Comfort Inn and Conference Center Northeast, Virginia Beach

Myself, my wife and children took our first trip to Virginia Beach. My wifed ended up booking a room at The original Cavalier. The older structure on the hill. After she booked it, she found out it was supposed to be haunted. When we arrived, the building was in good shape to be nearly 90 years old. Some parts of the building could use some work, but as for the rooms we booked.....they we're clean. No complaints there. The restaraunt inside is for the wealthy, so we didn't eat there. I do have a couple of complaints. One is that I didn't see any ghosts. I really wanted to see one. I would've liked to seen the man who brought us Coors beer. Oh well. Another complaint...... why do hotels/motels price gouge people during the summer months. It really sucks. That's why I try to do things in the so called out of season. That way I don't get robbed as much as I do during the hot months. I will say it again. The hotel was clean and I had no complaints there.

I thought the hotel staff was very helpful and pleasant! The location of our room was great and newly remodeled so it defintly met our expectations. The pool was right outside of our room so we really loved that too. The only negative is that it is pretty far from all of the fun "Boardwalk" stuff, but if your plan is to go and relax on the beach and swim in an awesome pool this is the place for you. I dont know if we would go back just beacuse of the location alone. There was also no continental breakfast included and the breakfast prices were a little high we just went out to eat for every meal.

From the website and the price, we expected luxury. What we got: almost motel quality. We are a family of five and we booked a suite with a crib. The first room we were given had absolutely no room to fit the crib. It was the size of a microtel. It also stank. We asked for a larger room, and were charged $10 more per night. It was slightly larger. However, expecting old school elegance, the room was like a typical hotel room. In fact, the Hampton Inn's that I've stayed in are more attractive and comfortable. There is no wifi, very limited tv channels (nothing for our young children to watch). Some of the things advertised on the web were not available. The history and architecture is beautiful. I have always loved seeing this hotel as we drive by it. The cleaning could definitely have improved. We stayed a whole week, but every day the only thing the maids did was replace the towels and make our bed. They did not put away the sofa bed that the children slept on or vacuum or clean. The pool was neat, as was the lobby and porches. It would be a nice place to walk through. But don't expect to step back in time: just expect to step down in expectations.

Our weekend stay at Virginia Beach was made most pleasant by our stay at The Cavalier Hotel - Beachfront. The benefits of the Cavalier: a private beach but walking distance (a block or so) to the boardwalk, oceanfront room balcony, decent breakfast buffet on-site, convenient outdoor pool next to the beach, remarkably good live band played while we ate a light lunch outdoors on their patio near the pool, and, while not initially considered important, a whirlpool jetted tub in our room to entice my 4-year-old to bathe after a full day in the sun and surf. Overall the hotel was clean, updated, accommodating, and quite nice (although, definitely not luxurious). It stands out among the many (but very common to not so nice) hotel options available at Virginia Beach. This was our first stay at the Cavalier and will be among our first choices when we return.

Read this whole review for a complete opinion of every aspect of staying here. We (myself, mom and dad) chose the Historic Cavalier Hotel on the Hill. We thought we'd give it a try. After reading the reviews below, I can't help but wonder what hotel these people really stayed at. Check in was smooth, quick, and everything was correct. The staff at both the Historic Cavalier and the Oceanfront Cavalier were extremely attentive and helpful. We were on the second floor in one of the Traditional Rooms. When we walked into the room, I was suprised to see that the room was very clean, spotless and smelled fresh. The room had two double beds which had very comfortable mattresses and pillows. There was a small TV in the room, but that didn't bother me because we don't stay in a hotel just to watch TV all day. The mini fridge had a freezer too, not just a college dorm sized fridge. The mini fridge is in a box shaped piece of furniture. There is also a small storage closet with several hangers, iron and ironing board. The bathroom decor was like stepping back into a different era. It was all black and white. Everything in the bathroom was clean.Towels were abundant. The shower----It was heavenly! I even tried to find to find a brand on the shower head. This was one of the few hotels that actually had good water pressure, despite the hotel being 80+ years old. We had breakfast in the Pocahontas Room and enjoyed it. It was a lot like a buffet with biscuits, sausage, bacon, eggs, donuts, yogurt, muffins, fruit, milk, etc. The people working in the Pocahontas were very nice and were always asking if everything was okay. It was $9.95 a person for the buffet, making it a very good value considering there are lots of items to choose from. I didn't check out the other restaurants in either the Historic or the Oceanfront Cavalier, but they seemed to be pretty nice too. After breakfast, it was straight out to the beach for a few hours and when we came back to the room, housekeeping had already cleaned the room. Very nice. We swam in both the indoor and outdoor pools. They are HUGE! I believe each could hold up to 75 people. The indoor pool is very quiet during the day and into the evening and had a glass roof overlooking the hotel. Next to the indoor pool were a lot of tables and chairs that overlooked the pool. The outdoor pool had a really nice view of the beach and the ocean and had lots of lounges to relax on. There was also a small bar right next to the outdoor pool. One of the nicest perks about the hotel is its location. The hotel is on the very north end of the resort area and about two block away from the boardwalk. And it is also a short walk to the beach. So if you're a person who likes peace and quiet, this is the hotel for you. For the Hotel to such a historical landmark, I found the Hotel to be so beautiful! It was like stepping back into the 1920s as soon as you entered the lobby. The hotel grounds at both Cavaliers are pretty and very well maintained. Thats about it. I will definetly be returing to the Cavalier and will recommend it to friends!!!!

