My wife and our two boys (age 3.5 and 8) spend two nights at the Spindrift last weekend for a birthday/father's day celebration. Spindrift is located right in central Manzanita, with all of the restaurants, the store, bars, etc. in town right around the corner. One of the best features is that the Beach is really close, like a few 100 feet. We walked almost everywhere while we where there.
We were in room #10, and I am assuming the rest of the rooms are similar. The rooms are suites, with a kitchen/living room area, a bedroom, and a small bathroom, I am guessing somewhere between 400 and 450 sqft. The spindrift is not high end, but it has been well maintained.
The front room has a TV, coffee table, and a fold out hide-a-bed. There is a small table with four chairs, and a small kitchen with a efficiency refrigerator, stove top (two burners), sink, small coffee maker, and microwave. They appeared to have all the utensils, plates, cups, and pans you would need, though we did not cook.
The TV did have cable and a DVD player, and they had DVDs you can borrow at the front desk. Our room was missing the DVD player remote, and we had some problems getting the DVD player to work, but the staff at the front desk was very helpful, sent somebody down, and gave us a universal remote to work with the DVD player.
The fold out bed is not really going to work if you weight more than about 100 lbs. This should not be a news flash for anyone that has ever slept on a hide-a-bed. My boys LOVED the idea of sleeping on the fold out couch, though we would have them sleep in the bed when it was bed time, and then transfer them when my wife and I were ready for bed.
The bedroom has a closet, a chair, and some bed side tables with various books in the top drawer. The bed was comfortable and firm (which is much better than the alternative). Yes, the walls are thin. Yes, I feel bad about how rowdy our boys were, we tried to keep them quiet and reprimanded them when they raised a ruckus. We had no problems hearing other people, though the walls are thin.
The bathroom was small and cramped, and there was an additional door to the courtyard. Courtyard seemed like a nice place to chill if you wanted to be outside, but not very private as every room has access. Everything in the bathroom seemed mostly fine.
Now for the areas of improvement. There was a door mat in front of the front door, and it did not fit under the door. Every time you opened the door, the mat would get bunched up and bind the door. Didn't take long for me to remove the mat. The bathroom had one hook for hanging robes and bath towels. There is no where for your towel to be so you can reach it when you are done showering. There was also no where to hang a hand towel so you could dry your hands in the bathroom. They do have Wifi, but in rooms 8-11 (I am guessing) the Wifi would be unusable because of signal fluctuation. Just know that the rooms closer to the office are preferred if you really need the Wifi.
All in all, we enjoyed our stay and would come back. Spindrift is not super high end, but it is an affordable way to visit Manzanita and the location can not be beat. read more