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Reviews of Flamingo Inn

2 out of 5
Flamingo Inn
4703 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, Sarasota, FL

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 71 out of 162 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 162 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 162 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 162 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 162 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Gustavo, Coconut Creek

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Manager on 2024/5/8
Thank you for your input and welcome again

8/10 Good

Dorinda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and friendly. It would have been better if coffee in room would have been supplied. Had a pot but no supplies. Pool and been filled in. Update pictures of property.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from management on 2024/5/4
our apologies, wish you came to the office we would have given you extra supplies we were very sad to see the pool filled up .thank you for being our guest

8/10 Good

Flor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was okay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from management on 2024/5/4
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Cortny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome place to stay… very quiet
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from manager on 2024/4/29
Thank you and welcome again.

10/10 Excellent

Iris

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very quite and clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Management on 2024/4/17
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Della

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
The owner was very sweet & personal!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from manager on 2024/4/4
thank you and welcome again. Have a safe trip.

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Older property. No frills, clean, great price.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from manager on 2024/3/19
thank you and welcome again.

8/10 Good

Lena

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Manager on 2024/3/30
Thank you for staying with us and welcome again. Safe trip

2/10 Terrible

Joseph

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from management on 2024/3/30
thank you

6/10 Okay

Gilles

Traveled with family
You get what you pay for and nothing else
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from manager on 2024/2/22
thank you..am very sorry you fill like that..we try to please you..

10/10 Excellent

james

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from manager on 2024/2/20
thank you and welcome again..

10/10 Excellent

Peggy

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The manager was very helpful when I had a car problem. I was there 3 nights and everything was fine - clean, quiet, great restaurant across the street. Not modern but well maintained
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Manager on 2024/2/18
Thank you and welcome again.

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dont Stay Here
For starters the door had to be lifted and pulled shut .makes the windows rattle and the room to the right of us the windows ratteled like they were going to break . The air conditioner knobs no longer worked took me 10 minutes to finally get the ac setting working. Then we needed the heat cause the window's were old and very drafty it was 59 degrees out side couldent get heat to work due to striped knobs. Room had a lot of unfinished things like hole around light fixture in bath and. around outlets . And holes in wall above curtains . Lamp on left side of bed was lose from base and wobbled when touched. And to top it off no internet and asked 2 times and the 2nd time i was told its not the hotels issue and it was comcast . And no rush to fix it . The pool was sealed up and they fail to mention its located in an unsafe area. We used the vending machine and bought a Twix and it was white, powdery and fell apart in the package. Clearly its very old. No ice machine. The price was outrageously high for the quality and location of the motel. We booked it with Hotels.com which recommended thats a while other issue.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from management on 2024/3/4
sorry for the inconvenience. will see in the issues Thank you

8/10 Good

amber

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Manager on 2024/2/19
Thank you and welcome again.

4/10 Poor

Kenneth

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from management on 2024/3/4
thank you

8/10 Good

Stephen

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice accomodations.
Very nice motel. Fulfilled all my needs. Staff was friendly & helpful. I would stay at the Flamingo Inn again!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Manager on 2024/2/15
Thank you and welcome again.

6/10 Okay

Roger

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
This review is written as a courtesy to other travelers & constructive feedback to property management. I booked 3 nights and expected budget accommodations that were clean. To be fair, technically it mostly was. The check in was friendly and the room was private, quiet and accommodating. What startled me tho was a discoloration on the comforter that looked like something bad happened. The manager came to my room and confirmed it was clean, just a dye misprint from the time it came out of the package. I was hoping for a swap of comforters or even a sheet to put over it since the appearance was very disturbing. At least I knew it was clean & could put it inside out so I didn’t have to look at it. The sheets were old, stained and had cigarette burns. At least they were clean. However they were so old and over washed over time that they were clingy, very uncomfortable. The pillow itself was old and smelled like dirty scalp. The odor kept me up. Instead of checking out, I decided to purchase sheets & pillows to use there & then take home. That helped a lot. Next issue: toilet paper. Day one, a little over half a roll of budget paper, no spare roll. I figured they would at least provide a spare roll when they cleaned the room. They didn’t. Morning of day 3, we ran out. Good thing I had a package of tissues in my bag. I left a note asking for more TP & they did provide a new roll & a spare. Last issue: hard powdered coffee creamer all 3 days. Overall I felt a lack of hospitality.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from management on 2024/1/3
Thank you for the feed back will look into.

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Manager on 2024/2/15
Thank you and welcome again

6/10 Okay

Miriam

Traveled with partner
There is no pool. The room was clean but the phones in the rooms were not working. The mini fridge freezer was not cold enough to make ice. The packages with sweetener and powdered cream were so old the “cream” was hard.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from management on 2023/12/31
Thank youwill look in to it

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Flamingos
I appreciated. The bedding was like mine from home. There was a beautiful water color painting above my bed and the shower was a cool retro Florida thing. They were quiet. It was refreshing and cafe italia arabica coffee, Central American decaf & black tea stocked w/ cute apple fragrance Salon Selectives bath stuff which I hadn’t seen in awhile
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Management on 2023/12/30
Thank you Really appreciated your feedback

2/10 Terrible

Jolie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Management on 2023/11/2
our apologies for the inconvenience

