First of all the views are spectacular. The room was so…read morebeautiful and clean. There was a kitchenette which was perfect. My great granddaughters (ages 6 and 7. They loved the pool. My sister Sharron works at the casino and drives the shuttle van. I'm going back.....the employees were awesome and accommodating.....

Some things I think others looking up this place will find useful:…read more *Each unit has entrances on both sides of the building, one facing the bay and one facing the other side. So: no need to worry about getting stuck with a unit that does not face the bay. *There are only 18 units in the whole hotel, each of them the same size: one bedroom, one bathroom, a living room with an electric fireplace, and a kitchenette. We always seek out places with kitchens or kitchenettes so we can cook in our unit are won't have to eat out every meal. One slight word of caution, though: these kitchenettes have a microwave and a stove top but no oven; and the refrigerator is pretty small. *The living room couch is also a hideabed, so the rooms technically sleep four each. There is a TV in both the living room and the bedroom. *The view of the bay is NOT a view of a beach, but there are some very positive things about this. First, the nightly rates are reasonable regardless of the time of year. Second, beyond a grassy area in front of the motel are tide flats, which fill up with water twice every 24 hours, at high tide. It's really fun to see the change when you're paying attention. Beyond the tide flats is the man-made Shoalwater Bay Berm, created to save Tokeland from the long term effects of increasingly severe weather events. The tide flats area between the hotel and the berm, that gets filled with water, is called Empire Spit. Google the area's tides for the day(s) you are there and you will know when to look for when the tide flats fill with sea water, as it doesn't stay full for very long. *The hotel is owned by the Shoalwater Bay Tribe and is on their land, as is the Shoalwater Bay Casino (the smallest casino I have ever been in). If you get a Players Club Card from the casino, which you do not have to do any gambling in the casino to get, you can use it to get 10% off your hotel booking. *The hotel has an outdoor pool that is heated, and a hot tub that is protected from the elements by a clear dome. There were no storms the two nights we stayed there, but I bet it would be fun to watch one from that hot tub. There is also a communal kitchen space for larger parties that can be booked for an extra fee. *I have seen other reviews complain about the lack of regular housekeeping, but this was not a big deal to us. And if you need fresh linens or toiletries, all you have to do is ask and the incredibly friendly staff will happily hook you up. In short, Tradewinds on the Bay is a modest place to stay that is also quite the hidden gem. (Video tour of the hotel and our unit that I tried to upload got cut off at 12 seconds, so you can view the whole video here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/machu_picchu/53932930625/in/album-72177720319641764.)

Great staff ! Very nice room with a terrific bed. Clean and warm . Wonderful location.read more

I love staying here! There was a very sweet and caring lady that works at the front desk who gave…read moreme a fresh baked cookie. I just wish I could've stayed longer.

Amazing hospitality! I showed up after a long, hot motorcycle ride. The owner took one look at me,…read moreupgraded my room, brought me ice and watermelon, and ask her son to go to a Dairy Queen and bring me an ice cream blizzard. The room was very large, the place is very dog, friendly, and the simple and inexpensive motel has better service and just about anywhere.

I'm on vacation with my mom and we arrived in Oregon just in time for a massive heat spell. We…read moredrove to the coast where it was cooler but there wasn't a room to be had. I back tracked 40 miles and found this motel. It's a little dated but large and very clean. The owner, a petite Korean woman really caters to her guests. She goes out of her way to make her guests comfortable. I hope to come back here one day.

The fireplace with the 8 bundles of wood delivered each day was tons of fun, and the views of the…read morebeach from #15 are fantastic. We got a gorgeous sunset one of the nights. We cooked a couple times in the full kitchen, and drove to Seabrook for lunch on another day. It's a low-tech throwback cabin experience with DVDs to borrow from the lodge and almost no cell reception, just a landline phone to call the lobby from (there is wifi though). Books up early because it's just such a fun place to stay!

What a nice place to get away to. cabins are spacious. and clean. Kitchens are stocked nicely…read more Bbqs.work great. Nice places to walk the dog. I it.

we came here last Sept with 8 people and 9 horses. we loved it and are coming back this year…read more Plenty of room for our trailers , horses loved the beach. Carol was super nice to work with.

