19 Atlantic Hotel

This place is a DUMP. Tiny rooms, bad customer service, poor housekeeping. I stayed here for 2 nights, and housekeeping only came once. Would consider this place to be a motel.

Uh… Reasons why I will give them 1 star: Hotel is ONE block from the beach, free parking, microwave & fridge, bathrooms seem to be recently renovated.
I work in hotels and… Well… The room did not have a window (In my career I have NEVER seen this), no air circulation, AC started to made strange noises, I asked to be moved and… They said «we are sold out» to hear later On my way out for dinner that they had rooms available at a higher rate (I guess that is why they would not move us). They charge a fee for using the safe (what?!) The bed was so hard I had back pain for days.
Well in my room I could hear chimes all day long. We ask the FD and they had no idea I investigate and it was the noise from the mirror maze, we ask the mirror maze staff and they said sometimes they hear the TV.
We asked for a sports bar recommendation and FD agent responded: I don’t know google it.
This was a free stay provided as a gift from a donation. I recommend to the business to improve customer service, train the staff better or call hotel hell. If you plan to be ALL day out and have a place to «sleep» and shower in the morning go for it.

TL;DR — Okay for one night, but not really
We stayed here because I earned a free night with credit card points. The room is very very tiny (the queen bed barely fits). The windows are a joke and make it hard to enjoy any views. The most frustrating thing is parking
There is a small lot for about twelve cars right beside the hotel. NO ONE at the front desk told us about the auxiliary lot down the street, so we spent 45 minutes looking for parking late at night. When we tried to see someone at the front desk, NO ONE was there. They left a sign with a number to call, and «Amy» was too busy to pick up as she never answered.
Given that our room was $ 199 a night if I didn’t have the points, I fail to see that kind of value. Find a different hotel

You get what you pay for. Location and staff were great but the hotel itself was a huge disappointment. Carpets were disgusting, AC unit and other unknown noises were so loud I couldn’t sleep. No windows, sink was in the room, not the bathroom. Pillows were thin and there was only 1 per person. Hallways were so hot we were drenched walking from the front door to the room. Room was pretty small as well. Never again!

Shall I just say BED BUGS? I could leave it there. Sure. But I won’t. We (2 couples in 2 rooms) chose this hotel in the thought process of «Hey, maybe a privately owned place will be unique and enjoyable.» BOTH rooms had bed bug carcasses. Dead bug = problem solved? No. Actually bed bugs lay eggs that can lay dormant for months. Not to mention that one of the dead bugs was intact on our bed and was full of blood.
The room was dusty. It didn’t feel like the *slightly* updated furniture disguised the building’s uneven floors, dirty and cracked windows and tiles.
We had no bath towels. When I called the front desk to ask for some, the lady said (no lie) «Oh no there is. It’s in a basket under the sink…»
Me: «Well that’s actually the bath mat. So we still have no towels.»
«Um. Oh. Ok well I have some down here. You can come get them… OR (heavy sigh) I could bring them up to you.»
Mmk lady. Thanks.
End of story: brought the bedbug to the front desk. Different and equally inadequate front desk girl looked and said in the best valley girl accent I’ve ever heard: «That’s not a bed bug.»
O K A Y.

Absolutely terrible experience… Stayed for 3 nights in this dump, housekeeping only changed the bed sheets 1 time… Never refilled the soap and here is the best part. AC was just blowing air and it wasn’t cold, worst sleep of my life. Woke up sweating every night several times. Let the manager know he was just rude and cocky and said they fixed it. Do yourselves a favor… Rent a tent and sleep at a campground before checking in here. What a waste of money. They do have free crappy wifi, good luck loading Google. Thanks for nothing 19 Atlantic craptel.

Short walking distance to the beach and attractions! Rooms were very clean yet small. Beds were comfortable and the maid service was very attentive to our needs during our stay. The only complaint I have is the a/​c wasn’t working correctly and the room was kind of warm. However I would stay at this hotel again as long as the room temperature was fixed.

Staff are extremely unhelpful and several services are unavailable: rollaway cots, extended checkout. Our room was a very small, windowless room with only a double bed. The AC was so loud we couldn’t leave it on while we slept. TV is also really small and they only provided 2 pillows. Both my boyfriend and I prefer two each, so this was another inconvenience. Finally, our room didn’t even have sprinklers, which I’m pretty sure is a fire hazard. Wouldn’t recommend and won’t stay here again.

Checked in on Monday night very nice hotel for the price (49 $ per night) the hotel personal was very nice and well aware of what goes on around the beach very helpful also. The room was very comfy the bathroom was decent the only thing it lacked was counter space there really was none. The location was also pretty good it’s not exactly on the beach but it is right across the street from the beach. It also has a very nice deck located on the third floor which looks out on Atlantic blvd. The parking was also good it’s literally right behind the hotel we came up the enterance on the side so the parking was literally a store front away. The location was great we walked to breakfast in the morning and everything is really close. The hotel it’s self looks fairly new because everything is very clean and I am the only person so write a review on
… I really can’t say anything bad besides the lack out counter space in the bathroom and that there isn’t a pool that I know of as well as a workout room I don’t think there is one here in the hotel. The manager was great he told us about a few things going on around town he also told us that during the weekend it gets crazy but I haven’t seen that and I’m sure I won’t since were just checking out tomorrow Thursday day. I found the hotel through
I booked it because the ratings were really good and honastly I would probably stay here again.

