We’ve never visited Islamorada before, and decided to travel to Pelican Cove when our international travel plans to celebrate a milestone anniversary were cancelled due to the Pandemic. We booked 2 nights for the re-opening of the Keys to tourists on 6/1/20 (after being shut down for over 2 months). While there were glitches, (pool wasn’t open and hadn’t been cleaned in 2 months, Tiki Bar on site also not open during our stay, check-in staff forgot to give us wrist bands), the overall experience and location were so outstanding that I overlooked the glitches to give this resort 5 stars. We booked an ocean front room, and what a spectacular view and spacious room it was! Beds were heavenly and in lieu of the closed Tiki Bar on site, we had our own “adult beverages” on the spacious balcony. An added bonus was the full delicious breakfast at the adjacent property, the Postcard Inn, part of the group of 4 resorts that you can visit and take advantage of (once we went back to Pelican Cove and straightened out the wristband situation). We also made use of the free shuttle to visit several outstanding local restaurants (per recommendation from the Shuttle driver). Our room was clean, pristine and spotless, with all of the extra requirements per re-opening in Covid19 times. We’ll be back!

Sitting in the airport awaiting my flight home from both Islamorada and Key West. Booked the Pelican Cove Resort as I wanted a superb view and loved the idea of using two other resorts. The Postcard Inn right next store is A MA ZING!! The facilities are so much nicer there’s so book the Pelican at a cheaper price and walk next store. The pools and beach (a swimmable beach to boot) are great as are the restaurants. That said, the Italian restaurant Ciao Hound, doesn’t allow you to sit outside unless you have a dog....I flew thousands of miles to escape the Northeast winter and left my big dog home and had to sit inside in the frigid air conditioning! Bizarre. The included Continental breakfast was perfectly ok....cereal, fruit, hard boiled eggs, breakfast pastries, bagels, muffins, yogurt etc. Patrick’s “fish like a local” free sessions were fun and free! Overall...recommend this place. My oceanfront room was small but the view on the large patio was well worth it. Get out and see the key as there are some great restaurants within 15 minutes of the resort.

Upon check in we were greeted by a happy and cheerful employee who made us feel welcome. We were informed there is no daily maid service due to covid and to text if anything was needed. No maid service except for drop off items to the door. I’ve included both pros and cons to our stay. This is a new day and age for travel with covid. We stayed for 6 nights and had a King Oceanfront Room. Cons Door was not sealed properly as light was visible all the way around our door. Therefore, it was very noisy whether is was people walking by, road noise, air flow squealing through it at all hours, neighbors door slamming…noisy in general. Not a lot of lighting in the room. There was a small desk light next to one side of the bed and a tall lamp in the opposite corner of the room. In the space where the closet, microwave and safe were located there was no lighting. I was expecting hotel size room but the bathroom was exceptionally small and there is no real closet space just a very short bar that shared space with the ironing board. Curtains & furnishings were a little worn, toilet rocked side to side. No maid service, don’t mind not having sheets changed everyday but not getting the floors swept and having to ask when you needed towels, toliet paper and trash can liners was not an ideal vacation. Positive side….Their text system did work well. Whenever we texted and asked for towels, toilet paper, bottled water, etc they did respond fairly quickly and usually provided more than what we requested. Of course you did have to plan to make your requests before the office closed for the day, which could be anytime between 4pm or later. Pros Hotel Grounds were beautiful View from room was gorgeous Location was convenient Room was Clean upon arrival Staff and bartender were friendly A/C worked well Amenities and food next door were great, we spent about half our time at the PostCard Inn. All and all we enjoyed the view and the outside areas were beautiful. Just our room noisy and cramped for us.