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    Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Pensacola Beach

    Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Pensacola Beach

    (21 reviews)

    I stayed for a week in February 2026 to set up a reunion for the USS Dahlgren Association. Our…read morestay was amazing. We are a group of old salty sailors and family that meet yearly. Jessie provided us the opportunity to utilize the lobby area during our reunion to view the blue angels practice in July. Our July 16, 2026 visit was spectacular. We had a group of 65 people enjoying the air show. Everyone in our group raved about the hospitality and the view. Jessie, a big thank you from everyone in our group. Loved it

    We stayed here right after Memorial Day. The 1st night, 2 of the 3 elevators were not working…read more 10-15 minute waits for elevators with people packed in like sardines. Up & down 11 floors, it was terrible. BUT, they fixed one of them the next day, so we were grateful for that. Lots of families & children. The pool area was awesome, with 2 hot tubs, 2 pools, lazy river, hammock area, 2 fire pits, music playing, and a bar/resaturant that overlooks the beach. Walking on the beach at night was amazing, and having a hotel where the area stays open after dark was an awesome vibe. Breakfast was included, and it varied each day. It was delicious; very busy in the mornings. Hotel is within walking distance to shops, restaurants, the pier, ice cream, bars, etc. Room was very clean and had a beautiful balcony view. My only complaint about the room was super flat down pillows. Like pancakes. We had to request 2 extra pillows. Would definitely stay again!

    The Pensacola Beach Resort - Our Hotel...

    The Pensacola Beach Resort

    (212 reviews)

    $$

    Let me start with the bad. We checked in at about 1300 on Thursday 23 Apr 2026. The young woman…read morechecking us in clearly didn't want to be there and clearly didn't want to give the same welcome speech she had given many times before. She was blazing through whatever she said quietly and at about the same speed as the side effects warning on a TV commercial for prescription meds. I asked her to slow down because my hearing isn't great and she was talking way too fast. She , literally, rolled her eyes and continued to the end of her speech at which time I had a room key and a pink square of paper with numbers on it that I had no idea was for. Not a great first impression. Fortunately this was a one off experience and the remainder of our stay was perfect. The resort is beautiful. The pool area was great. Our room was generously sized and very well appointed. (I still recommend all nice hotels stop buying those packets for the coffee maker with powdered creamer and that horrible pink stuff for sweetener. You're better than that.) The staff, no matter who or where we bumped into them, was friendly, engaging, and helpful. Housekeeping, maintenance, lobby, bars, food service. 100% awesome. The food and drinks in the lobby bar were amazing. We ate there several times because we couldn't think of a good reason to go anywhere else and fight the crowds and traffic for lesser food. We really enjoyed our stay and would certainly stay again.

    Celebrated our anniversary here Thurs-Mon and have no regrets. The resort is clean and comfy. You…read moredon't have to leave unless you want to. We enjoyed meals at Windrose & the Tiki Bar. The beach access was convenient from the elevator and parking garage. Elevators go from your room to parking levels 1 & 2. P2 allows you to access the beach easiest. There are services available for beach lounges and umbrellas. We took our own chairs and umbrellas but if you need them the service seems convenient. The while experience was wonderful. We will be returning

    Portofino Island Resort - Lifestyle Center Pool Decks

    Portofino Island Resort

    (155 reviews)

    $$$

    Booked a long weekend here and had a lovely time! A 2 bed unit on a high floor in tower 2 was a…read moregreat location with good proximity to the lifestyle center and main pool. Both restaurants have food that exceeded my expectations, (pizza/flatbreads, pot stickers and sweet potato fries were fam faves,) though breakfast offerings are slim, so we ended up off property both mornings. Grounds are very well kept and everyone is very friendly! Starbucks in the market was a great perk. We came labor day weekend so the kids and family programming was over for the summer, but the Aqua water thing in the bay entertained the kiddo for a good bit of an afternoon one day. it's a bit of a racket, standing at the shore or wading in to keep an eye on kiddo works... for a bit, but much needed shade requires renting a chair/umbrella set up on the bay for like 50$ (on top of the 50 you paid for kiddo to play), or retreating to the pool for an included chair/umbrella set up and bar/food service, but limited visibility if any of the kid. It would have been more palatable as a 100$ kid plays/parents get shade combo package even (I know it costs the same. Just feels less sneaky) bar/food service on the bay would have added addl enjoyment too but we made the best of it and then hung by the pool a bit longer. Check in and out is easy, parking wasn't a hassle, in unit laundry was great to have and we are talking about planning another visit.

    I stayed in tower 4 in the Portofino Resort and had a lovely time. Our unit was gorgeous, squeaky…read moreclean, and had everything we needed. The beach was a short walk away, and as the kids had just gone back to school, it was sparsely populated and peaceful. Beach chairs were $60 per set of 2, per day. The main pool got a little crowded, but wasn't too bad. I was still able to find a vacant chair. The service around the pool was great and the food was pretty good too, as far as pool food goes. The flatbread pizza was tasty, as was the caprese salad. Each building has its own smaller pool, but we chose to just go to the main pool so that we could take advantage of the bar and food service. There is a sundries shop that serves Starbucks coffee, there is a spa, and there are a couple of restaurants. The spa was booked, so I recommend making your reservation before you arrive or as soon as.

