Readers take heed of this review and the other 167 negative reviews dating back several years that share the same theme. This hotel is a filthy, disgusting dump.

My wife and I travel to the Outer Banks at the end of the year every year to ring in the New Year. We usually stay at another hotel but decided to try the Ramada Plaza to be closer to Corolla for a change of pace. BIG MISTAKE!

We arrived earlier than our check-in time of 4:00 p.m. and decided to walk on the beach. The parking lot and rear area of the hotel were a mine field of dog feces. There was trash blowing around and over flowing trash receptacles. The entire outside just has a rundown and dirty feel.

The inside of the hotel is dingy and clearly has never had a major renovation. The hallways have just been painted over time after time. Heading to our room there was an ominous feeling building.

Upon entering our room I was immediately disappointed. It was no were near the quality of the Holiday Inn Express where we usually stay. Looking around a sinking feeling set in.

The wall lamp and desk lamps were rusted. The lamp shades were covered in mold. All the furniture was beat to hell. You could barley open the door to the balcony which had the feel of a World War 2 bunker. The balcony was dirty, the chairs were broken and there was an AC condensate line running across it. The headboard to the bed was dirty and had mold on it. A wall light fixture had dead bugs in it. There were broken tiles and most of the door casings were rusted through. The shower head was rusted, the tub stop drain was broken and the tub was dirty. I could go on and on. We did not want to take our shoes off in this nasty rat hole.

I called the Holiday Inn Express where we usually stay and fortunately they had a room left. It cost us $200 more than if we had booked originally but I gladly paid. I would have slept in my car before I slept in the Ramada Plaza room. We took our luggage went back down to the desk. The desk clerk clearly had a look of shock as she had just checked us in no less than 10 minutes before. I expressed how livid I was showing her pictures on my cell phone. She apologized and said she would refund my credit card.

I will NEVER stay at anything that has Ramada or Wyndam attached to it. Please take this warning and don't waste your money here!

Traveled with a pet and made a reservation that stated was a oceanfront room. Was given a dune view room. Stated that pets were only housed on the first floor and the only view was a dune view. Mattress was dirty with stains. Previous hair notes on sheets. Some sticky black thing was left on the headboard from previous guests. Don’t waste your time or money this place needs updating and renovation
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Tried to work out an early check in with the front desk. Was told that was not an option because I used a 3rd party booking service. The person was very rude and refused to let speak with someone else. I think I dodged a bullet based on the reviews.
Called the Hilton, got a promise to try to get an early check in. Very friendly.
Sorry Ramada.