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I stayed twice recently. The first room I was in smelled musty and the beds were older, but still comfortable. The second room did not smell musty and the beds were newer and very comfortable. In both cases rooms were spotless, with good pillows and plenty of towels.
As a woman traveling alone I felt safe
stayed there when driving back from FT. Lauderdale. room was nice & clean. front desk was real friendly. restaurant was a bit pricey, there is a waffle house real close. a lot has closed, but still a nice place to stay. the indoor heated pool was really nice.
So, we have driven past S.O.B for years and never had the opportunity to visit or stay, well that changed last night. We couldn't resist the lights and lore of this famous roadside landmark.
I reserved online for a standard King room, approximately $107 with 50% down with deposit. When I received my email confirmation, it said that "check in time is 3pm" and "after 7pm, the reservation will be released", so I called the desk to inform them we wouldn't be arriving until 8:30pm or so. When we arrived, the reservation was still there. We paid the balance at check-in. The room was a decent size, clean with tile floor (no carpet). Only one side of the bed had an accessible outlet for charging phones. And a mattress upgrade wouldn't be a bad idea, IMHO The Sombrero restaurant was open until 11pm. Very clean, good hot food, and very friendly staff. After dinner, we went into Polanco's Bar, which was also open until 11pm. Tasty margaritas and friendly bartender. In the morning, we returned to the Sombrero for breakfast, again, good hot food and friendly wait staff. Next stop was Reptile Lagoon, because that was on our travel list (to see alligators). There's a lot to see in there, and for only $8/adult, you can't beat the price.
It's old but it's clean. Ample parking is provided under a car port for each room. Don't look for anything fancy, however, we did appreciate the clean carpet-less flooring as we do require the pet accommodation. The room smelled of bleach on the floor, which is much preferred over carpeting by us. In fact, I'd rather not have carpeting with or without a dog, it's mostly impossible for housekeeping to clean that stuff. There are a few restaurants within walking distance. An indoor pool is available for guests also. I would suggest requesting a room with a window as the non-window room made us both a bit nervous due to only one exit point.
I visited years ago on the way to Carolina Beach and swore at that time I would never come back. Everything was broken and run down back then, arcade took half the tokens in games that did not work. ||||Here we are 15 years later and my son races MX so we end up at SOBMX for area qualifiers. The track is perfect, Victory sports does a great job on most things. They need to get quicker at sign ups but that is a different ball game. We will be back for the MX part. ||||I had some friends racing and they booked at SOB Motor Inn. I told him that place was a dump but he said go take a look at their page. It showed freshly remodeled rooms with beautiful pictures so against my gut feeling I booked a room also. Upon check in they put us in a room way over on the other side behind the reptile house. The building and room have not seen a remodel for a long time but we were there so we sucked it up and stayed thursday night. Fri am we left the room at 6 am and went to the mx track till around 530 pm. We came back to the room and soon as I flushed the toilet it almost over flowed. I called the front desk and was put on eternal hold. I said the heck with it and went to get a plunger to fix the plumbing myself. That did not work so I called back up to front desk and explained the issue. I was told "We do not have any other rooms, we are booked full". I told them no worries, just send someone to fix this one and was told "We let all of maintenance go home". I said ok then refund me my money and i'll go 23 miles up the road to Lumberton and get a room. She said "the manager is not here and I can not refund you". I replied with then get someone on the phone who can only to be put on eternal hold. I loaded up our stuff and went to the front desk. I had paid for Thur, Fri and Sat night but she said she would only refund me for sat night because check out for fri was 3 pm (we were in the room long enough to use the restroom fri, no other time). I took the refund and will dispute the rest but I do not recommend anyone use this establishment for the motor inn or anything else.
Everything was very clean, staff was friendly and the food was very good.
Kinda got stuck here because we had the rig and were just too tired to drive any further, but we ended up being pleasantly surprised. Dinner at the steak house was excellent (really didn't expect that), breakfast at a different restaurant was very good and was 20% off for booking a room.
The rooms were just fine. They even came with their own little car ports. They each have 2 doors. 1 to the car port and 1 to the pool. I wouldn't call it fancy, (it's not supposed to be), but it was clean, the food was great and we had so much fun! (All the statues in various places made for fun pictures.) We will 100% be back on future trips.
We got to spend the night at South Of The Border for our first time ever and we have to that we definitely enjoyed our experience.
The check in staff was friendly and helpful. The room was small with no modern conveniences but we didn't need anything like that we were happy to have a place to rest for the night.
It was quiet over night so we got our good night's sleep.
We look forward to coming back again.
We love it here! My family has been staying here often for several years. The staff at the front desk is always extremely helpful and kind. They are pet friendly and make you feel at home here.
SOB is friendly to veterans and military as well as their families. We really appreciate this!
Security patrols the whole place keeping an eye out. There is lots of room to walk around and look at all of the neat attractions. Several places to eat, including a fancy steakhouse.
For the price it can’t be beat! Rooms are spacious, but basic. Some have refrigerators and coffee pots but others do not. You would have to ask when you check in.
Two nice pools are available to you.
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