Location.
Situated on the beach, this Myrtle Beach hotel is close to Mt. Atlanticus, The Children's Museum of South Carolina, and Broadway at the Beach.
Features.
In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool and coffee in the lobby, Driftwood on the Oceanfront features secure parking and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional amenities include a television in the lobby and air conditioning in public areas. The front desk is open 24 hours a day.
Guestrooms.
Driftwood on the Oceanfront has 90 guestrooms. Balconies are featured in guestrooms. Televisions are equipped with cable channels. Guestrooms feature microwaves, refrigerators, and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms offer shower/tub combinations. Additional amenities include separate sitting areas, air conditioning, and clock radios. Housekeeping is offered. Cribs (infant beds) and rollaway beds are available. All guestrooms at Driftwood on the Oceanfront are non-smoking.
Guest Reviews: Driftwood on the Oceanfront
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Oceanfront at 16th Ave. N. | Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-0485
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“It's OK”
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Aug 23, 2010
claytonnc, Clayton, North Carolina
- We booked this through theie website, took advantage of arriving on Sunday staying 4 nights or more with 20% off. It's ok but we like many more on our floor...
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- We booked this through theie website, took advantage of arriving on Sunday staying 4 nights or more with 20% off. It's ok but we like many more on our floor who booked this special were stuck in the middle building ~ no elevator ~ no ice machine but the other buildings on each side of us did have elevators and ice machines. The room was ok, only three outlets to plug things in one in the kitchen area (you must unplug microwave to use this one, one where the tv is and one at the bathroom sink that you have to rig up in order for anything to stay plugged in, we paid for ocean front it was and directly over the pool so if you did decide to go out on the balcony you really could not enjoy just the ocean view. The deadbolt would not work looked as if the side of it had been smashed in. Parking was the biggest "mess" I seen and there really wasn't that many people there, just very limited and small places. I would def look around for other hotels and if this is what you get for taking their offer of specials I suggest to stay away. « less
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“Budget Friendly, great location,”
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Aug 17, 2010
two_waters, Corydon, Indiana
- We stayed in Driftwood July 31st to August 6th. Room 425, court side 2 room. Loved the view. Older place but they are working on it to update daily. You...
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- We stayed in Driftwood July 31st to August 6th. Room 425, court side 2 room. Loved the view. Older place but they are working on it to update daily. You could walk to downtown,
grocery, eat. Loved the privacy of the balcony. They have 2 pools, one is heated. Richard, was always hard at work. He went out of his way to help you. Beds slept well. Great value for those on a tight budget.. « less
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“Good Value, Basic Accommodations, Not Luxury, Not Slum”
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Aug 16, 2010
ScoobyDoobyDoo13, Charlotte, North Carolina
- When we first arrived at the driftwood, the first thing you notice is there are three ocean front buildings. Each building only has a handful of ocean front parking spaces....
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- When we first arrived at the driftwood, the first thing you notice is there are three ocean front buildings. Each building only has a handful of ocean front parking spaces. All other parking spaces are across the street. We checked in early, around 1pm, so that we could get a parking sticker and then the hotel called us when our room key was ready. There really wasn't anywhere designated to unload your vehicle/luggage; so, we pulled in front of the hotel office and unloaded quickly. No one said anything to us. We did this again later that day with our grocery, and again, no one gave us a hard time (and this was on a Saturday). Our building had no elevator that we know of and we were on the third floor. So, we had to lug all our baggage/groceries up the stairs. The other two buildings may have elevators. It appears that two buildings have three floors and one building has 5 floors. So, I'm guessing that the later would have an elevator. The motel (and it is a motel not a resort) has two pools. No hot tub and no lazy river. No tiki bar and no restaurant on site. There is an ice machine. The lobby attendant was relatively nice. Not a bundle of sunshine but in no way rude either. The north building (that the office is in) only has community balconies and no private balconies with the exception of the ocean front rooms. All but the end rooms (closest to the street) have chairs in front of their doors that are immediately adjacent to the neighboring door/room. In summary, you will be sitting right beside of your neighbor (within inches) and this could be a BAD thing.... I hate to be be blunt but if I had to group the guest here they are more trailer park than country club, suburbs, or ghetto.... The end rooms of the North Building (office buildings) are separated from the other rooms by the stairs but room 200 has a bunch of rocking chairs in front of it that you think would be good but they actually attract a wide variety of people that could end up hanging out in front of your front door. Room 300 doesn't have this problem but since it's on the end it also attracts people too. Also,Room 300 (and probably 200) of the North building has an obstructed view of the ocean (on the private balcony) because of a giant Palm Tree that has been planted beside the office. From the windows in room 200 and 300 it is also very hard to see the ocean. These are actually more street side than ocean view. Sorry, don't have any info on the middle and south building but the guests are similar and the south building does have side balconies but I'm not sure that they are ocean view.
