This was my first stay at the Elizabeth Oceanfront Suites in Newport. I usually stay in the Nye Beach area but this was an impulse trip and vacancy was tight and I'd read good things about this ocean-front hotel so decided to try it.
Overall, it's a very nice place. The desk staff are very, very friendly, welcoming, and helpful. The rooms are clean. There is a crockpot of tasty salmon chowder in the lobby for guests at 5 pm each day and fresh cookies at 7 pm. Breakfast was mostly packaged items, yogurt, and oranges, okay, but nothing special.
But I won't be returning because of the beds and room configuration. My husband and I reserved a room with two kings because that was all that was available. Two kings take up quite a bit of space. We couldn't believe how high the beds are! I've traveled a lot in North America and Europe and I have never encountered beds so high that they required gymnastic manuevers to access. We are fairly fit and agile and average height (I'm about 5'3" so not very tall) in our late 70s and we were definitely not comfortable with beds that were almost on a level with my waist.
When we checked out, I asked the friendly desk attendant about the beds and he said when they remodeled, they replaced all the queens with kings (?) and they used those high pedestals. (I would be very interested why.) He said they had stepstools for guests who wanted them, but honestly, I don't think I should require a stool to get into my bed.
