The rooms were clean and comfortable and the bar and pool areas were nice but the terrace was closed to all guests, there was no restaurant for dinner and unfortunately the location of the hotel was not really within a comfortable walking distance of anything of interest. The hotel design, on the outside, could be described as nautical deco and a wonderful piece of preserved old Floridian architecture! It is worth a stay just to experience that history. However, on the inside it is a want-to-be funky space, that when it had been redecorated sometime in the past, I am sure it was amazing, but now anything that once made it comfortable, homey, and welcoming seems to be long gone. Such as the over-sized pots throughout the entrance and lobby that once held beautiful tropical plants are now empty and collecting dust and the faux boxwood wall coverings that are now dull and old or the outdated lighting fixtures all help to make the space feel a little sad and does not reflect the beautiful architecture of the outside of the building. On my day of check-out I was surprised to find that there was no staff in the building that could check me out. So all and all some disappointments.
The rooms were clean and comfortable and the bar and pool areas were nice but the terrace was closed to all guests, there was no restaurant for dinner and unfortunately the location of the hotel was not really within a comfortable walking distance of anything of interest. The hotel design, on the outside, could be described as nautical deco and a wonderful piece of preserved old Floridian architecture! It is worth a stay just to experience that history. However, on the inside it is a want-to-be funky space, that when it had been redecorated sometime in the past, I am sure it was amazing, but now anything that once made it comfortable, homey, and welcoming seems to be long gone. Such as the over-sized pots throughout the entrance and lobby that once held beautiful tropical plants are now empty and collecting dust and the faux boxwood wall coverings that are now dull and old or the outdated lighting fixtures all help to make the space feel a little sad and does not reflect the beautiful architecture of the outside of the building. On my day of check-out I was surprised to find that there was no staff in the building that could check me out. So all and all some disappointments.