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Visitors praise the Boardwalk Inn's excellent location right on the boardwalk with easy access to dining and entertainment, and many find the staff friendly and helpful. However, some guests report negative experiences with rude staff, cleanliness issues in the pool area, and unexpected closures of amenities like the pool.

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Address
8 Kemah Water Front, Kemah, TX 77565, USA
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Phone
(281) 334-9880
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Website
www.kemahboardwalkinn.com

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About this place Boardwalk Inn

The Boardwalk Inn is a small waterfront hotel on the Kemah Boardwalk, the amusement and restaurant complex on Galveston Bay. Many rooms look over the water and the boardwalk's rides and restaurants are right outside. It is a mainstream gay-friendly hotel, not a gay venue. Kemah is its own town, about 40 minutes south-east of downtown Houston by car, and roughly 30 minutes north of Galveston. If you want Houston's gay bars in Montrose, plan on driving or a long rideshare. Google rates the inn 4.4 from about 1,090 reviews.

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Gay-friendly (straight venue) Air conditioning Card payments accepted Walk-ins welcome Reservation required WiFi Year-round Gay-friendly (straight venue)

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4.4
★★★★★
1,087 reviews

Based on 1,087 Google reviews.

Kweik Educare
Kweik Educare Jul 2026
★★★★★

We spent two days there and I loved it; I’ll definitely come back to this place next time.

Nathan Christensen
Nathan Christensen Jul 2026
★★★★★

The hotel was great and a super fun location. We explored the boardwalk which is literally right below the hotel. They had live music and food all within a 5 minute walk or less. The music went late but you couldn’t hear it in the room when we went to bed. Everything was clean, parking was easy, and the staff was helpful and friendly.

Herman Burrous
Herman Burrous Jul 2026
★★★★★
Nikki B
Nikki B Jul 2026
★☆☆☆☆

Horrible experience! Said we could check in early. Waited 4 hours while multiple others checked in. Finally canceled reservations and left. Smelled horrible. Lobby wasn’t clean. Workers very rude.

Vincent Carstons
Vincent Carstons Jul 2026
★★★★★
Gardy Torres
Gardy Torres Jul 2026
★★★★★
Erin Jones
Erin Jones Jun 2026
★★★★★

Stayed here for one night, and you couldn't ask for a better location in Kemah! ON the boardwalk, with everything you could want, in short walking distance. Our room was perfect, and the kiddos loved how early in the morning they could jump into the pool and hot tub! parking garage with easy access into the hotel, and a parking pass provided to us, so we could come and go easily. We'd definitely stay here again!

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Last updated on 25 October 2026

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