D Sands Condominium Motel

Wanted to have an ocean view and boy did we ever! Stayed on first floor. Initial entry was drab and freezing! Set on 50-​eek. Turned up the heat and opened blinds to the BEST view! Really liked there was a little kitchen as I had brought some food that needed prepping. Beds were good. Bathroom was dated and shower head was low. Pool and hot tub were nice but they shouldn’t have advertised heated as it was freezing! Of course once you’re in there a while it gets better. I couldn’t believe there was no bathroom to change so headed back to the room to do so and then when my son had to pee, trekked again to the room. Was baffled by that? Overall the view is what makes this place, everything else is mediocre.

We always stay here when we head to the beach. It was devastating when we showed up here and were charged twenty dollars more than the quoted price. We I confronted them I was to the man I spoke to was out to lunch and to come back later. Then when I asked if we could get the AAA discount we were told that the discount we were given was better than the AAA discount. This was total B.S. I reserved a family suit that could potentially sleep 6. But there was an extra charge of $ 10 per person after the first two. They must be in direr straits, or just morons. I will never stay here again. So sad!

Check out other places before going here! We have stayed three times at the condo. First time about five years ago. We had a pleasant time. The last two time different. We book a room the middle of march through
. I would say the only complaint for that stay was the desk person complaints about
. Our last booking was book on March 29^th 2015, for June 13^th through the 16^th. I did use
again. I paid for rooms one month out. On are a rival we went to our rooms. One not being what I paid for. I went to desk and asked to be put in the room I paided for. Lady at desk said it was what I paid for. Again was told not to go through
, in front of a full room of people. The desk person told me I was going to have to pay more at this time to change rooms. I said no, I want what I paid for. I was rudely treated in front of people I didn’t know. We had special requests for rooms side by side, with room change they where to full, no crib that was requested. I had two rooms, on second day toilet paper ran out in both rooms. My daughter in law called office and asked for some to be brought up. She was told she had to come and get herself. The cleaning people just left, I had to go get my own as well. We had 13 people in our booking 6 of which were children, other 7 were adults. They had us listed of being all adults. I think if your listed under
you should have better communication. I called
for one room compensation. D’Sands refused and said they did any wrong and
offered $ 50.00 for our inconvenience. What a joke. I did call D’Sands 4 different times to make sure booking was right, if wasn’t treated so poorly they would have gotten my reservations right. Rude people and not honest, please beware. Investigate before booking with this condo.

If we could give negative stars we would!
Drove six hours to get there. Yuck. Not again.
Arrived early in the day. Front desk clerk, immediately informed me she couldn’t help me until 11:00. That was checkout time and she could «do your paperwork then.» Aka: Charge me. (She’d been sitting down eating when we arrived. Was there alone).
I asked when booking for early check in, btw.
We came back around 11:30, and she took our money. But «couldn’t» say when our room might be ready. But she wouldn’t take my number. «Can’t call you, sorry.»
(Now there’s two ladies at the desk. You’d think maybe one was just having a rough day with how UNWILLING she was to help.).
Please understand we were polite and inquiring, not demanding or rude. Not once.
They said that we could return and see if the room was ready, or call, periodically. They also took our number now to see call if our room became available.
We returned at 2:20 and watched as room after room was handed out. I asked, could you please check an ETA on our room? She made a fuss about calling housekeeping.
They promised they’d send someone to our room next.
It did not happen.
I asked at that time, can we use the hot tub? It’s very cold outside and we’ve been here waiting for 5 hours. (On the beach)
She says, sure. I wait for 3 couples to get booked in, (she did their paperwork) and she finally hands me the key.
We get our clothes, and the pool won’t open. There’s approx five people waiting. Come to find out it’s closed for maintenance. So… Now we are waiting again… (Front desk clerk keeps complaining that nothing’s going right for her today… What a rough day she’s having…)
We sat in the parking lot and watched as three of their «short staffed» housekeeping crew chit chatted for a few minutes before moving on to the next room.
Long story short; they made our room available (We were one of only 3 left to be cleaned) at 3:40 pm.
In my vast experience traveling for business and pleasure, when a single room needs to be cleaned, the mgmt calls housekeeping and asks that that room be prepared ASAP. Instead it felt like they were «by golly going to be in charge!!»
These are the rules. YOU will adhere to them.
We get parked, and there’s a woman standing at her door. She can’t get in.
Her family had booked the weekend. The hotel locked them out. And called them asking why they hadn’t checked out yet!
Room wasn’t cleaned (we watched housekeeping enter the room.).
This lady and family were so offended by the loud noise, the rude service, expensive room, and situation at hand, they packed and left.
I heard the front desk clerk speaking on the phone to someone else about that woman, and she said «No… They decided not to stay. (Giggles) But that’s ok, we’re full.»
Ok. So, all this place cares about is that they are full? Didn’t someone mention the Sea Gypsy? I will never stay here again.
How hard would it have been to request and ensure that one room be prepared before the others? Further, our room hasn’t been dusted in a while. You could write your name on the stove top.
Expensive room, noisy location, lousy service.
I’ll rent a house next trip. Or try the Gypsy. ;)

