Parrot Key Hotel & Villas

My family and I contemplated on staying here and staying at other resorts, it took us a week to decide and I am so happy we stood here. The entire vacation was amazing. The pools were never packed and we got to enjoy them each day. The hammocks were so relaxing and watching the sunset perfectly from our patio. The sand accommodated our kids to play in. The drinks at the bar with Renae were amazing! The Room was so spacious and smelled good. The bathroom was clean and the shower pressure and water was perfect. Overall our stay was the best! we will definitely stay here again.

They are so friendly, there's a grocery store across the way, free shuttle service downtown and to the beach. Free champagne upon arrival. 4 small pools, but usually one is fairly empty. Wait staff come to you, food is delicious. We stayed with our two teens. We each had our own space. It was peaceful and perfect!

Parrot Key is great if you have lots of money to spend and don't care about value. To summarize my review: book a fancy king guestroom with a water view or don't book at all. My partner and I were mistakenly assigned a one bedroom unit with two queen beds at first, rather than the one king bed that we booked. This gave us the chance to see the basic furnishings and groddy bathroom (that others have noted in their reviews) up close. Later in our stay, we heard other guests complaining about cleanliness as well. I could not imagine paying over $300 a night (including all fees) in the off-season for this room. The front desk very kindly reassigned our room and actually upgraded us to the 2 king room referenced above. The cleanliness and quality of this unit was top notch-- I felt like I was at a different resort, and we had a great stay. My second caution to readers is that the resort fee is high (~$57/day) and we got nothing out of it, other than: a small shuttle that runs infrequently, a beach that you can't swim in (gross water), and comp drinks by the pool that you can only claim with a voucher from the front desk (not mentioned until checkout). The food and drinks served by the hotel bar/restaurant were great, as was the service, but more expensive than some of the nicer restaurants in town. To end this review on a positive note, Steve the Concierge was the only employee we interacted with that seemed to enjoy his job. He was a pleasure to talk to and he set us up with an in-house golf cart rental which was one of the highlights of our trip. Thanks Steve!