Flagship Oceanfront Hotel

I’ve stayed at this place about three times in the past couple of years and loved it every time. You get exactly what you pay for- Nothing more, nothing less. If you’re expecting a high-class hotel, stay away.

The place is definitely outdated and a little dingy. The halls reek of chlorine and moisture, but that’s to be expected with a carpeted, family-oriented hotel that’s so close to the ocean and has on-site pools. Despite the way it smells, it isn’t filthy. I’ve wandered the place barefoot and never got dirty feet.

The hotel rooms themselves are just alright, they’re serviceable. The beds are somewhat comfortable, the AC can easily make the room freezing, TV and internet work well for the most part. The furniture can feel pretty gross, though. It’s got that sticky, well-used feel. Microwaves and mini fridges also seem a bit unappealing, but were never completely disgusting or unusable. Never saw or experienced any pests during any of my stays, besides maybe a cockroach in the courtyard. It’s not the hotel’s fault people bring their own infestations to the place.

The best part about The Flagship Hotel is definitely all the different amenities they have. Not only is there an outdoor and indoor pool, but there’s also a mini hot tub, arcade room, courtyard, and a cute little ice cream shop at the front desk too. The $1 canned soda and snack vending machines are also great. The fact that it’s located directly at the boardwalk and beach is what really sells the place, though.

Staff are super friendly and are generally quite helpful. We ran into a problem with a leaking roof during one of our stays (due to some heavy rain) and we were able to be moved into another vacant room without any hassle. The maintenance man arrived quickly when we reported our issue to the front desk and we were moved out of the room within the hour.

Overall, The Flagship Hotel is an alright place. It’s not amazing, but it isn’t terrible either.

Decent hotel. Like maybe 10 feet from the sand. But definitely needs some fixing up. Take a scented candle or an air freshener. Our room, my sister's room, and the room next to us smelled really bad. Tried to fix coffee one morning and there was still grounds in the pot from the last people. One of our beds was decent, the other I dont think had a bottom in it. The lady that checked us in mumbled the whole time and 3 of us had no idea what she was saying. The rest of the staff we met were very friendly and helpful. Eddie deserves a raise!! Definitely take the good with the bad here. The a/c worked amazingly well.

I would advise everyone to stay away from this hotel.

Check-in is at 3pm. They did not have a room ready for us until closer to 4. They hotel was not fully booked, yet we were still made to wait. Unsure what the reasoning was. We should've canceled and stayed at a cheaper hotel but I really wanted beachfront and on the boardwalk. I should've listened to my intuition.

The hotel itself smells like mildew. It is an oceanfront hotel, so that is normalish. Everything is outdated. Not a big deal but it could use a massive renovation.

The room itself. Wow. Awful. Their cleaning crew does the absolute bare minimum. Even after seeing all the crud, we just wanted a good night sleep. That was a mistake. Woke up at 4am from my husband freaking out about a bug bite. To prove him wrong, I stripped the bed. Welp. There were bugs! Not sure if they were actually bed bugs or fleas or something else. Who knows. Thankfully, we didn't bring in any luggage. Just the clothes we came in and our bathing suits. Stripped and bagged our clothes in the parking lot. Beyond disgusting.

The only plus about this place, beachfront and on the boardwalk. Not worth it. AVOID THIS PLACE!