Coast Discovery Inn

Upon arrival we walked past 2 individuals shooting up in the hallway outside our room, which led to an emergency response scenario playing out in the lobby when they made their way past us and then collapsed in the entrance to the hotel. The staff did not help him, did not provide gloves or first aid kit or a blanket to the good Samaritans trying to help him. When told to call 911, the front desk employee was called a taxi instead. Onlookers were shocked and frustrated and then called for an ambulance themselves. Our sofa bed in the room had no bedding or pillows for it. We called the front desk and were told we had to go retrieve a set of bedding back at the front desk. The set I carried up had a mattress pad, sheets and a pillow but no blanket or quilt. Our kids were freezing. The TV remote didn’t work (just needed new batteries) and when we called the front desk the girl said she doesn’t do that and she’d leave a note for maintenance. (Who never came to fix it). For $194 a night we couldn’t turn on the tv. The building is very old and has an unpleasant smell. The bedding has a flat sheet, then a duvet that doesn’t get washed, then a top sheet instead of a duvet cover, so it’s not attached in any way. You end up easily touching the unwashed duvet throughout the night. On the second night there was a police incident out front where a group were fighting and man was pepper sprayed. As we were walking past, a woman ran to hand the pepper spray victim a 4 litre jug of milk which he poured all over his head on the sidewalk. We had to grab our kids out of the way of getting splashed with milk. Totally understand he’s just trying to get some relief, but the group were loud and angry and very scary to our young kids. It is a very rough area and the hotel does nothing to provide any security, so just beware of that before you stay. Our kids were scared, and if had of known we would not have stayed at the coast discovery. Definitely never coming back again.