Top 10 St. Joseph Beach Hotels

Great location. But be aware: you cannot set your room's HVAC fan to always on. I like doing that to drown out noise while sleeping. You typically can do this in virtually all hotels, except this one for some reason. (And this is a relatively new hotel, built in 2010 and still in excellent condition. ) All the controls will allow you to do is to set the fan speed to Hi or Low, when the thermostat activates the unit. So, when the heat or AC cycles on, WHOOOSH!, it makes a loud sound, enough to wake everyone in the room. Your only alternative to get a decent night's rest is to shut off the HVAC unit and use your iPhone to play some YouTube background noise for 8 hours. Secondly, the non-continental options for breakfast are microwave turkey sausage or bacon with egg/cheese sandwiches. I have to say, they're heavily processed and so full of chemicals they have a weird dull flavor and aftertaste. Marriott needs to do better. *****Last thing: they charge you $11 per night for parking.

This hotel is out of control. There were children of all ages running around the hotel the ENTIRE night, throwing garbage, running and screaming through the halls, racing and crashing luggage carts up and down the halls, knocking on doors and running away ALL night. The hotel staff refused to intervene and literally stated, ”There's nothing we can do.”. There was garbage all over the hotel and groups of drunk, belligerent adults openly drinking in the lobby and in the hotel hallways. The pool was full of unattended children of all ages, which is so sickeningly unsafe, and the staff did nothing to intervene. As a Hilton Honors member for more than 10 years, I have never experienced anything even remotely like this at any other Hilton property. Entirely inexcusable. The hotel staff at the desk even told us it was like that every weekend and a child actually pushed a staff member the weekend before and caused a spinal fracture to the employee. He just kept saying he wished he could help, but there was nothing he could do. There are a lot of other hotels in the area, and I would advise staying at one of them.

The room is large, clean, the bed is soft, the condition is OK, the breakfast is quite comfortable, it is a hotel relatively close to the University of Notre Dame nearby, and it takes less than 20 minutes to walk through the grove to the school.

Room was nice, but the bathroom could have been cleaner. Queen beds were not an option, just double beds. Very few guests, so we had the pool area all to ourselves. Breakfast didn’t last long enough for my family. Staff was very kind.

This hotel is a 'budget hotel', so I am keeping that in mind. You know, you get what you pay for. Our one night stay was $110. The staff was nice. The hotel, in general, looks ok. But, when we walked in I said to my husband, ”This lobby smells like a urinal cake.” We were assigned Room 411 and, well, look at my photos. The mattress and bedding should have been retired a decade ago. We went out to eat and came back to find our key cards didn't work. We were told our room was accidently assigned to someone else while we were out and they entered our room briefly, so our key was disabled. The bed had a SERIOUS sag to it. You can't see it in the pictures but, boy, it dipped in the middle. The sheets looked slept in but maybe that is due to the age of the bedding and the sagging mattress? When I did my 'bed bug check' I found a severely stained mattress. While we managed to sleep ok, I was constantly worried that the sheets hadn't been changed. Would I go there again? Nope. Not a chance.

Me and several friends booked a couple suites at Ivy Court for the Marshall vs Notre Dame football game. Everyone that works there were extremely helpful and courteous. Jessica, Annica and Timmyka each went out their way to make our stay fun and memorable. Since all of us were traveling from out of town, we purchased the tailgate package also which was well worth it. We didn't have to pack up our own tent, chairs, etc. and the staff at Ivy Court set it all up and tore it all down. We just had to show up and tailgate. The breakfast is made fresh right in the kitchen next to the buffet. While we were there it had scrambled and fried eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, burritos, hot & cold cereal with break and muffins. It was a great set-up. Finally, you can't get much closer to the stadium and the walk over was 5-10 minutes. The location can't be beat either. Overall, it was a terrific stay at Ivy Court and in South Bend for the weekend.