Knights Inn Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi

It looked like it had seen better days. I'm guessing it has recently changed hands, when we checked out the desk attendant asked us to leave a review somewhere, and the decor seemed to reflect trains, which is not consistent with a standard Knights Inn. The hotel had an underlying neglect, and a smell I can't quite put my finger on (maybe mold in the walls due to improper care after water damage from hurricanes?), but seems as if the bulk of the cleaning is getting done. The details were ignored though, mostly vacuuming under things and along the edges where the vacuum needs attachments to clean. I got the impression that it was family owned, I saw an older gentlemen helping clean the rooms, the front desk was not staffed overnight, and there was a mobile home in the back yard. The pool was green, I'm doubting they took care of it, so I am not sure why they bothered to keep water in it, it would have been safer to drain it and cover it, removing the drowning hazard. The breakfast was a standard cold breakfast. It would have been nice to have fruit and a waffle-maker, it's a pretty simple step from a blah breakfast to a decent one. The hotel is across from the beach, but there is a divided street and another row of buildings between the hotel and the beach, which makes me wonder if the public can swim on that part of the beach, we didn't even try. Basically, I changed my point of view from "we're staying in a hotel room" to "we're camping", and my attitude changed from "should we let the kids stay here?" to "eh, we'll wash everything when we get back", and then things went smoothly. I suspect things might change over time if the hotel has truly changed hands as it seems. The location is just fine, it's easy to get to all the popular touristy places. I would label this a hotel that is OK for sleeping only, it's not really a relaxing atmosphere. I would have forked over the extra $30 for a better place if it hadn't been an expensive holiday weekend.

very professonaly running place service was great nice big rooms size clean and frendly staff

i liked the space of the room. The bed was a decent size and so was the restroom. The price was good for the location of the hotel. You need a security number to enter the doors at night, that made me feel safe. There was plenty that I disliked. The entire hotel spelled like mildew. It was dimly lit and creepy. Also, the pool was dirty, it had black stuff floating around and the water was green. The hotel also had a roach problem. It looks abandoned from the outside, at first I thought that I was scammed out of my money. Also, we had trouble getting into our room, the door barely wants to open. The tub was stained. I stayed there 5 days and houskeeping did not do a good job. They didn't even vacuum the floor. I would only recommend this place to someone if they really don't care about staying in a luxurious hotel.

The hotel staff were very rude.The pool was very nasty,and green.The room had a very bad musty smell to it.I would't bring my family to this enviorment again.There was trash being stored on the side of the building.The sheets on the bed were to small the matteress.The manager didn't speak English but he didn't mind taking money. The money he recieves he should put into the hotel.The county jail is cleanier than this hotel.

excellent hotel nice rooms great pool the best on earth

the hotel is smelly and we had roaches in our room. Management refused to refund our money - probably because we were only 1 of about 4 visitors. The 1 staff person we saw was friendly and you could tell she wanted to help. We left and have filed a complaint with customer service. It is a week later and the manager still has not responded.

Though it has a nice view of the ocean if you can get one of those rooms, the hotel is infested with ants! Switched rooms twice and still there were tons of ants everywhere. What made it even worse was that my friend that was with me is very allergic to ant bites...if more then one bites were to occur, my friend would swell up and go into seizures!! Management didnt even offer to pay for another stay at a non-ant-infested hotel...Not only did they have that problem but someone tried to break into the car...according to the front desk "that has been happening"..........did I mention that the pool was closed? Definitely will not reccommend this hotel to anyone!

When I lived in Corpus, this hotel was brand new, in 1999. The owner and his wife were so nice. Our family would stay at this hotel when they would come to visit. The man enjoyed taking the kids for rides on that train. They were just all around wonderful, caring people, about their property. We moved, and over there yrs when we would visit it was still the same couple, still the nice, clean rooms. I hadn't been in two yrs and when I went back this year was so dissappointed to see it had changed hands. And the hotel looked completely uncared for. The rooms were not clean. Not like the couple who cared before. You can tell this hotel is no longer taken care of because its what they love, it more for the money to be made. Decorations were removed, the walls, tub, floors were dirty. The tiles in the ceiling of our room were missing. we had an ant infestation all over the night stand and my poor child got ant bit. There was a towel stopping up a leak, i'm assuming, in the window over the ac unit. I was so heartbroken because this is where I always stayed. It was always so clean and well taken care of. The pool was green and dirty this time. I will have to find another hotel to stay in. This was the only one I enjoyed. It was friendly, out of the way, but in a good location. The new owners don't love it, like the original owners did. It shows in the condition of the now only 10 yr old hotel. In 2006 it was still in great condition. Looked what it turned to in 2 yrs.

Pool not clean. No water perssure in shower. Clean lady never came to clean our room. Train not operational. Tissue paper to hard and cheap. Beds to hard and uncomforable. Clerks were unfriendly. Good location and room are big. Close to beach.

At first the service was good. The value was great. location is excellent. The train was not operational. The pool was not clean even when staff was asked if they could clean it. Never saw a cleaning lady and our room was never cleaned dailiy.The staff was unfriendly, except for the indian clerk. tissue papper was hard and cheap. No water pressure in the shower. The beds are rock hard. Our stay was short from schedule due to rock hard beds.