"The Sailfish" - 2nd row to the ocean available in 2025, book now! Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

10/10 Excellent

Robert

26 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Loved that the property feels a bit secluded. Plenty of space for our party. Ping pong table was the star of the house :)

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cathy O.

25 Aug 2024

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Love the Sailfish

Great place to stay! Kitchen is well stocked with clean pots and pans. Very clean house with room and beds for everyone in our group. Nice walk to the beach!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris H.

31 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Grown Family House

Excellent place for family vacation. Plenty of room and accommodated our group of 4 couples and 6 teenage kids very well. Nothing fancy but super clean and a perfect weekly rental with everything we needed at a reasonable price. Great location with great management.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katie

1 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

We had a great trip to the Sailfish. The house was comfortable with lots of room to spread out. Our first day we had a minor problem with the air conditioning and the property managers were quick to respond and take care of the problem. Short walk to the beach. Great place to stay!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jill S.

15 Jul 2024

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Wonderful Week

We had a wonderful week. Our children grew up coming to Emerald Isle every summer for the 4th of July and we are so happy for them to now bring their children to experience this beautiful beach. The Sailfish was perfect for our growing family and we can’t wait to return next summer.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Rand M.

24 Jun 2024

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Vacation at The Sailfish

The house was ok for our stay. We had plenty of room. We felt the furnishings were in poor shape and needed updated. The mattresses need replaced.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carol C.

20 Jul 2024

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Family vacation

The house is older but clean and a perfect layout close to the beach. There is plenty of room for a pool which would have been nice or at least usable outdoor space. The rental agent was very easy to work with. All in all it is a nice vacation home for our family of 12 and we had a great time but it went by too fast.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jill S.

8 Jul 2025

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Relaxing Getaway

We enjoyed another relaxing week at “The Sailfish.” With seven bedrooms, there is plenty of room for our big family. We love how much space there is for our littles to play. We can’t wait to come back next year!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joylynn G.

19 Aug 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The Sailfish was a great location for our family vacation! Plenty of space for eveyone - to sleep and spread out. The house had all the cooking utensils needed, and we appreciated having the second refrigerator on the lower level. Location was also great - directly across from the beach public access made getting to and from the water really easy. Thanks for a great week!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sandra L.

5 Aug 2025

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Very satisfied

Home was in a great location and was very well equipped. Property manager was responsive when we did have an issue with one of the doors.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Barbara C.

21 Sept 2025

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The home was as advertised. It was a large home with seven bedrooms, multiple common areas, and a large parking area. There were views of the beach from the upper level. It was an easy walk along boardwalks (with some stairs for full disclosure) to the ocean.It was a short drive to the grocery store, the restaurant and souvenir shops we utilized, and the aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores.The house was well-stocked with linens, kitchen gear, games, and beach chairs. It provided an excellent base for our family vacation.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Judy G P.

5 Jul 2021

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Sailfish Vacation

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Sailfish! We were an extended family, with some staying the whole week and some for shorter stays. We loved the size of the house, giving space to get together and to get away from one another!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Margaret W.

9 Jul 2023

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Great vacation

Tons of stuff to do at the house, everyone loved the ping pong tables and the pool noodles were well used. Almost lived on the deck. What a great place to spend the evening

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheran M.

15 Jul 2023

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Awesome

It fit our family perfectly. There was plenty for everyone to do whatever they wanted. It was close to the beach. Nice views- plenty of chairs on the deck. The family enjoyed playing ping pong. We had a great time!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jack T.

9 Jul 2022

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Great House within walking distance to the beach!

This property is exactly what is advertised. Nice large house for extended family. We had our grown 5 grown kids and 4 grandkids and there was plenty of room. Great view of the ocean from the upstairs back porch and nice clean house with everything needed. Older kids enjoyed the ping pong table as well! Highly recommend and hoping to come stay again!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Currie D.

10 Jul 2021

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Great week at Emerald Island!

