I really don't want this review to sound like I'm knocking the place -- it has many nice things…read moregoing for it. The location is great for being a jumping off point to the Keys. The price was right for a mid-February vacation, one night only here. When we first arrived, we walked all around the building to find the entrance. We couldn't find it, turned around and came back and a nice young man came out of the restaurant door and asked us if we were looking for the hotel. I bet that happens a lot as there is no sign on the door next to the restaurant stating it's the hotel. Once inside, a friendly woman guided us to our first floor room at the back of the building and asked us if it was to our satisfaction. It looked clean so we said yes. The room had standard hotel amenities, including a hair dryer, but also a dehumidifier. The room smelled a little musty, so that's why the dehumidifier is in there. I didn't notice the smell, and my boyfriend only noticed it after we'd been in the room for a while. He said if he'd noticed it right off the bat, we probably would have left. The young man and lady in charge were super nice and did everything they could to make our stay pleasant. When we asked about parking, if we could go out to dinner elsewhere and come back and find a spot in the lot, they were a bit iffy. They said the lot can fill up at night so we might not get a spot, but we could park across the street, wait until people left and then move our car back into the lot. But then one of them said if all that fails, we could use a spot nearest the building that really isn't a spot at all, but we could wedge our car into that. Luckily when we came back from dinner, there were at least 3 or 4 spots open. I had used the bathroom before we left for dinner and when we came back we noticed that the toilet was running. There wasn't a Kleenex box in the bathroom. Not a huge deal, just use toilet paper instead. When it came time for sleeping, I had a feeling the blinds on the window weren't going to keep the sun out and I was right. Bring a sleeping mask if you like darkness. Also bring earplugs FOR SURE! The first floor room shares a wall with the kitchen and at the end of the evening when the kitchen workers are cleaning up, you can hear pots and pans banging around, the workers shouting to one another, loud talking, loud laughing, etc. All that noise stops around 11, 11:30 p.m. The air conditioner was loud so we turned it off. There was street noise as well. We chose this place based on location and price; it seemed like a good deal and an interesting stay in a quirky hotel, which sometimes can offset lower quality accommodations if you find the place fun or interesting. So while I recommend this place as not too bad (we've definitely stayed in much worse places) I would advise not staying for more than one night.

There's no front desk for check in. There's a lock box at the back entrance (your room # and…read morelockbox code is provided via email). We found our room key in the lockbox and headed up the stairs where the rooms were. Upon entering, it smelled of cigarettes. The room is more spacious than I expected. There's a mini fridge, microwave, 2 TVs, coffee pot, ironing board, hangers and a couch. There's also an outdoor seating area, albeit shared with all of your neighbors. It's cleaner than I expected, but we still found a hair in the bed. The bathroom provides a hair dryer, shampoo and soap. However, the towels are very thin and tiny. My bath towel was sopping wet before I could fully dry my hair. There's a door between us and another room that we can hear their conversations very clearly. Also, the restaurant downstairs has live music until 11pm. The wifi doesn't work. Staying one night is OK, but I couldn't do it for longer than that.

