Gulfview Hotel - On the Beach

The property has good location. It was clean and the staff were nice and friendly

We had many inconveniences in the room. The refrigerator didn't work, neither did the TV but the reception staff in a short time solved all the issues .

Es muy cómodo, limpio, y acogedor. Tiene playa privada.

No se admiten mascotas😞

Right on the beach, convenient local to local restaurants, gas station across street

The staff - they were helpful and approachable.

parking space was too tight; our car got dented

Beautiful location on the private beach. Really friendly staff. Clean room and the bed was really comfortable.

The hotel could do with a bit of updating but it was good value for money being on the beach.

Clean

Nothing

La ubicación

Que no tenía desayuno

Location perfect on the beach

The lift didn’t work no restaurants but overall property was clean

The location and area where perfect. Everything was clean and everyone that worked there was very nice.

I liked everything

Great location !! The private beach.

Need some renovations…!

Great

Everything Great

It was close to the beach, and had its own little beach.

Parking is very tight and small parking lot.

Good location.. : )

I like that it has a private beach and convenient to restaurants.

It was nice and clean

The family 2 doors down were up half the night, yelling, screaming and slamming doors! They were rude when asked to quiet down

Great price! Kitchenette in room! Comfortable beds. Stay there every year. Staff is always nice and even help you get back in your room when you lock yourself out. Lol.

It's combursome getting to the beach with lots of stuff going through the 2 doors down by the pool. I would recommend walking around to the side of the building through the parking lot. They have built a nice ramp to roll wagons on to get to the beach.

WARNING! WARNING! HOTEL MOTEL FROM HELL!!! CAUTION BEFORE BOOKING – Hotel website pictures do NOT represent the ACTUAL CONDITION(s) of the rooms. Hotel is the WORST!!! Toilet didn’t work for 24 hours – NO 24 hour “On Call” maintenance staff. Elevator did NOT work for the entire weekend. They were NOT bothered AT ALL. Only stated the elevator needed a part that would not be available for days. At the PEAK of travel season HOW can this “hole in the wall,” NOT have a MAINTENANCE CONTRACT? What happened to Over Night Delivery of the part? Room cleaning is done EVERY OTHER DAY. Rooms are shabby and Not Updated. Fractional view of the Gulf from room. Management is the WORST. VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE... Overall this hotel is a low level MOTEL. It’s positioned in between 2 large hotels. On one side the view is of the neighboring hotel parking deck. On the other side is another large hotel that has a huge entertainment section that plays really LOUD MUSIC until 2:00 AM. This hotel MOTEL – has NO regards for their Customers Inconvenience. You Pay Upfront IN FULL AT CHECK IN – Once they have YOUR MONEY – YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO CHECK OUT - AND FIND REAL HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS.

A good value

Better view of the Guif

Location was great , has a private access to the beach. outdoor was well maintain .

A few concerns: 1) The price does not match the quality of the room. There are better hotels right across the road at the same or even lower rates. 2) The lobby had an unpleasant smell and did not appear clean.

Staff was very helpful and friendly. The location is close to Pier 60 and many restaurants and ice cream shops

Horrible

Everything except the lady at the front desk

Private beach! My son loved the beach section and pool!

N/A

Diana was amazing! The day time front desk lady was awesome as well. Best sense of humor. Awesome view, loved having a hot tub and pool. Close to so much

The only thing id change is the elevator definitely needs updated. Really slow, stops at level 3 randomly, some of the lights don't show on the buttons especially the up button from bottom floor. Other than that everything was amazing and will be back

La vista

El elevator

Staff and location

Clean

The location was perfect to access the beach, the rooms were comfortable.

Some of the staff were very rude at times. We had a golf cart that required plugging in a cord to charge, they unplugged it, took the cord, and wouldn’t allow us to charge it. Very unprofessional.

Staff were very friendly Location is good

4th time staying here in the past 14/15 years and I never experienced what I did over the weekend. People not staying at the hotel were able to get in and used the pool, Jacuzzi and beach area, they even washed their hair at the rinse area before they left. I know they weren't staying at the hotel because they didn't have bracelets on and they had their personal things and bags and left when they were done. Not sure how they were able to sneak in or out but I'm sure it wasn't their first time doing it, it was a family of nearly 7 including a small child, teens and adults. They gave the kids who were actually booked at the hotel a hard time, including mine. There are cameras at the hotel, not sure how they didn't catch what was going on. Also, the third floor smelled like weed.