    SpringHill Suites by Marriott Navarre Beach - Nights are beautiful

    SpringHill Suites by Marriott Navarre Beach

    (136 reviews)

    $$

    Stayed at dozens of Marriott properties for work and family over the years and have honestly never…read morebeen this dissatisfied. The location and views from the gulf facing room are good. The overall experience, not so much. Not that the property could do anything about it, but the first two nights the wall-neighbors locked their dog in the bathroom at night. Yip. Yip. Yip. The next night some others close by enjoyed a long session of some quite pungent weed on their balcony. This is our fourth night here and housekeeping has not been to the room once. The linens have not been touched, nor have the floors or bathroom. Last night I had to call down for a soap refill. Tonight I just called down for bath towels and to have the room swept (again, fourth night in an almost $600/night Marriott beach hotel, zero housekeeping so far) and they brought towels. I asked if someone could sweep for us, and they looked at me like I was asking them to solve an astrophysics problem. "Please just bring me a broom..." seemed to work. We come to Navarre annually. We have stayed here before and have recommended this property to friends. This is definitely the last time we will stay and moving forward we will warn friends rather than recommend this property.

    The location of this hotel is fantastic, and the Navarre Beach is one of the most beautiful in…read moreFlorida. However, this hotel has seen it's better days, unfortunately. I just finished a 3 night stay and was surprised at how difficult staying there is. Check-in took at least 30 minutes. There were no towels to use at the pool, and so we stood in line for another 20 minutes to request more bath towels for the room, because we had to use bath towels at the pool. The rooms are not cleaned until after 3 days of your stay, so you have to request fresh towels everyday, request body lotion, and when the conditioner runs out in the shower, you have to request that, as well. The whole property needs a good renovation. The carpets in the hallways are tired and worn. The barstools around the pool have rusted bases. The pool tiles have unsightly calcium buildup. My shower had dirt and grime in the corners. The pop-up stopper in the sink didn't work. The ice machine on our floor was malfunctioning. They offer a nice little free breakfast each morning, which includes hot and cold breakfast items, and coffee and tea. The Beach House Social restaurant is really yummy, but a tad on the pricey side. I was quite disappointed with the value of this hotel experience, as our room, including taxes and parking was about $600/night. Would not recommend.

    Emerald Dolphin

    Emerald Dolphin

    (5 reviews)

    *Review from stay 4/23/25 - 4/27/25*…read more We had a really nice stay at Emerald Dolphin! The location is great because you're close to the restaurants and shopping without being right in the action. We had an awesome view of the beach and the pool area from our 5th floor balcony. Though we didn't go down, it seemed like a really nice and clean area. I did see a staff member go and reset the chairs in the area and clean every morning before 8 AM when it opened. I like that when you stay here you get access to both the pool and fitness center. Our unit was pretty clean. There were a few things we didn't love but that's more about the property management company that maintained our rental than it was the actual condo itself. The only downside (though it didn't bother us) is that this is supposed to be a more secure property with a gated parking lot. The gate wasn't working and stayed wide open throughout our entire stay. It's very easy for anyone to just walk off the street and come up to your floor. There are no security measures in place, so if that's really important to you then definitely keep this in mind. Otherwise, the property was great and I would absolutely stay here again!

    My Family & I were so looking forward to staying at the Emerald Dolphin, Again! We dropped Three…read moreGrand only to be majorly disappointed in the owners of this filthy place! We stayed on the tenth floor back in 2016, and it was a FIVE STAR experience to say the least. This time we stayed in 620, and let me tell you, that if we could give NEGATIVE FIVE STARS (-5), we absolutely Would! Our experience was Terrible starting the minute we arrived inside the apartment. 1. The walk in closet between our bedroom & the bathroom reeked with the smell of urine which was a definite indication that the place had Not been cleaned at all. I use to work in hotels, & it smelled as though some drunk fool had relieved himself Right there! Oh wait, this was just the beginning of our horrible stay in Emerald Dolphin 620! We sacrificed & saved all year for this?!? I'm writing this in hopes that no one else has to experience this dump. 2. Second of All. the pictures were not accurate. This is not the updated look. It's extremely disappointing when some owners will deliberately mislead future vacationers to get their money at any &all costs. 3. They didn't bother to clean the Unit at all! We immediately brought this to the owners attention, only to have them make us empty promises that they would grant us a FULL REFUND because of the condition of the Unit was such sub par! They lied to us & began ignoring our emails. My precious family & I sacrificed all year long saving up, working overtime & everything looking forward to the previous experience years ago on the tenth floor! We dropped THREE GRAND $3,000.00 on this disappointing dump. 4. When it was time to go to bed, we felt several sand granules all in the bed only to confirm they hadn't even changed the sheets from the previous guests. And NO we had not been to the sand yet... 5. One of the twin beds were completely broken and in a closet. The King mattress was so worn out my wife had to go to the chiropractor. We were told that the maintenance man would need in the unit on Wednesday, & they would compensate us for our time. We rearranged our day and cancelled a trip to Destin for this because he was an hour and a half late. After all of this, he never even put the bed back together. I have been praying for over a year that God would allow me to take my Wife to see the ocean at least one more time, so He granted that desire. We chose this place assuming it would be stellar simply because we stayed at the Emerald Dolphin before, & the reviews were great. Needless to say this Unit (Not Emerald Dolphin) was extremely Misrepresented & We're requesting a Full Refund. We stayed from June 19-26.

    Howard Johnson Express Inn - hotels - Updated September 2026

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