Oceanside Inn & Suites

It’s about time that they closed!

The hotel and rooms are a little bit old. For the $$$ I payed I was expecting a little bit more. The rooms are comfortable and have a great view of the beach. Staff is really friendly. I would recommend this place if you get a good deal or if they start renovating it.

When I stayed at Oceanside, my boyfriend and I got a lower level room. The bed was comfy, but the bathroom smelled, and behind the toilet was rusty. We found a huge spider near the mini refrigerator. The walls are paper thin. The appliances are old. Housekeeping was awful! We called the front desk about 3 times just for a pair of clean towels. The only good thing was that it was close to the beach. My boyfriend and I wish that we stayed at a nicer hotel.

This place is a dump. I heard it will be torn down soon and replaced with a Holiday Inn. I was here for a conference and needed to iron a shirt. The iron was filthy and has rust all over it. Clock didn’t work and neither did the phone which they didn’t bother to fix when I pointed it out. This place is dirty. Formerly white towels are now gray. Gross. Large gap in the door jam that you can see light through. I could go on but take my advice and stay away!

The fact that this place is pet friendly is about the only thing going for it. It hasn’t been renovated in years and the rooms are not clean. There was a dead roach on the bathroom floor one morning that was not there the night before. Who knows what else was crawling around! The pool was nice, but that’s about it.

As someone who travels for business, I have seen the best of best and worst of worst. This easily hits 1 star. We are talking strictly hotel wise. I don’t just pay for a hotel for beach access. After all, you have to sleep somewhere right? The room I got was lower floor. Word is the nicer rooms are the suites and balcony level. The bathtub smelled moldy, behind the toilet was rusted. The outdoor pool provided reprieve from the room. The maid staff and front desk seemed nice, no complaints there. There were no bugs as mentioned on most review. The place clearly is lacking renovation. Cracked outside infrastructure, stained pavement, old appliances. I would gladly pay more for a nicer hotel just to avoid the grime of Oceanside! Please avoid… It looks like they will demolish it soon.

Older hotel but well maintained and best beach access on the island. Very Pet friendly and laid back. Great staff and amenities

They were fantastic! We stayed there over the weekend, and we couldn’t be happier with the experience. The staff was friendly and accommodating even though we checked in early. Our whole family was there for an event and they were all jealous that we stayed in such a fantastic place! We will definitely be back! Great restaurant, too, and you can’t beat the prices! Great beach and wildlife spotting, too! :-)

I was hesitant to book here with all the 1 star reviews, but I’m really glad that I took the chance.
This place was just perfect for our weekend stay. We arrived around midnight on a Friday night and were given a complimentary upgrade to a suite! We had booked an ocean-​facing double (2 adults, 2 kids) for around $ 140 a night. I could have done with a cheaper rate, but we booked at the last second. The lady at the front desk told us that our room was in a building that had a bunch of fraternity kids staying around us so they upgraded us to a suite and moved us 2 buildings down. We had a huge room: one half bedroom/​bathroom/​closet and the other a large living room with couch, table and chairs, and full kitchen. There were TWO TV’s in the room. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a hotel where they have two TV’s. The kids could each have their own and they loved it. The kitchen had a standup refrigerator (not a mini), stove, sink, cabinets, coffee maker, and full set of dishes (plates, bowls, silverware, pots & pans.) With the suite our entrance was facing the parking lot but the room stretched to the ocean where we had our own private 2^nd floor balcony.
I will note, however, that the first room we were given was sweltering. The AC was on full blast but it wasn’t reaching the beds. We called the front desk as soon as the sweat started pouring and we were given our choice of two other unoccupied suites near us. We took a look at one nearby and the AC was amazing. We moved our stuff over to find that the kitchen was also an upgrade. The first room we were given had a smaller kitchen area and a mini fridge. The new room had an almost full-​size fridge and the kitchen area was nicer. We slept and stayed very well in our second room.
I can see how this place could get such low ratings: it is an older hotel with some wear and tear to the rooms and buildings. Most of the places on Jekyll are like this though unless you want to shell out the big bucks. This place had everything we needed and was directly on the beach. We could watch the sunrise from our balcony and could see the playground and pool from our rooms. If the kids were a bit older we could have just stayed on the balcony and watched them swim to their hearts content. It is only a short walk to the gorgeous beach and the shops are just a 5 minute walk. When we needed to buy some groceries it was an easy stroll along the bike path. There was also a liquor store and beach shop there. Everything you need for a quite beach getaway.
And in case you can’t let go: free wifi is included. You can also rent bikes from the hotel and the attached restaurant is one of the only places on the island that you can get breakfast. Will definitely consider this place when returning in the future.

