Brooke G.
Yelp
We arrived at the Old Wheeler around 7p.m. after spending the day driving from Ocean Shores, WA and making some stops along the way in Cannon Beach, OR et cetera.
From their website, you get to choose the room you'd like to book for any given night. When I made the reservation online (for room #6), I received a phone call about 10 minutes later from the hotel asking what my guest's name was for their records. When we arrived, we had a personalized printed tag on the door saying "Welcome Brooke & Josh", which was a nice touch.
Before the clerk took us to our room, she gave us a tour of the common area where there are a couple of couches to sit on, where the continental breakfast in the morning would be served, and they have a small collection of books to choose from if you'd rather read than watch television. They have an assortment of hot chocolate, tea and coffee, along with filtered water to choose from at any time of the day AND they have a selection of the 20 greatest American movies of all time, on DVD, to watch in your room. Yes, the room is equipped with a DVD player (and I assume the rest of the rooms here are as well).
There is also a "piano room" with a piano and love seat to lounge about on if you're so inclined. The private bathroom "down the hall" is in fact, down the hall, but is also private. The key you're given to your room unlocks your room and the private bathroom, so no other guests can creep in and look through your toiletries. It's a bit inconvenient to have to walk down the hall in the middle of the night, but hey, you take what you can. I'd have to say all the additional amenities make up for the trek down the hall.
Additionally, they don't have the cheap and cheesy toiletries you find in the run of the mill joints you can find anywhere. I'm definitely a fan of the E.O. (Essential Oil products) grapefruit and mint glycerine soap. All in all, I would definitely stay here again based on my experience thus far. Additionally, all you have to do is walk across the street to a cute little park bench and relax for a bit.
Oh, and the continental breakfast begins at 7 and is open till "whenever" which is great for those of us who have a hard time getting up early on our vacation! :)