This is a slightly biased review. I gave this hotel an "excellent" because our overnight stay experience was only one part of a perfect stay in the greater Apalachicola Bay area. If this hotel were in a bigger coastal city, I would probably rate it as a "very good" compared to an upscale modern hotel. But after all, this hotel has character, was clean, has very friendly staff, large walk around porches, and is walking distance to a great day/night out on the town.

We drove down for the day from Tallahassee. We brought our dog to the beach, then had happy hour and food across the street. Without any bags - we decided to stay the night. We walked in the front door, Jenni checked in to a Queen - dog friendly room around back. We paid $15 extra for a dog friendly room. We would have never known that any other pet had ever been in there. It was clean, smelled good - and had most modern amenities you come to expect in a hotel room. We picked up a six pack from down the street and drank out on the porch before we went out for dinner.

Overall, a great launching point for a night out in Apalachicola.

Thank you all at the Gibsons for a wonderful New Year Celebration! We returned for the 5th time in 10 years and our favourite room must be 308! The Bar hosted by wonderful Betsy James is home from home, Sue and Sharon, caring for us.
Breakfast could be good, if all the sweet cakes, nobody wants were changed to toast and bread - but who cares a New Years morning..
The Balloons, the Dancing, the very late Buffet - all as it should be at the Historic Landmark - nothing is perfect, but Grande Dames very seldom are!
We will be back - at least we do hope so!

This was our second visit to the Apalachicola area and we are already planning to return for the 3rd! Our stay at the Gibson Inn was very comfortable and perfectly suited for an adult getaway. It is very charming and the staff are very hospitable . If you appreciate the experience of staying at an inn, don't pass up the opportunity to stay at the Gibson.

If you love old historic inns - the Gibson is a perfect stay! Beautiful dark wood floors throughout, wood clapboard interior walls giving it a ship feel, 4 poster beds, etc. etc. Really lovely, very well maintained, very spacious for an older inn. Bathrooms are in excellent shape. Nice bar downstairs. Front desk is very sweet. Price is quite good between $115-$130-ish. Both queen and king beds available for about $10-15 difference.
The one negative is that it sits in the middle of a forked intersection and so has roads on almost three sides - one of them fairly major. If you end up in a room facing the highway - it can be pretty loud with car noise. Also, the reviews that talk about the river views are wrong. You are 2-3 blocks off the water and it can only be seen in the distance.
Still its a very lovely place.