Surfside Motel

2.0 star property
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Basic Room, 1 Queen Bed
Seasonal outdoor pool
Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub | Jetted tub
Front of property
Room amenity

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Pool
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
231 S. Wisconsin Dells Parkway (Hwy 12), Wisconsin Dells, WI, 53965
  • Tommy Bartlett Exploratory
    13 min walk
  • Crystal Grand Music Theater
    14 min walk
  • Moosejaw Pizza
  • Wisconsin Dells Station
    6 min drive

Room options

Basic Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms

  • 278.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Basic Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Economy Room, 2 Double Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Wisconsin Dells

With a stay at Surfside Motel in Wisconsin Dells, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Kalahari Indoor Waterpark and Noah's Ark Waterpark. .This motel is 2.3 mi (3.8 km) from Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park and 5.2 mi (8.3 km) from Ho-Chunk Casino.

What's nearby

  • Crystal Grand Music Theater - 14 min walk
  • Noah's Ark Waterpark - 2 min drive
  • Top Secret - 4 min drive
  • Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park - 4 min drive
  • Kalahari Indoor Waterpark - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Wisconsin Dells Station - 6 min drive
  • Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) - 51 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Moosejaw Pizza - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Culver's - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Buffalo Phil's Pizza & Grille - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Surfside Motel

Motel with free parking, near Noah's Ark Waterpark
Surfside Motel offers 38 accommodations with air conditioning. Televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. This Wisconsin Dells motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the motel include a waterslide and a seasonal outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 38 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided. Conveniences include desks, housekeeping is provided daily, and cribs/infant beds (surcharge) can be requested.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including a waterslide and a seasonal outdoor pool. This motel also features complimentary wireless internet access, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Playground
  • Fridge
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Water slide

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Fridge

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10.0 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

Property is also known as

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Surfside Motel Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 25 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 94 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Lee, Oshkosh, WI

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shower wouldn't drain. One lamp in room. Would be charged extra if got any make up or dirt on towels. No kleenex. No cups or ice bucket or ice. No extra anything. Too expensive for no amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Kristen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Save your money!
I understand this is a 2 star rated motel, however when I hear daily housekeeping I expect someone to come in and at leadt freshed up the beds and leave fresh towels. No one ever made our beds, emptied our trashed, gave clean towels or much less cleaned the room! We even put bags of garage outside the door for them to pick up and it was there for 3 days! The beds have no mattress pads on them which is very gross. They have one thin sheet over a bare mattress that isn't fitted so doesn't stay on the mattress. One of the blankets had a black curly hair one it, where its from is not something I wanted to think of! The pool little slide had no water running down it so looked out of service. The outside lights were not turned out until way past dark so a bit creepy if your in the back building. Lucky for us no one else was here during our stay, motel was mostly empty, however one hight there must have been a family in the middle of the night making a ton of noise. The walls are paper thing and you can feel the bed move when someone runs around, so no sleep that night. Spend the extra money you will thank me!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

James

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed
We booked a room at the Surfside Motel through Hotels.com, & arrived at Surfside approximately two to three hours later. We checked in with no problem, & went to our room. We dropped off our bag, etc & preceded to go have a cocktail in town and grab a bite to eat. At 7:30ish, the motel calls to ask when we were checking in which my husband replied that we already had checked in, paid, & had our key etc. The young lady said ok, & hung up. Awhile later I checked our bank account to do some banking to find out that the property charged for the room again. I called them back to ask why, & they argued that they didn’t. When we arrived back at the motel, I showed them my back account for them then to admit that they accidentally did charge us twice but were refunding the charge. However they wouldn’t give us a receipt. They apologized as I expressed my unhappiness. We then returned to the room for the evening to relax & enjoy the jacuzzi. In the morning, we had No tissues, only the bare minimum for towels etc but we’re ok with that since we weren’t going to be hanging out in the room much. The shrubs etc around the property were dead, & trash in the parking lot. The end of our stay we noticed a serious no-no of no working smoke alarm in our room. You could tell it had been ripped from the wall. Talked to my bank later to find out that they did refund the money but also tried 3 more times to take money out for our stay. Let’s just say I wouldn’t stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mold in the hotel room, toilet were leaking, air conditioner didn’t work in the bedroom it was bad we left 5 hours earlier I will never stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The family room was great with the additional sleeping spaces
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They gave our reserved room to someone else before we got there. THheybgave us another room at a discounted rate but it was not what we were expecting. The beds were extremely uncomfortable. Linens and pillows were worn out . Sink had old food in the strainer. Spiders noted in the bathroom. Only one channel worked on the bedroom tv. Could not turn on or off the bedroom light without unplugging it. Room had a very musty smell.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
staff was accommodating but way over priced for amount of anemities offered what motel does not offer coffee in rooms is one that not on list. guest noisy both nighrs we stayed only way I would return is at a much discounted price
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Had a good stay--pool could have been cleaner !! We were there for a wedding . Price was ok for a Friday and Saturday
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Its the bare nessities. Bed. Ac. Bathroom. T.V. Good distance from the busy tourists but not toor far from waterparks
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Never again!
Free WiFi didn’t work. No ice. Low shower head. Linens and bed covering were stained; torn shower curtain. Over-priced for what we received
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Poor Bathroom maintenance
What I disliked the most was that there was hardly any hot water to shower with! It was warm at most, but then goes ice cold. Plus the shower curtains were algae filled and grossed us out. The bathtub did not drain either.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Paulette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Unhappy

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
7 year old manager was unique. Waterfall down the wall during rain storm was unique. Getting heat stroke while using the bathroom was unique. Over all the place was bad. The bathroom light didn't work and the 7 year old manager insisted that the heat lamp was the light even though it kicked out extreme heat. Floor next to bed was soaked due to a leak in the wall. The chain on the door for added security came right off the wall. The toilet seat was extremely worn. There was black mold behind the toilet. The air conditiiner had to be kicked by the 7 year old managers older sister to get it to work. No basic maintenance around the place, weeds growing everywhere, paint chipping off of doors. A lot wrong with this place. Room smelt very musty.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Freddy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth the stay.
It was outdated and not very clean read reviews about bedbugs and was worried about it I was running late so I couldn’t find anything else and since my room was payed I gave it a shot as soon as I got there I checked my bed and pillows and didn’t really see anything throughout the whole night I checked and didn’t see nothing on the bed I slept it but then the second day I checked the second bed and noticed in the pillow casing a little bed bug crawling and it was then I decided to leave I asked for a refund and the owner said he couldn’t I said ok and just left to another hotel I wasn’t going to argue with him because my cleanliness and health was more important than some little bit of cash so I didn’t want take chances bringing any bug beds back to my house overall I wouldn’t recommend to stay there with that being said.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Casey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Property was not bad just felt like it was very over priced
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Visitor, Iowa City

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
There was used dirty soap in the shower. Difficult to find someone to check in. Office was closed and there was a note on the door to call a number to check in but it was not answered when calling. Check in took a very long time
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Light in bathroom (room 23) did not work and no remote for main TV,
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay
We got to the motel pretty late. The man who checked us in was still friendly and efficient. The room was clean, the bed, sheets and pillows were all pretty comfortable. We would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The property looked Beautiful. The room was ok. They list as a 2 bedroom but it has only one bedroom. The other is the living room area with a bed and sofa sleeper in it. There's no phone in the room to reach the front desk. No one to service the rooms when needed. You have to return your used towels in order to receive fresh clean ones everyday and take the m to the front desk. This needs to be changed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019