Excellent location. Nice, but dated facilities. Very clean and well maintained, considering planned renovation later this year. Nice pool/spa and beach. Enjoyed smaller resort environment - hope this is maintained after renovation. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Have been visiting this hotel for a few years. It is located on a beautiful stretch of beach on Longboat Key. The hotel staff is well trained, and very helpful. You feel like this is home away from home. They are planning a major upgrade in the next few months which is merited but hope it does not change the easy going, homey feel the place has. Nice buffet breakfast, and terrific views on the beach. Rooms are clean and comfortable. This is NOT an elegant business hotel with a grand lobby, noisy bar,but rather a nice clean small comfortable hotel with a cozy local feel.

I will miss the place while they are closed and surely will revisit.

We were expecting a lovely Hilton hotel only to find a very dated & tired hotel that was not value for money! The location is great - right on the beach and the receptionists and maids were all really friendly, but the restaurant service was extremely slow, albeit the food was very good. The room was clean but really tired and the bathroom was tiny (we are a family of 4). The beds were advertised as 'queens' but were only doubles. The air conditioning unit was really old and noisy. The pool is a good size and heated, but it doesn't have a shallow end for young children (the shallowist bit was still 4ft) and it was dirty on the edges. Overall, we were expecting a luxury stay for a couple of nights at the end of a hectic week in Orlando, but were disappointed. We would not recommend this hotel! I would give it a 2 star rating in UK terms.

As noted on previous reviews this is an older facility and is scheduled for a 2013 renovation. The hotel was clean and quiet and Housekeeping seems to be staying on top of everthing. The staff was very friendly - everyone went out of their way to say hello and they were always pleasant. We used the shuttle to take us to St Armand circle and this is a very nice amenity. We had a room on the first floor, overlooking the pool. We were nervous at first - thinking it would be noisy. However the pool closes at dusk, and even during the day it was not loud. One of the reasons for this is actually one of the Cons with the room - the heavy glass doors to the small patio. These doors were extremely heavy - I understand they were probably hurricane proof glass. But...we were trying to open the door, not go through it! I was with a girl friend and it literally took both of us to push this slider door open and closed. I can't image how someone alone, or with less physical strength, would be able to handle it.
While the outside noise was muted, not so coming in from the hallways. People talking or laughing while in the halls comes right through the walls and door. The good thing here is that after 10 or so at night the place is overall very quite so our sleep was not disrupted. The only other disappointment was with breakfast room service. The carafe of coffee was actually barely tepid - and no sweeteners were supplied. The toast was actually cold - and no butter provided. Not a huge deal, but something this simple should be a no brainer on the outgoing room service trays.
One of the best things about this resort is the location - gorgeous beach that is quiet, uncrowded and pristine. No litter, jet ski or boat noise, or loud crowds. It is very relaxing.
They are scheduled to close during the summer of 2013 for a 12 to 14 month renovation. I would actually recommend this place now as an affordable hotel on a great beach so I can just imagine how it will be next year when it reopens. I will definitely be going back again.