This place is pure magic. The magic is not produced by a wand, but by people--good people. Okay,…read moreand ponies and puppies. But mostly by people. There was some brief confusion when I booked the reservation. I had not realized it was a "horse hotel" with multiple stalls and also campsites as well as rooms. My disappointment was replaced by pure joy upon learning that humans can stay here too, as well as hybridized beings like myself (a centaur)! Everything here is done the old fashioned way, the right way: with kindness, trust, love and simplicity. Staying here will make your heart ache for a simpler time when folks were able to conduct business with a handshake, where their first priority was just treating each other how they want to be treated themselves, with dignity and decency. We came here almost my accident. I'll be honest. Ocean Acres was not in my first, second--or even top five--picks of places to go. We were aiming at much further up the coast. I could find almost nothing and what I could find was neither affordable nor desirable. We did not want to go to some sterile resort where you exist to be milked and sent on your way. We wanted to be in a place that was family-owned and served a purpose beyond just making money as efficiently as possible. We wanted to be somewhere that had actual personality, not just a hollow façade with a minimal, lazy attempt to lure visitors and nothing else. Ocean Acres Horse Hotel was--is--the jackpot on all accounts. Because of a recent death of a family member after a prolonged illness, it was important to be in a place with healing energy. I had a good feeling the moment I navigated my way to Ocean Acres' minimalist website and saw they have no automated process for automated or online bookings. Everything is done personally, over the phone. The owner, Carol did not even ask for my last name, the make of my vehicle or a credit card to reserve the room. She asked us to pay in cash when we arrived. When we did arrive, the first thing I did was try to pay, but she insisted we wait until morning to do so! She wanted us to be able to settle in, relax, and get a good night's sleep first. WHAT?! My thought was: who the hell are you and what time period do you hail from? Where is your time machine? Such a small gesture, but to be endowed with that level of trust by a stranger doing business with me...I cannot think of another time in my 46 years that that's happened. Again, you may think I am making too much of it, but being shown such trust and kindness so quickly had an immediate healing effect on us. It is impossible to discuss Ocean Acres without talking about Carol and her husband, the owners. I don't know how they do it. I could barely keep up with all the adventures they shared with us. Carol is a polymath of the first rank. Her amazing breakfasts held us in good stead the entire time we were there. We ate with the other guests--sometimes sharing a table--in their family dining room! Whilst cooking up innovative and astounding savory and sweet detectibles, Carol regaled us with stories about her life, her work, her relationship to horses, the wheeling and dealing required to get hay. We were also surrounded by her work--stunning oil portraits and bronze sculpture, for which she had rightly won awards. Carol and her husband knew we were hurting, and they pulled out all the stops to help us. They lent us their own, personal ebikes (which were so much fun to take on country roads, tooling around cranberry bogs, little ponds and abandoned farmsteads), Her cooking was phenomenal. She knew we loved animals but had none of our own, so she introduced us to their collie dog Price, with whom we quickly became BFF's in a neverending game of fetch, told us what foods her mini-pony (or was it a mini-donkey?) likes to be fed. And of course, there were other people and their beautiful steeds all around. Just being in the presence of so many happy critters and people had a very good effect on us; it was so needed. The property begins at the highway, off which a short, paved driveway leads to and terminates behind the main house, where the owners live and some of the rooms are. Then, a dirt road goes straight back (west) about a mile--all the way to the sea--passing by a beautiful barn, stalls, campsites, forest, meadows, a pond and other bucolic scenes on the way. Strolling the road on the property (and biking on it) was one of my favorite things to do there. If you ever pined for things (and people) with a personal touch, if you ever just wanted to drop out of the game and NOT be treated like a number, a walking phat money bag with a dollar sign over your head, if you miss interacting like a regular human with other regular humans, if you ever needed some puppy time but had no puppy of your own, if you ever wanted to feel safe, breathe in serenity like it floated in the ethers, if you ever just wanted a really damn good breakfast...Ocean Acres is THE place for you.

This is my favorite hotel in Astoria. I have stayed here 3 times and really enjoyed it. The…read morebreakfast is great with lots of options fully stocked - cinnamon rolls, omelettes, potatoes, yogurts, coffee/juice, and fruit. I absolutely love the bridge and river views with the large barge ships. Most rooms have cozy fireplaces and the lobby also has two fireplaces and an open area where you can also enjoy a break or workspace. . It's close to the Riverwalk and trolley on weekends. This is one of the best places to go to for a sweet staycation close to Portland. Astoria has a lot of great restaurants and a fantastic Farmer's Market on weekends. I really like staying here when I have the opportunity. It's one of the best local IHG hotels in Oregon. I have used my free IHG anniversary night credit card night here when I want a nice stay close to me. Summer rates are typically expensive, so book on other seasons.

Good place to stay while in town. Rooms were quiet, the view of the harbor and bridge is amazing…read more Breakfast in the lobby wasn't bad. Only issue we had was our room was missing some furniture, no dresser or anything to store our belongings. Kind of weird but overall not a deal breaker.

