48 year old with a moderate budget, traveling for leisure
everytime i go to LBI which is mostly every summer i stay in the seashell motel. this place is great ! the rooms are very clean and the staff is very friendly and accommodating. the restaurant there has excellent food and the pool area is great for adults adnd kids. the seashell is also great because of its location its right on the beach and it is within walking distance from many stores, restaurants, and entertainment places. the seashell is overall a great place to stay for quests at any age
Location, location, location
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Posted Aug 10, 2008
Good
We just got back from a long weekend to LBI and we stayed at the Sea Shell Motel. While the accomodations were decent what we really like about it was the location. It is right on the beach, close to other restaurants/bars/grocery store/shopping....
I WILL NEVER STAY THERE AGAIN ..................THEY PUT US IN A ROOM THAT HAD BED BUGS ...................THEY WOULD NOT REFUND OUR MONEY SO WE COULD STAY SOME WHERE ELSE ALL WE GOT WAS A LETTER THAT SAID SORRY HERE ARE TICKETS TO GET FREE ICE...
Long Beach Island has been part of a family tradition since I'm a little girl. We use to rent houses....but now I have children and cleaning is not a vacation for me. I was hesitant to stay at the hotel...but now.....I have my entire family...
Wow, We went in October 2007.No noise,room was very clean.I believe cleaning persons name was Shane.I felt like I was in a home away from home place.Room rate was great, Woman that tended the front desk was great!
43 year old male with a moderate budget, traveling for leisure
We booked a 4-night stay at the Sea Shell Motel (Thurs thru Sun nite) for my wife and two boys (ages 7 and 10).
We wanted an oceanside room, and were told that it was right above the Club, so we would hear loud music on Saturday nite. We like Beach Haven and LBI so much that we were willing to put up with one night of loud music.
Little did we know that the Sea Shell Motel was non-stop booze and music for all 4 days and nights.
The first night (Thurs night) had a Hip Hop band/DJ playing well into 2am, with our whole room rattling and trembling. My poor kids were terrified of the noise and vibration and only fell asleep out of sheer exhaustion atfer midnight. This went on for ALL FOUR NIGHTS with different bands. On Sunday, we were told that there would only be an acoustic guitarist playing in the evening by the pool (which was also below our room balcony). This guitarist played well after 2am, with a loud microphone, and was encouraging all the drunk pool-side guests to sing along loudly. My pleas to management fell on deaf ears until I finally called the local police to break up the party.
And the days were no better. The Sea Shell pool, beach, Tiki bar, and restaurant were constantly over-crowded, since there was a live band and alcohol flowing from noon till the wee-hours of the morning. I couldn't understand how the hotel was able to accommodate all these people until I started to talk them. It turned out that over 90% of the people I spoke to didn't even belong to the hotel... they basically walked off the streets to enjoy the pool, Tiki Bar, and music. So my $400/night room rate didn't even buy me exclusive rights to the pool or a good night's sleep.
Each day at noon, the band would over-take the pool and prevent the kids from walking, swimming or splashing at that end of the pool! One day, we were resting inside our room, trying to get a breather from the crowd and noise outside, when we were startled to see one of the band members jumping on our 2nd floor balcony, in front of our sliding glass doors! Apparently this was part of the act. When I went to complain to the manager that this man startled my family beyond belief, his response was "they are authorized to use the guest's balcony for this" !! He re-iterated this point when I told him I did not feel safe any longer, since the glass doors failed to lock.
Also, the continental breakfast was the worst display of food I have ever seen, and the service was horrible.
And did I mention the crowded beach and pool?
If you're a young family and wanted to spend a nice, relaxing time with the kids on the LBI shore and pool, then this is defintely NOT the place for you....only BAD memories here... take it from me, we will NEVER be back!
It's too bad, because Beach Haven is a great town and location to bring the kids to LBI.
I do a lot of traveling and the Sea Shell Motel was by far the worst I have ever been to. Minutes before check-in, they informed us that they had overbooked and would be squeezing us (four people) into a room with one double bed and one cott. We...
I've stayed at the Sea Shell five times, both in season and right after Labor Day. You can expect a reasonably nice room, adequate service from harried people, the best outdoor bar on the island and a great view if you're on an upper floor...
Not bad at all! Visited July '04
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Posted Jul 23, 2004
Good
I would rate this place as an average Jersey shore motel...it's clean and well run (notwithstanding the bashing given by a previous reviewer), but the rating gets bumped up to a "4" because of the great location...right on the beach. We ...
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