Harborview Inn & RV Park

I loved this place, it’s the perfect coastal motel. Room was clean with newer carpeting. The décor was sea themed and not over the top. It’s a short walk into town where you can find a few bars, a bakery and a coffee shop. Unpretentious and well organized, I’d recommend it to anyone planning a trip up the coast. The town is much less touristy than some of the larger areas adjacent to cannon beach.

We camped here in our coach in February. Everything about this place is great. The setting can’t be beat. The laundry facility, restrooms, etc. are always kept very clean and offer a home-​like feel. We enjoyed our stay so much we added a couple more days for a total of 10 days. The wi-​fi was very consistent, reliable, and pretty fast too. We will be back for sure!

My husband and I booked this room over the phone the day prior to arriving. We wanted to go crabbing and love the Oregon Coast. We pulled up several vacancies at area hotels prior to choosing the Harbor View Inn, and found many similar or better rooms nearby that were much cheaper. This place advertised a crab cooking area on site, and we figured the extra money would translate into a nicer room, so we decided to make a reservation. We called and spoke to Jeff, the hotel manager, and he quoted us a price of $ 87 for the night. When we arrived to check in, having never been to the hotel before, we were surprised at the awkward location of the building, essentially in the middle of a parking lot. There was no view of any kind, just an rv park on one side and a boat trailer parking lot on the other. Still, we were close to a public crabbing dock, so we decided to make the best of it, although it wasn’t what we were expecting from the website. My husband picked up the room key and immediately upon seeing our room stated that it looked like a remodeled prison cell. It was tiny and uncomfortable, to say the least. At this point we were still willing to make it work, but then he handed me the receipt for the room, and we were charge $ 125, which was way more than I was quoted, and also way more than the king Jacuzzi suite we had rented at a much nicer hotel in Astoria the weekend prior. I went to the office and spoke to Jeff, and explained that we weren’t very happy with the quality of the room and location, and the price that we were being charged. He was immediately defensive and proceeded to give me an economics lesson, explaining that he felt completely justified in hiking the rate of the room because it was a busy weekend for them. I explained that other area hotels had plenty of vacancies and were much cheaper, and that the only reason we were staying was because of the crab cooking area and indoor kitchen that was available for our use. Jeff still wasn’t willing to take money off our bill or honor the price quoted, but he did offer a small discount off our next stay. We should have left then and demanded a refund, but didn’t want to go through arguing with Jeff any longer, and having to disputing the charge with the bank. So we stayed. A water line broke outside our room about five minutes later, flooding the parking lot for hours. We decided just to go crabbing and try and enjoy the day. We caught zero crab, but met a nice local who mentored us and suggested we try high tide, which happened around 7:30 pm that night. We waited, and envied all the other hotel patrons that already had their crab and were enjoying them in the kitchen and at the outdoor crab cooking area. We went back to check our pots at high tide, and it worked! We had crab! We brought them back to the hotel only to find that at a whopping 830 on a Saturday night, the kitchen was locked and inaccessible, and the crab cooking area was closed for the night. The office was locked and there was no contact number for how to reach an employee. At this point we were pretty unhappy, so we decide just to shower and go to bed so that we could wake up and leave as fast as possible the next morning. The water pressure in the shower was awful, and we could hear everything going on in the rooms next to us, which I am assuming was why they put out earplugs next to the bed as a courtesy. They don’t offer any kind of breakfast, and the kitchen was still locked in the morning when we left. The staff doesn’t even show up until 10 am, so we dropped our keys in the box and left. This was by far the worst lodging experience we ever had on the coast, and we won’t ever stay there again.

