Beach Fantasy Boutique Hotel - Hotel in Old Orchard Beach - 26 Old Orchard St #2230, USA

Beach? Yes. Boutique hotel? No. Fantasy? Nightmares. Where to begin… This place was barely cleaned. My husband and I were in the army a combined 26+ years. We felt dirtier showering and sleeping here than when we were in the field with no showers. I used disinfectant wipes on door knobs, light switches and other highly touched areas - the wipes went from white to brown immediately. Disgusting. The bedrooms smelled of mildew and the sheets were covered in lint and falling apart. They barely covered the yellow brown mattress so we bought our own sheets at Walmart to be able to sleep. We also bought slippers because our feet were sticking to the carpet - presumably from not being cleaned. The bathroom reeked of urine - the toilet was not cleaned and you could clearly see fecal particles under the seat. The towels provided were falling apart and nearly see through. When we used the towels, we ended up with black lint all over us. I ended up buying towels not only because the quality of the provided ones were terrible but because the owner refused my mother in law and I any more towels as one towel was apparently sufficient for each person for the entire 4 days we were staying there. The site listed toiletries in the bathroom but all that was there was a dispenser in the shower with Ajax dish soap (we smelled and tried it then compared it to the Ajax dish soap in the kitchen) and hand soap that had the pump replaced with what looks like another Ajax cap. There is a kitchen but don’t expect to do any cooking. The stove was covered in foil and one of the burners was not fitted correctly. You’d think if a kitchenette is a part of the place, you would have some dishes and paper towels. The kitchenette only had a functioning fridge, dirty coffee maker and some utensils previous guests left behind. This place is not handicap accessible. Stairs are mentioned ONLY in the property facilities after you click more. Site says upper floors accessible by stairs only…didn’t say all apartments were only accessible by stairs. I had my in laws with me, one of whom uses a cane and takes 10 minutes going up and down stairs. The stairs are not safe at all, especially with the green turf on the stairs. It rained most days we were there so the stairs were slick and primed for people to slip. Parking was difficult as there is a fence with numbers spray painted to designate a spot. Some people used two spots to park because the spots themselves must be wide enough to fit a mini cooper. The WiFi was atrocious. Barely worked the entire time and when we went on the patio, the WiFi immediately disconnected. The icing on the cake was them charging me multiple times, to include incidentals (I’ve never been charged $300 for incidentals prior to check in), that American Express marked the payments as fraud. My mother in law got to the spot prior to me so she used her card for the remainder of the payment. Turned out that they overcharged her and added on non cash 4% fees, when the booking site said all fees were included. There were positives - it was close to the beach and a bagel/coffee spot.

The lowest rated reviews are true and I wish I would have found them prior to staying. $30 to park per car per night which they only tell you when you arrive. No hand towels in kitchen or bathroom. Sheets are disgusting and fitted sheet comes off of mattress exposing discolored mattress. No mattress cover. Shower towels are disgusting and thin. No a/c in main living spaces. Screen door was broken and if left open flys would fly in so, no way to get fresh air in. We booked through air bnb and the host obviously did not like my review as he left negative untrue comments about our stay and got very defensive. We stacked all the garbage in the corner of the kitchen in garbage bags and he said we were messy and he should have charged us lol. There were not instructions on what to do with the garbage. There were only 2 bins outside below the stairs and both were full. Avoid at all costs. There are reviews on here from 2 years ago and we experienced the same thing so, obviously they don’t care at all about improving this place. Just want to collect their money on the bare minimum offered to you at this place. Host also complained that we didn’t bring any of this to their attention when we were there. Just wasn’t worth it, what were you going to do? Go out and buy everything we requested? He obviously doesn’t care because if he did.. he would listen to the countless complaints and requests from people that stayed here previously. Literally the only good thing about this place is that it is close to the beach and places to eat. Editing to say that NO I am not just mad about the parking payment. Yes, that was annoying but the rest of what I provided in my reviews was TRUE. Why would I make that stuff up? lol There is so much work that needs to be done to these rooms and the host doesn’t care to do it.

Excellent. The best place to stay and i love that its a family run establishment. Clean and beautiful apartments.

We were a party of 5 ladies who stayed 2 nights. This was a splendid location. Very clean and relatively quiet for being right on the main strip in OOB. Everything that you could possibly need is within a five minute walk; restaurants, dancing, the beach, the pier, endless shopping, an arcade and an amusement park. The rooms are simply but well decorated. The showers were clean with great hot water. Very comfortable. Well worth the price. I would stay there again.

Great experience, best customer service, rooms are huge and close to everything . well be back next summer .

This man is some kind of incredibly powerful magician or something because he somehow strong armed my friend and I into buying really expensive stuff, before telling us the price. in fact we kept asking for the price and he wouldn’t give it to us. He came off so genuine and charming it was wild. Then he ripped off the tags before we could see the original cost and ended up charging me $110 for a pair of black shorts and hoodie that he claimed was “custom” when really he just poorly put decals onto both items with some kind of press. No receipt given. He also made a weird comment about us being “quality girls” (his exact words) that made us uncomfortable. He didn’t tell me not to machine wash or dry, so I did wash it, and the logos he put on for me peeled off almost completely. This guy is like an expert at tricking people….buyer be ware fr. I honestly respect the hustle just wish it didn’t happen to me.

The fact that this place charges what it does, and then charges an extra $30 a day on top of that to park is insane. While spacious, the apartment was dirty and the linens and towels leave much to be desired. Mattresses are dirty and come without covers. DO NOT PUT A CARD DOWN FOR SECURITY DEPOSIT. A week after our stay, the host kept our security deposit without any communication as to why he was doing so. After sending multiple messages and calls that were not answered by the host, I escalated the issue to Airbnb. At that time, Mike claimed that we had broke the screen in the door, as well as soiled the couch and floor with vomit. Neither of these accusations true. The screen door was damaged upon arrival, and we left the apartment cleaner than when we arrived. There was no issue with the couch, we were sitting on it right before check out. I believe that the host either had our party mixed up with someone else, or is claiming if we did these damages because we were a bachelorette party and therefor are easy targets to blame for someone else’s damages. It would have been one thing if the host was open to communicating with me to resolve the issue, but he was not. Shady business by a shady person. There are plenty of other places to stay at OOB, don’t make the same mistake we did.

My family and I enjoyed our stay at Beach Fantasy Boutique. Our apartment was fantastic and the owners were welcoming. My family and I have stayed at various locations in Old Orchard Beach over the years and found the price for our stay at Beach Fantasy Boutique to be comparable for a family of 6-7. The location is ideal and the apartment provided us with a great view of the street. The balcony was awesome. We look forward to booking with Fantasy Beach Boutique again next year.