came to fix it twice, and even then we could not adjust the temperature

- it looked as though they carpet was not vacuumed, the kitchen floor was never cleaned

- the refrigerator handle was about to break off

- staff was WELL aware there were 6 of us, still left the place accomodated for only 4

we were reprimanded for being "loud" (i am not sure how quiet a conversation of 6 girls is supposed to sound like), the staff is RUDE, insulting our intelligence and not respecting simple requests. We never used the stove so are unable to tell you if any of us would have caught on fire.

If you are quiet, don't care about what your space looks like, can handle washing your face in a bathroom sink that a toddler could easily reach and is the size of a small utility sink, then this is the place for you.

If you are big on aesthetics, service, having a conversation in a normal voice, etc - then don't stay here. The rooms looked as though someone went to a yard sale and bought what they needed to call a room a room.

1. You must pay on arrival in full, although we can live with this.

2. Their housekeeping did not come for two full days.

3. We left a large pile of dirty wet towels in front of our door, outside. They sat there for two days until we asked for new towels, to which they responded and I quote, "What do you need them for?" "Housekeeping has not been to our room in two days". "This is how our towels get stolen". "Bring me your old towels".

4. The outlets are old and all appliances, i.e. hair dryers, etc., will fall out when you’re trying to use them.

5. Water clogged in the tub for two days, and the housekeeping never cleaned it. Their idea of cleaning is making beds, and they won't if you leave any articles on your bed. The sheets and bed linens were never changed.

6. There are no phones in the room.

7. We were asked "How many vehicles are you driving", like we were in the principal's office.

8. Asked for an iron from the front desk. We received an iron that was at least 10+ years old with fabric lined cord (get the idea), and it ruined our clothes.

9. We left items on the floor on purpose to see if housekeeping would clean them, they didn’t, not once!

10. We paid on $708.00 for four days to stay in what I would consider the filthiest, poorly run hotel I have ever been in.

The staff is rude and acted like we were asking for things that were "out of the ordinary". All we wanted was courteous, normal service, i.e., clean towels, daily maid service, working electrical outlets, change of bed linens, etc. Don't waste your time or money on this "mom and pop" dump! All you need to do is look at the bathroom ceiling and you will never step foot back in the place!