For any traveler preparing to stay, book, or trust your business to this institution: PLEASE READ…read moreMY FULL STORY: I debated whether or not to even post this, as normally I do not leaving negative reviews. But at this point I realize the public deserves to hear the truth of how this place operates and tries to pass themselves off as a legitimate business establishment taking travelers from around the world into their confidence. In the early weeks of March 2026, I booked three nights for this hotel from the dates of 3/14/2026 to 3/17/2026. I placed and paid for a full reservation for one room at this location for those three dates weeks in advance, hoping to enjoy south Florida during the opening spring season. My flight arrived in Miami International in the early AM hours of 3/15/2026. No sooner than I had gotten off the tarmac with my luggage, Fairway Inn at Florida City called me around 2:00 AM in the morning and informed me my entire reservation had been cancelled - not just the first night but every night. This cancellation happened about an hour before I was set to drive my rental car to Fairway Inn. The front desk clerk informed me the hotel cleaning staff had completely FORGOTTEN to clean the room I had reserved and paid for weeks in advance. Per his own words, the room was entirely "trashed", "filled with garbage," and "unlivable". What was even more incredulous was the team had only just discovered this fact ONE HOUR before I was set to drive down from Miami International to the hotel in Florida City. The cleaning staff had entirely forgotten to even clean my room to the most basic of standards for the entire day, the administrative staff and front desk had never even checked on the availability of the pre-reserved room until sometime around 2AM Miami time, and no one had any solution but to cancel my entire three-day reservation on the room. During my call, I was informed by the front desk worker staff, to his knowledge, this was an occurrence (of the hotel hotel unpredictably cancelling on guests who had booked pre-reserved rooms) that had not just occurred once but had occurred multiple times throughout recent weeks of my own planned stay there. The first night of my trip to Miami, at a little after 3AM of the morning of 3/15, I called every hotel in the region to see if I could get an alternate booking so that I would not be homeless on my first day of vacation. I finally found one: I was forced to stay at an impromptu $247.50 motel near downtown Miami as a result of Fairway Inn's utter incompetence, lack of legitimacy, and lack of basic dignity or respect for patrons whom have entrusted their business, schedules, and money to them. I drove down to the hotel to talk to the general manager a few days later into my trip. The manager informed me there was nothing he would do for me: No, there would be no reimbursement for my $247.50 motel bill as a result of their staff forgetting to clean my pre-reserved room - there would be no help and neither was there any earlier help in trying to find me book an alternate hotel in the early AM hours of 3/15/2026, which is the de facto standard for hotel management when you cancel a guest's room one hour before they are set to drive down after a cross-country flight - there would be nothing but a perfunctory apology and a quick, meaningless handshake. But behind the veneer of perfectly pruned website photos, comfortable words and devotional testimonials from the owners of this establishment, standard reviews, and international and domestic guests who have not had the misfortune of being cancelled on after a 2AM flight into Miami, the public deserves to know these facts. Anyone at all who is planning on staying here, I implore you from every fiber of my own experience to LOOK AWAY and DO NOT BRING YOUR BUSINESS HERE.

Broken and bad unprofessional staff, told me would call back when system up... still waiting and…read morethey just hang up when i call

This is actually the second time we've stayed at this exact travelodge. For the price this place…read moreis surprisingly well kept and clean. The staff was super nice and the location is convenient to visiting biscayne national park. The beds were pretty decent too. I would stay here again.

Amazing stay my family and I couldn't have been any happier! The staff and the breakfast are…read moreexcellent, let's not forget to mention they have a heated pool which is super nice. Can't wait to come back for another stay. ¡Increíble estancia, mi familia y yo no podríamos haber estado más felices! El personal y el desayuno son excelentes, no olvidemos mencionar que tienen una piscina climatizada que es súper agradable. No puedo esperar a volver para otra estancia.

My husband and I stayed here last October for our wedding anniversary…read more We had a wonderful time, and I thought the staff were very kind and accommodating. They gave us a bottle of champagne to celebrate our anniversary. We use the on-site bikes for a day, cruise, and went kayaking. We spent a lot of time at the pool, and I appreciated the wind blocks that kept you toasty and warm while storms passed through. We also enjoyed the food trucks on site and market full of so many treasures. I didn't care for the outdoor seating area outside of our room because it got really buggy (we stayed in the cabin closest to the road). We also noticed several sand fleas in the lounging area by the beach, and got chewed up on our legs. Ick! At the end of the day, we would definitely go back.

This place was awesome. I'm almost afraid to even give it five stars because I wanna keep it all to…read moremyself! Truly a gem. The entire property was renovated with high-end materials, furnishings and decor. We got The Beach front cottages next to each others, some good friends of ours traveled with my husband and myself. It was perfect. Very low-key. They recommended Midway café, and oh my gosh, such a great find! Maybe a 3 to five minute walk from the cottages! They also gave us recommendations and I don't remember the name. We walked across the street for dinner the first night the second night we Uber to another place down the road. We'll be back!

I just work here…read more Never stayed within the Bed n Breakfast The grounds and area r beauTïFûl. The pool is cold The house has a good feel. I'll get more photos of other rooms. Jus need to experience this place before July 2021. On the market!!!

Hawaiian Oasis was awesome! We stayed in the Aloha Suite and loved it. It's a perfect, romantic…read morecouple suite. The two person bath and dual head shower were lots of fun. The whole B&B is gorgeous. It's very clean and tropical. Nina was an excellent hostess. She gave us fantastic directions and insights on restaurants and beaches. We were so sad to leave this place. It was such a gem.

