Silver Sands Gulf Beach Resort

Great beach walking! Went swimming in both sea and pool. Great to be able to BBQ Great spot.

The hotel is in a great position on 10 miles of pricvate beach. It has a swimming pool and just beyaond there direct access to white sand and sea. You ca walk to the convenience store Harry's from the hotel and his restaurant and Deli. Other restaurant and the only supermarket on Longboat you will need a car for. The rooms are clean and utilitarian. As there were only 2 of us we booked the 'hotel' room, it was exceelend but as there was no balvony or door it was dark inside the room, I needed more natural light. This is not there issue just a poor choice from me, next trip I will book a larger room with outside space.

Room was very clean and had nicely updated decorating. We especially liked our room (237) because it had it's own entrance. The room had a kitchenette but had no sink. It had storage, microwave, toaster and coffeemaker. Coffee packs were provided everyday, as well as other amenities and daily maid service if you want it. We chose not to have our towels changed and room cleaned, for the week we were there, for conservation reasons. They also had self serve recycling bins by their waste bins, for which we were very happy. Beautiful pool area and ocean view and beach!! Complimentary lounge chairs and umbrellas could be brought out onto the beach, another plus. Beautiful area on Longboat Key.

Clean, comfortable room right next to the beach with most of the facilities you will need for an enjoyable stay.

Our room was very clean and comfortable= not all the rooms are oceanfront -some are- but right on the beach- be sure to ask for a BR unit - ours was considered a hotel unit that had a kitchenette which included a refrigerator, microwave ,toaster and coffee maker- the only sink was in the BR where we had to wash our dishes, that were included- the pool looked nice but didn't get to use due that the weather was too cool- check in and out was quick- only regret was that we wished we had chosen a larger unit-

The front personnel was extremely unfriendly and unprofessional. We got to the property before check in time just to check if the room might be available. The front desk person was rude and told us to find something to do that she was busy with checkouts and didn't have time right now to check back in a few hours or so.

Nice hotel, great location. The hotel was very well maintained and pleasing to the eye. The location was close to shops and restaurants but not too close. The atmosphere was quiet and peaceful. I would stay there again. The lady at the front desk upon our departure was too busy to look up from her computer to answer a question I had but finally did but was very short with her answer and went right back to her computer. Other than that everything else was good. The lady upon our arrival was very pleasant.

Our 'hotel room' was small, overlooking a parking lot for more money than we have paid for beachfront in Hawaii. The room had only one uncomfortable desk chair, a broken alarm clock, no Kleenex (until we asked), and no desk help after 5pm. Overall=the least for our money anywhere, anytime.

Good place to swim and walk on the beach, not crowded.

Silver Sands was a quiet, comfortable, little motel on a beautiful beach with outstanding sunsets. The pool area was lovely and the views from the front rooms were amazing. Unfortunately we did not have a front room but if we go back we would definitely rent one. The island, Longboat Key, is lovely but pricey. It is definitely the nicest of the three keys, Anna Maria island, Longboat Key and Siesta Key which are all in a row. We will go back.