Everything People .. atmosphere… local…price

nothing went well

poor beach--broken elevator--no on premises eating places--poorly located window units--out dated building in general

Pool and hot tub and close to everything, price is really good as well.

Water wasn’t hot for shower and elevator was broke down first half vacation and I was on 5th (top) floor

The private beach in itself was amazing, but being on the quieter side of town away from all the chaos is what made it so much better. Being able to walk to all the restaurants and stores nearby, as well as only being a 20 minute walk to the main strip.

Not being able to rent chairs or umbrellas on the beach, having to go to the hotels next to us in hopes they have any left to rent.

Location only!

It was just not good! Elevator didn’t work and trekking up to the 5th floor in a non air conditioned hallway SUCKED! The stair way is small so if people are going both up and down u have to wait. No breakfast…is this 1982…what hotel has no breakfast? Horrible will never return!

Priced well for the area.

The room had a musty smell. I wish they had beach chairs on the sand.

Private beach. Quiet. Location. Large windows looking out to pool and beach. Has small kitchen area. Value. Very helpful. Everyone was nice. Manager very easy to work with.

Have to take out own garbage, long walk.

The location! Right on the beach with pool access. The room (upgrade) was big & spacious! Out of 4 groups that checked in at the same time I did, my room was the only one not ready, so the lady, not the one working the desk, but a lady who came out from an office, made the decision to upgrade my room so I didn't have to wait, which helped move things along. They do have beach towels to borrow but their 'check-in' of the towels system was sketchy. There was great views from the pool to the ocean!

The elevator was broken and we were on the 3rd floor so we had to carry our luggage up 3 flights of stairs, with no offer of help & barely an apology. And they didn't have someone coming to fix it until 3 days after we left. Yes, it's probably out of their control that it broke, but offer assistance with carrying luggage or offer lower-level rooms. The view sucked because we faced a parking garage but with leaning over our balcony, we had a decent view of the beach. The a.c. unit was really gross and rusted on the outside and eventhough it was on auto, it never really shut off. And it was loud while on.

Location! Beach and pool access super convenient

The price but it was a holiday weekend.

The beach

Elevator was down. Climbing stairs was difficult with my medical conditions. I don’t require wheelchair accessible. Climbing up and down to the third floor and carrying luggage up and down proved to be painful

Beach access is a fantastic, comfy clean hotel room, very friendly staff

No sun loungers or umbrellas on beach

Location

Room was dirty blankets was with blood fealty, nasty!

Private beach.

Elevator wasn't working the whole time of our stay

No hubo ascensor, mis padres ya personas de edad avanzada y tener que subir escaleras.

Además no había sillas para sentarse en la playa.

Todo muy bien, tiendas cercas del hotel, restaurante..playa .

Sólo el detalle que el elevador no funcionaba.

Location

Elevator broken. No beach chairs or umbrellas as advertised NEEDS UPDATED

Cleanliness, location, comfort, blocked out bands/noice next door, on the beach.

The pool was very small and hot due to size. I should have read the reviews and I would’ve seen that and stayed elsewhere.

It was nice and clean

The elevator broke through our whole trip. And one of the ladies had bad knees and it was hard for her to go up and down the stairs plus having to carry all our luggage back down when checking out.

The view is great if you don't mind inhaling all the pot/marijuana and tobacco smoke from the nearby balconies

Too many people smoking on the property in the balconies and by the pool where children were playing. Apparently smoking is allowed mostly anywhere at this hotel except inside the room. Now I know who left all the positive reviews. The elevator did not work for two days. We had to carry our heavy suitcases up and down the stairs. The kitchenette area had carpet all around which inevitably gets wet so the room has a musty smell at all times. Otherwise the room was cleaned. This next info if FYI for fellow travellers: <<The Shepard's hotel that is just feet away has live music every evening until midnight. It is very loud. Once could say you get free entertainment. Also, in the mornings but mostly in the afternoons there is a strong smell of gasoline while they refill. You can walk along the private beaches of the 3 properties only, no access to the public beach. The Golfview side of sand is clean but trash often spills over from the Shepard's hotel. The amount of plastic cups, straws, and trash (even saw used baby diapers, etc) on Shepard's side of beach -- most of it ending up into the water -- is disgusting. For walks stick to the south side, Continental, Marriott beach is clean. The water is a bit murky from all the motor boats and it sounds like being near a motorcycle racing at times and there is a lot of plastic floating around.>> Again, the comments about the Shepard's hotel are just for fellow travellers given the very close proximity, and did not influence my review of Golfview.