We booked this at the last minute. We prefer oceanfront, but they were all taken. Access to the beach could not have been more convenient. Spacious house. The family with small children stayed on the bottom floor, with the grandparents and family with older children on the main floor. Highly recommend!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lonnie J., Euless, TX, USA

14 Jun 2023

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A Great Place to Stay

This is a well-maintained property. It's obvious that the owners are hands-on and care. Seven bedroom houses are hard to find without paying an arm and a leg. Also, there were beach chairs and toys, bicycles, board games, even a ping pong table. The view from the balcony was fantastic and the walk to the beach was short. I can't afford Emerald Isle every year, but the next time I can, I'll look for this house again.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juliana G.

8 Jun 2022

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Family sized beach house

We found this to be exactly what we were looking for in a beach house for our extended family (made of babies, toddlers, kids, teens, and adults) to stay. This house caught my attention because of the number of rooms/beds and large dining table, but the variety of common areas, 2 kitchens, and nearby beach access made this the BEST possible house for us. The three rooms on the main floor provided a great space to put kids to bed while others stayed up-it’s amazingly sound proof (bring a baby monitor). The game room upstairs was a nice getaway space during Sunday naps. The June water was perfect, and I can imagine coming to stay here many more times!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn C.

27 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful house

We really loved staying at the Sailfish! Such a great property, and everything possible was provided. The only complaint we had was that there were no beach towels - not a huge problem, but if we're paying $225 for linens and towels, the assumption is that beach towels are included in that. The house is much more spacious than the pictures show- really well laid out, and the kids enjoyed having the ping pong table and lower area to hang out in. TLDR- amazing house, bring beach towels.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

cheryl k.

23 Aug 2020

Liked: Check-in, communication

Disliked: Cleanliness

House needs TLC

August 1-8--The house needs a through cleaning and purging of broken and outdated kitchen items. Top floor bedrooms were the nicest. Furniture and kitchen need many improvements. Management seems nice enough. Vacuums were all a mess some held together with tape not been cleaned out. Used rubber bands to hold one together. Could have called but looked like more of a replacement issue. Not really far to the beach but some killer high steps for small children or anyone with a leg problem. The good part was plenty of beds, great washer and dryer, children's toys of all kinds and a wonderful family to share the week with. House was very sturdy and sound during the hurricane winds and rain one night.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Darryl D.

7 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great home

Owner was great to communicate with. Property was clean and well maintained. Convenient location and shirt walk to the beach. Beach access right across the street. We will probably book next summer if we go.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Justin D.

1 Jul 2022

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Great for large groups!

Wonderful stay for myself, my family, and my brothers' families. The kids had a blast! The pictures are accurate, and the value much better than many other places on Emerald Isle. For future visitors, I recommend contacting Gail, who was very responsive, instead of Ken or using Vrbo messages. One piece of constructive criticism - the lockboxes for the keys seemed rusted or otherwise very difficult to open even with the correct passcode. I recommend replacing them with newer models. Aside from those minor hiccups, the stay was truly a memorable family reunion, with plenty of space for everyone. The kitchen is very well-equipped, and the game room well-stocked with activities for families.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Craig S.

27 Aug 2021

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Super comfortable house!

Huge property in a great location for the beach, biking, and bay. We loved this place. It’s huge, private and just steps to the beach.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

emily p.

27 Jun 2021

Liked: Check-in, communication

Lots of space

This house was a great size for the group we had. We did not even need all of the bedrooms. It was clean and felt somewhat secluded. There is a lot of stuff in the kitchen to use and that was nice. The closets downstairs are completely packed with things and the one in the bedroom I used was not usable to me due to the amount of seemingly unnecessary stuff packed into it. It seems like the owners have kept everything over the years and stuck it all in the closets. The downstairs bathrooms had the world’s tiniest showers. I’m talking cruise ship size. We are not small people but anyone would have trouble in those showers. The amount of stairs to get to the beach should have been disclosed in the listing. It was difficult to carry all of our things and navigate the steep steps. The steps of the beach access are super steep. We had a fun time in Emerald Isle and the house was fine aside from the things I already mentioned. The property manager was awesome and the check in process was very easy.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Patricia W.

26 Jul 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

First trip to EI

Our large family enjoyed our stay at the sail fish. The seven bedrooms gave us the space we needed. The linens were very nice for a rental. The house was clean. The kitchen is a little outdated but the stove was very nice. The water was warm and the beach is beautiful. The sevent two steps is a challenge for older people. It

Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2019

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