Spent the week of August l5 in Key West at the Doubletree. Hotel was great, staff was very friendly & helpful. This hotel is about 3-4 miles from Duval Street so unless you had a car, you relied on their shuttle service. Shuttle service to dowtown VERY DEPENDABLE and convenient.
Doubletree is about a block from the ocean, very nice to walk along the sidewalk by the ocean. Could walk to SMather's Beach, about 2 miles, but hotel has shuttle service there too.
There are 3 restaurants, 2 inside and one poolside. Pool is nice, not real big, they do have several cabanas and you can have a massage poolside.
Rooms were nice, clean, "tropical decor, granite in bathroom".
We did rent a car for 24 hours and went to Bahia Honda Beach which is a must. The best natural beach in Keys we found and not manmade, it is awesome!
FYI: Due to the hurricane at the end of July or first of August, Smather's Beach was a little smelly due to the amount of seaweed washed up on shore. They were in the process of removing the huge piles of seaweed. Also, beach at Ft. Zachary Taylor was pretty much gone. Same hurricane took the sand back out to sea! Corps of Engineers was going to work on replacing the beach after hurricane season!
The hotel does charge a daily rate to park a car in their lot.
The Doubletree is on the quieter end of Key WEst, more relaxing than staying dowtown, but be sure to go downtown and see all the shops, bars and the "Sunset Celebration". Don't forget the Southernmost Point!
Hope Key West survives the rest of this hurricane season.

We stayed at the hotel, room only, for three nights in August.
This hotel is very nice.
Our room was light, airy and pleasant.
The pool area is rarely crowded, with ample cushioned sun loungers and complimentary towels. The pool itself, while not large, is perfect for a quick cooling dip at any time!
There is a small gym, with running machines & weight station. In the gym are two computers with free internet access at any time.
The bus shuttle was very dependable. Very accommodating, laying on extra transport if needed.

We found it a very good base for relaxing around the pool in the morning and early evening, and visiting Duval Street in the afternoon and late evenings. About 15 mins on the bus gets you to Duval Street. We caught a taxi back one night that cost us $16 for four of us.

If we return, we'd return here as you feel that you can relax in a quiet oasis of calm after the party atmosphere of Duval.

We arrived at the Doubletree a day late due to Hurricane Dennis, we were worried at what we might find in the aftermath but we need not as the hotel had done a terrific job in getting everything sorted, you would not believe a hurricane had gone through 24 hours earlier! The reception staff were jolly and efficient, very child friendly and the Cookies went down a treat! The Rooms were delightful and just as we imagined Key West decor would be. The Breakfast was to a high standard, a great Pool Bar and a great pool. It's location is too far to walk to the main areas, The Shuttle bus is great but does get full very quickly, the hotel does all it can to accomodate everybody but sometimes you may have to be patient and wait for another one. Far better we booked taxis in the evening which were not expensive and drove the car into Key West on a couple of occassions, providing you dont try and park right near Duvall there is plenty of very reasonably priced parking around within 5 minutes walk of the main area. This Hotel and all it's Staff were great, our 6th time in the US and this Hotel is one of the best, I have high standards and this Hotel met easily them, great value, Highly Recommended.

My wife and I have just come back from a brief but very enjoyable stay at Double tree Grand Key Resort. We spent 2 weeks in Miami and decided to round the holiday off at Key West. We chose this hotel partly due to the reviews on this site and partly due to the hotels facilities and location. Located just outside the main part of Key West. DTGKR is a short shuttle ride away from Old Town. The shuttle service we found was excellent. With two convinent drop off and pick up points the service excels. For example, We wanted to get a shuttle back to the hotel Saturday night at around 9pm, no worries two shuttles arrived together. The hotels facilities are excellent. The pool area is generous and well monitored and equiped. There is free internet access in the fitness room, which also boasts some fine equipment. We had excellent food and service in the restaurant for both dinner and breakfast. We highly recommend this hotel. We found all staff to be genuinely friendly and provided a very high level of customer service.