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Ester Lee Oceanview Inn

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Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included
  • Business services

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3803 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR, 97367
  • Jennifer Sears Glass Art Studio
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Lincoln City Outlets
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Chinook Winds Casino
    ‪11 min drive‬

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About this property

Ester Lee Oceanview Inn

Waterfront motel in Lincoln City with free parking
Along with a computer station, this smoke-free motel has a library and express check-out. Self parking is free. Additionally, barbecues, a picnic area and a fireplace at reception are on-site. Change of towels is available on request
Ester Lee Oceanview Inn offers 53 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature fireplaces and DVD players. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges, microwaves and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Our customers tell us they can't get enough of Ester Lee Oceanview Inn's great beach location. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Theatre West. Enjoy features like free self-parking and a library.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Amenities include a gift shop, a computer and library
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the clean guestrooms
  • 5 minutes on foot from Theatre West and a 2-minute drive from Jennifer Sears Glass Art Studio
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
As a guest of Ester Lee Oceanview Inn, you'll find a library, barbecue grills, and a vending machine. Ester Lee Oceanview Inn also features gift shops/newsstands, a picnic area, and a fireplace in the lobby. The front desk is open around the clock. Free self parking is available.

This Lincoln City motel is smoke free.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • DVD player
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • On the waterfront
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV with premium cable channels
  • DVD player

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Fireplace
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets: USD 10 per pet, per night
  • Only dogs are allowed
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
This property reserves the right to pre-authorise the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
The front desk at this property is open daily from 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property in advance of arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in information. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.

Property is also known as

Ester Lee Motel Lincoln City
Ester Lee Lincoln City
Ester Lee
Ester Lee Motel
Ester Lee Oceanview Inn Motel
Ester Lee Oceanview Inn Lincoln City
Ester Lee Oceanview Inn Motel Lincoln City

Ester Lee Oceanview Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 522 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 285 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 119 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 46 out of 1008 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 36 out of 1008 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Private and cute
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Pam

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst place we have stayed! Bed bugs!

Update! Bed bugs! .... Before booking I called to ask questions, but the call was to a reservation service that doesn't even live or work near the motel. They told me that after booking through a third party I could call the hotel to let them know about ADA needs. Reserved a suite for 4 people. Started calling the motel at 4pm, left a message, kept calling until 8:30pm. Office hours are from 10am to 8pm. Never got a return call! Got a welcome text, saying to let them know if we needed anything. Again I told them about the ADA needs. Got a text enroute to location that they could not meet our needs, suggested a different room type. I asked what type of room. They told me they found the type of room I had reserved with no stairs. Great. Told them I would be there after hours we made arrangements to get the key. The room was an old, smelly, run down space that looked nothing like the pictures! Sleeps 2! Half our party had to go find other accommodations at 10pm. No interior dead bolt or locks. Door rattled all night long. Furniture was filthy. Had to wait around to talk to office staff. The person at the desk was rude and uncaring about our situation. Waste of time, energy, and money! Worst place we have ever stayed! If I could give negative stars I would.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and cozy, great ocean view, and decent price.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

tiffany, el mirage

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room is very outdated but clean and comfortable. The blinds in our room were broken so we werent able to fully enjoy the beautiful ocean view which was disappointing. But overall would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Debbie, Cottage Grove

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed the affordability for the beautiful view.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vicki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The views were stunning.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Valorie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Get Away

The room was very comfortable. Great view of the ocean. I had a one bedroom suite. Only issue was internet was down the whole time I was there. Ice machine was broke and the phone in the room was not working. This they said was because of the storm that they had earlier. I would stay there again as it was very comfortable. Had a fireplace insert in the room also.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Barbara S

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

The view is worth the cons, we’ll be back next yr.

Pros: AMAZING VIEW, cozy retro cottage, comfortable bed, reasonably priced, stayed here yearly for over 15 yrs. Cons: New management last few yrs..Front desk person was very rude as we checked in. Power spikes caused heat to not work in rooms, had to move people to different rooms (this happened 2 yrs in a row). Ice machine broken down, still have not replaced it. Hot water took at least 2 minutes to get to shower and sinks after turning on each time. Shower/tub really needs some deep cleaning or replacement on the wall tiles. Looks like mold.
The beautiful sunset from our room!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Robin

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice apartment like room. Beds and kitchen were good. No wifi or beach access. 101 noise at night.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Budget friendly with nice view, but poor service

View was nice and price was reasonable. Could not get in contact with the front desk and arrived after their office was closed. Was glad to see the Emergency # on the door and was able to get my key quickly. Could not get anyone to answer my request for the wifi password.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice location and exellent oceanview. The interior was minimalistic but functionable. The only drawback for me was the set of stairs to and from the unit. However, stairs are not my friend these days but it was worth the trouble for the unit we had.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angelica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
was a perfect place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hilary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So warm, cozy and safe. It was the perfect get-away :))
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I've wanted to stay here for a while, a great location. Staff was so friendly and we had a great view. Only complaint I have is that I thought I was booking a certain unit and ended up in basic room after I paid to upgrade. That's probably because I booked through Expedia instead of directly with the Esther Lee. Overall, pretty happy.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the view of the ocean from our cottage. And cottage is very clean. The shower had awesome pressure, but had to let the water warm up for a few minutes. Would have liked to have not so watered down dish soap to clean our dishes. Noticed a dry soiled tile in the corner of the bedroom on the ceiling, when all other tiles were clean and brand new. The electric fireplace didn't put out much heat when topped at 82. To keep the cottage nice and warm, you have to have the bedroom heater on all the way up and the electric fireplace on all the time, other wise, if you turn them both off, it will get pretty cold. Had to put towels on the door and close it, due to cold air blowing in. Needs front door air seals. You could see a quarter inch of daylight coming from top and opening of front door side. Pans, cups and untensils were very clean when we were ready to cook in the cottage. Needs a light over the stove. And a curtain over the bathroom window, so no one sees a person undressing.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Celestina

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Okay stay

I specifically booked a room with a fireplace, that was not working. The toilet took about 5 minutes to first each time with multiple tries, there was no shower head.... was an okay stay but we probably won't be back for the price vs what we got.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

Don't stay here

When we first arrived at the property 30 minutes early, we were told our room was not ready. We left and came back an hour or so later and checked in. When went to our cottage, there was a car parked on the walk way blocking our door forcing us to walk thru bolders and wrestle our bags into our room. The cottage was old and had an old smell to it. We asked the front desk to have the car moved for our safety. If there was an emergency we would have had a hard time getting out. It was moved a few feet ahead, still in the walk way around 6am instead of into an open parking space. The bed and linen were also old. We will not ever be returning to this location.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dejah

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eisse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Sheryl

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025