Tarpon Flats Inn & Marina

I hate to leave a bad review, I tried to like this place and looked forward to it for months. Do not rent the room called the Jungle. Its time to spend some money on the Jungle and give it an over haul. The room itself stinks, and while it is a pet room, we would expect it to not be perfect, but it stinks. They tried to cover up the smell with some chemical, we suspect it was the purple fabuloso...the really perfumery one. The floors are tile and were greasy and slick leading me to believe that they just pour the fabuloso directly on the floor and rub it around. The furniture is worn, bed was uncomfortable, and the bathroom needs some major attention. the tiles in the shower have mold and mildew on them and appear to be just mastic-ed back in place. Now, i'm not a small guy and not a huge one either, but when I need to sit on the toilet, I do not want my junk sitting on the toilet seat with nowhere for it to hang freely. Midget toilet, no thank you. Now, the location is great, and the "point" and dock space that I paid for was great. The pool is a tiny fiberglass unit that had some paper hanging on the gate that said do not use if you have diarrhea? WHAT? REALLY!!!! For what it is, we definitely overpaid, it was a premium - I'm telling myself it was because of the location. We are paying was less this week for a really nice place on 7th street in Key Colony Beach Marathon. No comparison....never again.

Third time here and it doesn't disappoint! Nice place! A little off the main drag but, perfect! Small and cozy we love it! We'll be back with more friends soon! Already planning another trip for next June!

We would stay again. This place isn't the newest place, but it's atmosphere is cool, great views, nice people. So, if you want fancy look elsewhere. Only complaint would be--the bed was hard and new pillows would be a plus.