Love the private beach and the staff was really nice!

Very outdated and not very clean. And the elevator was broke so we had to take stairs. We had 4 guests and was only left 3 towels.

I loved the location, the private beach, the multiple lounge chairs, and the centrality of the hotel.

One elevator.

Clean, friendly, laid back

Beach was small but still a good time

La ubicación es muy buena. Los empleados amables y el hotel en sí es bastante ameno pensando en el precio.

Es un poco antiguo, pero nada que interfiera en la estadía.

Have Good view, perfect for family with little kids.

Not too clean

Has its our private beach, not need to bring beach gear which was wonderful

Everything was wonderful

Todo excelente la atención miy buena

The hotel staff was nice and professional. It was near all of the main tourist sites and shops. It has it's own private beach.

It was a bit older property but was well taken care of and clean. Great value for the money.

The staff were great. Literally so friendly & helpful & just all around wonderful people.

I didn’t like that my view was of a car park and not the beach, and my balcony door didn’t lock. I also didn’t like that the curtains had mildew on them but then again, it’s a beach hotel and it stays moist.

Hotel is in a great location, housekeeping was excellent and front desk very nice!

The bed pillows were terrible!

Private beach

Load music from other hotels could use updating for the price. Kinda musty smell. Carpet could used clean or replaced with different style of flooring.

la ubicacion es muy buena pero el hotel es viejo sin ambargo la atencion del personal es buena y la playa excelente

es muy viejo

Great view, location

Things were very outdated, ugly carpet. There is only one rickety old elevator. Very few outlets for modern technology.

Lo cerca de la.playa

No tiene restaurant, no tiene sillas ni sombrillas en la playa, la piscina es pequeña

The beach was calm and not crowded.

N/A

The location was perfect. The clothes washing faculties.

It’s very tired and run down, the pool is small and they didn’t provide sunbeds for the beach. There wasn’t a bar either which would have been good.

The location, the pool and the staff

The elevator, the smell everywhere, the plastic chairs on the balcony

Location

Smoking.

Me gustó solo la ubicación

El hotel en general es feo, las habitaciones estan malas, esta todo biejo y oscuro, además todos estan en el aérea de la piscina fumando mariguana y yo estaba con las niñas, tube que irme de la piscina porque era insoportable lo que hacían delante de todos

So convenient. We didn’t even have to go to the main beach because we were too comfortable at the hotel. The little bay is so relaxing. This was our 3rd time here. Good location. We were able to walk at night and go to stores and restaurants nearby

Location is wonderful

The mirror on the was was covered up by the tv.. need to get that moved..could only utilize the mirror in the bathroom

Kleines, etwas in die Jahre gekommenes, aber sehr schönes Hotel mit super Strandlage und Zimmer, teilweise mit seitlichen Meerblick 🌊🌴 Personal sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit 👍 Parkplatz vorhanden, wir kommen gerne immer wieder💕

Zimmerservice gibt es während des Aufenthalt nur auf Anfrage und das Badezimmer braucht dringend ein Update, besonders die Toilette ist für ältere oder leicht beeinträchtigte Personen viel zu niedrig, man hat Probleme aufzustehen😕 sonst alles okay.

The location!

The elevator was super small. And there were only 1.

That the hotel was right on the beach. Super convenient!

It could have been a little cleaner. And have more than 1 elevator. The one that was there was slow and small.

The access to the beach

This place was amazing.. so happy we found this gem !!! It’s our new favorite place to stay when we visit Clearwater beach twice a year!!! The view is amazing

There was nothing wrong at all

The private beach and ability to walk to a store and restaurant.

La limpieza y ubicacion

Les falta desayuno

Older Hotel, clean rooms, great service, private beach & pool.

Limited parking.

The location on the water and the pool.

Loud music all night long and to many people smoking Marijuana in the motel. Not a family friendly hotel.

Near by the beach

We love this place, we have been staying here for years!! Especially for our Anniversary in April!!

Nothing

Ubicación

Limpieza

Everything was excellent

None

Beautiful spot on the beach. Nice pool and very clean.

The location was great! The pool and hot tub were perfect!

I don’t many complaints only thing is the carpet in the room had a terrible smell. Our Larger stove top was cracked and did not work but I used the small burner.

Excellent location. Great value. Very happy

Private small beach Can walk to many restaurants

Hotel next door had outdoor music playing until 3 am We enjoyed the music during the day and evening but 3 am was too much Quite loud in our room even with the windows closed