Now, I will talk about the room. We rented a 3 bed parlor, ocean view in the North Building (office building). The door is a shutter style door, it opens into two halves in opposite directions. It does have a deadbolt and it does have two windows on either side of the door. Each window is tinted so that you can leave the blinds up and look out without others being able to see in. Each window does have Levolor blinds if you want to pull them closed. When you walk into the room, there is a table to the left and a tv, to the right there is a futon style sofa (the third bed really isn't a bed but a thick futon style sofa reminiscent of the 70's). Next there is a door that separates this area that contains the table and sofa from the remainder of the room. Once you walk through the door, there is a dorm style fridge on the left with a microwave and some counter area, next there is the luggage area ("closet") and in front of that to the right is the bathroom. As you walk further into the room to left there is two chairs with a lamp table and to the right are the two queen beds. Directly in front of you is a huge window that runs almost the entire length of the room. In the far corner of the room is the 2nd tv. Total there is 2 queen beds, 2 sitting chairs, one sofa that the back folds down into a bed ,4 table chairs, and two tv's. The room was fine and appeared to be clean (and I am a HUGE germ freak) but there is one problem...... I hate to say it but I have to and it isn't the motels fault (or it doesn't appear to be) but Myrtle Beach has roaches. This hotel is a low rise and therefore the hotel does too. I was trying to understand why this hotel has roaches because it appears to be really clean and I have came to the conclusion that because it is only three stories that the roaches are climbing up from the ground and it is almost impossible to keep a few stragglers out. We saw not signs of roach/insect infestation in anyway but I have to say we did see a couple. So, we left no food out and any opened food was stored in the microwave or fridge. Previously, we have only stayed in high rises (Bayview, Beach Colony, Sea Mist etc. and did not have this problem with roaches but I wonder if that was only because the roaches had a harder time crawling up to such high floors... but this hotel is in no way in the same caliber as Bay View or Beach Colony).
All in all, for the price, the value was good. I will not stay here again because I can't deal with the roaches but I can suck it up for the rest of the week ( I am writing this from my Drifwood hotel room... and yes they do have wifi). Otherwise, besides the roaches, I have no issues even though I'm used to pretty nice hotel. :-) « less
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“Great deal!!”
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Aug 15, 2010
MandyPK, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- My family and I stayed at the Driftwood Lodge last week for the first time and we had a blast! If you are on a budget and looking for a...
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- My family and I stayed at the Driftwood Lodge last week for the first time and we had a blast! If you are on a budget and looking for a clean, decent place to stay, this place is for you! However, if you like all of the bells and whistles of a fancy hotel, this place is not for you. There are renovations taking place, so not everything is picture perfect. We had a courtside suite which had 2 queen beds, kitchen, bath, and living room with a sofa bed. We were not oceanfront, but had a very good view of the ocean from the side of the building, from both our balcony and outside of our door. This worked out just fine for my husband, mom, brother, and I. My mom and brother took the room with the 2 beds, and my husband and I took the sofa bed. We brought an air mattress to put on top of the sofa mattress, and I would recommend bringing one if you're going to use the sofa bed because that mattress is pretty thin. Our room was a little dated, but everything was very clean! My mom and I are clean freaks, so if we find a hotel we consider clean, we're impressed! We could tell that even the bedspreads were freshly cleaned! The only thing that could have used a good cleaning was the carpet, but it wasn't that bad. The only thing we didn't like about the room was that our balcony door was very hard to open and close. Other than than, we were very pleased with the room, especially for the price we paid! The staff there are all very nice, too, although our cleaning lady didn't speak much English. They also have activities planned out during the week for both kids and adults. I would definitely recommend this place to someone wanting to go to the beach with a tight budget! If we are still on a tight budget next year, we would definitely stay at the Driftwood Lodge again! « less
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“Disappointed”
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Aug 9, 2010
EmmaAyla, Greensboro, North Carolina
- The pictures on the website were not accurate , because , Yes you can see the beach and the pool, from your balcony but be prepared to share it with...
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- The pictures on the website were not accurate , because , Yes you can see the beach and the pool, from your balcony but be prepared to share it with 20 other people. It is not private balcony. This is a MOTEL. ..other than that , it is on the beach, it does have a clean pool and it is in the hearth of Myrtle Beach. Staff was very friendly. It is a great value if you don't expect too much. It is not very clean.
If you are only planning on sleeping there, it is an ideal MOTEL. « less
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