Clarion Inn Surfrider Resort

As soon as you come into the dining room you are greated with a spectacular view. The plates are huge, the service is excellent, and there is a good assortment of vegetarian, lite fare, and meat options. I had chicken fried steak and my husband had the whaler. Wonderful!

This hotel location is the number one best location on the Oregon Coast. The very best kept secret and a true gem. That the Clarion is allowing this stupendous location to crumble is a tragedy.
The front desk staff is lethargic and unwelcoming. The rooms are falling into disrepair with stained carpet, minimal bedding, sliders that don’t work, broken toilet handles, lack of utensils in the half kitchens, and a sub-​par menu in the restaurant — to name a few. The only good thing going for this establishment (at least for now) are the amazing wait staff.
From housekeeping to restaurant employees, we were greeted with kindness ~ these people were a big leap beyond standard hospitality. They obviously care about their job. It’s too bad the front desk doesn’t exhibit the same enthusiasm.
I truly hope Clarion will recognize the value of this facility, This location, and the wonderful hard working people working for their guests are what the Oregon Coast is supposed to be proud of ~lovely views, hopefully great local seafood (not currently part of the menu), and a fun — friendly, off the wall fun place to be,
Step it up Clarion… Or actually, maybe don’t ~ I’d rather keep it to myself, even in disrepair this is the best location on the Oregon Coast for rest, view and solace.

Excellent room and food. The oceanfront room is overlooking a bluff with spectacular views of the ocean waves. Very comfortable beds. The food was outstanding. We ate here two nights and visited the bar and were not disappointed. Hot fresh bread… salad with onions, carrots and croutons. .halibut that was delicious.

I just went for a couple orders of clam chowder to go. I ordered from the lounge because the restaurant was full. The ocean view from the lounge was beautiful and the lounge server «Melissa» was very polite and prompt. The Chowder was as good as any I have had anywhere. Lots of big pieces of clams. Great price too.

The king room is outdated (building 3) and the fridge was on its last leg (humming and gurgling all night long). We had just come from Seaside staying in a modern 2 bedroom suite (with washer/​dryer/​dishwasher/​2 flat screen TV’s/ free breakfast) at only $ 15 more per night.
The management stated the hotel property is nonsmoking (not true).
We shared a balcony with the room next to us. All night long, you could hear/​smell the two loud, drunk and rowdy couples next door going out onto our «shared» balcony to smoke cigarettes and pot. They even crossed the threshold to peek into our window and caught my hubby in his boxers!
I called down to the front desk to complain and ask about their nonsmoking policy. They told me they had «designated» smoking areas but only «frowned» upon smoking on the balcony.
The lady at the desk said she would call them and put a halt to the noise.
We still didn’t get any sleep because they slammed the outside door every 10 – 15 minutes because they were going out for smoke breaks and to get high.
We had to shut our windows… but the smell still seeped in!
When I called down to the front desk to complain, the lady recognized who the couples were in the room next door and she let me know they were the drunk and rowdy people in their bar earlier in the evening who pitched a fit because the bar closed down at 9pm on a Friday night.
Needless to say, they brought the party back to their room.
We could hear every word… even down to the munchie run for sandwiches at 10:30pm to pick up snacks. My hubby and I were up until 2am. Then to top it off, when we went to check out Saturday morning, they were giving us the stink eye for complaining.
The only saving grace? Absolutely one of the greatest ocean views on the coast.

The room and views were wonderful. Loved the restaurant and bar. Everyone was very friendly. Would definitely stay here again. The only negative was the hot tub was being worked on.

After getting to the room and finding the fireplace didn’t work we were lied to for several hours until they finally said oh yeah it’s broken, which we had already checked and found out it hasn’t been hooked up for a very long time so they knew it didn’t work from the beginning. Off to use the jacuzzi tub and you guessed it, broken also. So we decide to go to bed, pull the covers back to find someone’s dirty men’s underwear in the bed. Call the office so they send me new queen size sheets (is a king bed) and leave them for me to make the bed. So I pull the sheets all the way down to find dirty pink women’s underwear further in the bed, I call the front again they send more sheets and someone to make the bed but again queen size. By now it’s 10:30 and we are tired, just give us another room. They assured us we will get a discount on our room and meal at check out. Of course that didn’t happen! I will post this horrible experience everywhere and often until their rating reflects the horrible place it is.

