Island Vista Resort

This place is very nice. The amenities are wonderful. The pools and lazy river are clean. I really love the tiki hut and live music. There is a restaurant here as well that serves delicious food. I loved the hot wings. Im here right now in a 3BR/3B condo. The room is marvelous. The balcony is huge. Everything we need is stocked in the kitchen, and the dishwasher included. This unit also has a full washer and dryer. I've had to call the front desk twice to fix the sensor that works the AC from the balcony doors, but other than that, it's been a wonderful stay. Now, with all that being said, the atmosphere is very different from last year. I've noticed the racism from other guests. They aren't speaking and looking at us as though we shouldn't be here. I still would recommend this resort to friends and family because the resort itself is wonderful.

Location of the resort is excellent. The fact that it is on a beach by itself almost is very appealing because it’s not very crowded. If we come back to this hotel, that will be the reason. Housekeeping is also great. They bring you new towels every day which I have been to hotels in the past that say they will do this and don’t this one actually does. You need to use a key card in order to access the pool towels there are chips inside of each pool towel that track them and it charges you if you don’t return them. I found this to actually be very nice because you had pool towels every time you went down to the pool. The pools were very nice. We stayed in a three bedroom suite and the space was very nice to have. A few things that I wish I knew before coming: They do not give you carts to take your stuff to and from the hotel room -they require you use a bellhop service, which is fine upon arrival because that’s easy but when leaving, it is very difficult because we are not nearly as well packed as when we arrived and needed to make quite a few trips down to our car and take time to organize it like Tetris, which bellhop service could not spend the time do so (and we also would not want them standing watching us because that’s very stressful). We asked if we could make use of the cart because we could do it very quickly and one person just stay down with the car with the kids while one person takes it back-and-forth and one very large trip but they said no. We had to take our stuff down basically bag by bag, (husband is loaded down while I watch the kids) which took an incredibly long time (this is what we are currently doing still and I’m hoping to be out by checkout time, but I’m not sure we’re gonna make it due to this reason, even though we started loading the car over an hour ago. If we could’ve loaded a cart down, it would’ve been much quicker but due to the fact of having to wait on the elevators with bags of luggage and stopping on every single floor, it’s taking 10 to 15 minutes just to get down to the parking lot each time. I’ve never been to a hotel where we’ve not been able to load our car quickly.. We have an extremely large long and tall vehicle and did not realize that you cannot park a car that is above 6’6“ on the first level of the parking deck which made parking extremely limited. The spots are incredibly tiny (yes the “overflow parking also” and I was not comfortable parking the car so I essentially got hotel trapped while my husband did business stuff because I could not have re-parked my car, yes I could have left, but not have parked it again if I needed to come back to the hotel-although even leaving a parking spot means multiple point turns to get out of it because the parking spots are so small. Halfway through the stay (Fri-Sat) we went to eat breakfast at the restaurant here in the hotel when we arrived, there weren’t many people, but after we walked in quite a few people walked in about five minutes later- we put i

This was our 7th year at Island Vista. We once again were so VERY pleased with the accommodations and amenities. The room was exceptionally clean. All staff encountered were friendly with quick greeting and ready to help. We loved our stay and look forward to coming back next year.

We just returned from a visit to the Island Vista. My mother-in-law passed away in April after a lengthy illness. My wife and I were much in need of a peaceful and relaxing vacation. Island Vista proved to be perfect for our needs. An oceanfront one bedroom suite was comfy and spacious. The house keeping staff provided the best service we have experienced since prior to the pandemic. This includes a couple of expensive venues in the Asheville area. We dined in the hotel restaurant one evening and the poolside Tiki Bar everyday of our visit. Don’t expect the typical hotel food here. They far exceeded our expectations. We found the design of the pool landscaping to be exceptional. They have groups of palm tree clusters providing shady areas with no need of an umbrella. The pool has the usual lounge chairs , but also had areas with outdoor furniture groups each with an umbrella or two. The Island Vista has carried attention to detail to a higher level. Myrtle Beach is famous for cheap plastic chairs on their balconies. Island Vista provides the nicest most comfortable woven rocking chairs for your balcony and poolside. Don’t know of a better South Carolina venue for my afternoon martini than my balcony at the Island Vista………………………..cheers!

One of the top notch resorts in the Myrtle Beach area! This resort is nestled among nice residential homes. We had an oceanfront suite which was very tastefully furnished. The facilities are very clean and beautiful. The beach access is steps away. The pools are shaded by many palm trees and surrounded by cushiony outdoor furniture. The real secret of this resort are the people that pamper you from the moment you check in. Starting with Stephen who is the manager of front guest services. He guided me when booking this resort many months before. He was spot on what to expect. Big THANK YOU Stephen! Also a shout out to Jan and AJ at the front desk. The Cypress Room restaurant was awesome. The menu was exquisite. , and the outdoor seating was an added gem. We met the manager of dining, Michael . He made sure all of our needs were taken care of. Even chef Stephen came out to greet us. Can’t say enough about Shane and Mark who made us feel like family. They were awesome! Stella constantly filled out cups of coffee at breakfast and Kevin made us laugh. Rodney, security at the pool area, was very friendly. And I also want to mention Todd in night time housekeeping. We made friends with all these people, which ensures that we will be back again!!!! ~ Shirley & Sal~

Beds were comfortable and mine was placed where I could see the ocean! Our condo was 2 br, 2 ba.plenty of room. Convenient that you don’t have to leave. I love that they have a cafe and tiki bar. Fire pits are great in evening. Lazy river. Right on ocean. Towels supplied are great.