Stayed for two nights. Second day left to go to different areas of Lincoln City, put the tag on the door for service. Returned to the room, and needless to say nothing had been done! No new towels, beds not made, no garbage emptied, etc. Called front desk they said maids had went home, but what did I need.
Next morning went to desk to complain and check out. The woman there continued for about 5 minutes telling me I had not called the front desk because she was there all day and did not receive a call from me.. I asked finally if there was someone else working? She said yes, so why was she so insistent to tell me I didn’t call?! (RUDE!) She informed me they only” service rooms only” (no maid service) and that she could not compensate us for anything. They need to read their advertisements:
” you can always count on the best possible customer service. You’ll always be able to unwind in a clean, comfortable environment that will cater to your every need. We offer everything you could want, from spacious rooms to free wi-​fi.” NOT TRUE!!! Manager took 4 days to call me back ! Customer service is not what they are about and you can tell they have a routine already worked out as to make sure they do not compensate for anything!!!

Stayed there March 6, 7 and checked out on the 8. We had left the room by 11 and came back around 4ish. They HAD NOT serviced our room. Called down to the front desk, the lady said they don’t service the room until you check out. Then she proceeded to tell us that the maid services had already went home. What kind of hotel doesn’t clean your room every day you stay??? I had paid $ 192.27 per night with included taxes… So it’s not like a got the room for some really cheap price… Needless to say I WILL NEVER GO BACK… what a rip off and their staff was RUDE. I would never recommend this place ever!

Have stayed a few times here and every time there is something that isn’t right. This time after reserving our room months in advance and specificly asking for the top floor…(YOU WANT THE TOP FLOOR if you don’t have kids with you)…we arrived to be told that they were unable to get us a top floor room but a 2^nd level room. I should have walked away then but where ya going to go on a Saturday night? About 10 pm the fine folks arrived in the room above us with the kids again it was the most noise you could imagine. The room and view was awesome and stairs to the beach are usually why we come back but from now on if we can’t get a 3 level room we just won’t stay.
Prices are high for what ya get on the 1^st and 2^nd level. Parking near our room was not possible. .we had to park clear on the other end and walk to our room. Like I said… there is always something not right.

These people are very friendly at the front desk and helpful. The pool is just the right temperature and very clean. In the winter it is hardly used so it’s nice to have it all to ourselves. The pool area is 88 accessible. However the steps to get into the pool are extra tall. And there is no chairlift for the pool. We stayed in an ADA room 106. Roll in shower was good. The shower curtain is too short so the water goes into the bathroom some. The queen bed mattress is very soft. It needs a new mattress and needs to be a lot firmer. The Queen bed needs to be 25 inches off the ground and this one is extra tall. It would be much better to have a firm king sized bed.
The room is oceanfront and you can open the door and it’s wheelchair accessible outside as well. You can hear the roar of the ocean easily and that is one of our favorite parts. There’s a big screen TV and the kitchen is well furnished. You’re very close to the outlet mall and many restaurants. Several are ADA accessible. There are three ADA rooms available at this motel. We really enjoy staying here. Give it a try.

My wife and I decided to surprise the kids after a long weekend at Grandma and Grandpas. After we spent a long, exhausting, beer laden weekend in Bend, we decided to shoot to Lincoln City for some school clothes shopping, fun, and relaxation.
We arrived at about 9pm. We were able to get a room on the top floor which had an outstanding view of the beach and ocean. The room was spacious, included a furnished kitchen, had a hide-​away bed that folded into the wall, and the bedroom was very large with a huge bed. The noise from 101 was a little much, but didn’t interupt our sleep.
D Sands has great access to the beach. Despite getting here so late in the evening, we were still able to head down to the sand and build a nice fire to roast marshmellows and hot dogs. The kids thouroughly enjoyed their time.
The next AM we were able to take the kids down to the pool and hot tub. The pool isn’t too large, and fit our family just fine. Once 2 others family got in, we decided it was starting to get a bit cramped and headed to the hot tub. The area is clean, and is generally stocked with towels. They were out when we got there, but were able to get them re-​stocked in time for us to get out and carry on.
It was spendy for the room, but considering it’s size, and location, we were happy with what we had.
We’ll be back to D’ Sands I’m sure.

