stayed from Friday - Tuesday, noise was not a problem, parking was ok, rooms were nice and better appointed then a "motel" as described before. Pool was good enough for me. Meal and drinks at the beach bar were fine and staff was helpful. We were allowed early checkin.

As far as expense, everything in Key West, food, drinks lodging is expensive. it was nice to be able to walk to so much (we did take a taxi to a sunset cruise at the Westin Dock). None of the pools were spectaular, but they were generally uncrowded, and we injoyed the tiki bar at the sister resort.

The beach was seaweedy and water was murky (beause of high winds).

To celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, we decided to forego our original honeymoon site (Banff, CA) for the warmer climes of FL. We decided on Key West, where 40 years ago my family used to vacation during spring break at the then Sun and Surf Motel..which is now the beautifully renovated and expanded Southernmost On the Beach Hotel. We stayed 4 nights.

Southernmost On The Beach (SOTB) is one of two hotel properties (the other is Southern Most on Duval), with a third property currently under construction. We were aware of the construction prior to booking- our room was closest to the front office so we experienced little if any inconvenience. Our room was on the first floor with a partial ocean/beach view.

Whats to love: location: (short walk to Duval), private beach and cafe, large swimming pool-and use of their other heated pool/tiki bar across the street, private sunning pier/sundeck,friendly staff, clean freshly decorated rooms, highspeed internet connection, on-site mini-store/tourist assistance.

It was a wonderful place to spend an anniversary.

Everything was very nice. Very clean, nice front desk staff.
Concierge didn't speak much English, and when I asked
a question, he just said he didn't know.
Other problems, the construction next door. They were just
about on our roof at 7 am nailing etc. It was annoying.
I knew about it in advance, and was assured there were
no issues. Very wrong. The other negative is that there
is a bar on the beach, but you are not allowed to take your
drink to your chair. The staff at the beach bar was very indifferent.
They didn't care if you ate/drank there or not.
Rates are high considering the construction.

This place is nearly perfect....the rooms/bathrooms were roomy and immaculate (had a room with two queens with private balconey overlooking the ocean/beach bar)...close enough to walk to the "action" yet far enough to allow for a little quiet.

Beach bar was wonderful...reasonable prices and how can you beat the location.

I read the other reviewers complaints re. construction noise...they did not appear to be working the three days we were there (perhaps b/c it was a weekend?)....no noise at all from that.