Gasparilla Inn & Club

Nathan West

It is Paradise the people are very nice and accommodating enjoy yourself

Jessica Clohessy

My family visited The Gasparilla Inn on for a couple of days on our way home from visiting family. We intended to stay 2 nights mainly because that's all that was available when we booked, but after one day we decided that 2 nights was not enough and asked if there were any cancellations. Our Cottage was not available for the additional day but they were able to accommodate us in the main inn. While we weren't stoked about downgrading to smaller inn room, but we accepted bc the island is great and we knew that we'd spend little time in the room. However, the Inn room far exceeded our expectations! It was large, bathroom was big and it had a large closet. Perfect for me, my husband and our 3 year old. Our original reservation and first two nights was in cottage 47. I was not expecting to have a sitting room , wet bar and good sized bathroom plus a front and back porch! We were more than happy with the room. There was a musty smell in our bathroom, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me. I did make a note of it on our comment card on the last day and was so surprised to have received a letter a week after arriving home from the manager with an apology and note that they had already addressed the issue. Really went above and beyond on that one for me! That really goes to show the attention to detail we observed while staying there. The beach club was amazing, with 2 pools and plenty of chairs and towels (we went in July). Bar service was a little slow some days with only one or two people working and no server serving to lounge chairs or to you at the pool. That could have been improved, but it was also end of their season so i understand staffing issues at this time. Beach club food was good. Service was attentive and kind. Prices were decent, drinks were around $15 each, but to be expected in a place like this. MUST RENT A GOLF CART! Everything is pretty close, but since inn and cottages are not on the beach or at the pool, the golf cart was a must for us and a fun after dinner event for our 3 year old. She loved driving down Banyan street at night. We ate in the main dining room once. Food was good. Service was excellent. I think her name was Patricia- went ABOVE and beyond on another night when we missed the icecream shop and weren't even eating in the main dining room. We swung by with a sad little girl and Patricia made she to send us out with mint chocolate chip ice cream. She could have very easily just told us to order room service from our room and not be bothered by us, but she obviously understood volatile toddler life. Honestly, the only downside of the GI/GI Beach club is the giant cell tower right in the middle of the island. Certainly not the Inn's fault, but it did make me cringe a little each time I saw it. it was VERY close to everything. yuck. Nothing would keep me from visiting GI again, but that cell tower does give me pause as I don't like to be so close to EMF. Something to consider if you have the option to pick the location of your cottage. Shout out to the kind concierge who helped with last minute dinner reservations and Ariana at the front desk who helped us stay an extra night!

Peter Weishaar (Peter W)

Cottages are beautiful, the staff incredibly hospitable. Great food, drinks, atmosphere.

david hayes

Beautiful place. Historic. Visited BZ's bar. Good drinks, but beware they add 20% automatically to the tab ...