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from management on 2023/10/24
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Sarah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So the reasoning for me giving the staff and property condition one star is I'm a heavy set female and over the last year and my spouse have been staying in hotels around Sarasota I've never had a hotel complain that I broke their bed when it came time for them to send me back my $100 deposit granted my spouse went and ready to room earlier on in the day to surprise me with being able to see him when I did arrive and he took my ID to the office they mentioned to him that the last room that we stayed in they need their deposit back because I broke their bed why would you give me my deposit back and then wait until we visit again to then tell me you broke our bed your when I left now the room that my husband is in is 111 and him being skinnier male maybe about 150 the bed's cracking and popping. This place is doing everything possible to keep the deposits or make you pay extra so my opinion is if you're a heavy set don't stay here because they will accuse you of breaking their beds because the beds they have aren't sturdy I didn't even stay the night with my husband I sit in the chair for a few hours watch TV with them wouldn't even lay down on the bed next one because the bed isn't sturdy and I wasn't getting on it and getting accused of breaking the bed again when I didn't even break the first damn one
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from management on 2023/10/24
our apologies for the inconvenience will look in to it , if you would have come to the office and said something they would have took care of it right away . deposits are authorized on the credit cards and it takes 7-10 days to go back on you card.

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The pool is filled in with concrete. No hair dryer in the room. The owners seemed pleasant. It just is what it is.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from management on 2023/11/2
thank you

8/10 Good

Joel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from management on 2023/10/9
Thank you

8/10 Good

Willians

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from manegment on 2023/9/21
thank you and welcome again..

4/10 Poor

Victor, Kissimmee

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from management on 2023/6/23
thank you

8/10 Good

Lois

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I always prefer to have grab bars in the shower and this property did not have them.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from management on 2023/6/8
thank you for the stay we are working on it

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Management on 2023/5/31
Welcome back againThank you Management

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from management on 2023/6/8
Thank you we appropriate it

8/10 Good

Gerard M.

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Vlean horel a in a decent neighborhood
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from management on 2023/5/29
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Martha

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was rude and told me to check out and check back in at 3pm in order to extend my reservation, when the day prior i was not told to do that. Maintenence gentleman was constantly walking around making sure you didn't have any guest, pretty much felt like you were under constant surveillance. Front desk lady screamed at me in the morning for smoking outside my room, and told me i needed to go inside. For what? Her next words were unintelligible to say the least. Id say for a few more bucks go anywhere else!!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/18
Unfortunately you are mistaken us for another hotel because you never stayed at our facility your reservation was marked as "NO Show" since you did not use your reservation

10/10 Excellent

Paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I took a Lyft from the bus station (10 miles) and was able to walk to the airport from the hotel with my backpack (1 mile). There are a couple restaurants within 1/2 mile. There was also a grocery store and convenience store nearby. The room was very clean. Plenty of towels, soap, conditioner, ...etc. Free wifi. Cable. microwave mini fridge. Easy/friendly check in/check out. A nice family owns and operates. I would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from managment on 2023/3/15
Thank you and welcome again.We appriciate for the review.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Older motel, but kept up very well. Staff are especially friendly and helpful. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Excellent choice for a budget motel.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from managment on 2023/3/12
thank you and welcome again any time.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Management on 2023/3/6
Thank you welcome back again

10/10 Excellent

Vincent, Belvidere

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, friendly and efficient staff, convenient location
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/10
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Kathleen

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was a dump! We moved to a better hotel! Run down and no amenities! You should remove this location from your web site! The lady we dealt with at the Flamingo was lovely and accommodating! We did pay a late cancellation fee!!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/7
sorry you felt that way but we have work going on the property which makes property look dusty and we did not charge you any cancellation fees, please check your credit card.

6/10 Okay

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property has age and is priced as 3-4 star hotel. Staff is friendly and property is clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/5
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Norma

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Worst room we have ever had for ober $200 . Computer went down at check-in so we had to wait forever to accomplish. Air conditioning wasn't on & when we turned it on terribly terribly noisy. Can't believe I stayed there
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/1
our apologies we will look into it Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean & comfortable, manager was very friendly and helped with luggage to our room. Staff waited for us after normal closing time when plane was delayed - and even arranged to pick us up at airport. Would definitely return!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/28
Thank you for being our guest

8/10 Good

Marilyn

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
AC was loud but worked well. Hot water was limited in the shower. On the positive side…Inexpensive and clean! Bed very comfortable!. I would return as we were just looking for low cost place to sleep one night in the area. Friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/28
Thank you for your feed back will check on the hot water issue

2/10 Terrible

Faith

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Craig, New York

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/3/5
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Disliked: Amenities
The room was clean. The exterior needs updating.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/26
Thank you for your feed back we have 3 projects going on for exterior, hope fully it will be finished soon.

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/24
Thank you

4/10 Poor

Susannah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was fine, nothing to report there. The room though was rather sketchy, a big piece of furniture blocking the door to the other room and a small hollow door on the ground. No pool to speak of, and just didn’t feel very safe
Response from management on 2023/2/23
we have family rooms and they have double doors (which stays lock if not in use) and we put luggage holder in front and the other is our maintenance box, hope you came to the office they would have showed you a different room with out an adjoin room . Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice
Very nice stay, lady who checked me in and out was very friendly, accommodating, and efficient. Room was quiet, clean and everything worked. Was very surprised and pleased, since I usually use the chain hotels.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Management on 2023/2/20
Thank you.

6/10 Okay

John

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Management on 2023/2/20
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Laura, Gainesville

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/18
Thank you for being our guest

10/10 Excellent

Arias

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All good perfect
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from management on 2023/2/14
Thank you for being our guest