Great price and excellent location for non oceanfront! Rooms and showers were small, but no big deal for a weekend stay! They have a nice deck that your able to see ocean from! Staff pretty nice. The carpets in halls definitely need be cleaned though. Overall not too bad for a weekend stay for my husband and I! I would definitely recommend to friends and would stay again myself!

Very bad experience. The room is very small and there is a lot of noise from the AC. Staff are helpful. Not worth it. Will mot go here again.

Made reservations here and so far the only thing i have found wrong is the parking absolutely sucks. When you get here there is a parking lot connected and its pretty much constantly full, they have an additional lot but its about 2 blocks away. Other than that it is very very nice. The rooms match the pictures. Doesn’t smell like smoke which is very hard to find in a hotel thats been around a while. The bathroom is clean and decorated well as are the rooms. Im very satisfied with the hotel especially the price!

I got this room as a name your own price on priceline.
Boy were we hoodwinked.
Normally I have had great experience with NYOP, but not this time.
Once I realized that I got a room with NO WINDOWS I tried to cancel ASAP, naturally the manager said no and I was stuck with a 3 night stay in the ghetto hotel.
GHETTO
No freaking window, you can’t be serious? Besides that the bed was tiny and there literally no walking room in the room. shower was a stand up and you head almost hit the top.
GHETTO
The location is nice but it’s not worth it fork out the extra cash.
Note to the owner: While this might have seemed like a good profit making old timer experience, it’s apparent no one like this set and feels bamboozled upon check-​in.
Turn these into luxury extended stay suites where every room has a WINDOW.

Looking forward to the upcoming Neptune Festival, I spent some time researching Virginia Beach Hotels and selected the 19 Atlantic Hotel. I based my decision on the glowing reviews for the establishment on
and the price of the room that they negotiated. I booked two nights for my lovely wife and I for the last weekend in September at a cost of just over $ 76 per night. We were both somewhat familiar with the Hotel from previous trips to Va. Beach and knew it was an older building, but had never stayed there.
Upon arrival, it became apparent that parking was horrible. The parking lot behind the hotel had spaces for roughly 20 vehicles and no designated area for loading or unloading. Luckily, since we had arrived early on a Friday, there was one space available. While checking in, we inquired about additional parking and was told that they did have an additional parking lot that was located nearly 2 blocks away. After checking in, we headed up the elevator to our room, #226. When the elevator doors opened, I realized that this was not really a hotel, we were in a MAZE!!! I felt like a mouse in one of the mazes on TV. The hallways are tiny and there are lots of dead-​ends. Though there are signs with arrows pointing to room numbers, it is very easy to get lost. Luckily we did locate our room after what seemed like hours but was likely only a few minutes. As I slid the key card into the slot and opened the door, I was stunned to find that our room was about the size of a large coffin. The double bed practically filled the room and was situated so close to one wall that you actually had to walk side-​ways to get into bed. In fact, the wall on that side of the bed was blackened by what we assume was caused by people actually sliding along the wall getting into bed. The only furniture in the room was a clothing armoire, chair, bed, small table with a lamp next to the bed and a small personal fridge with a microwave on top. The room did have a flatscreen TV mounted to the wall above the microwave. There was a window but the only way to see out of it was to stand on the bed. To make matters worse, upon turning on the AC (it was turned off) we were greeted by the loud annoying and constant sound of a fan obviously out of whack. The room was clean though and the linen appeared fresh. We did have a problem with the fact that two of the four pillows are actually throw pillows and do not have a pillow cover. As we were laying there testing out the bed, it occurred to me that these throw pillows were not likely to have been laundered.

The bathroom was a complete surprise! It was HUGE and nearly as large as the room itself. In fact, the bathroom was too large and made no sense at all. Why have such a huge bathroom especially with so little filling it. The room had a toilet, sink, and shower and a lot of empty space. There was no vanity, no available counter space, and no towel bars for hanging towels. The mirror was not centered over the sink and the sink slanted downwards so that anything you placed there fell into the bowl. Because there was no flat surface to put your toiletries and everything fell into the sink, we worked out of our suitcases. As with the bedroom, the bathroom was clean and came with a selection of Bed, Bath, and Beyond toiletries.
The constant buzz in our ears made us face reality, the fan noise was a BIG PROBLEM. Confronting the front desk clerk, we were informed that the sound was normal and all the units in the hotel made this noise. Since rooms were almost impossible to find this weekend, we decided that we would not be in our room that much and would sleep with the TV on, hoping to drown out the fan sound.
After taking all of this in, we decided to venture out of our room to find the ice machine and the rooftop deck area. I was cautious about leaving the safety of our room and wished I had a ball of string so that I could tie off one end to the bed and use the rest to find our way back. My advise to you is to use your GPS to navigate the hallways. One other oddity to the hotel, there is a floor that has no access to the guests between the 1^st and 2^nd floor. It is marked floor «M» on the elevator buttons. Strange but true!
Upon leaving the hotel to go eat, we decided to check out the additional parking lot located nearly 2 blocks away. The lot is reasonably sized but has limited lighting and is surrounded on two sides by a tall hedge. We ended up parking there after dinner and I wondered how many vehicles were broken into in the past.
In closing, I wish I had read more reviews. All of what I wrote above can be found in other reviews throughout the internet. It is a cheap hotel, one block from the beach and was clean. I guess we got what we paid for. If you are looking for a good game of Hide & Seek, this is the place for you. Trust me, I honestly believe someone could die here waiting to be found.

