Island Inn Beach Resort

This is a nice older hotel /​condo beach front resort with studios and 1 bedrooms units (not sure of other possible sizes). The units include a king size bed, kitchen area with full size appliances, a living room area, and bathroom, all fully furnished. Rent is about $ 100 per night (off peak season), and they offer deals on weekly, monthly, and long term rentals.
You can park your boat at the dock across the street and and walk to the resort. The resort is located directly on the beach, so walk out the back doors, and there is lot of warm beautiful white sand, and lots of it, as it a a bit of a ways to walk across the sand to get to the wide open Gulf waters.
They have several fun bech activities you can do such as rent jet skis, play sand volleyball, parasailing, swim in the heated large pool, or just lounge in the chairs all around it. The pool is located next to the sweet little tiki bar, that makes great drinks at fair prices. So that is a nice place to relax too, if you tire of laying out on the sandy beach.
Very nice place to come and stay a day, a week, or longer, and enjoy all the area has to offer, such as nearby restaurants and shops. This is not a fancy, upscale, luxury resort, but has plenty of enjoyable things to do, great water views /​sunsets, and is very affordable for those on a budget.

This hotel is cool because it has boat parking across the street for its hotel guest on a first come first serve basis. We have never actually stayed at the hotel but it seems to be pretty decent for an older non-​namebrand hotel. It has direct access to Saint Pete Beach and a heated pool.
They have all the common beach amenities like volleyball, parasailing, JetSki rental etc. We actually like to hang out at ricks tiki bar which is built into the hotel right next to the pool.

This review is of RICK’S TIKI BAR, not Island Inn, the resort seems fine.
I did not stay at the resort, it seems nice, well kept and directly facing the beach, with an outside pool with bathrooms.
But Rick’s…o.k., KaTiki is just down the street, or a short walk down the beach and has live music 7 days a week, great menu and REASONABLY priced drinks that taste like they have alcohol in them.
My friend and I walked up from the beach to take a break. Were completely ignored for the first 5 minutes while she chatted with some gent. When she finally walked up, and I asked «what» the well rum was, she told me, and then I asked how much more for Bacardi? She said a $ 1. Yes, but failed to tell me a $ 1 more than $ 6! $ 7 for a single drink? And I didn’t see her actually pour it, but you could have fooled me. Didn’t taste like a $ 7 drink or a «drink» at all. There’s no menu with prices, so I should have known something was wrong there. And it wasn’t full for a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the middle of October.
Nope, cause everyone is in their room mixing their own drinks with booze they bought at the liquor store across the street. LOL
Or hanging out somewhere the drinks aren’t through the roof. Also, it says a bucket is $ 15…yea, ya better ask how many bottles in that bucket! :) I don’t think Don Cesar even charges $ 7 for a cocktail. Don’t waste your time.

We stayed here for our anniversary weekend, it was a great choice. We loved how close it was to so many restaurants and bars on Treasure Island. The Tiki bar at the hotel is awesome and so was Patty the bartender, best rum runner I’ve had in a while! We stayed in a newly remodeled room, be sure to ask when checking or when you make your reservation in for a newer room! The rooms have a small kitchen if you want to stock up at Publix it’s only a mile away. The beach is beautiful and the sunsets spectacular! I would definitely stay here again!

June 20 – 27, 2015 in unit #318
This unit’s owner has a good amount of beach items, start up supplies and a quick reference book for each new person renting his unit which is a help. The unit is in pretty good shape especially compared to other rental units I have stayed in over the past couple years. I would rate the unit’s cleanliness as a ⁷⁄₁₀. The balcony is okay however unusable with the ac unit on due the venting blowing onto the balcony. The Wifi in the complex is horrible and should not be listed as even having Wifi. The cable tv in unit 318 is screwed up and it only gets 1 or 2 channels clear, the rest are static. There is also exterior building maintenance going on which started at 7:30am on a few days we were there. Unfortunately none of the above listed negative issues were provided to me prior to committing to renting the unit. Finally, parking at the complex is a little bit of a pain however there is a lot across the street. You just need to cross a double lane roadway.

