Anchor Inn Resort

Location, family friendly- kids liked the sandbox, game room, and getting a dvd, dog friendly, the back area with the golf and pet area. The s’mores and fire pit were nice too 🙂

Older hotel. It is unique. I could hear the beach but not easily accessible. Not what I was expecting.

We absolutely enjoyed our stay at the Anchor Inn. It is a fun and cozy vintage inn that has been lovingly restored. The innkeepers add sweet and fun small details that make the stay even more enjoyable. They make their guests feel looked after and cared for in this quaint and charming inn.

This is one of our favorite places to stay, it has a wood lodge feel like you would find in Yellowstone, but updated to be comfortable. We loved the special extras like extra towels and movies in the hallways, the amenities room with ice etc, the smore packs in the rooms and the fire pits on the property. We would love to stay here again.

I received a very warm welcome from the staff who were super helpful when we arrived and I hadn’t read the directions very carefully. I loved that there were s’more kits in the room! The fire pit are was a fun way to hang with other guests.

We enjoyed our meal at the pizza place. I believe the resort was fully booked but it didn’t feel over-crowded.

There was a kit for making S'mores in the room. We spent part of the evening by the fire pit with other guests making S'mores and chatting.

We loved everything about our stay! The rooms are clean and we loved the nautical touches. There are many fire pits for your family to enjoy as well as a complimentary s’mores kit. A game room for kids, a little golf course, free amenities including a free washer a dryer to use. This was truly a gem and we would love to come back and stay again!

The Anchor Inn was an unexpected surprise. We loved everything about this quaint nautical resort. A perfect place to spend time with your family.

We had a lovely suite and the seating areas outside were lovely and the s’mores were a lovely touch.

We really enjoyed our stay at Anchor Inn Resort - our cabin was fantastic and the perfect way to hang out with family near the beach. They have thought of everything - s'mores, activities, pizza, fire pits, a short walk to the beach - anything you could possibly need to enjoy your stay is right at your fingertips.

We stayed while visiting Lincoln City, Oregon. We stayed in the family suite. It was such an amazing stay. The atmosphere was inviting, comfortable, relaxing and care free. I already thought the cost was appropriate for the suite but when I got there and saw the amenities and the property it was definitely worth what we paid. The smores kit was the icing on the cake. We enjoyed sitting by the fire with our kids. I ordered a beverage from the bar and it was the perfect addition to sitting by the fire. The amenities room was convenient and easily accessible. Check in was a breeze and check out even easier. We will definitely be back. Our goal is to stay the whole week next summer!

With a last-minute decision and recommendation from a friend, I booked a two-night stay for my mom, husband, dog and myself at The Anchor Inn in suite #1. This suite features 2-bedrooms, 1-Bathroom with a kitchenette and living room. In addition, there is a dedicated parking space for both suites 1 and 2 at the front of the property ride next to the suites.

This family friendly property includes quite a few amenities that are along the lines of a KOA campground. There is also a self-service laundry and additional amenities room, as well as a game room, fire pits, kids sand box and an on-site restaurant, bar and self-service snack bar.

We drove from Salem straight to the property in hopes for an early check in. We walked around the property and found a staff member at a desk in the main building. I explained who we were and stated that I had requested an early check in. She looked annoyed that I was even talking to her. She responded with a real snotty tone,” yeah, we will text you if its possible.” I then asked about the on-site restaurant, The Wheelhouse that is located in the main building. The staff member said, with a same rude tone,” yeah it’s not open until 5pm.” I knew then that we weren’t going to have an early check in time. We didn’t receive that text until 2:45pm and check in is at 3:00pm.

Walking up to the door, it was apparent that they just replaced the fence that divided the suites dedicated parking area. Unfortunately, they had not finished it yet and so there was a 2x4 and caution tape to keep you from walking through that area to the road.

We knew that the room was “rustic” with a midcentury flair. But this went a step further from rustic to grandpa’s scary attic. All of the walls are covered with solid wood paneling which could look nice, if they had ever touched up the dings in the walls and ceilings, or cleaned off the cobwebs and dirt.

The floors are also the original hardwood that look like they have NEVER been refinished, resealed and definitely haven’t been cleaned in quite a while. In the bedroom that is next to the kitchen, we had to clean off something that looked like ground in dog poop on the wood floors. And just like a sauna, the wood holds in a lot of moisture make the room very humid.

All of the furniture is a mix of beat-up midcentury to garage sale and then IKEA trash. The furniture is not well kept in any way. The dresser in the front bedroom hardly works and needs to be refinished, the couch and chair in the living room is dirty with stains and has no padding left. And what is funny is that they provide old towels to put down on the furniture to protect it from pet stains.

The kitchenette is fairly useless, and all they provided was watered down dish soap for cleaning. The microwave is unreachable for anyone shorter that 6’ tall. The only perk was that there was an apartment sized refrigerator and freezer. No other cleaning products are provided that could even help with cleaning if there was an accident.

The bathroom is a joke. I know how old the buildings are, but the bathrooms really need a re-do. The shower is a coffin and the shower head was at the height of my neck, I'm 5'7" for reference. The toilet sounds like a banshee is trapped in the pipes and the water temps are so unpredictable. I just needed some cold water, but not one faucet in the room just gave you cold water. It was always warm and then would change to scolding hot, even when only using the cold water faucet. Last, the tile floor in the bathroom was filthy and looks like it hasn't been cleaned in the last 10 years.

The vast number of safety issues were alarming. Some of the plugs didn’t work, the power cords were stretched to an unsafe length, the wood floors have dangerous gaps, there was random loose screws in the weird closet in the front bedroom. Unlike the rest of the cabins, we did not have any non-slip tape on the front steps of our room entry. Instead there was a big black patch of the tape, the size of a door mat and then a restaurant mat on top of that. It felt as though they were covering up the fact that the entry deck was starting to fail.

It was so warm in the room that we had to open all of the windows but because of the noise from the highway, you couldn’t hold a conversation or hear the television. This room is the closest to highway 101, and you will never forget this because of the traffic noise. The staff knows this because they provide a lot of ear plugs.

Last, the pet friendly part is a joke. The pet relief area is in the far back part of the property and our room was the farthest from it. The staff didn’t refill the poop back dispenser and as a result, there was dog waste left behind by other guests.

I have stayed in better Motel 6’s than this place. The staff leaves tip envelopes for the cleaning crew, but I don’t even think that they cleaned the room, except for maybe the bare minimum. Normally when you enter a hotel room you smell cleaning products, but instead it just smelled like grandma's coat closet that she hadn't opened since the roof leak 10 years ago.

I recommend that the staff stay a few nights in each room and make a list of repairs and improvements that the rooms need. These projects could all be done during the quieter seasons like refinishing the floors and wood furniture, updating the bathrooms, cleaning the upholstery, etc. I mean, of you wouldn't like it, why would your guests?

Needless to say, we will not be staying at The Anchor Inn again. Between the rude staff, unclean, unsafe and noisy rooms, there is nothing that would make me give this place a second chance. It's really disappointing because this place has alot of potential, but it doesn't seem that this staff wants to put in the effort to make it better.