This truly is the best kept secret on the coast regarding hotels! Stumbled upon this little gem completely by accident while on a coastal crabbing trip.
Jeff runs this place more like a New England bed and breakfast than a hotel on the bay. He takes his guests on free clamming excursions and offered all the necessary equipment and instruction to collect our limits. So much fun and super informative!
What hotel manager does that? Just the fact that so many here on Unilocal know his name and speak so well of him speaks volumes. When was the last time you knew your hotel managers name?
The rooms are super cute and have so many small details that let you know they have thought of everything!
For example, the rooms come with coffee, fridge, microwave, hair dryer. Also amazing extra things like a fold up chair to bring outside and watch the sunset, make up remover pads and even eat plugs for the light sleepers! The rent crab pots and equipment super reasonably and there is even a kitchen that your welcome to cook your catch in. Unreal!
To sum it up, this place is an experience and Jeff is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. This guy knows how to run a hotel and knows how to make his guest welcome and comfortable. The entire staff is terrific. So friendly and accommodating.
Clamming and crabbing right out the back door. This is my new «go to» place when I come to the coast, no question.

We were running late and found on this motel. It ended up being a real winner. It was clean and cozy. There were treats in the well decorated room and the desk clerk was super nice. It looks out at the harbor and is within walking distance of several restaurants. It was kind of funny in that another guest walked in while we were checking in and asked what time the launch ramp opened and said he wanted to be in the water by 4 am. It turns out the salmon were running. Starting at about 6am there were boats being launched without stop. The clerk tossed him a couple of extra coffee packets and said you might need these if you are starting early.

We picked this place completely at random and it ended up being our favorite hotel of our entire trip. Amazingly enough, it was the cheapest, too.
The staff was friendly and the rooms were GREAT! It was decorated like a boutique inn, not a budget-​friendly hotel. Lots of very nice little touches — A fan to move air around, bag of treats in the room when we checked in, warm chocolate chip cookies in the lobby, a homey central shared kitchen/​living area with games, a TV, fireplace, etc. near the lobby.
The hotel is right next to the harbor, so there’s lots of vehicles, but the rooms were very quiet and well soundproofed. No problems at all with noise.
One of our favorite things was that they rent crab rings and everything you need to go out off of the dock (which is like 200 yards away!) to go crabbing. My kids really enjoyed the experience, even though we didn’t catch anything large enough to eat. If we HAD caught something, the hotel has a shared patio with a BBQ and a crab cooker for guests. Awesome, fun.
I wish we could have stayed for more than one night, but our schedule was packed and we had to get going.
If you need a hotel in the Garabaldi/​Rockaway Beach area, this is the one to choose!

These are the nicest people on the coast. We stayed week and every day was enjoyable. The place is spotless and the service is top notch. They go out of their way to make it that way. Thank You
Casey & Stephanie

Well landscaped grounds with clean well maintained showers and laundry room. The only strong negative is the lumber mill which runs 6 days a week, 24 hours. Something that produces a white noise at night will help you find a good nights sleep.

Had a great time, beds were nice and comfy. We brought some friends and they got a pet friendly room.
Great place with nice people. We will be back soon!

I’ve stayed at Harborview 3 times and I’m always raving about them so figured I should write a review to let others know how great this place is. First of all, the owners are super nice, very helpful and friendly. The hotel itself is super cute, decorated in a seaside cottage type of way in the rooms. Very clean, comfy beds, nice towels, plenty of lights, a little tv, etc. The rooms aren’t massive and it’s not a Four Seasons, but for one or two people looking for a cozy spot, it’s perfect. There are often candies or cookies left for you in the room. Love this place.

We’ve stayed here several times since my original review, and I think we like it even more now — just a fantastic experience. There’s so much to do within walking distance — you can stay busy for a few days without ever getting in your car (if you so choose).
One reason that I’m updating my original review is to call out the excellent staff. I didn’t mention it last time, but everyone we’ve ever interacted with there has been amazing — friendly, helpful, happy, and genuinely concerned that you enjoy yourself. This weekend when we checked in on Friday, there was some confusion about our rate. Jeff (owner? manager?) simply gave us the lower rate — he could have insisted on the higher rate, but he didn’t. This is another reason that we will keep going back.
Check this place out — you’ll have a blast.

Nice staff, convenient location on the bay. The rooms had a lovely seaside theme and were very clean. We would definitely stay here again.

