We arrived and were pleased to find an old Florida motel in the middle of a barron treeless hotel/motel district. The pool was a great place to talk with other guests and you can grill your dinner right on the pool deck. Lots of trees and shade by the pool. Ulli was easy to deal with and when I wasn't happy with the bed in my room, although the motel was full he made arrangements to put us in a motel, the Sta n Pla just a block down the street, nice clean rooms and a great pool for sunbathing. He will get all my business when I stay in Clearwater Beach. I don't recommend this motel for travelers who expect 5 star service or have mobility issues. Great for families with children. Drive south to Belleair Beach or Belleair about 10 minutes away for restaurants with good food and reasonable prices

This was probably the most interesting place I have ever stayed. First of all, you come up on the place and you notice that there is an abandoned, dilapidated motel right next door. I don't know if they are planning to tear it down or what but it's creepy. My friend and I went to the small office area to check in but no one was there. There was a note to call someone, but when we did no one answered. There were several keys laying on the desk for different rooms. We basically took some of the keys and checked each room out on our own before settling on one. Then we went to the beach. The whole time I was wondering if what we did was okay. We hadn't even given our names or a credit card. The room was okay, nothing fancy. There was a small kitchen with an old, dirty fridge/freezer. The bathroom was tiny and everything was pretty dated. There was a window air conditioning unit which worked pretty well. The pool looked okay, but I never went in. We didn't see the owner until we were leaving for the airport. He rides up on a bike and says okay, well I guess I need your credit card. Really weird. What if we didn't run into him?? Oh well, like I said location was great and for the money I guess it was fine.

This is a really old and worn out the x-owner Ulli the German owner told me he would refund my money if the bathroom wasn't wide enough for my walker and it wasn't I couldn't even get in for the old sink sticking out to close to the entry of the bathroom. I told him I had back surgery and needed a room to be able to use my walker and there was nothing open after he took my credit card on the phone I begged for 8 hrs to get another place but there was no offer for what he promised. I had to stay and go to a local place to use the bathroom. I was out by 6 a.m. the following morning. It was really hot and the pool was not safe because there was a set of rust poles laying there and part still sticking up out of the ground to injure someone. Did not have clean sheets made the maid change before I could sleep there. Run from this dump.

We stayed down the road in the sta n pla, as the amber tides was fully booked. It was fully refurbished the rooms are big and the pool was really nice, I wasn't keen on sunbathing by the road but then again I'm British and prudish!
Ulli was very nice, even lending us his tandem bicycle! Which we returned after 30 minutes as we had no balance!
It's not cheap but it is reasonably priced for the area. The location is great for everything.