This is the hotel you want in the Lido Beach area, if you appreciate tastefully appointed rooms and an overall feeling of understated elegance. Nothing is shabby and nothing feels artificial or tacky.
The pool area (there are two swimming pools) has nice lounge chairs done in a rattan style weave.

The beach area has lounge chairs with a striped padded cushion. There aren't a lot of hotels to choose from in the Lido Beach area, and the Lido Beach Resort is the best, by a large margin.

Stayed based upon other reviews and other reviews are on the money. Great Beach. Stayed in 1 bdrm OF and it was large with a view of the Gulf that was to die for.

My wife made the booking; my mother-in-law previewed the property since she lives nearby. On arrival, I checked into the room and the others went to the beach. When they eventually saw the room there was much distress: it didn't match the room that had been previewed, wasn't as nicely appointed, etc. They talked to the manager but he couldn't placate them.

I was *not* in the mood to deal with this but finally agreed to go down and see the manager, expecting to lose my temper.

The manager Blake couldn't have been nicer. It took me about 10 seconds to completely de-stress. He made several offers to compensate us for the mix-up in our booking. I give the property 4 stars on the manager's willingness to satisfy the customer quickly.

Beautiful beach: spacious pools with plenty of chairs, tables with umbrellas; Courteous staff throughout the resort, who go out of their way to accommodate the guests: A well run facility without being constantly surrounded by staff members hounding you; clean and spacious suites that are fresh and newly decorated; access to parking lot from room floor; a real getaway to relieve stress ( some places create stress - not this one! ) Complimentary coffee/tea each morning in the lobby, which I loved! Clean, well-managed and super friendly!

If I were to make a suggestion, it would be to have a morning take-out area in the hotel, for guests to get cereal, muffins or bagels, as opposed to sitting in the restaurant each morning. Some mornings, you like to head right out to the pool or beach. I suppose getting room service would accomplish the same thing!