Having already booked my reservations I was most interested in viewing Trip Advisor ratings for this Hotel and aprehensive because the average was about a 3.0 but the comments were actually not bad.

I will say all of my ratings will be consistent in rating cost/value equations meaning I need a far higher standard at $600+ per night for a room compared to a $260 per night suite.

We just returned from a week in Key West and paid off season rates for a one bedroom suite Oceanside. I was actually surprised at the Oceanside because it could have said Oceanfront as the only thing between us and the Ocean was the Pool or about 50 feet.

The accomodations exceeded my expectations. The main room and down the hall and bedrom were all Ceramic floored with Marble I believe in the Bath. (Some reviews said Linoleum) The main living area was 12 x 18 and included a sleeper sofa, easy chair a small glass table for 4 and a Kitchen wall with what appeared to be all new appliances.

We were second floor directly over the pool. My only complaint was 6 Rockers for 4 suites on our front balcony so there was a bit of 'borrowing' going on. Twice they scheduled Rum Punch 2 hour mixers with a one man Calypso band including Steel drums. Quaint. The Staff was as good as most 5 star hotels and every request for info was met with a new outlined map to the destination and a "Certainly sir'. It was fairly quiet at this end of the Island but the whole island being small was easilty accessible by Motor Scooter which was a preffered method of travel with abundant free parking available most everywhere.

Eating out from 2 to 3 meals each day we found a plethora of great places to eat. Don't miss Front Street Harbor and Alonzo's Oyster Bar. For an upscale Dinner I suggest Commodores on the Harbor for a great view and excellent food. Not inexpensive but you certainly receive Value in Quality, Proportions as well as service. My biggest disapointment was Mangia Mangia which is mid Island and was the worst meal we had in Key West. At half the upscale price it would still be poor. Other diners seemed to share my opinion that it was far over rated.

Things not to miss are the good times at Kevin's Irish Pub, visitng Mallory Square, shopping, the aforementioned Alonzo's and a Massage at the Pierhouse Carribean Spa. The Spa itself lacked space and a place to relax before and after but I would recommend the treatments. LA Te Da was an excellent Dinner and Cocktail place and don't miss Camille's for Breakfast although You need a Friday Saturday or SInday for their Eggs Benedict but their Special French Toast is worth a visit. We'll be back to Key West.

My girlfriend and I (both 25) took a long weekend to relax in Key West. We did some research before we left and thought the coconut beach resort was our best bet. To my surprise, the property not only met, but exceeded my expectations! I travel a fair amount and I'm fairly used to places not living up to expectations. The staff was friendly and helpful. The property is beautiful and we loved hanging out by the pool with the waves of the ocean crashing up at our feet. It was amazing! A lot of places in Key West appeared to be very small and bed and breakfast esque and we really wanted someplace that had a decent area by the water we could sit out and realx. Coconut Beach definitely met this requirement. I would go back and stay here again without a 2nd thought. Only down side is that the walls are a little thin. Not unbearable, but we could hear our neighbors occasionally. I definitely reccomend this place!

This timeshare is several blocks away from Duval Street. Although it’s not that far of a walk, it’s still an inconvenience to have to walk 10 minutes or so just to get a quick bite to eat. We ended up taking our rental car everywhere. We found this to be quite frustrating as well because everywhere you go, there’s metered parking. It’s a quarter for every ten minutes. This ends up being $1.50 an hour. We would always have to exchange our dollar bills for quarters, which was not always easy to do. A lot of the shops would not exchange our money for us.

I would rate the hotel 3 stars. In my opinion, they need to replace the furniture. They were old and falling apart. The cabinets looked quite worn as well. We did have a new fridge in our room though. The official website states that there are hardwood floors in the units. From what I could tell, none of the units had hardwood floors. We had tile in the main living room / kitchen area and really ugly green carpet in the bedrooms. The bottoms of our feet were always black by the end of the day. The door knob to one of the French doors kept falling off. The bathrooms were clean, but again, the cabinets were really cheap and warped. We had everything we needed in the kitchen….even a blender for making those nice, cool margarita’s! Our unit was a 2 bedroom / 2 bath. One of the studios made up part of our unit. I would not recommend the studio, because more than likely you will be on the back side of the hotel, which has a view of the road and not the ocean. The bedrooms weren’t really anything special.

The view is definitely what made this timeshare unique to others out there. There are three floors. We were on the 2nd floor and had a view to die for! The ocean was right in front of us, which made a nice backdrop to the pool and Jacuzzi.

Twice a week, there’s a rum punch party held out by the pool area. They have live music (which I thought was pretty good!). It brought everyone out of their rooms to mingle with the other guests. You can’t get that at the bigger hotels. They also had free Cuban pastries and coffee a couple times a week.

There is no internet access in your room. They have wifi either in the hotel lobby or in the gazebo. At the beginning, it was really slow (I think their router was broken). It got better throughout the week. I usually just went out to the gazebo to use my laptop. There is a table out there and you are overlooking the ocean. There’s no charge for this wireless service.

The hotel has two washers and two dryers. It was nice to go home with clean clothes. They don’t charge to use the washer or dryer, but you do have to pay for the detergent. I just brought mine from home.

The most annoying thing about the trip had to be the wild roosters outside our window every morning. Cock-a-doodle-doo! Every morning at sunrise we would hear them. The first couple mornings they woke me up. They’re everywhere on Key West, so if you’re not a heavy sleeper, I suggest ear plugs. And, even if you are a heavy sleeper and are there for bike week, definitely bring ear plugs!!

The pool area was nice, however, some of the landscaping could be spruced up a bit. The palm trees look beautiful from your balcony as you overlook the ocean. I really enjoyed just sitting out on the balcony in the morning on the rocking chair.

In the end, I would probably not stay at the Coconut Beach Resort again. Not because the hotel was bad, but I just was not thrilled with Key West in general. I think the 2 by 4 mile strip of land is really overrated. Restaurants are expensive, parking is a nightmare, there’s not much of a nightlife (unless you are into the bar scene), and as you probably already know, Key West isn’t known for their beaches. The Coconut Beach Resort could use a few more upgrades and a thorough maintenance evaluation just to make sure the little things in the rooms are repaired. The ocean water was warm, but not as beautiful as is seems in the pictures. I may be biased because I have traveled all around the world to some really beautiful, exotic places. So, for some, Key West may be a treat, but for others who have been there, done that, it could be a huge let down.

I was nervours when I heard everyone write about thin walls. I don't agree unless I got lucky not to be near partying units. The resort was very clean except for the couch looked a little dingy. The pool was small and the private beach they talk about wasn't big enough to put down a beach towel. Unfortunately, I was ignorant to the fact that Key West isn't known for their beaches. There's only one decent one and it's called Fort Zachary Taylor. If you are a partyer then this is the place for you. Duval Street has loads of Bars and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. We did alot of watersports and spent plenty of time in the pool. Their was 9 in our group, 5 of which stayed here. We had a great week but won't go back because of the lack of beaches. I did ask a girl in the office to check us in for our airline and she said she couldn't do that. That bothered me considering they are in the service industry. We went to a nearby internet coffee shop and were able to do that for a minimal $2. August also brings in seaweed so the water looked brown from a distance.