Palmetto Inn & Suites

Great get-​a-​way spot to get hugged by the ocean, relax n rejuvenate. But, don’t let the top to your bath suit fall off the balcony they don’t have a lost n found. Sand Bar Grill & Deli had the BEST FOOD

My husband, one year old and i stayed here for a wkend, thurs-​saturday. We had a beach view with a balcony, 2 queen beds, and a full kitchen. This place is comfortable and has great access to the beach from the pool area. Plenty of space for people to layout/​lounge and outdoor shower area so i can get all the sand off before jumping in the pool. Also has two little play houses on the beach for little people which my daughter enjoyed. The people are friendly. Free coffee!!! And a full bar snack area, obviouy not free. They also had outdoor grills. Great location. Not the newest on the beach, but we had a great stay and would recommend and definitely a chance of returning there.

It was a great hotel. Worth the money. Great views beachside. Room was clean and carpet appeared fresh. We will definitely stay again.

If i could give them a 0 I would! They turned me and my husband away because we weren’t 25. It’s extremely rediculous! Why would you want old butt wrinkling up your hot tub?!

First time here and it was great… large rooms in the beach side building with oldies beach themes… very clean, well kept and quite. No breakfast but Winn Dixie and Thomas Donuts close by. Parking limited next to the hotel but huge lot across the street at the annex rooms. Hope to visit again soon.

A passenger needed to get on the flight that was full. I volunteered to get off. Southwest gave me a room for the night for my inconveniences. I would have never believed that it was a room overlooking the hot tub, the pool, and an ocean front view! Great room! Free wifi! Convenient. Very warm and cozy!!!
I will definitely make this a recommended place to stay!

Second time we have stayed here, and I have no complaints! Very clean, quiet, large rooms and the staff is very friendly. We especially liked that there were two large elevators that were very quick. You didn’t have to waste time waiting for the elevator because it was full with luggage carts or families toting pool gear. Great views (all beachfront in the main building). And the location is great-​away from all the madness on «The Strip», but very close to Pier Park. Great value!

We stayed on a family trip in late February. The queen suite was very spacious and clean. Kitchenette was great for keeping food costs down. The views are gorgeous, with warm pools and beach access.
I was pleasantly surprised at the rates and quiet atmosphere due to offseason. Would stay here again!

I use to stay here every October as a child, and then they ripped down the old building and put in a new one (northside).
I finally came back years later and saw the new building. WOW. Complete difference.
Rooms are spacey, décor is your typical loud Florida hotel décor. Pillows are thin as another Unilocaler mentioned.
Pool is beautiful and comfortable, tons of chairs and places to lay out, and the hot tub was lovely. All the cable channels you could want. Didn’t hear noise from neighbors, but we were at the end of the hall.
Only 4 stars because their café area of drinks are way overpriced (nice they accept credit cards at the front desk for those items though), and the décor/​beds could have been better. The game room back in the day of the old building was great and I spent many hours in there, but now it’s just basically a room of all out of order machines. Sad.
Otherwise, the Palmetto is quiet, comfortable, and a great place to stay.

this place was awesome !!! the only thing was the owner had her dog & i had to put my daughter dog in petsmart hotel, but other that that we had a great time !!!

The Palmetto is comprised of two different buildings — the one on the beach and the one across the street, called the northside. They clearly state this on their website. We wanted to stay beachside, but it was completely booked, so we took the chance and stayed across the street. There are so many good points that it’s a shame we won’t stay there again. The negatives were just too much.
It’s not a terrible place really, but it’s not super clean and the beds are just god awful. They do have them wrapped in plastic like other reviewers stated, and the sound wasn’t really that bad, but the beds are small and incredibly uncomfortable. The pillows are thin and they only give you two per bed. We were so uncomfortable that neither one of us slept very well.
The good points are that it was relatively quiet given that the rooms all face the street and parking lot, it was inexpensive and you have access to the Palmetto beachside facilities. We absolutely didn’t mind walking across the street — there is a cross walk and never a problem to go back and forth. The pool and seating area at the beachside location are very nice; plenty of chairs and the pool is heated. It was really great and the view is beautiful. They have steps down to the beach, outside showers to rinse off and convenient bathrooms. The beach and the pool did not get crowded either day we were there. Oh and the water pressure in the room was fantastic.
I really don’t know what the beachside rooms are like, but I have to imagine they are a huge improvement over the northside location, given all the positive reviews. Despite that, we will not be staying at the Palmetto again. If you can sleep anywhere, definitely go with the north building. The price ($ 80 a night) is pretty hard to beat.

We stayed in a king suite on the 2^nd floor, which had a kitchenette. The grocery store is across the street, which made things much more frugal.
The room was great, beautiful ocean view. The location is okay, but you’ll need a car to get down to the nightlife or dinner (about one mile to Pier Park). We flew in, and the hotel has a shuttle, which they also allowed us to use to get to Pier Park a couple times since we had no ride. There is some trolley that runs every 30 minutes, but it is unreliable. Try the Rock & Roll Transit. It’s like $ 10 or $ 15 a day and will get you around, but only until 10pm.
There is a fairly nice pool and a hot tub, or walk about ten more steps and your at the beach! The only major deficiency is the lack of a tiki bar. The place would be amazing if they even just used one of their two gazebos to sell beer and margaritas to the adults. Completely understand that this is a family owned establishment that is family friendly. Still, it surprised us that there is nothing really on the west side of the pier as far as beach nightlife. We did sneak a peek at Sandpiper, about 150 yards down the beach westward (two hotels over), and they had an outdoor tiki bar which looked like a lot of fun.
The staff is very friendly, and so are the cats. The rates are reasonable. Nice place.

We picked this place to stay during vacation based on their #1 ranking in Tripadvisor. I stayed in a king suite on the 5^th floor, which had the most gorgeous view of the gulf. It was amazing being able to see the sun set over the water from the porch.
The room itself is roomy for the price. The location is great… it’s far enough away from the Spring Break crowd that you don’t have to deal with drunk teenagers, but close enough to restaurants and bars (a very short drive or a somewhat long walk to Pier Park). There is an LCD TV, which was a bonus, and the bathrooms are very clean. The bed is pretty average. There’s no wi-​fi, but there is an ethernet cable for free internet.
Outside, there is a decent sized pool, a tiny kiddie pool, a hot tub, two covered areas with two grills each, and a deck with plenty of pool chairs. This is key, because the chairs by the beach are rental only, and rather expensive. Of course, you could always lay out on a towel like most people.
The staff is very friendly, although we got a very stern «you’re over 25, right? No Spring Breakers allowed!» when we checked in. They pride themselves as a family friendly hotel, and make an effort to keep it that way. Even the cleaning staff was friendly… when we were leaving one of them told us that he was sad to see us go, and wished us a safe trip home. I melted one of the plastic bowls in the kitchen when I set it too close to the electric stove, but when I told them upon check-​out, the desk lady told me not to worry… I was not charged for it.
There are several adorable cats (although I’m allergic so couldn’t get too close) that hang out by the pool (named J.R., Morris, Melissa). However, the hotel itself has a strict no pet policy.
They also have an exercise room and a game room, although the former is very small with little variety in exercise equipment, and the latter is sort of pathetic… only a handful of very old arcade games, half of which are broken.
All in all, I was extremely happy with the hotel. We had a great time,