WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

We are experts in coastal comfort.

Located right on the beautiful shores of the Atlantic Ocean with breathtaking views from every room, Surf Side Hotel is one of the top-rated hotels on the Outer Banks because we know what our guests want and we strive hard to give it to them every day.

Surf Side Hotel has earned Tripadvisor's coveted 2022 Travelers' Choice award by providing terrific service and value. Travelers' Choice recognizes businesses that earn consistently great reviews and are ranked in the top 10% of Tripadvisor listings.

Since 1984, our family owned and operated hotel has been making first time visitors into frequent visitors with a combination of Carolina Hospitality and our exceptionally clean and well appointed rooms and more recently, our condos that sleep six.

Surf Side Hotel aerial view

From business to leisure to weddings and more, the Surf Side Hotel in Nags Head, North Carolina offers travelers a room for every need or occasion. Accommodations offer oceanfront and ocean view hotel rooms in Nags Head including efficiency rooms, loft rooms, double queen and single king bed rooms and deluxe honeymoon suites! Plus, you’ll enjoy the best views of the Atlantic Ocean and Albemarle Sound of all the hotels on the Outer Banks. Our ocean view NC luxury hotel rooms are unique for Outer Banks hotels as they offer views of both the Atlantic Ocean and Albemarle Sound.

Surf Side Hotel - oceanfront room balcony

Along with the best views around, Surf Side Hotel also offers a great selection of amenities to their guests, including hot tubs, indoor and outdoor pools, private balconies, free WiFi, free parking, free continental breakfast, and much more.

Surf Side Hotel breakfast

A Surf Side Hotel guest from Charlottsville, VA says it best… “Do you have a favorite relative or friend in whose home you always feel relaxed and comfortable? No fussiness or ostentation, but well-appointed comfort and anything you need seems to have already been thought of and provided. That's what it's like to stay at Surf Side. Oceanfront or ocean-view rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, hot tub, balconies with every room...lovely hot breakfast… Folks who really want to make sure you feel at home… Comfy beds and linens, lots of pillows to choose from, clean, well-kept and attractive bathrooms. It's the perfect location whether you are here to play on the beach with kids or wander around the historic and natural parks. In my opinion, this is as good as it gets on the Outer Banks. If you have any sort of mobility problem, you'll be glad to know all floors are reached with an elevator.”

Surf Side Hotel ocean views

Surf Side Hotel indoor pool

Surf Side Hotel family at the beach


The Best Value in Nags Head.

We encourage you to do your research by reading more of our great reviews, browsing through our website, or contacting us at 1-800-552-7873 for any additional information necessary to ensure confidence in your hotel decision.

Alex Moore
President & CEO
Surf Side Hotel
6701 S. Virginia Dare Trail
Nags Head, NC 27959
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1-800-552-7873

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The Cotton Gin

The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with 4 locations. Visitors are treated to a unique shopping experience in our main store in Jarvisburg, as well as our beach stores in Corolla, Duck, and Nags Head. Explore room after room filled with décor for your home and coastal fashions for both men and women. Discover the brands you really want, like, Vera Bradley, Vineyard Vines, La Mer Luex, Simply Southern, Lindsay Phillips, Scout, Pandora, Kameleon, Brighton, Spartina, Tommy Bahama, Southern Tide and Salt Life and Old Guys Rule - all under one roof!

 

Don’t forget the gourmet market, or shop our beautiful linens for your bedroom and bath. We also feature coastal books and fine art, or just a whimsical fun gift to bring home to family and friends. Stop by soon and don’t forget to try our estate grown wines in our stores or visit our vineyard and winery, Sanctuary Vineyards, located adjacent to the original Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg.

 

Most know The Cotton Gin as a must-stop shop for fine gifts, beachwear, souvenirs and so much more, but this retailer has a long-standing history within the Outer Banks. A local landmark that holds almost a century of memories, The Cotton Gin started from humble beginnings and continues to adapt to the times and tourists. Tommy Wright’s family has been in the Outer Banks for nearly 200 years. His great-great grandfather, Jacob Francis Wright, shipwrecked in Duck back in the early 1800s. Calling these barrier islands his new home, Wright and his family acclimated to their new environment.

 

Adaptation is a common theme for the Wright family. Tommy and his wife Candace, who continue to steer The Cotton Gin, have seen not only their business change with the times, but the Outer Banks as a vacation destination as well. A farm market in Jarvisburg eventually transformed and flourished into several retail locations dotting the Outer Banks.

 

“As the area changed and tourism took off in the 1960s, the family saw people coming for vacations, so they began to grow vegetables and things developed from there,” says Tommy Wright. The Wright family expanded upon the farm market and began to remodel a working cotton gin, later transforming the gin into The Cotton Gin general store in the late 1960s. While the additions to the farm store drew visitors, it was their encounters with the Wright family that kept people coming back year after year, which is something that remains true today.

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