A friend and I spent four nights at the Crescent. We found it cute and were quite surprised at how much we got for our money ($159.00/night for one bedroom). The kitchen is completely stocked, if you wanted to buy groceries and eat all your meals in to save $$$ this is the place to stay.
The hotel desk staff was friendly but did not strike me as experts on the area so we did not ask many questions. They did however, make sure we had a taxi when we left (which was very helpful).
We had no issues with sales staff, we were asked once at check in and were offered $100 off of our bill to hear their sales pitch but declined and were never asked about it again.
Housekeeping was wonderful and we had no issues. A couple mornings we slept in but they came back and the room got cleaned.
This hotel is approximately one block from the front door to the beach and on the way you pass a Starbucks (life could not be much better). On the beach you can rent a lounge chair for $15.
Lincoln Drive and the great shopping is about 4 blocks away.
It was a little bit noisy on the Friday and Saturday night but overall not bad at all. The location is just far enough up from the party hotels that you don't get much of the partiers, but close enough that you can walk to where the parties are.
Overall both of us would stay at this hotel again and would definitely recommend it to friends!

Arrived with some trepidation after reading some of the recent poor reviews. Lobby was clean. Desk clerk was polite and were able to do an early check-in. 2-bedroom suite was very nice, clean and as pictured on their website. We tended to sleep-in late so we declined the housekeeping service a couple of days although they always called early afternoon to check to see if we wanted it. When we requested housekeeping it was done. Air-conditioning functioned properly. Kitchen was well stocked with glasses and dishes.

Overall our stay was quite pleasant. The only thing that didn't function as promised was the internet terminal in the lobby.

The tourist sales desk only queried us once during our stay and left us alone after we declined their services. It seemed issues with this had been overblown. However after we had checked out and were waiting for our taxi, the same sales lady asked us if we were checking in or checking out and whether we were interested in tourist information 4 times! I mean, I can understand once, but 4 times?

Anyway it was only a small negative incident over a very good stay. For the price (approx. $230.night before taxes) for a 2 bedroom suite, I consider the Crescent an amazing bargain for a nice, clean, and non-dowdy hotel.

I've stayed here three times now, and plan on staying again. The location is great- beach across the street, FABULOUS resteraunt next door, shopping, and walking distance to nightlife! The rooms are very comfortable, nice size,(2bdrm), the floors are hardwood(no disgusting carpet), the beds are comfortable and king size, and you have a kitchen. The staff answered any questions I had, and gave some good advice on the area. The fact that there is no pool doesn't really bother me because I'd rather be on the beach. However it would be great if they would ever get the rooftop jacuzzi fixed, it's been three years! And make sure you are thorough on getting a good price, because they really differ depending on which website you choose...shop around! Last year I found a range from 139.00 to 299.00 for the same 2bdrm suite! (oh and I would have paid the higher price to stay there!) Good Luck

My wife and I stayed at the Crescent past January and what a surprise! we are not used to the beach at all since we've been living in Colorado for 6 years, everybody was bilengual wich was easy for us since we are originally from Spain, nice staff, lousy sales people... they were annoying, I couldn't stand them. I mentioned that to the staff upon my check out and I hope they're gonna do something about it, the hotel is really nice and I wish they were not there. Overall we had a great time.