Yeah, it actually was that gross.
Meeting rooms? Dirty and gross.
Walkways and lobbies? Dirty and gross.
Hotel rooms? Mysterious wet spots on the carpet, malfunctioning air conditioning window units that only cooled half the room, a mirrored jacuzzi tub in the living room, moldy bathrooms, grey towels, stained sheets, walls so thin I could hear my neighbor’s alarm (again and again and again thanks to the ten times she hit the snooze button). Yup, the rooms can pretty much be summed up as dirty and gross too.
Food? Think cafeteria food nastiness. Straight from the Sysco truck, every meal was processed, frozen, preserved, overcooked, and sloppily served. Basically, just gross.
Customer Service? Uh, what’s that?
There were two bright shining stars for this property in its location right on the beautiful beach and the private balcony off my room that looked out onto said beautiful beach. Unfortunately, they weren’t enough to redeem this experience. Thankfully, I only had to stay one night.

My coed business fraternity has an event here every spring. The rooms are old and kind of run down but it is right on the beach. If you get an upgraded room or suite they are much nicer. I would recommend a suite as an inexpensive vacation spot for a family with kids that wants to be right on the beach, they have a full kitchen. I would NOT really recommend this as a romantic hotel.

My experience here was totally different from the previous reviewer. I was wondering if we actually stayed at the same hotel? I have travelled with dogs and children for decades, and this was a great experience with 2 dogs. We came for a wedding, but will come back again for our own vacation because the experience was good. Yes, it’s an older facility, and no, it isn’t the Jekyll Island Hotel. But I wasn’t paying $ 200 a night, either, and my dogs and children were welcome. Here’s the recap.
2^nd floor room with king bed (comfy!) and refrigerator, coffeemaker and microwave. Plenty of room to set up dog travel crates and ex-​pen. TV large and clear. Bathroom adequate (I like a bigger bathroom, but it was fine) and towels plentiful with additional on request. Staff friendly. Restaurant was very good, with New Years Day buffet, weekend breakfast buffet, pizza and beer dinner and Monday AM breakfast on our menu. Beach was mere steps from the hotel. Grounds clean. Alarm clock/​radio cheap and chintzy… but I didn’t need it. AC/​Heat very good. Didn’t get to check out pool etc as this was Dec/January…but it looked good too.
Will return with dogs and children/​grandchildren again!!!

I am surprised I never came back to this review to update it. At this point, my hatred has dissipated a bit, but I still warn you against this place without reservation. STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE. Anywhere else.
Customer service? Bland, neither friendly nor unfriendly, and vaguely unhelpful.
Adjoining restaurant? Ugly, tackily decorated, bad selection of barely tolerable food. The service here was really great, though, thanks to our cool waitress.
Rooms? Disgusting. Moldy. Stinky. Wet. Not at all «newly renovated» as the website purports – instead the walls have been painted and there’s new carpet. The dust, spiders, stains, thick layers of dirt in the fan, etc. are all still here. My friend and I actually became physically ill and had to leave after one night. (I lament having stayed there the entire first night.)
Ew.
I was told that the place is being razed not too long from now, so perhaps the management just doesn’t give a sh*t anymore. The woman at the counter offered no fuss but no apology when I told her why we’d be leaving and why we needed our money back for pre-​paid nights two and three.
EW!