Mermaid Inn

Awesome we have stayed here before and never been disappointed. The quite side of Myrtle Beach

So this turned out to better than expected. Was just lookin for inexpensive decent place just for the night (has early morning plans) . This was a small hotel/inn surrounded by much very large hotels (cute). Was very clean inside room and on grounds (no smell). Room was spacious (not cramped), but small/tight bathroom. Small closet no doors, but I didn’t need it anyway. Like the amenities of a small kitchen sink, microwave and mini-fridge. Large TV, but picture flickered occasionally. Quiet area/environment. The beach right at the end of parking lot (opened my door and I could see the beach and water). Friendly/helpful registration employees. More than I needed. I would stay here again.

We stayed at this hotel previously, but in the last couple of years, the condition had gone down significantly. The positives are that it's right beside the beach and allows dogs. Additionally, the pool, while small, seemed to be in good condition. However, when we arrived, our room was dirty. There was sand all over the floor, mold in the bathroom, and when we went to go to bed, the sheets were stained and sandy, which makes me think they hadn't been changed before we arrived. Additionally, the bathroom was in bad condition other than the mold smell... smudges on the door and wall, rust around the toilet, etc. It was already late and we didn't want to move again, so we just made the best of it. However, the next day, they didn't clean our room, though we were gone for hours during the time they were servicing rooms. I think they would have come to service the room if we had complained, but I didn't want to wait awkwardly with our dogs while they came to repeat the poor cleaning they did before we arrived. The mold/mildew in the bathroom caused my asthma to flare so badly that we ended up leaving our vacation a day early. When I told the lady at the front desk that we had decided to leave early, she just said okay, and didn't ask why, which made me think this may not be that unusual for them. Oh, and the plumbing in the kitchenette sink dripped all over our bags that we stashed in the cubby underneath.

I had asked if I wasn’t satisfied if I could cancel was told defenetly not. So we went to room smelled of mold and tub took a while for the water to go down. Put a peace of trash in bathroom trash can, noticed that trash can was full of water from y Dee the sink, I emptied in the toilet and put if back under sink. Turned water in the bathroom since and no sooner I turned it on, I could hear the water running right into the trash can from the sink pumblling.

After waiting 30 minutes to check in, we got to our room and the bathroom hadn’t been cleaned. Towels on the floor and used soap in the shower. Floors dirty made our feet black. Door was off the hinges and didn’t close right. We were told there was nothing they could do about it. Next morning I purposely sprinkled a little sand on the floor to see if they bother to vacuum the floors. They didn’t. They also didn’t clean the bathroom AGAIN! Didn’t make the beds right just pulled the blanket up and let it go at that. When I complained at the front desk I was told the maid service sucks and they had left for the day and there wasn’t anything she could do.