A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

I was invited this past weekend to check out the Sea Crest Beach Resort in Falmouth on the Cape. The weather was cool, windy and gray. I live on the Cape in the summer time, but can I tell you a secret? I love the Cape in the fall more than any summer day! Why? You can get through town in a reasonable amount of time, you can walk into a restaurant without a reservation, you don’t have to worry about traffic and fall walks on the beach can’t be beat!

The Sea Crest is located on Old Silver Beach which is one of the best beaches on the Cape, with calm waters and sandy beaches.

The hotel owns a 700 ft stretch of private beach. In the summer, they offer events for kids and fitness classes for guests. Guests can rent bikes or water sport equipment, teens can hang out in the game room off the pool area, and during the summer months the property shows outdoor movies on their 16ft screen!

The Sea Crest just went through a multi million dollar renovation that was completed in 2013. All the guest rooms were updated and have a contemporary beach feel to them. I love the sea grass headboards and the blue and green color scheme is a nice way to pull in the view of the ocean outside. Pictured above is the one bedroom king suite. The room has a tile entryway where you can leave all your sandy things from the beach. The room has two bathrooms and the master bath is larger than my bathroom at home! The room also features a sitting area, complete with flat screen tv and pull out couch.

The standard guest rooms are also quite spacious. All rooms come with complimentary wifi and mini refrigerator.

If you’re not a beach person, the hotel also offers a beautiful outdoor heated pool (closing Columbus Day), an indoor pool (top right), a kiddie pool that is a foot deep (seen in mirror on top left photo) and a jacuzzi. The indoor pools and outdoor pool are separated by a garage door that is open in the nicer weather. They have a cute take out window for those guests who are hanging out at the pool and a ice cream shop as well!

We sat down to lunch at the hotel’s casual restaurant, Red’s, named after previous owner, Red Auerbach. The restaurant has tons of memorabilia for those of you Celtic’s fans! In the off season, Red’s offers great specials, like two for one burgers and football specials! I started with Red’s chowder ($12) that came with Cape littleneck clams, chorizo, celery root, thyme and toast. Super cream and perfect for this chilly day!

For my main meal I had the Portuguese chorizo and Maine lobster pizza ($22).  The pizza is cooked in a brick oven and the dough is made in house. The pie comes topped with fire roasted peppers, grilled sweet corn and tomato basil sauce. Check out those huge pieces of lobster!! The pizza was a little larger than a dinner plate, and I could only eat about 3 slices.

Disclaimer: I was invited as a guest to the Sea Crest Beach Hotel, my lunch was provided compliments of the hotel. All opinions are my own.

Sea Crest Beach Hotel

350 Quaker Road, North Falmouth, MA

http://www.seacrestbeachhotel.com

Tags: cape cod, casual dining, hotel, restaurant, seafood