We did not stay at the hotel, but this was hands-down the WORST Chinese food we've EVER eaten…read more Immediately after leaving this restaurant, we called people who were familiar with the area to rant about our experience. First of all, the egg drop soup was obviously canned chicken noodle soup with a hint of egg fragments. When our entrees arrived (after a long wait), both Dear Husband and I stared at each other trying to figure out what we was on our plates. I actually got the giggles while trying to eat because I didn't know which of the three options on my plate to attempt. This was the ultimate dining disaster. We left still hungry, really disappointed, and slightly confused why they were still in business. I know there is not a lot to choose from in South Bend, but come on. Yelp, why is there no zero star option??

The #1 impression I come away with is gigantic rooms. I'm trying to figure out why all the Chen's…read moreMotel reviewers left restaurant reviews - there is a separate listing for the restaurant! This is totally about the motel. Wood floors, very spacious inside. #1 complaint is that outside noise gets in very, very easily. Then again, I was right at the top of a staircase, so I just might have been the accidental social nexus of the evening's guests. I have to deduct my star for that, but everything else went fine. Well, mostly fine. The modem wasn't working when I checked in, so I had to pay in cash. I had the cash, but isn't that kinda sketchy? Just a little? I've stayed in sketchier places before, so NBD on my end, but... yeah. Rather than pay $20 more for a dedicated motel, I went with the restaurant-motel combo. Not disappointed. Free pancake and egg in the morning (yes, singular). With giant OJ. Life is OK in South Bend.

Can't think of any negatives…read more - Clean, well-appointed cabins. - Small kitchen is equipped with coffee maker (including coffee/filters), small fridge, oven, all the utensils, microwave. - Electric heat in two rooms, no A/C. - There's a TV although we never turned it on. - Wifi works. Also had 5G AT&T reception with 3 bars. - Lots of places outside to sit, grill food, relax. - Short walk to an expansive undeveloped beach. - Longer but still short walk to the only pub in town (Doc's Tavern). - Quiet. - If you stay during the annual Rod Run to the End of the World car show, you'll probably be treated to a few cottage neighbors staying here with their classic cars. We had a T-Bird, Mustang, Olds 4-4-2, late 50's Impala and some sort of old Dodge. Highly recommended.

We've stayed here twice now with our old furry buddy Huxley, and can't wait to come back for a…read morethird. The beach access is a short 5 minute walk and it's pretty sparsely used so it feels like you have the whole beach to yourself. Yeah, Washington beaches are cool and windy, but that means no one is there! The Long Beach peninsula is one of my favorite road trips. The cottages are super fun. Jeff is always accommodating and is just the nicest dude you could meet. There are beach chairs to borrow, WiFi, DVD/VHS movies to watch (we never have, too much to do!) and some really nice Weber grills shared amongst the cabins. The interiors are small, but it's called a "cottage" for a reason and that's part of the fun. Somehow we always show up with way too much stuff, making it a little cramped, but that's on us. The kitchen works, but don't plan to do much serious cooking in it. There are some useable tools, pots and pans, plates, silverware. Don't plan on cooking a Thanksgiving turkey or anything like that, though. Plan on doing some grilling on the Webers. You'll enjoy sitting outside and grilling with live fire a lot more than messing around with an unpredictable stove! This place is really dog friendly. Our little guy turns into a whole different dog when we come here. Somehow the beach and the freedom he has really brings out the inner wild and it's so fun to see. I couldn't help posting a few pictures. Can't wait to come back!

I attended a wedding here on Halloween and it was just stunning! There was ample room for dancing,…read moredinner, and gifts, etc. The vintage look and feel to the building is amazingly beautiful and there are also plenty of great spots surrounding it for photo ops. :)

This venue is amazing. We rented it for our 25th anniversary and did a "Gatsby" theme. It worked…read moreout so well. The owners are very attentive and answered all our questions. Would definitely recommend and rent again. Love, Love, Love. Thank for making our party a great success.

First of all, I started coming here when I was about 6. I am almost 60 years old. We came here at…read moreleast once a year until I was about 17. Stopped coming here after the owner died. The place fell in disarray and started going elsewhere. Came back about 5 years ago. The places definitely need some fixing up and they are not worth the price. We should not have a huge pile of poop right off of our back deck. The furniture is uncomfortable and the bed is no better. The memories I have will have to stay that. We will not be back.

UNBELIEVABLY COMFORATABLE! Everything you need…read more Only complaint, directions for finding this wonderful place, indicated right next to Cranberry beach approach. There are TWO named that! We drove around the block five times before stopping and getting directions lol. It is the northern most approach and indeed the cabins are right on the approach. Booking company was great, no mistakes. Price was so right! reviews from 2018...too old.