Virginia Beach Hotels With Views
VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
Virginia Beach's oceanfront runs three unbroken miles along the Atlantic, with every hotel on this list placed directly between the boardwalk and the water. The range here goes from a 1927 landmark with a private beach club to newly opened all-suite towers — all chosen because the view holds, regardless of floor or category.
The Views
Hotels We’d Book for the View Alone
Hyatt Place Virginia Beach / Oceanfront
All 140 rooms have private balconies; oceanfront units from the sixth floor up deliver a clean Atlantic horizon. The Placery restaurant faces the ocean, breakfast is included, and the pool sits directly between the lobby and the sand. The room to ask for: an oceanfront king on the upper floors.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort
The only all-suite property to open on the Virginia Beach oceanfront in recent years — 157 suites, free breakfast, indoor and outdoor pools, and access to the full Cavalier Resort campus. Worth staying for the upper-floor ocean suites: balcony, separate living room, and a clear read of the Atlantic.
Hampton Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront North
Right on the boardwalk adjacent to Neptune’s Park, with all rooms facing the Atlantic. We’d request the studio king suite for the floor-to-ceiling glass and a sunrise view over the ocean that justifies the room rate on its own. Free breakfast included; parking is free and on-site.
Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront
All 305 rooms have ocean-facing balconies — no upgrade needed, no guessing which room gets the view. The 23rd-floor Orion’s Roof delivers Asian-fusion against an Atlantic horizon; Tulu Seaside Bar & Grill handles the beachfront casual end. We’d book for the rooftop alone.
The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club
A 1927 landmark restored over four years. Ocean views are more discreet than the tower hotels, but the Beach Club infinity pool (May–October), the on-site Tarnished Truth distillery, and the feel of 85 rooms that share nothing with a chain make it worth the walk across Atlantic Avenue.
Delta Hotels Virginia Beach Waterfront Suites
The only full-service Marriott on the Chesapeake Bay side — the tradeoff is quieter water, a private beach, and bay sunsets instead of ocean sunrises. Tides Coastal Kitchen faces the water; the extended suites with bay-view balconies are the rooms to request.
Moxy Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Opened in 2023, LIV Hospitality Design Award winner in 2025 — a saltwater pool deck facing the Atlantic, Bar Moxy, and a ground-floor diner with a local following since day one. Specify an oceanfront room at check-in; the city-facing side skips the view entirely.
Hyatt House Virginia Beach / Oceanfront
One of the tallest buildings on the boardwalk, with all 156 rooms carrying oceanfront balconies. Higher floors give a view that runs past the surf break to the open Atlantic; Ocean 27 handles the beachfront dining when the season allows. Studios and suites add kitchen facilities for longer stays.
DoubleTree by Hilton Oceanfront Virginia Beach
Beachfront position at the south end of the strip, with ocean-facing rooms and a pool in the same direction. The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is a short walk away; the on-site restaurant covers evenings without needing a car. Free parking is a genuine rarity at this address.
Coastal Hotel & Suites Virginia Beach - Oceanfront
All rooms have ocean-facing balconies; go with one of the higher oceanfront king suites and the view opens to the full sweep of North Virginia Beach. Indoor heated pool, gym, and complimentary breakfast round out a clean mid-range stay at this address on the strip.
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Every room is a suite with a private ocean-facing balcony and a kitchenette — the practical choice if a cooler and a coffee maker matter more than a rooftop bar. At the quieter southern end of the boardwalk, with Dunes Bar and Grill on site and Station 10 outdoor pool bar running April through October.
Hilton Vacation Club Ocean Beach Club Virginia Beach
One of the tallest oceanfront buildings in Virginia Beach, built for longer stays: two and three-bedroom layouts with full kitchens, balconies overlooking the beach, and a gym with ocean views on the uppermost floors. Two seaside pools plus an indoor heated option keep all ages occupied.
Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront
On the boardwalk with all rooms facing the Atlantic, a third-floor oceanfront terrace as the best seat in the building, and two restaurants on site. The room range — standard kings to suites sleeping six — makes this one of the more flexible options for groups and families on the strip.
Hampton Inn Virginia Beach-Oceanfront South
Directly on the beach at the quieter south end of the boardwalk, with ocean-view balconies on all rooms, an indoor pool, free hot breakfast, and free parking. One of the few genuinely uncomplicated oceanfront stays on the Virginia Beach strip — no resort surcharge, no guessing which room faces the water.
What Travelers Ask About Virginia Beach
Several hotels on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk take an all-rooms-face-the-ocean approach. Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront guarantees a balcony facing the Atlantic in all 305 rooms, making room selection irrelevant. Hyatt House Virginia Beach / Oceanfront carries all 156 rooms with oceanfront balconies as standard. Hyatt Place Virginia Beach / Oceanfront, opened in 2022, does the same across all 140 rooms on 13 floors — oceanfront units from the sixth floor upward offer the clearest Atlantic read. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront commits to an ocean-facing balcony and kitchenette in every suite.