You get what you pay for. This is okay if you are only staying for a night. I wouldn’t want to stay here for a multi day trip. Price point is very reasonable and affordable in comparison to everywhere else that is within walking proximity to the beach.
This is the first hotel that I’ve stayed at in my life that did not have a window. It felt a bit like those european hostel. The room is equiped with a fridge, microwave and small flat TV. They really need to do something about the bathroom shower though. The bathroom was literally flooded after a shower.
Overall, like I said, OK for a night. I would feel unrelaxed for a multi day vacation just because its a small room with no window. You just don’t get that comfy feeling where you want to sleep in a little longer in the morning. The staffs are very nice and wecoming though.

Stayed here for three nights with my husband and son. Prices were reasonable. Rooms were small, but they were very clean! Microwaves & fridges in the room along with a flat screen. Our room was overlooking 19^th ave where they had street performers each night! It was very cool watching them from our room. Very close walk to the beach. Only issue was that our room wasn’t cleaned on the third day till almost five which I thought was weird, but a very small issue. Overall had a great stay!

I stayed at 19 Atlantic over this past weekend and could not have been happier.
Is it a 5 star hotel? No and it doesn’t claim to be one.
Instead it is a great hotel in Virginia Beach in the 2 – 3 star range.
The room was cute and clean. Bed was comfortable and had a nice modern sheet set on it. Room was equipped with a small desk, night stand, dresser, flat screen tv, microwave, mini-​fridge and wardrobe.
The bathroom was bright and clean. Not flashy or anything but nothing you’d think twice using. Also, they provide Bath and Body works products! Nice!
As some have indicated, some rooms are interior (which ours was). I didn’t mind at all. I would rather have a very dark room which I can sleep soundly in over a view of a parking lot or other VA Beach hotels any day!
Overall a great cute boutique hotel in VA Beach!

Stayed here for one night while stopping through Virginia Beach on our way to OBX. Got it for a good price using Priceline but the room was a little tiny and the A/​C made a loud noise. The girl at the front counter was very nice though and let us change rooms.

Don’t stay here for an extended vacation. We came for a one night stay after a concert and I was totally glad we hadn’t come for a beach vacation.
We checked in later at night the ten car lot near the hotel was full and we had to park in a dark field-​like lot a few blocks away and carry our luggage. The lot was sketchy and I was worried my car was going to get broken into. I was solicited by a group of men walking back and felt very uncomfortable. While confused/​flattered that he likes ‘meat on his biscut’ I happen to be married to a cop and neither of us were amused.
The front door is locked at night and the clerk was too busy on Facebook to open the door until I banged on it. She was clearly annoyed with me and wasn’t friendly or welcoming.
Our room was in a warren like hallway so small that the door hit the bed when we opened it. There was an odd lone pedestal sink in the room and the walkin shower splashed all over the floor. Did I menion it was an inside room? Cause they sure didn’t when I booked. Inside means no windows. We were at a beach hotel with no windows. It was pitch dark in the am. If I hadn’t of set an alarm we could have slept well past check out.
For the price it was not a good hotel. Luckily we only stayed one night. The website I booked on made it seem Ocean View it’s a block away from the ocean and you can only view it if you gaze across the street through 2 nicer hotels.
If you’re planning a beach stay there are nicer hotels right across the street with ocean views and parking garages. Parking is very very tight in va beach you’ll be upset if you have to park where we did blocks from the hotel. Trust me, for a comparable price you can have a better room, with windows and somewhere to park you car so you can walk. Don’t even try to do a lot of driving around VA Beach in the summer, total gridlock.

My boyfriend and I always go to the Mayhem Festival in Virginia Beach and then stay for a few days and the 19 Atlantic Hotel has always been our go to place! From pictures on the internet, the place doesn’t look stellar; however, the rooms have been refurbished and the staff is nice and helpful. They even upgraded our room free of charge our last stay because all of the single bed rooms were taken when we arrived!
It isn’t on the ocean front main strip, but it’s only a block away from the beach and a lot of clubs and restaurants are located right underneath on the same block.
The hotel isn’t as big as the others on the strip, so yes. parking is very, very tight! But, the overflow lot is only two blocks away and it isn’t that difficult to take everything back and forth. Plus, during the afternoon when people drive around to attractions and check out you can stake out the parking lot and always move your car to the main lot (That’s what we do!)
All in all the hotel is great for the price and the rooms are nice for an intimate stay. I can’t wait to come back next summer!