Sea Cliff House Motel

Had a great family vacation. Bed was comfortable, hot tub was amazing (my favorite) short walk to the beach from room. Would stay again and recommend! Girl at front desk was very polite and helpful!

Great location. Walk right on to beach. Accommodated our early checkin and room location (first floor). Parking space right outside your door. Ice machine handy, right by the office (white container holding coffee products, is the in room ice bucket). I had to ask. Rao , housekeeping staff very helpful. Isley, front desk also very helpful and had a fun sense of humor. Noel checked us in/out Pool lovely, clean and warm. I especially enjoyed the shelf to sit in the shallow part in the pool Did not partake in the hot tub but others using it seemed to enjoy their time in the hot tub when I asked. Enjoyed our two nights stay very much.

The property is very dated, and I did not feel secure for some reason, maybe because it doesn't have interior halls? The location is fantastic, right on the beach. Sea Cliff definitely needs more staff. The walls are thin, it was very noisy with kids during my stay. There is no restaurant, bar or vending machine. The closest convenience store to buy some water for example is 3-4 blocks away.

I was extremely disappointed with this hotel. For the cost per night there was no housekeeping services. The bed was hard as a rock. The full kitchen came with 1 fry pan and 2 pots. No mixing bowls or measuring cups if you wanted to make pancakes. The grill and utensils had to be cleaned before being used. The pool was dirty and lastly the floor in my room was so dirty that the bottoms of my feet turned black and my grandson, who is crawling had black dirty knees/legs from the floor. We had to put beach towels down so he could play. Extremely disappointed and won't come back.

I surprised my wife with a weekend getaway to the Sea Cliff House. Good luck getting a room during the summer without a reservation at least a year in advance. That's okay with us though, we don't like big crowds anyways! We stayed 2-4 December when just about everything was closed for the season, but we didn't have to go very far to find something to eat. Not to mention, there was no traffic. We stayed in room #1 with a view of the ocean, which was spectacular. And it had a jacuzzi tub. The tub itself was dirty and we had to clean it before we used it. And in my opinion, could have used some lighting above it. Everything else was clean and fresh though. It is an older place so if you are looking for up to date and modern, this is probably not the best place for you. The bed and pillows were uncomfortable and could use new ones. The young lady at the desk was very courteous. Overall we had a pleasant stay.

Very nicely done exterior renovations. Nice deck areas with chairs right outside each room. Right on the beach. Room was clean, staff friendly while we were there. Interior of room was weird mismatched mix of old furniture & decor, & TVs are super small but had great Chanel selection. Internet worked which was nice as our cell service was iffy here for some reason. Micro/Fridge combo was nice. Slow draining shower/tub basin & marginal shower head pressure. The biggest issue we had was that the room was extremely uncomfortable. We couldn’t get comfortable on any of the furniture, especially the couch (really a futon)… might as well been a torture rack, literally most uncomfortable ‘couch’ I’ve been on in 30+years of traveling as an adult. Not sure how some seniors could even get out of it. Was unfortunate as we were somewhat stuck in room for a day due to inclement weather. Bed wasn’t comfortable either, but nothing like how bad the living room couch was. No daily room service during stay. Prior place we stayed in Maine earlier in week serviced room daily. Hadn’t stayed in OOB since early 1990s & this was a refresher on how many/most of these motels are really summer party/crash pads that take a beating from guests. That said, the $100 damage deposit seems unnecessary during the off-season. Other guests we saw during our stay were primarily seniors. Even in off-season travel in the area again we’d pass on this motel solely based on how uncomfortable the room was for us.

We couldn't wait to finally get away and booked the ocean front room #1. I suppose over all it is average at best. Mattress felt more like a box spring, pool was decent, they have bright white rope lights everywhere going up our atairs so bugs everywhere and very dirty we didnt even use the little table and rickety chairs on the landing, zero maid service as in you have to bring down even your own trash and get toilet paper towels etc. Our BIGGEST issue was the a.c or should I say lack there of. They have the split units which we are familiar with we have 2 in our house when I called down to say we have it set on 64 and it is staying at 72 in our room even with all the curtains closed (so much for our view) and bathroom door closed we were told it is working fine! We'll it wasn't and nothing else was done they didn't even call anyone to look at it. By today when we kept it was 76 degrees in there!!!! We spent an hr or more on our phones one night looking for other accommodations but being a holiday weekend we were stuck! So 5 nights of no sleep and dying when we were in our room! Owner was put out to even talk to us. Won't be back. And when they say they are open 9-9 they mean it. Kind of a bummer pool closes and you are asked to leave the area when itnisnt even dark yet. Below is the picture I took at 7 a.m. the morning we were leaving.

We booked a Jacuzzi room during the "pre-season," and I can't wait to come back in the summer. Right on the beach, with great views. Gorgeous pool and hot tub (even if April is still too cold to use them!). Easy walking distance to the pier/amusement park/restaurants. Good parking setup. Hardwood floors in the room; large flat screen tv with channel guide, a fridge - we really had everything, and for an excellent value. Would recommend; will return!

I when I travel to southern Maine on Business during the spring, fall & winter months I always stay at Seacliff. It's conveniently located 20 minutes from Portland, quiet, right next to the beach, reasonably priced and clean. Recently I had a project that required my employees to perform work in Portland, Biddeford & Springvale, Maine and so Old Orchard Beach was a good central location for them to stay while working in the area. I called Seacliff to reserve rooms for the my employees and they would not book the rooms because I was not going to be present when they checked in, even though I was paying in full with my business credit card. I asked the reason for this and they said it was their policy because they were a small business. I have never heard of such a policy for a lodging establishment ever and have booked rooms for employees many times prior to this. Weird considering they were already into the off season. Several weeks later I was going to be working in that area with my employees and so I was able to book rooms for all of us after I assured the desk clerk that I would be showing up in person at check in. All fine and Dandy. Seacliff's parking spots are a jumble of room #s that are not in any order attempting to accommodate both first and 2nd floor rooms. The parking place for the 1st floor room I was staying in was waaaaaay down the walk and around the corner from my room entrance. I parked in front of my room instead to unload my belongings and decided to leave my car in that space while I walked the beach and then walked to a restaurant for dinner. There were plenty of empty spaces in front of the building to accommodate the FEW lodgers that were staying there on a Tuesday night in November. While I was in the middle of my meal I got a call from the motel front desk clerk informing me that I was parked in the wrong spot and I must move my car. Not nice....how about a note on the door that I would see when I returned from dinner? When I returned from dinner I had to walk around to find my room # on a parking space because they were not in order. I moved my car. That space was on such an incline I had to hold the car door open while I exited the car. I wonder how they manage this parking system in mid summer when they are full. I wonder if they are under new ownership or management and the new owners have no clue how to operate a motel.