We stayed here 3 years ago and enjoyed it. We wanted the same room this time and were told in January for an August stay that it was not available for the first night but was for the next 3. We said fine - we will move after one night. When we tried to do this we were told the room was not available and there was nothing they could do. We found out that the room was in fact available for the first night, that the reservation had a note attached indicating a hold for us that was ignored, and that the room was given to someone else. My wife asked for the manager and the "rooms manager" stated that they don't guarantee specific rooms. When she asked how someone could have been given the room when it clearly had a hold on it he said "things happen". He also said there was nothing he could do and that his staff "doesn't make mistakes". I then walked up and said that he should make sure that the reservation people are on the same page as the desk people. He looked at me and said "that's it - you can't stay here!". I didn't raise my voice to him, I didn't curse at him, and I did nothing to deserve his treatment. He said we are privately owned, we can choose who we rent to. And the wonders of technology bear this out - my son recorded this little episode on his camera phone. We left and it was the best thing we could have done. We went down the street to the new Hampton Inn (South) and got oceanfront rooms, including breakfast, for less than the cost at the Cavalier. The rooms at the Hampton are spotless, there were no issues with inadequate air conditioning, the halls were not claustrophobically narrow, and the staff was exceedingly friendly and helpful. The contrast to the Cavalier could not be more striking. The staff's attitude at the Cavalier was a real eye opener. What we thought was a charming throwback to bygone days on our first visit was now proven to be just plain old. The lobby is damp from poor air conditioning, the television is small with poor channel selection. This place was built before any thought was given to handicap access - you have to go up and down stairs to get to the elevators, and the men's room is not on the lobby level - it is down 2 flights of stairs and not elevator accessible. My recommendation - unless you are willing to settle for dated and inadequate facilities - go somewhere else. The Hampton Inn is great and less money. Perhaps in the future a large corporation will buy the Cavalier and provide much needed capital improvements, as well as some much needed customer service training. What is obvious is that national, corporate chains have standards that they adhere to and the result is a wonderful, relaxing stay. The Cavalier has standards as well - they are just set too low.

I got the impression that this place was on the way down. Chilly first impressions from the staff, unhelpful staff. reservations person rude. No one voluteered information that might be helpful to us as visitors. Moldy basket with amenities, broken tile, no show curtain liner, no movies on demand, no butter or jam with breakfast buffet. On the whole, it seemed that there was no one in charge checking on things. We paid alot and were pretty disappointed in facility and service.

Do not be deceived by the pretty pictures of this hotel on this website. Most of the gorgeous blue walls are in the Cavalier on the HILL, which is behind the Cavalier on the oceanfront. The original Cavalier (the one on the hill) is so much nicer than the oceanfront. Although you have to walk across the street to the beach, the experience is amazing. My boyfriend, who went with me on the trip, is an architect and loved everything about the original Cavalier, which was built in 1927. I would definitely stay there again, but not at the one on the oceanfront. That hotel looked mediocre at best. One benefit to the Cavalier on the hill is there is free parking. This is not true with the one on the oceanfront. My advise: stay at the Cavalier on the Hill. It's much nicer for what you pay. 5 stars from me!

Oceanfront building* In the room, peeling wall paper, old broke-down bed that smelled like sweaty parts, tiny balconies, funky bathroom (both knobs for the shower showed cold, tub cruddy, toilet slow to drain "double flush time"), entrance door had to be double checked to make sure it closed and locked, tv was ancient and tiny, sliding glass door was well on its way to coming off.(second hand info to follow: I was told by another guest that hers fell off and hurt her, she was upgraded to a corner suite, but said it was just as bad as the regular room), loud cooling unit(chill water system). Parking...you must pay to park at the oceanfront building, or you can park across the street, a 4 lane, for free, or valet for free, sweet, free valet....not so much, they take forever, 15-20 minutes for get your car back, on drop off, we left the keys in the car and got our claim ticket, about an hour and a half later we happened to walk by the area again, and to our amazement, there sat our car with the keys still in it, not moved. Pool bar closes at 5pm. Food is over priced and not all that good. Location is great for me, at the end of "the strip" so the beach is not crowded, and a bus that takes you down the strip picks you up about a block away.

First let me start off by saying that this weekend was a getaway from the kids weekend. The greeter at the front desk was very nice and very helpful. As soon as we got there it only took about 3 to 5 minutes to get checked in. The hotel was very clean but the beds in the rooms are VERY small. My room had 2 full size beds in them. We had to sleep in different beds cause it would get to hot. lol The maid that we had was very rude, when she came to clean the room, we were not ready for her and my husband told her to come back in about two hours and she repeated what he said with an rudness about her so he said maybe one hour then. She got upset that she could not clean our room at that time. If you want to be in the middle of things then this hotel is not for you. It is on the very end of the Ave. Other than that we (my husband and I) had a wonderful time.