Turtle Crawl Inn - Longboat Key

Wonderful
Traveller Type:

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Close to beach
  : Blocked view and needs renovation

Fair
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Beach was absolutely beautiful! Property grounds lovely and location great!
  : Unit #72 needs maintenance/repairs. For the price, we werent expecting it to appear so run down and dirty. Refrigerator shelf broken, cabinet drawer in kitchen damaged, bathroom sink cracked & missing drain stopper, blinds broken/unable to close, vertical blind missing. Furniture dated - specifically sofa bed, Bathroom tub mold & tile cracked, Bathroom tile and tub dirty. Flooring and baseboards throughout dirty. Deadbolt to door broken/difficult to lock - could only use handle lock during stay. Bedroom TV has noise crackling issue. We were informed no other units available so opted to just make the best of the stay rather than be inconvenienced for maintenance and housekeeping issues.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Everything other than the hard mattress.
  : We stayed in room 103. We had to leave a day earlier because we couldn't take another sleepless, painful night on that bed. We didn't want to leave a day early because we had paid in advance, but we had to get home to a soft bed.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Senior Traveler
  : Location and amenities. Staff was extremely helpful
  : Some maintenance needed attention. Water in bathroom shower faucet needed to be corrected due to cool was warm. Never hot water. TV in bedroom needed to be disposed of and clocks etc needs batteries. Couch could be firmer not easy to get out of!

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : close to beach

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The rooms were spacious and very close to the beach. The staff was friendly and we had privacy.
  : The shower drain didn't work, there wasn't a way to use the oven and the carport flooded to the door every time it rained.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : On the beach, location in the middle of Longboat Key, many good features such as pool, beach access, laundry services, putting green, etc.
  : Pool is very small, condo needs to be updated, no dishwasher for sanitizing purposes

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Have stayed at Longboat Key many times, and at Turtle Crawl Inn several times. The location is excellent and it's right on the beach. Older facility (1950-1960's timeframe) but typically maintained in good condition. Weather was nice (low 90's during day & didn't rain except at night). Pool was small (9 people max) but it was nice. We live in Tampa area & like to get away for a couple of short beach stays each year. Longboat Key is VERY quiet and has several excellent restaurants. Ate at one of our favorites in Florida, the Dry Dock Grill (exceptional seafood) and also at the Lazy Lobster (also very good seafood). Blue Moon restaurant (next door to Lazy Lobster) has a very nice breakfast, as does Peach's (down in Holmes Beach area). St Armand's Circle is only a handful of miles away from Turtle Crawl Inn and is a nice place to do a little specialty shopping; the gelato at Settimi's is exceptional BTW.
  : Very disappointing mid-September stay at Turtle Crawl Inn. Beach at Longboat Key was always one of the nicest in Florida; right now it's gross. Major erosion & seaweed has piled up (smells terrible). Room was booked through Booking.com ($647 for 2 nights that included a $150 cleaning fee) which is a reasonable fee, except that the room was probably the worst one there (2nd floor end unit in 2-story building right next to the highway, complete with all the highway noise); rear balcony overlooked an alleyway and the complex's tool shed. Rest of the complex was nearly empty during our mid-week stay. Turtle Crawl Inn has signs posted that they're undergoing major renovation, but couldn't see any evidence of that. Will concur with them though; it definitely needs renovation.