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Blue Water Inn

Blue Water Inn
Average price*: $99 (year-round)
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    • Address
      617 E Eighth St
      (formerly Sandaway Hotel)
      Ocean City, NJ 08226
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars 12 reviews
12 Reviews
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #30 of 31 hotels in Ocean City
Description: Family-owned hotel. All new windows, some new carpet, new paint and friendly staff. We want to be your home at the shore.

TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Based on 12 traveler reviews
  • What to Expect:
    • 3 based on 4 reviews Rooms
    • 3 based on 5 reviews Service
    • 3 based on 5 reviews Value
    • 3 based on 5 reviews Cleanliness
    • 3.5 based on 2 reviews Dining
  • Recommended For:
    • 30% based on 7 reviews Older travelers
    • 30% based on 7 reviews Young singles
    • 30% based on 7 reviews Families with teenagers
    • 30% based on 7 reviews Students
    • 30% based on 7 reviews Budget travelers

Reviews of Blue Water Inn

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5 of 5 stars
hotelguy4242
Aug 10, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

It was much better than we expected and the service was excellent. The only complaint we have is the the room was up some stairs and they don't have an elevator. Manager was extremly freiendly and knew where everything was at. Breakfast was more than we are use to for continental. I'd stay again the price is right. more

May 23, 2007
3/4 found this review helpful

Just stumbled across the reviews on this place and I had to laugh. It's probably not fair to write a review or comment on our stay there in 2002. But.... We reserved a room there because it looked nice on the internet. Big mistake. They checked us in and we had to lug our luggage up the tiny stairwell, put... more

Management response from
Joanne Mentzer, operations manager

I find it odd that these folks wrote about the Blue Water Inn and a stay they had in 2002 since the name change just happened this year. The Blue Water Inn has been owned and operated for two years now by new people and a lot of things have been done to update the old hotel. We are working...

Aug 15, 2006
3/4 found this review helpful

When we walked in the smell of cat was the first thing that hits you, you can fight till your blue in the face for your money but they have kids that work there and they cant give back money they will give YOU a phone # to call the rooms are so DIRTY that you cant sleep they only... more

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1 of 5 stars
Philadelphia
Aug 9, 2006
2/3 found this review helpful

Stayed at the Sandaway Inn in August 2006 and it was probably the worst hotel I've ever been to. The room was severely water damaged and moldy, to the point where we had to buy lysol and a candle to make the smell tolerable. We asked them to switch us to another room, but they said the hotel was full... more

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2 of 5 stars
harrisburg
Jul 7, 2006
6/8 found this review helpful

We stayed there in August 2005. What a smack in the face. No AC in the lobby/hallways...dripping sweat after taking baggage up one flight to enter lobby, then two more flights to room...no elevator. The room was tiny, fridge was on last legs( bring a cooler), no remote(which we reported, but they never gave us one after they said they... more

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1 of 5 stars
Boyertown Pa
Jul 4, 2006
3/3 found this review helpful

I have been going to ocean city for years, but on late notice we ended up staying at the sandaway inn, We got a good price but you get what you pay for ...i would use this hotel just because of the price but still use it as a last resort to stay down there! more

Jun 9, 2006
4/4 found this review helpful

I had never been to Ocean City so I had to do reasearch online. I went to the Sandaway with my husband and 2 children. I chose it because it seemed quaint, is close to the beach, had no 3 night requirement and was less expensive than some others. The lobby is clean and cute like an old inn. But... more

Feb 10, 2006
4/4 found this review helpful

To call this place a toilet is too kind. The owners are friendly and nice enough but the rooms are so run down. Bathrooms terribly designed and cramped, furnishings threadbare and for what you pay, you get very little (our room was about the size of a walk-in closet, for $120 a night). The worst thing was the bed, very... more

Management response from
krissypoo6985, owner's daughter

The Sandway Hotel has just switched ownership as of May 2006...Since ownership changed so late in the off season renovations and improvements were not easy to accomplish, considering we opened in early May. This off season things will be fixed, and replaced, next year will be a new year! so do yourselves a favor and consider it for your stay...

Aug 22, 2005
2/3 found this review helpful

We visited the Sandaway in July at a very busy time of the year. The owners were very friendly and the lobby very nice. When we got to our room we were very disappointed. The place is in desperate need of rennovation. The beds need to be replaced and the our sink was in the bedroom. The parking there is... more

Aug 28, 2004
1/1 found this review helpful

We had 2 really good experiences there. only problem was the matress was a bit hard one time. I think if we went there again we'd definitely take our air-matress to put on top of it, just in case. Other than that, it was great and REALLY close to the beach. more

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617 E Eighth St, (formerly Sandaway Hotel), Ocean City, NJ 08226