Visited as a family of 5. We were originally booked to stay in a hotel next door which had free parking, but opted for the Residence Inn as despite paying for valet parking ($38 per night) we had complimentary breakfast which we made the most of! The breakfast is fairly extensive; different kinds of sausages each day, eggs, breakfast potatoes, all the different kinds of breads, bagels, waffle station, fruit, pastries, etc. we even made ourselves a little packed lunch to take to the beach which we kept cool in a cooler that we bought from Surf Style directly opposite the hotel. (The Surf Style store is your shortcut to the beach, go through here instead of around the buildings, it’s quicker and cooler.) The hotel room was great for us, kitchenette also was a plus to store cold drinks and freeze bottles of water to put in our cooler to take to the beach. Ice is available near the elevators too. Ask for beach towels at the reception to save you washing your own. The reception were very helpful. Access to upper floors was by keycard only which made us feel safer. On our last day we could still use hotel facilities including asking the valet to keep our car keys safe whilst we spent the day on the beach. Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill was a nice evening dinner. The liquor store next to the hotel that out room overlooked was noisy on our first night (Sunday) karaoke and music till after midnight, but we were tired from a long haul flight so didn’t bother us too much. Great pool.