Was previously here in April and now again in August. The view/​location here is amazing. Sunsets, dolphins, more dolphins (maybe we were just lucky) the short walk to the beach. Imagine there are fancier beach rentals, but this place has everything our family needs for vacation. Pool, kitchen, beach, grills, etc… the location is great. The hotel/​resort is clean, good staff (Hollyn is fantastic) and the location can’t be beat for the price.
The room we stay in (318) seems somewhat unique. The king size bed is great, the room was clean and the owner made numerous upgrades (new sliding glass/​screen doors) including bathroom accessories. The room has a nice size fridge, microwave, toaster over, coffee maker, etc… and all the basic kitchen rental stuff. And there are beach chairs, umbrella, frisbees, etc… But this owner went one better by leaving books, DVDs, board games, puzzle books, etc… in the room. We had good weather for the week and did not end up needing the rainy day distractions. But I was struck by the thought process and extra effort of the owner. When was the last time anyone of us have stayed anywhere (at least at this price) where management was that focused on our needs or wants.
We’ll be back to the Island Inn in December and have room 318 already reserved. I suggest others do as well (but likely have to do the rental through VRBO or ITrip).

First the good. The hotel is right on the beach with great unobstructed views of the gulf. That is the ONLY reason this place gets more than one star.
Now the bad:
Beds incredibly uncomfortable. Hard, lumpy, caused backaches for my wife and I.
Rooms kind of dingy, bathroom not modern and drains backed up.
Nice balcony, albeit only half usable due to placement of room air conditioner.
Door locks had recently been replaced and our door would not close correctly. It would latch enough so that it seemed locked, but not enough that the prox reader would actually read the card. I finally learned a trick so I could latch the door but housekeeping would just let it fall shut into its inoperable position. The maintenance guy spent an hour trying to fix it, to no avail, and the promised locksmith never came. This made us late to meet friends, watch fireworks, and go to dinner. Place was full so no room to move to.
Finally, with one notable exception the staff was rude, and couldn’t be bothered when we asked for help with the door. The maintenance guy rolled his eyes when we complained about continued issues with the door, the housekeeping staff went off on my wife, and the front desk woman got angry that we wanted help getting in our room!
We had a good time at the beach but it was in spite of the quality of our stay at this place. There are nicer places along the beach. Find one.

BEWARE credit card fraud and Robbery! This hotel runs huge charges against your credit cards without any cause and doesn’t tell you they are doing it! They ran $ 650.00 worth of bogus charges on my debit card. I only stayed one night here, but they billed my card for three totalling over $ 800.00. They also put an additional $ 350.00 hold on my checking account just to use as a deposit against my one night stay. They argued with me about refunding the money. The desk clerk was the rudest person I have ever run into in a hotel.
The rooms had peeling wall paper, water leak marks on the ceiling, and very uncomfortable beds.
I will never stay here again. I will go out of my way to warn anyone else against staying here. It ruined my birthday: the day they ran up all the charges against my account. They ruined my vacation by holding all my money until I returned home. And it took many phone calls to the hotel manager, the front desk, and I finally had to enlist the help of my bank to reverse the charges.
NEVER STAY HERE!

My mom & I stayed at The Island Inn during a busy Spring Break week– we have absolutely no complaints! This hotel is a wonderful getaway for anyone looking for relaxing beach time. Rick’s Tiki bar is right on the water, with a number of frozen island drinks and beers for reasonable prices. There was someone available at the front desk at all times, where you can pick up beach towels & information about the island.
Paying for WIFI was a slight inconvenience, but if anything, it made us leave our computers and work on our tans. :) The rooms are independently owned, so we requested an up to date refurbished room. (Suggested) I would absolutely stay here again.

This is a condo ownership complex who rents to vacationers with a two-​nite minimum. Shaded parking, easy access to beach, outdoor bar/​café and pool. Every room has a beach view and an intercoastal waterway view. Each room has a fridge, microwave, kitchenette, balcony. At times the elevator was scary/​shaky but seems to have been corrected. I liked it better at $ 99/​night. The price has continued to rise. Peaceful and «grown up» since the price is higher.