Engleside Inn

This review is for their restaurant. Great place for sushi! my favorite is the tempura roll. I like to come here often on the weekends. Not too packed. Service is friendly and competent.

The Engleside Inn definitely has a snotty staff. I think they are also sneaky and underhanded. Several members of my family had been staying there every year for about 15 years. One year when we were checking out, the couple before us asked to have their name put in the book for next year. When it was our turn, we asked if they could also put our names in the book. They said, what book? I couldn’t believe it. We had been going for years and never knew of the book. We were told that to make reservations for the following year you had one day in Sept. to call. I guess they only let special guests add their names to the book. With a lot of resistance, they finally allowed us to put our names down.
This year we had to cancel our reservations the week before our stay because my aunt had a herniated disc in her back. They refused to return our deposits and reluctantly said that if they were able to fill the rooms we might get lucky and they could return our money. I know plenty of beach hotels that are much more accommodating (including places in the Hamptons) that at least allow you to reschedule for another time. This was not an option either. Best of luck to anyone with an emergency that needs to cancel or reschedule. You could lose a lot of money.

We have a dog and found that Englewood takes pets before the official summer season. The room we stayed in is very clean and modern. It could have been recently renovated. They do think of pets in mind because the room we stayed in had hardwood floors so very easy to clean up just in case our dog went to the bathroom.
We stayed in room 104. You can park right in front of the room and entrance to the room is right there. Beach is no more than 100 feet away. You can walk through outdoor bar and restaurant to get to the beach. We will stay here again.

I’ve gotta say, I haven’t experienced any of the negative staff attitude that people have written about, but again, I have only stayed here in the off season. It is right on the ocean, the rooms that I reserve are suites, so kitchenette, separate room for me to sleep while the wife, kids and dog have their own place. There are muffins and coffee in the office. You are within walking distance to Murpheys (for supplies and beer/​wine) and Buckalew’s for tasty seafood. I haven’t eaten at the restaurant here, but I have heard it is excellent. Oh, and they allow dogs, which would worry me, but there is a park (Veteran’s) across the street where they all poop (and it smells like it too!). Even the pricing is great, stay for 3 days and get the 4^th for $ 25!

Well I’m not actually reviewing the motel, though my family has stayed there when visiting us & said nothing but terrific things about their stay.
I’m actually reviewing their restaurant, inside the motel. P H E N O M E N A L food, really tasty. Their seafood is superb, especially the sushi. The last time I went ther, I had scallops over risotto — perfect.
It’s not inexpensive, but good food isn’t — the ambiance is romantic enough, and mostly it’s adults there eating. We eat there several times a year, when we want to splurge a little.
Highly recommend their restaurant!

The Engleside has always had a somewhat snotty staff but the last time we went here was the worst and will be the last. They always acted like they were put out and aggravated at having to check you in, but the last time I had to basically say «Hello, I’d like to check in now» despite the fact that the check in area is about as big as a broom closet. My point is they can’t miss you. But they act like they wish someone else would do it as there is usually 2 or 3 of «them» sitting or standing there doing nothing. We had stayed there before and had a beach front room that was really nice. This time all they had was a room with a «beach view» that you pay more for as opposed, I guess, to a room with a parking lot or street view? Well you could see the beach from our balcony but it was down an alley between two buildings and was probably a car length wide. Are you kidding me? I took pictures of it and we laugh when we look at the «beach view». To top it off our room STUNK, I mean really bad, like someone had vomited, really bad. We opened the sliding door leading to the balcony and left the room door open as well to air the place out. Why didn’t they do that? I told them at the front desk and they said they had no other rooms available and would send somebody up to, I don’t know, fumigate the place? We left the balcony door open and turned the AC up as high as it could go to air the stink out, and went to dinner and then a show at the Surfside Theatre. When we came back several hours later they had sprayed some Lysol, I guess, and the balcony door was still wide open so it was almost impossible to smell that stench anymore. Between the rude staff, the nonexistent beach view, the stench and the sky high room rates, we will never go there again. The Sea Shell Motel is right across the street and also on the beach, and the people there treat you great and the rooms are less expensive. The Engleside restaurant at the motel is great however and I have no choice but to return there. I’ll review that separately.