Ocean Crest Motel

Terrible experience, the owner pretends to be friendly to get you to stay then doesn't care whatsoever after you pay, very disrespectful and the motel was filled with issues including freezing cold showers, no way to do dishes and maintenance issues galore, I do not reccomend

A much needed respite My husband recently passed and my family desperately needed some down time. We got that in spades at Ocean Crest. Extremely clean..nice pool and very short walk to the beach and the pier. The only snag we hit was quickly handled by maintenence with a smile. We will be back

Pros: (1) You can not beat this location. This motel is literally just a few feet from the beach. We really love the size of Oak Island's beach and the fact that it was not crowdy at all during the week of July 4. (2) The beds were just double size but comfortable. (3) The room was clean. (4) Ladies in the office were helpful. Cons: (1) Even though there are fees for smoking, it seems like almost everyone around us were smoking but us. We could not enjoy sitting outside on the shared walkway because of all the smoke. My oldest son's hotel room reeked of strong smoke odor as soon as he first opened the door. (2) The hotel rooms were small and very plain compared to most hotel chains. (3) We were supposed to have an oceanfront room with a view, but on the first floor you do not have much of a view except of the pier and sand dune unless you are standing up and tall.