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Reviews of John Yancey Oceanfront Inn This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

2009 South Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948, United States of America

#4 of 41 hotels in Kill Devil Hills

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 2544 hotel reviews

8.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.7

  • Comfort

    8.7

  • Location

    9.4

  • Facilities

    8.4

  • Staff

    9.0

  • Value for money

    8.6

  • Free Wifi

    8.0

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  • Reviewed: June 3, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The breakfast

    Close to the beach

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: June 1, 2024

    8.0
    Great location great pavilion and will be back
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Need a full length mirror in the room out of the bathroom for getting ready

    The pavilion was great!!!!!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: June 1, 2024

    9.0
    A great stay! I would stay at John Yancey again!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Beautiful view from room 509. Comfortable beds. Walk in showers. The gazebo was great for viewing the ocean without being in the sun. Nice outside pool. Helpful staff!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 30, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing.

    I.love this place when I go to OBX!!!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: May 29, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Wish they would have had beach towels and chairs

    Great location and loved the sunrises and beach access.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 28, 2024

    8.0
    Nice family hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Premium - 1 King Bed Oceanfront - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nice oceanfront room, free breakfast . Great new large lounging gazebo at the dune

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 28, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 2 Double Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Excellent staff ,very clean and right in front of beach .

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 28, 2024

    7.0
    Didn’t think this was a great value.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Most of the rooms are not on the beach. Most of the rooms face into a parking lot. The pictures are misleading as there are no pictures of the motel style rooms with doors that open into the parking lot.

    The hotel is close to the beach.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 27, 2024

    7.0
    Nice area to visit & hotel clean! .
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe - 1 King Bed Side View - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 1 night

    We were disappointed that even though we had a view of the beach from our balcony, we could not hear the sound of the waves due to the loud a/c units for the hotel that were just outside & below our balcony.

    Location was convenient to attractions & beach.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: May 26, 2024

    9.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 2 Double Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Enjoyed our stay

    Breakfast is okay and location is perfect

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 22, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Comfortable bed.

    Didn't do breakfast. My fault but I assumed an ocean front meant ocean view.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 21, 2024

    9.0
    I travel often for work and usually stay in chain hotels, this one was impeccably clean updated and has the nicest staff
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard - 2 Queen Beds - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The tv kept losing signal not an issue we had the beach to look at

    The rooms were spotless! And it was on the beach 😊

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 18, 2024

    8.0
    I would try it again if I had a quieter room, not one over the laundry
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Would not stay in room over laundry. Noisy dryers until sleep time. Impossible to sit on deck.

    Breakfast ok. Would prefer actual sausage eggs etc in warmer bins. Remodeled rooms.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 18, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe - 2 Queen Beds Partial View - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Other guests loud at night. Yelling doors slamming etc. Seemed to quiet down by 11pm.

    Location. Room. Staff. Annanemmities.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 18, 2024

    7.0
    Decent breakfast selection and good location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior - 2 Queen Beds Oceanfront
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Rooms quite small and only one chair to sit on

    Great ocean view and location

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 18, 2024

    7.0
    Avoid if possible
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard - 1 King Bed - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    you name it, parking sucked, hallways narrow and hard to maneuver mobility devices. rooms small, housekeeping on appointments, handicap NOT accessible ,breakfast was lacking , beds way to soft, needs remodeling and coffee sucked big time (even had to run out and buy coffee pot and coffee from department store). spend the extra money and go on down the block to one of the chains.

    location right on beach.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 17, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard - 2 Queen Beds - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No comfortable chair in room. I'm short and trying to climb on and off bed was a shore with a new knee replacement. All that was there was a desk chair no arms. And there was room for one.

    Easy to find, room was very nice, staff was also very friendly.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 17, 2024

    8.0
    The John Yancey Oceanfront Inn was perfect for my surf fishing vacation!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Standard - 2 Queen Beds - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 5 nights

    No negatives for me.

    Room was clean, beds were comfortable. Nice bathroom and shower.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 17, 2024

    8.0
    It was tolerable. Water pressure in shower was great.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard - 2 Queen Beds - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bathroom size was miserable. Sliding door to bathroom provided little privacy. Ocean front room was misrepresented. All we saw was a sand dune and wooden wall.

    Breakfast was amazing and woman who ran kitchen was awesome!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 14, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Premium - 1 King Bed Oceanfront - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    A brief warning for disabled people: There are steps and stairs everywhere in the Sea Building. The owners have tried admirably to make accessibility possible. We would not have been able to stay if we couldn't walk in some parts of the building. The halls were too small and the many turns in them and the outside ramp were impossible for the mobility scooter to navigate. Obtained help from a strong employee, Peter, to unload and load our stuff which included a larger O2 concentrator.

    Everything was great. Breakfast and the coffee were more than just a continental meal. Room was clean, bed comfortable. Bathroom immaculate. Service was good for our needs. We got free passes to the Outer Banks Y because the pool was not open. Location and beach area wonderful! There was a sitting area with a day bed right near the balcony so you could rest and see the ocean in addition to the balcony chairs.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 14, 2024

    9.0
    Very pleasant stay, awesome location!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe - 1 King Bed Side View - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It seemed there was barely enough parking, even in May when all the rooms weren’t full. Sometimes had to park on the complete opposite side of the property. Breakfast was really just pastries, very little protein options.

    Very easy access to the beach with a beautiful gazebo. The balcony was great, room was very clean. Great water pressure in shower. Picnic tables outside, ice and water machines, foot washing area. Very nice place!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 14, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard - 2 Queen Beds - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 2 nights

    cleaning of rooms took too long for fresh towels, etc

    beach and location was great

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 14, 2024

    9.0
    Stay was good perfect for what I had planned to do when I came in town
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe - 2 Queen Beds Partial View - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 6 nights

    Breakfast could been better

    Room was good good location was able to see the waterfront

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 13, 2024

    7.0
    It wasn’t horrible but I would’ve looking other places instead.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe - 2 Queen Beds Partial View - 4 Seasons - No Pets
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The cleanliness was not up to par, gum stuck under the table, carpet was dirty in the hallways, and I even seen a bug run across the floor.

    The beach front and the cable television

    Stayed in May 2024

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