It was ok, but for 208.00 plus tax per night it was overpriced. The kitchen was a nice feature. The view was superb. The interior was a little outdated and not very elegant. It was actually like a cheap motel. People to the right and left of us were throwing food to the seagulls daily and of course we all know how annoying those things are.
D Sands: You should warn people not to feed the seagulls. They are like rodents but worse. They camped out just below the back deck the whole time and they were loud.
It was just about as annoying as the traffic on Highway 101. The town or city, should require a much lower speed limit. A pedestrian was hit when we arrived and it put a dark side on the whole trip because all I could think of was how dangerous it was to walk across the street and I wondered if someone was dead or maimed for life. Not a good feeling seeing a big pool of blood covered with kitty litter when you first arrive for a vacation. Later, I watched a large dump truck going about 35 mph almost cream a woman and child in a crosswalk. He had to stop so suddenly that the smoke from the tires lingered for a good 10 minutes. It was ridiculous. The last time I will ever stay in Lincoln City because of the traffic problem. This was NOT a relaxing get away. We had fun at the casino and won a little money even though we didn’t spend much. Oscars Mexican Restaurant in Lincoln City was not good. In fact, when we were there the week of August 25^th, I think most of the people we encountered in the service industry appeared to be worn out and not very interested in customer service. We left several businesses due to slow, inattentive service. There are much better places than Lincoln City. For the money I spent there I could have gone to a much more friendly, safe place.

An amazing stay in Lincoln city. The women at the front desk was thorough, pleasant and knowledgeable.
We stayed on the third floor which I highly recommend. The room is perfect. Comfy new couch and chair and nice tv’s with cable. The bedroom is spacious and has tons of closet space and even a desk and chair to do some work or writings while visiting. The bed was a big king size and comfy/​newer. Not lumpy or hard. Even the pillows where a surprise to be new and fluffy.
What I absolutely love love love about this place is the balcony, kitchen and the shower. Being 6 – 1 washing my long hair while on vacation is always a predicament but not here. They have higher shower heads than most places. If your tall it’s pretty sweet to not break your back trying to take your daily shower.
The pool is a little small but makes up for with the super bubbly hot tube. This is a really great family motel. With that said the pool was so packed with kids my husband and I had to go back to our room and wait an hour until 8 when it’s adult only. More bonus points for an hour of adult swim.
This place has been great for a couples retreat. It’s right on the strip, beachfront, great accommodations and going to be our new go to even for family vacations with the kids. I don’t want to leave and can’t wait to come back. Thanks for the great stay!

I loved the view, and the kitchen, was a great addition. But if I do stay again, it will be on the top floor. The people upstairs never stopped moving I swear and you could hear every damn step they made. Very irritating for three days straight. Also cannot get coffee refill unless you get maid service. If you go ask for it the office, you get charged $ 2. Strange.

It’s a little too close to 101 and the noise, IMO.
If you can sleep well while traveling, you should be fine. It’s about as close to the beach as one can get without pitching a tent on the sand.
The first floor rooms are rooms with full kitchens. the upper floors feature the kitchen and a second bedroom, mostly with 2 queensize beds. The hide-​a-​beds are pretty awful and I feel for you if you had to pay that much $$ to sleep on that.
They have an indoor pool and hot tub that are kept in excellent condition.
Stay here if you must but try the Sea Gypsy first, if you can.

Are you traveling with family? You will love these rooms. Each has a small kitchen that makes it awesome for traveling with kiddos. Great indoor pool, very family friendly and direct beach access. Every room has an amazing view and we left our patio door open to hear the great ocean sounds. The staff is great, very friendly.

Great place, little spendy but great access to the beach! Rooms are very spacious, only negative I would add is there is no dishwasher.

Great views, but the noise from 101 is quite loud in the bedroom. We slept on the Murphy bed in the living room. Room rates are high, but so are most places in Lincoln City with an ocean view. For that price though, the paint should not be peeling (as another reviewer said). The rooms were very clean but somewhat worn and a bit run down. Staff was so-​so. I’d go again, but I’ll also take look around at other places.

I’ve been coming here for the past 20 years and I have NEVER had any major problems. It seems as if every year this place has something new or improved on something. I always recommend this place to friends, family, and coworkers. If you are looking for a great place to stay in Lincoln City, look no further than here.

If you are looking for room with an ocean view in Lincoln City that’s right on the beach and not out in the boonies, D’Sands might fill your bill.
Room rates push $ 200/​night, even during the low season. This might seem spendy, but it is still comparable to other Lincoln City hotels with ocean views. It made us feel better to know that some friends of ours paid $ 180/​night for a suite at a hotel in Kapowsin up north that was not even, per se, on the ocean.
But still, paint shouldn’t be peeling and maid service should be complete. Rooms do not have dishwashers and instead of maids not doing windows, D’Sands maids do not do dishes.
Also, beware that all units have bedrooms that face the very close-​by and noisy Highway 101. I digress, but when did Lincoln City get so crowded, with its Portland/​Seattle-​style traffic? It wasn’t like this four years ago.
We slept on the queen-​size Murphy bed in the living room (all units have living rooms that face the ocean) to avoid the Highway 101 noise, and fell asleep to the sound of waves rolling onto the beach. That was very nice, actually.
D’Sands has an indoor pool and jacuzzi, but we didn’t try them.