We just returned from a week-long visit at Atlantic Beach Villas. We stayed in building 32, one of the newer buildings. The villas are situated across the street from the ocean, however keep in mind that Atlantic Beach is mostly vacation homes, so there was no commercial junk blocking our view of the dunes and a bit of the ocean.
The best thing about the villas is the layout of the rooms, and the ability to cook your own meals. With small kids in tow, this made for really easy mealtimes.
I do, however, think that they forgot to install insulation between the units. We stayed on the 2nd of three floors, and normal walking around above us (and opening cabinets) sounded like there was a heard of elephants (and at times I could swear someone was chopping wood up there). We could also hear normal conversations on either side of our unit. Oh, and I also felt the need to vacuum and sweep as soon as we arrived. The carpets and floors were a bit sticky, but that's to be expected for beach lodging.
I would definately go back to Atlantic Villas, simply because of the spacious accomodations and location. I will bring earplugs, though!

We just returned from spending the weekend at Atlantic Beach Villas, aka Peppertree Resort. The location was good, just a short walk to the beach. Our suite was just okay. The buildings are older and we could hear every step the people above us were taking. There was also quite a bit of hair on the bathroom floor, vanity, and also in the bathtub. That's a huge turn-off for me! We arrived at 3:40pm, with check-in being at 4. I understand that these hotels have to follow rules, but we were in the middle of a strong thunderstorm and were hoping to be able to check in a few minutes early. The receptionist informed us that our room wasn't ready yet (20 min. before check-in!) and we would have to wait till "around 4". Since our child was scared of the storm, we decided to wait in the office. Lo and behold, 10 minutes later, our room was miraculously clean. (Besides, most of the suites on our floor of the building were unoccupied over the weekend, so I doubt very much that there was an issue with getting our suite cleaned.) I must also add that the person in the office was NOT friendly in any way. We would not stay at this resort again.

We have been to the Crystal Coast many times and stayed in many hotels and by far this is the best yet. You can rent an apartment for a very resonable price and get alot for your money. The location is very conveinent only 10 miles to the aquairium and a Food Lion is practicly across the street if you need groceries if you are staying in one of the apartments. Also there is Fort Macon down the road and many beach bum shopping stores nearby.
Its also only a 30 -45 min drive and a real awsome boat ride to a practicly deserted island where the Capelook out light house is, I recommend this to anyone who is interested to see what an island looks like with virtually no houses or building on it.

The rooms were very clean, the kitchen and bathrooms were clean and they had good water pressure for taking a shower, sometimes some hotels near the beach don't have good water pressure which makes it hard to get sand off of you, so this was a plus to us. Room service however doesn't come and make your beds and take out trash but if you dont care about doing simple stuff like making your own bed or taking out trash from time to time, then its no big deal.

The hotel has its own private walk to the beach and during the day you can barrow umbrellas and chairs, so you dont have to bring your own, and if you prefer they have three pools one of which is indoors. There are also a few laundry facilities through out the Hotel and were clean as well.

I highly recommend this hotel, because it was conveinent, quiet and clean and a great place to bring the family.

My family and I stayed here in August 2006. This place is awesome. Expected a hotel room and got a whole apartment! We were a five minute walk from the beach. The apartment was clean and had everything you could possibly need. I was very pleased with my overall experience and highly recommend Atlantic Beach Villas to others.