Ashore Resort and Beach Club Reviews

The Clarion made our wedding reception the most amazing reception I could have imagined! We got so much bang for our buck! The food was amazing, Lisa Wilgus (all the staff, really) were amazing, and helped the day run smoothly. Everyone in the Clarion was so kind, and it felt like family being there. I highly recommend to anyone interested in an Ocean City reception!

The Clarion was the first of 2 places we looked to have our wedding in Ocean City and fell in love with the place when we met Kay Windsor, the Coordinator. She took care of every detail and made sure the family and guests were taken care of the entire 4 days of our wedding weekend. She met with us several times prior to our wedding, let us stay at the hotel and treated us to brunch and dinner so we could get a feel for the hotel atmosphere, the food and the staff. I would highly recommend having your wedding or any event at The Clarion.

I cannot speak more highly of this hotel. The staff there is absolutely amazing! We catered a lunch on their back deck for all of our wedding guests when they arrived in town and it was perfect! Our guests stayed in the hotel and the condos next door that the hotel owns. We also had the after party at the Clarion nightclub. It was perfect! I would highly recommend them to everyone planning a wedding or any event in the Ocean City area.

From the minute we met Lisa we knew she would take great care in our wedding weekend. It was everything we wanted and more.

Kay Windsor and the wedding team at the Clarion were exceptional! Our beach wedding and outdoor reception were beautiful. The reception was held at the Hibiscus Gardens patio with palm trees, hibiscus bushes, and beautiful candles on the linen tables. The bar staff and catering were incredible. I would highly recommend this venue to any couple getting married. Everyone made us feel trully special as well as our guests!
We had heavy H'orderves for our evening wedding with an open bar. Kay was very helful with suggestions and added more food when we needed. The guests raved about the salsa, the mini quesadillas, and the margaritas!

Anybody getting married in Ocean City, MD....this IS the place to do it! Kay Windsor didn't go just one step above and beyond, she went 10! From the moment we walked into the resort to consider having our wedding there....we knew we didn't need to look any further! Kay was on top of every detail in assisting us plan our wedding! This could be considered 'destination wedding' for us as we live 4 hrs from OC, MD; but we didn't need to worry about anything with this venue....Kay took care of it ALL! From giving us a huge hospitality suite for the weekend and to prepare for ceremony, to upgrading us from suite to 2-bdrm ocean front condo, to the littlest detail of us forgetting something in our room last minute she ran for! The ceremony was perfect on their own beach; to the reception ballroom and food....everything was perfect! We don't have anything negative to say for the Clarion or Kay!

Ask 4 Kay Windsor, she's Amazing! We got married outside & everything was perfect!

My husband (!!!) and I got married at Ashore Resort and Beach Club on April 13th 2024 and it truly was a day to remember! The wind was working against us, so we moved the wedding from the beach to the dune deck and it was BEAUTIFUL ceremony space! The background of our vows being the dunes and the ocean was truly breathtaking and I give major kudos to the Ashore team for allowing us to make that day of change of ceremony location. If you’re looking for a venue that will blow your guests away, this is it. The food for the reception is some of the best (if not the best) wedding food I’ve ever had and the bartenders (shout out to Sam) were so friendly and seemed so excited to be a part of our special day. Ashore does their best to make brides and their tribes feel special, even ending the day with a special treat left in the room for my new husband and I. I would definitely recommend Ashore to any couple who wants a beautiful wedding!

We held our rehearsal dinner at the Clarion Hotel. There wasn't a private room, but our party was seated together on a raised area near the bar. The buffet was very good and my guests enjoyed the variety of food. The staff was very attentive and checked on us throughout the evening. It was difficult to make an announcement given that it wasn't a private room - but we kept it short. The view of the Ocean was very nice but as the sun set it was too dark to see. My only complaint was that one of the managers came to my fiancé and I during dinner and it seemed as if she was trying to convince us to come there the next evening after our wedding. I thought that was mildly inappropriate during a dinner, but she only came over once.

I’m writing this today incase this unique situation ever happened to another person. On Saturday, June 8th, my sister went to Ashore to look at the space for her future wedding. She loved the space, and after talking to the coordinator, decided to write a check for the deposit to hold her wedding date which would have been October 11, 2025. Sadly, 6 days later, on June 14th we got the news that our father has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. My sister decided having a wedding in Maryland and over a year away would no longer work for her, if we want any chance of our father being able to have part in these special moments. That Monday June 17th, we reached out trying to cancel the date. We were told there was no way to get the $5,000 deposit back. I understand when people sign a contract that they are locked in, but with it only being one week after signing, and this tragic and devastating situation, it just makes me really upset that Ashore was not able to return the $5,000 to my sister, or even make the money transferable so she could use it in another way at the resort, and just have empathy over all during a very difficult time. With that being said, no matter how beautiful a space may be, I would not recommend this venue after this incident.

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