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Reviews of Cabana Beach Club by RVA

2 out of 5
Cabana Beach Club by RVA
5851 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 44 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Deborah B., Ocala

Liked: Cleanliness
Long Boat Key is a beautiful place to vacation
The property itself is kind of old and the outside looks a bit run down, but the unit we stayed in, #2, has been recently renovated and is very comfortable and clean. We initially had some problems with the key, but it got resolved. Also had to call to have the AC filter changed because it was way overdue, and they came quickly to take care of it. We had a nice vacation.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Lauren S.

Nice location and view of the beach
This unit is located centrally on Longboat. It is the first multi-unit building after a long line of big homes to the North. So when you are on the beach and look to your right, it is nice and quiet. If you look to your left there will be people from the other condo units which continue to the south. But, they are low rise, smaller condos so the beach was not real crowded that direction either. There is a nice view of the beach from the kitchen and the closed in patio. The unit is clean and neat. The bedroom and bathroom are a bit tight. You can hear your neighbors a bit too, but thankfully we had fairly quiet neighbors. Overall, we liked it and would stay there again. We definitely recommend eating at Harry's restaurant just down the road. Euphemia Haye was good too and somewhat of an experience, but it was pricier and we both liked Harry's better.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was great. The area was amazing! Woykd stay here again!!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Jeff M on Mar 19, 2019
Thank you for staying with us and for recognizing our staff.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The unit is run down. Worms were attracted to floor according to management. The TV got one station. The kitchen sliding door would come off track, making it difficult to lock and secure the unit. The outside man door opened outward.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for value because close to beach
The room had numerous centipedes constantly appearing.

10/10 Excellent

mike b, amelia island fl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice affordable room. Couldn't ask for much more
Room was nice and clean well stocked and cool. The bed was just ehh but everything else was great. Plenty of towels and bathroom toiletries. I would say if I could as for something a bit more it might be parking. It was a tad tight with the condos on our side of the road but we got through it no problem. Beach was cool when we went by kids loved the heated pool. For the money I felt we got everything and then some. I saw some complaints about check in we came after 5 and after calling everything was waiting for us no problem. In fact I think overall we spent about 2 min with check in and check out!! Perfect.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great condo
Love the location, great floorplan, easy access to beach, very clean. Mattresses were not very comfortable.

2/10 Terrible

Prudence, Port Republic, MD

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Where Not to Go on LongBoat Key
We visited Longboat Key June 13-17 and booked the Cabana Beach Club. This is our worst resort experience from checking in, the room, or people who “managed” it. Checking in was horrible! We arrived 5851 Gulf of Mexico Dr at 4:30PM and tried to find an office; there was none, a mailbox held brochures but no info re checking in. A lady said we had to go to 4030 Gulf of Mexico Dr to check in. Two miles to 4030 an RVA office next to ACE hardware. The office was closed; it had a late arrivals box w a padlock and an 800#. We called and got someone who did not know and put us on hold for 20 min; I hung up and called back; we were again put on hold. My husband went to the ACE; ACE knew the #, obviously others have been in our situation. Our packet of info was there, ironically saying to come to 4030; all this took nearly two hours. At Cabana Beach Club Unit# 11, we found dirty/torn chairs, a rusted apart bathroom holder, a door to the canal that did not work, a lock on the gate that fell apart each time we used it, a phone that kept ringing, a hair dryer that got so hot you could not hold it, and a dirty swimming pool that we could not use. We went to the office the next morning and were faced with a rude service representative. We talked to the manager who said he would call us the next day;we have not heard from him or RVA. I tried the his card numbers; I left messages; they have not returned our calls. Please take them off your list!!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, Tampa, Fl

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Beach Getaway!
Loved the Cabana Beach Club! My only issue was I was a late arrival and the main office is not on site. It was never indicated in my communications that I would not be checking in at the same physical address as the rental. Other than that not being communicated, I thoroughly enjoyed my stay and plan on coming back!

8/10 Good

Cindy, Oxford Fl

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Cozy getaway
There for a wedding in St Pete. The beach was clean and quiet. We were able to see a manatee in the canal the morning we left. It was a peaceful weekend away for my husband and I. We enjoyed it!

10/10 Excellent

Edward A, Pennsylvania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Getaway
My husband and I truly enjoyed our stay in our little "beach house". We loved the privacy and quietness of being on the bay side, enjoying our coffee (or cocktails) while watching the fish jump in the canal. It was just a short walk across the street to the beautiful beach. The unit was very clean and well equipped also.

10/10 Excellent

april, florida

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful!
Quiet and peaceful. Accommodations on the canal was great with a short walk to the beach. Nice to be able to cook your own meals with a fully stocked kitchen. We stayed in unit 10. Plenty of space for my family of 4. Harry's breakfast was great. Expensive convenience store but there is a publix down the road.

10/10 Excellent

Sonia, Orlando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing!
This place was amazing, beautiful and i loved the privacy. I wasnt sure about it because we were on the bayside (they have rooms on both sides)but it was still very convenient to get to beautiful private beach and being on bayside provided the privacy we wanted. The only thing i would have changed was a bigger pool but still very nice! It is a condo, so no room service per say but the rooms were nicely stock and quick mart very near by. Loved it!

10/10 Excellent

Papo N frenchi, kissimmee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very relaxing and beautiful
It was really awesome.just a small walk to the beach really beautiful.I will be back next summer..

10/10 Excellent

Jeff, Belleview, FL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Another nice stay at this affordable oceanfront
Managed by RVA/Resort Vacation Accommodations on Longboat Key, the Cabana Beach Club is a fairly affordable but also upscale (compared to a typical motel) location on the northern end of LBK. It has units on both the ocean side and canal side of Gulf of Mexico drive. The units on the canal side, where we always stay, afford the vacationer the ability to have a chance of seeing Manatees, Dolphins and other sea life right outside the back door while still just an easy walk across the street to the beach. The grounds are always well kept at Cabana Beach Club and the amenities such as pool, shared onsite laundry, free parking, and a spacious congregation area with tables and grills. The unit we stayed in, #11, features a separate bedroom, full kitchen, and large living area with combo couch/pull out bed. The place is easily large enough for a family of 4 or 5. For people with boats the club also provides boat slips so you can practically ride right up to your back door if staying at a canal side condo.

10/10 Excellent

Tim, