Tides Inn is in a lovely spot--literally right on the beach. Our room was large and filled with light, which was great because I wanted a place to work on art projects while my husband was doing something more active. The king bed was comfortable, and the shower had good water pressure. There was a fridge, microwave, and coffee maker in our room. The view was absolutely incredible.
Here's the less positive:
There is no housekeeping during your stay unless you request it. Although some websites list the hotel as having a continental breakfast, they do not. Neither one of those things were a big deal for us, but our room was expensive enough that it was kind of weird to not have those. There are some tired-looking aspects of the hotel, e.g. the frame was coming off the side of the mirrored closet. We never heard the people on either side of us. However, there doesn't appear to be any insulation between the floors, and the sound of people walking above us was VERY loud. Every staff person we interacted (or heard interacting with others) was unfriendly and not very professional. The neon "lobby" sign was never turned on and a printed sign was so faded, it was no longer readable, so we had to guess where the lobby was when we arrived.
On our last day--Check out is at 11 a.m., but our key cards stopped working at 10 a.m., which made loading the car in multiple trips inconvenient. Housekeeping knocked at 9:30 a.m., then came in immediately, before we had time to get to the door.