This hotel was an extreme disappointment amongst an otherwise fabulous trip. Despite a 3 night prepaid reservation, we left after one night. Here is why:
This was my first trip to the Florida Keys, but we have had good prior experiences at small guest houses and resorts around the Caribbean and I was looking for a similar vibe. It seems clear that these small cottages dotting the Keys are a classic laid back, no-frills travel experience for many…and that is all I was expecting. But usually those places are marked by the love of their hosts who bring the sense of people who enjoy the spot passing on their enjoyment to their paying guest. This place has beautiful photos. But absolutely no love.
The hotel consists of one long narrow lot with a row of about 12 cottages running from the beach to the road. We were assigned a cottage between the office and the road, clearly the less desirable side. The room was very clean and had been recently furnished by someone who had a Wayfair account and new how to search for “modern costal”, but who clearly never actually stayed in one of the rooms. The following items that I consider standard for even the most basic hotel rooms were missing: a closet or anywhere beyond a hook to hang clothes, a dresser or anywhere to put folded clothes, an outlet one side of the bed, a bedside table or any flat surface next to one side of the bed, a reading lamp to use on one side of the bed, any sort of shelf of storage on the bathroom, ice (which was th