The Virginia Beach Boardwalk corridor on Atlantic Avenue — roughly from 1st Street at the south end to 42nd Street to the north — is where every hotel on this list sits. Within that strip, the northern end (31st–42nd Street) tends to carry the taller, newer tower hotels. Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort and Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront anchor this northern cluster as part of the Cavalier Resort campus. The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club sits across Atlantic Avenue from the beach here, with a Beach Club open May through October. For those who prefer the quieter southern end of the strip, Hampton Inn Virginia Beach-Oceanfront South and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront are both at the 10th Street area or below.
The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club is the clear choice for luxury. Opened in 1927 and restored following a four-year renovation, it offers 85 rooms, an on-site spa, three restaurants, the Tarnished Truth Distillery, and a Beach Club with an oceanside infinity pool — a level of amenity unavailable anywhere else on the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort, part of the same Cavalier Resort campus, pairs all-suite accommodations with a full spa, indoor and outdoor pools, and complimentary breakfast. Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront provides a more standard luxury resort framework with 305 ocean-view balcony rooms, the 23rd-floor Orion’s Roof restaurant, and a beachfront pool.
The most distinctive example is Orion’s Roof at Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront, a 23rd-floor Asian-fusion restaurant that consistently ranks among Virginia Beach’s top dining destinations. The view covers the full Atlantic horizon, and the 240-seat layout is positioned so nearly every table faces the water.
Hyatt House Virginia Beach / Oceanfront has Ocean 27, an open-air beachfront restaurant and bar operating during the warmer months with direct ocean views. The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club runs its Beach Club pool and dining area as an oceanfront summer experience, open to hotel guests from May through October.
The Atlantic coastline here is flat — there are no competing buildings between the hotel and the water — so lower floors carry a meaningful view at several properties. Coastal Hotel & Suites Virginia Beach - Oceanfront gives ocean and boardwalk views from low-floor balconies, and the boardwalk-level perspective at properties like DoubleTree by Hilton Oceanfront Virginia Beach and Hampton Inn Virginia Beach-Oceanfront South includes beach activity directly below. Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront has a third-floor oceanfront terrace accessible to all guests. The one tradeoff at low floors is that the boardwalk and immediate beachfront foreground reduces the proportion of open ocean — higher floors shift that balance.
Hampton Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront North and Hampton Inn Virginia Beach-Oceanfront South are the clearest examples — both properties sit directly on the boardwalk with ocean-facing balconies in every room, and both include complimentary breakfast and free parking. Hampton Inn rates run noticeably below the Marriott and Embassy Suites properties on the same stretch.
Moxy Virginia Beach Oceanfront, opened in 2023, offers an oceanfront pool deck and ocean-view rooms at a price point below the full-service tower hotels; the tradeoff is a smaller room footprint. Coastal Hotel & Suites Virginia Beach - Oceanfront is the mid-range option with complimentary breakfast, an indoor heated pool, and ocean-facing balconies across all rooms.
Yes — among the hotels on this list, private balconies are the norm rather than the exception. Hyatt Place Virginia Beach / Oceanfront, Hyatt House Virginia Beach / Oceanfront, Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront, SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Coastal Hotel & Suites Virginia Beach - Oceanfront, and both Hampton Inns all include furnished balconies as standard across their ocean-facing rooms. Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort includes balconies in all suites.
The two exceptions on this list are Hilton Vacation Club Ocean Beach Club Virginia Beach, where balconies are available on the ocean-facing multi-bedroom units but not universal, and The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club, which does not sit directly on the beach — some rooms face ocean, some face inland.
Virginia Beach’s oceanfront is unusually consistent — the flat coastal geography means that almost any hotel at boardwalk level delivers an unobstructed Atlantic horizon with no competing buildings between the hotel and the water. The boardwalk itself adds an active foreground of street life and beach activity when viewed from the lower floors.
By contrast, destinations like Miami Beach have a wider strip of land between the hotels and the water, and Myrtle Beach properties can vary significantly in sightline quality depending on position. Virginia Beach’s strength is the combination of guaranteed ocean presence and the three-mile boardwalk as a foreground, particularly around Neptune’s Park in the mid-boardwalk section near Hampton Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront North and Hyatt Place Virginia Beach / Oceanfront.
Four hotels on this list are notable for recent openings or renovations. Hyatt Place Virginia Beach / Oceanfront opened in 2022 with 140 rooms, all with private Atlantic-facing balconies. Embassy Suites by Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort and Moxy Virginia Beach Oceanfront both opened in 2023 — the Embassy Suites as the third hotel in the Cavalier Resort campus, the Moxy as a design-forward seven-story property at 12th Street. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront completed a renovation ahead of the 2024 season, updating rooms throughout with new finishes and bedding. The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club carries its own milestone: a four-year top-to-bottom restoration completed in 2018 that returned the 1927 building to its original grandeur and earned it a National Register of Historic Places listing.