The rooms are clean and reasonably priced. This is the second year in a row we had stayed there and we thought it would be our preferred spot for our yearly family reunion trip there.
Unfortunately my cousins’ who booked MONTHS in advance for the RV Park were treated very poorly. When they booked they said they might have a tent. There was nothing said that this wouldn’t be OK, or any other restrictions. Apparently the RV park is not for «camping», there are MANY rules that they pick and choose to enforce. For instance, two small tents are not OK but one huge tent that covers more square footage is allowed. Or whether an ice chest is «secured» or not. They were charged for 4 nights stay (what they had reserved) when they checked in, then told them they’d «need to make other arrangements» the next morning, but refused to refund any money. After my aunt (my cousins mother who has been staying there regularly for many years) talked to the management they finally said they would refund 1 night. This whole experience really left a bad taste in our mouth in their very poor if not criminal service. We will find other accommodations in the future.

Great place to stay by the water and do some clamming. Staff is super nice and the grounds are very clean. Their laundry is super clean and the washers and dryers are brand spankin new! The showers were really clean too. Great Charter with the Kerri Lin at the end of the harbor.
The only issue I had was the 24hr running lumber mill next door. Its not super loud but enough to be annoying in addition to the semis coming in and out at the street corner. The harbor was busy but once in the park, things aren’t so loud. Great place to take ur dog swimming.
But its worth coming back to for a night or two. Girabaldi doesn’t have much of nothing else to offer except sub-​par restaurants that serve frozen imported seafood.

Affordable, clean and pet friendly. The rooms are a nice size, the bed is comfortable and microwaves and refrigerators are in the rooms. There is a nice walking path nearby and two docks for crabbing. Beach access is just steps away for clamming and beach combing. The garibaldi cannery is close by as well as a couple restaurants. I’d definitely go back. We had a great time.

We booked a reservation here because of the convenient location, but did not expect to find such a charming place to stay. We are already planning a weekend trip back for clamming.

What a great business! Staff really goes out of their way to make you feel welcome, and are super informative about what’s going on around town. The deal I got came with a 2 night stay, plus a free crab catching kit to use during our stay. The rooms were clean, and well appointed, and the location can’t be beat! You get to watch all the daily going on’s at the marina, and watch the local fishermen come and go. It’s far enough out of Tillamook, that you don’t have to deal with everything smelling like cow poop. Bonus!

Felt really skeptical… judging this book by its cover, but I was pleasantly pleased. Retro 1950s/​60s feel to the layout outside, not overly cliché beachside interior décor. Nice job, HIRVP! Very relaxing cool blues on cinderblock walls, comfy beds/​pillows, walk-​in shower, mini-​fridge & microwave, and a flat screen TV. Definitely would stay again. We didn’t hear any of the mill activity in our south side room.

Disappointed…
We made our reservations 4 weeks in advance.
Although they have some large RV spaces we were unlucky enough to get one of the smaller ones. Neither us or our neighbors could park our cars at our spaces, we had to park them in a parking lot. Spaces are so small we could barely get our 34′ motorhome into it without hanging out into the driveway. VERY CRAMPED.
These small spaces should never be rented to larger motorhomes. They advertise pull throughs but unless u like taking your motorhome up a curb, well I’ll leave it at that. When I told the lady the space was to small, her comment was, «we will give u a refund and you can go somewhere else .» Right, like that was possible, it was 4^th of July weekend, everything was booked so we were struck. She was very rude.
Although its by a harbor we had no view accept other motorhomes.
They are right next to a Timber-​mill which is open until 2am. With my earplugs in it didn’t bother me at all.
Positive things about this place. Jeff is worth his weigh in GOLD. Very nice, helpful, and goes out of his way to help you. Thanks Jeff, u turned a bad situation into a positive .
The place is clean, the little hotel is adorable. Jeff let us peek into the empty room next door — very clean and cute .
All in all, I would never stay at the RV park again unless i had a larger space, and then I’d really have to think hard about it, but the hotel might be nice .
We couldn’t find much to do in town. The antique stores were closed. The Dairy Queen is nice. The little corner grocery store by the Shell Station is clean and the people were VERY nice.

Had a delightful stay in an immaculately clean and beach style cozy room. Every need of my family was met! Jeff, the manager is customer service oriented. The hotel has crab pots for catching crabs, and a place to cook them. Beds were super comfy, and the spot is perfect little getaway. LOVE THIS PLACE!!!