We stayed at the Amethyst Beach Motel for two nights. We went for a quick family beach vacation. We arrived several hours before the noted check in time and the staff to their best to get us within the room within 45 minutes. The women cleaning the rooms were working very hard and the owner told us just to be patient and we could wait by the pool. We did so. Upon entering the room we found it was very clean but there was a lot of updates that could've been done to the room. Our bed headboard was shakey, carpets were ripped up from the floor and the bath tile was dated and cracked. Since we had an efficiency suite I was told that we would have kitchen utensils to cook with on the burner but there was nothing to cook with in the room. It didn't matter because we ate our meals out anyway.

The good
*friendly staff
*good size pool with clean pool area and deck
* close to beach and boardwalk
*ample parking
* wall AC kept room cool.
*nice channel selection on TV
* room was clean
*Housekeeping was very attentive to needs.

The not so good
* rooms in need of repairs
* tight squeeze for a family of 4
* The barbecue grill that was described as an amenity they charge $15 to use
* Continental breakfast was noted as an amenity in the room.. they had coffee. Nothing else.
No cookware or dishes as described in room online.
*Very few outlets to charge devices.. we charged the kids tablets in the bathroom.

I would say overall it's good for a couple nights. Anything longer I think we would have felt trapped when in the room. We spent most of our time at the pool and beach.

Travelers from NY

Interesting that some reviewers claim their room was clean, others the opposite.We checked into the room, after a big storm, and found the screened window wide open.... soaked carpet, bed and chair. Had to use a few towels to mop up. Smoke alarm chirping every 5 minutes first night so alerted management who removed it from the wall. It wasn't replaced. Towelbar completely missing from bathroom (brackets hanging off the wall) so no place to hang wet towels. My friend who has allergies had symptoms after the first night, and by the second morning was completely congested. Had to buy allergy medicine, but because the motel doesn't provide shampoo or conditioner (we asked) we had to go the store anyway.
Things like pink outdated bathroom tile, crooked moulding and even the half hanging draperies isn't a big deal. But moldy air, dirty carpet and tub is a big deal.
Covid has hit businesses hard and it's commendable that this motel is open, but a few small upgrades (like when the towel bar breaks, fix it before next guest arrives, buying travel size shampoo and conditioners in bulk and putting them in each bathroom, scrubbing bathroom floor and tub after each guest, cleaning the filter in the air conditioner AT LEAST ONCE or twice during summer....) isn't expensive and would make a big improvement to encourage repeat customers.
The location was great. 2 blocks to the beach and to downtown is so convenient you can leave your car parked the whole time.