The view at the restaurant is just phenomenal. We had great service and my halibut Parmesan was outstanding!

While a bit worn building wise, the staff was extremely helpful and friendly. The room was clean and large with a fantastic ocean view. We would stay there again.

Clean large rooms. The warmest reception and staff. The ocean front rooms offer spectacular views and THE vacation retreat. The prices are extremely reasonable. Steve and Shelly the managers were so kind and welcoming. Nicci, our bartender was so cool and kind. We felt so welcomed. The service was fabulous. We were treated as true guests. If you elect to visit this resort, you’ll have made a great decision. The food was good. The warmth of the reception was a true good old fashioned proper American experience. Highly recommend!

Everything you need, clean. A little dated, bathroom surround was really old and there were some things updated and things that were still pretty outdated. Our shower had mildew. Kids loved the pool, view is great and restaurant good. Overall good visit. Not luxurious by any means but kid friendly and convenient.

I really like this place. It´s clean, it has a beautiful view and and rooms are big enough. There is everything you need. Comfortable bads, gas fireplace, kitchen. The only little complaint is about dust in a bathrooms. They have probably small cleaning crew but I am tall and I could see dust beyond ceiling light. But that´s something what I can live with. Otherwise it´s very good.
Also restaurant is not so bad. Maybe I was lucky (according to some reviews from people with different opinions) but it was actually pretty good. None of the sea food dissapointed us. It was fresh and tasty. And service was almost excellent. Very friendly. Only at one moment we had to wait a bit but otherwise very good.
So I would recommend this place to my friends without doubts.

This was my first stay at the Clarion surf rider and we will be back again! The price is decent and you get an absolutely beautiful view. The hotel was quiet and clean and the staff was very nice and kind. Definitely recommend this place.

What a great deal! Breakfast till 2! I always come here for biscuits n gravy— fab portions. Susie is a lovely waitress :). I came for my bday, and she even sang me a song.
Thx Surfrider!
I will be back :)

On our recent trip up the Calif/​Oregon coast I had made a reservation to stay the night here. I must say this was by far our favorite hotel on our trip. Chuck at the front counter was very friendly and helpful. When we got to our room I was amazed at the great view of the ocean we had and our room looked like it had just been redone with new carpet and bedding. We also had dinner at the restaurant and it too was very good. I will for sure recommend this place to family and friends. Loved it!!!

This is a review for the restaurant. Pretty disgusting. There were only two other tables seated when i went for lunch, a telltale sign of bad food. The table that sat before us told the waiter «in the future I would steer clear or suggesting the crab melt». I could see it from my table and it looked horrendous. We should have left at that point. The razor clams tasted like rubber. I could have made a better shrimp quesidilla in my college dorm room.
Service was slow for some reason. Really? Three tables and you can’t have speedy service?

This is a very nice economical option that provides both an amazing view and an indoor pool. For $ 89 (single queen) my friend and I thought it was a bargain!
I’m not sure what it is about this property that makes it a «resort». The restaurant and lounge onsite? Hmmm…
The rooms have been nicely updated. They just need to put the pool on their list as that area is cold and gross.

We stumbled upon this place as a last moment stop. At check in we were given 3 different room options, keys and told we could check them out if we wanted and make sure we liked the one we got.
We decided to go with the king bed, fireplace, hot tub option. The price was great. The bed was fantastically comfortable, the room was very clean, could have used some updating but nothing that bothered me (the pickiest girl in the world).
But the view. THE VIEW! It was more spectacular than I can describe. The hotel is set on a bluff over looking a cove. And it’s rocky, smooth, and truly magical!

The Chowder and Oysters are great just like the view! Service was a bit spotty, perhaps they had some personnel issues or something. They do have a great kids menu, FYI.

Sorry… Only one… If it wasn’t for the view… Zero stars. Drinks. Ok. Clam chowda’ great. Good so far! Bread… Ok… I ordered the sirloin/​halibut/​shrimp. Veggies … Over cooked… Probably from a bag of frozen. No flavor. Luke warm. Baked potato. Ok. Steak … Low grade, no seasoning, warm to cool. Fail. Halibut — frozen pre-​battered. Room temperature. Fail. Shrimp… Room temp. Fail. No flavor in anything on the plate! I used more salt and pepper than in the last six months! Everything would have been returned had my situation not embarrassed my dining companion. Grade: F
If you go… The view up front is fabulous… Order something cheap so you don’t feel you over spent.