Judith Ann Inn

Recently stayed 4 nights at the Judith Ann Inn. The staff is nice, the property is okay. When I booked this place I didn't pay attention to the self housekeeping part. Not really an issue I guess, just a bit surprised especially with the price to stay. Everything you need for your stay is there. The kitchen was well stocked for cooking but the ONLY grocery store in Ocean Shores is a quite tired and sooo overpriced. Someone needs to open a new CLEAN place that perhaps actually has a real deli and some selection of wines that aren't dusty on the shelf. Bring your own food from home if possible or stop in Aberdeen before you get there. The Judith Ann is not as clean as it could be. First glance no problem but since we were there for 4 nights I started noticing things. The floor of the bathroom had not been cleaned. There were faint footprints on the tile that were not made by myself or husband. They cleaned right up with some water and a paper towel. The bed spread had a nasty yellowing stain that you only noticed if the spread was flipped down. THAT was disgusting. The throws and throw pillows were very tired and I suspect had not seen a washer for a long time if ever. The upstairs unit we stayed in had a huge older TV that is on the way out. The downstairs unit had a nice flat panel ( we stayed there the first night). We did have some excitement one morning when a raccoon was on our balcony. I wandered out to view the ocean (long ways away but all places are set back) and thought there was a cat curled up in the corner, nope it was a younger raccoon. We both scared each other! I backed into the room and he climbed under the railing of the balcony and up over the roof. The Judith Ann is a non-smoking non-pet property, BUT gee there were people smoking cigars on the balcony one night and we had some people next to us with a dog. So much for "policies". The ash tray catcher outside caught fire one night and was smoking for hours until my husband went down and dumped water on it. It had been smelling up our room, as we had the window open in the bedroom. Would I stay here again? Probably not. Its not the worst place to stay, but really needs some attention to details to make it a really nice place.

We stayed here to celebrate our one year anniversary and had an amazing time! [...] offered great suggestions as to what to do and where to eat. Our room was quiet and comfortable and we couldn't have asked for a better place to stay. The veiw was great and we plan to be back here.