We rented this venue for our wedding and an overnight stay, and it was hands down the worst…read moredecision we made throughout the entire planning process. From the moment we signed the contract, Jeanette made our lives a nightmare simply because we chose not to use her recommended vendors--who, conveniently, included her brother-in-law, she treated us with constant hostility. I planned my wedding myself with the help of family to stay within budget, and every time we asked to visit the property to plan decor or logistics, she gave us a hard time and treated us with nothing but attitude. She even told us that "not even wedding planners visit this often"--and we only visited three times total. After our first visit, we realized we had to photograph everything in detail because we likely wouldn't be allowed back to properly plan. Jeanette constantly minimized my input, telling me to "relax" and "let my family handle it," yet the day before the wedding, she refused to let them in to decorate unless I was physically there--despite us previously agreeing they could. She was openly rude to my family, and they felt awful knowing I had to deal with that on my wedding day. Mind you--we also paid for an overnight stay, yet she told us we couldn't use the kitchen inside the house. How does that make any sense? To make matters worse, she repeatedly tried to claim we hadn't paid her. She would ask my husband directly for payments, and I constantly had to send him screenshots of our receipts or the contract to show that either the payment was already made or wasn't due yet. She even complained to my mother about a "missing payment," which was completely false--it was actually a damage deposit that, per our agreement, was to be given as a check the day before the event. Because of her behavior, we even took full photo documentation of the house before and after our stay, just to protect ourselves from any false damage claims. The property looks beautiful in photos, but it is not well-maintained. Because it's partially outdoors, the house had a strong musty, moldy smell from Florida's humidity and frequent rain. The koi pond surrounding the house, while picturesque online, smelled like a neglected fish tank. Free-roaming peacocks left droppings everywhere, which she only removed them the day before the wedding. There was also a beautiful German Shepherd on the property, who sadly seemed neglected--thin, wearing a shock collar, and confined to small areas of the yard. It broke my heart to see. Jeanette was dishonest, unprofessional, and deeply unpleasant to work with. She made what should have been a beautiful and meaningful occasion extremely stressful and emotionally draining. I would never recommend doing business with her or this venue. No matter how pretty the place looks in photos, the experience was not worth the stress, the tension, or the disrespect.

Booked this property on booking.com and 30 minutes after they emailed me to tell me they had long…read moreterm renters and needed to cancel my reservation.

The atmosphere was very entertaining as there was live music and the food was plenty and delicious…read moretoo.

Gilberts is always a great option when in key largo. This place has good food options and live…read moremusic on weekends. The easy going vibe is the best. Just by coming here you feel like you are on vacation in some island. Try the oysters, conch chowder and fried hog fish. All really good. Their drinks are good as well. Rum runners, bloody mary, and a few others. Just stop by any day for a good time.

An Absolute Paradise: We're Already Planning Our Return!…read more My husband and I LOVED our time at this resort! Truly, the staff were amazing, and the entire venue was absolute paradise. Our cottage had a lovely private patio wrapped in potted palms for additional privacy, which was such a nice touch. They really thought of everything to make our stay comfortable and delightful. The service was impeccable; they even brought refreshing cold towels and delightful chunks of frozen chocolate-dipped pineapple around the property to both the pool and our patio periodically. We felt completely pampered and relaxed, wanting for nothing. It was an unforgettable trip, and we will definitely be returning!

It's my first time staying here and I couldn't be any happier …read more Stunning set up .. The plants and the decoration were incredible. Great staff - Leo & Jeff were very helpful to me . Highly recommend this hidden jewel in Fort Laudable. Cheers F

Attended a friend's wedding there. To start, the grounds were incredible. Waterfalls, swans and…read moreother wildlife throughout the property. A wonderful venue for any occasion, in my humble opinion. We were in a clear sided tent which was well illuminated and the air conditioning did not disappoint. The management has contacts for event management, music, food, decor, etc. I do not know if the family brought in their own music and catering or used the venue's, but both were very good. Highly recommend!

I loved this venue! I had my wedding here earlier this month and everyone was so nice and helpful…read more(especially Joe) - couldn't imagine having my wedding anywhere else