Surf Villas

This One-bedroom, one-bathroom yellow apartment with patio (not fenced in) was good for the price. I was at first confused where to check in, but once I called I was able to find the Quality Inn located directly in the same parking lot. Quality in takes care of your check in/check out. We came across this place at BringFind.com and on DuckDuckDelaware Reviews - We needed a Pet-friendly hotel, without having to pay 400$ a night. One queen bed with sheets and full-size sleeper sofa in the living room (accommodates up to 4 persons) and was perfect for the 2 of us and our chocolate lab Hazel. Fully equipped kitchenette, and privacy door leading into the bedroom. What you see is what you get. You can almost see the ocean, you are that close. We would recommend for travelers with big dogs. We felt comfortable and are within walking distance to Bad Money, Fager's Island, Secrets, and Sky bar. Plus mini golf in the on season is right across the street.

Thank You.

I booked this apartment for 3 nights (5/17–5/20) through Booking.com and honestly had a terrible experience from start to finish. We only chose this place because they allow pets, but I definitely regret it.

We arrived around 9 PM after driving 5 hours, exhausted, with our dog, and immediately had issues checking in. Even though the stay had already been fully paid through Booking.com, the woman at the front desk kept demanding that I pay the full balance again in cash. I showed her my receipt and even my banking app proving it was already paid, but she continued arguing about it. The entire process took over 25 minutes because she kept yelling about the computer system and even started smacking the monitor. Extremely rude and unprofessional.

The property itself felt very sketchy and poorly maintained. When we got into the apartment, all of the living room furniture had been pushed together in the middle of the room (assuming for cleaning???) so my fiancé had to move everything back late at night himself. The apartment was dingy, outdated, hot, and uncomfortable. It was over 80 degrees outside and the AC units had been unplugged before we arrived, so the apartment stayed muggy most of the night. The AC in the living room also shook constantly and made a loud high-pitched noise every time it was running.

No cleaning service was ever offered during our stay, and overall the place just felt neglected and cheaply managed. We ended up leaving a night early because we were so uncomfortable and would rather sleep in our own bed.

The final straw was getting a phone call the next morning after we were already 5 hours back home demanding that I check out immediately. I explained that I had already checked out the night before, handed both keys to the front desk staff, and specifically told them I was leaving apartment 4. Instead of apologizing, the employee just said, “I wasn’t made aware of that,” and hung up on me.

Overall, the staff was rude, the property felt sketchy, and the entire experience was stressful and uncomfortable. I would absolutely not stay here again.

The Quality Inn next door runs these villas. We love the QI and have frequented a handful of times. When you stay at their Villas, you have access to the Inn, which is a great perk.
But this year we chose to stay at a Villa, being dog friendly, which is a plus! We were upstairs, Villa 3.
These pictures on Google maps and on the Surf Villa website are dated…. When the Villas were new. They are def misleading!
The surf villas are now run down and in need of much landscaping. There were pave stones missing and uneven pavement, weeds overgrown, and NO backyard picnic table grass area behind as one photo indicates. There was a parking lot lamp fallen directly behind the place with glass broken all around.
It was not a nice/safe lot for having a dog, and there was barely any grass for the dog. But the QI next door has lots of grassy areas up in front of it.
The building was run down…. Not like the pics.
But inside it was ok with a somewhat stocked kitchen and plenty of towels. It was off season, so we assumed it would be fairly clean. It was mostly clean. Some places were dusty and the toilet had not been cleaned in a while… it was “not nice”.
The shower pressure is VERY low, so if you have long hair, rinsing out your hair will take a LONG time.
The bed was comfy and clean, the touch lamps were frustrating, but the off season weekday price was great, esp for a pet friendly place.
The blinds were broken and open in places… not private.
Lastly, one morning at 6:55 am we awoke to aggressively loud banging on the villa door below us, and saw housekeeping leaving the porch a moment later. It was not a “knock-knock, housekeeping…”, it was almost a persistent militant banging that shook our whole wall and caused us to at first think something violent was going on…. But alas, just housekeeping. After a short night of sleep and still very tired, we never got back to sleep.
So the Surf Villas were not the good experience we had at Quality next door.
Larger than the Inn rooms and more space for your dog, but the trashy outside, low water pressure, old furniture, broken blinds, and rude housekeeping kind of tainted the trip. But, the service at the hotel/QI and staff booking the room and assisting at front desk are always great!
One last note:
If you say the hot tubs and pools are open til 10 pm, please stop rudely badgering people to leave by 9:45… this happened consistently. They even drained the whirlpool while we were in it well before closing.

The atrium area is beautiful, the staff usually amazing, the atmosphere beautiful… we will be back, but not to the Villas.