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Reviews of Outer Banks Motel

2 out of 5
Outer Banks Motel
46577 NC Highway 12, Buxton, NC

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 114 out of 286 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 103 out of 286 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 40 out of 286 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 286 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 286 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Margo

Wonderful view, clean, good sleeping bed. Staff was nice and helpful.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024
Response from TINA on 4 May,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

6/10 Okay

Jacob

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It did what it needed to. Shower and a dry place to sleep. Unless you slept in the front porch area. We sat out it in to watch the storm that rolled in. Water leaked under the door and the ceiling out there leaked. The maids left a cute little envelope for tips on the fridge… that was placed under the list of things that the guest needed to do before check out. If I’m not mistaken, that was a list of things that the maid do everywhere else I have ever stayed. We ate 3 meals there and put all the dishes in the dish washer. So when we went to run it after it was all loaded. It became very apparent that the dishwasher didn’t work, and probably hasn’t worked in a very long time. And with a $50 fee for not doing the items on the check out list. There I was at 3 in the morning hand washing dishes. It’s not like I’m saying that there was some building roped off and probably shouldn’t be entered, or the beach front building/rooms you could literally fish off the deck cuz the waves go right up to the stilts that are holding the place up…. Oh wait. That’s all true too. But the fish cleaning station is present and worked great. But all in all. It’s the OBX, it’s suppose to be an adventure. It got the job done. And for the right price, I’d probably stay there again. (Lower price that is)
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tammy

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from TINA on 14 Apr,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Melvin

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melvin

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Derek

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Glynn

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Yea.
There was a roach in the silverware, hardly any amenities, the staff was just a bunch of kids maybe 16 or 17. Its close to the beach, maybe too close! The layout was okay. They want you to clean your own room, threaten you with charges if you don't, but there is a maid service tip envelope on the same paper. For what? No. The best description is lazy. The buildings are good though.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly and the room was clean
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

William

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tonia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jody

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Roaches
No tv all night, called about it not working and they said they were sending someone and no one came. Also there were cockroaches, I brought it to their attention and even brought one in a jar to show them. They said oh is just a palmetto but they’re not roaches. I’m sorry if you google it then you will find out they are roaches. Yuck!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a short walk to the beach just over the dune. Great pool and the staff were very nice!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Roach Motel
Unfortunately our stay was colored by the constant presence of at least three different types of cockroaches :( itty bitty ones on the cabinet, larger brown ones that crawl out seemingly from behind the fridge and under counter, and big ole black ones that absolutely covered all the railings and decking at night. Saw several of those inside as well, including in kids bedroom on the last night :( it was hard to relax and enjoy the evenings with these guys crawling over our feet and trying to get into everything. On the plus side, bedding and towels smelled clean, but there were a lot of issues here for $400/night. We feel cheated and sadly won’t be staying here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just an average place. Clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The apartment was wonderful, and everything was very clean and lovely.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janice

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place
Good beach cottage
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Walter

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This hotel is very dated and looks like it. The room never cooled off even with the air conditioner set at 75 degrees the room never went below 77 degrees. We opened what windows we could and that made it comfortable. Out of 7 window 1 had a undamaged screen, 4 had no screens, 2 had rips and hole in them. 2 of the windows we couldn’t open or they fell out. We had to empty our own garbage and exchange our dirty towels for clean ones, by going to the office. The room was okay, but is in need of some professional repair work and updating. Some work has been done to it but it wasn’t done right. All in all it was tolerable, but the complex sure could use some professional repairs and clean up. We wouldn’t recommend it or stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

BERYL

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yvanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Most beautiful place to try out, best staff ever!
Amazing place to stay, super clean rooms and an amazing person working the night shift who made sure we got our room key after closing hours 😊
Only photo I had of the place because I was to excited at how cool of a beach bungalow it was to take more 😊
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was excellent
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

cathy

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little place!
Simple and clean! Great place to get away for a bit!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Linda

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unsatisfied!
Very dissatisfied with this motel. Booked Ocean view, got to stare at the nasty pool. Bed were terrible, uncomfortable and small. This was my 2nd year there 1st year was good, but not this one. Very Disappointed! Will not go back.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easygoing

8/10 Good

Diane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Although the property seemed pretty dated, it was standard for the area. The office could definitely use an overall. But the staff was excellent. We interacted with the young man, Jonathon, at the front desk a couple of times over the weekend, and he was personable, knowledgeable, and very helpful.

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

KELLY

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Right on the beach!!! Bed could have been better. Would definitely stay again!
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Diane

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superior room
Great view.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay. Very quiet. Definitely recommend vacationing in the Outer Banks during the off season
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Molly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful beach access and salt water pool provided us with a week of fun and relaxation!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Ghassan

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Joana E

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jeff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was what i was hoping for. Quiet, relaxing, great views from room 5A.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

zaniera

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Timothy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy, friendly check in. Room was very clean and tidy. Shower worked well. Bed was comfy. TV worked.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Quoc

Booking Service is incorrect what the guest reservation online.That was terrible booking service.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great beach hangout
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Samuel, Chesapeake

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This motel is in a good location right on the beach; however, it didn't lock like it had been updated since the early 1970's. Certainly not worth the price I paid!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022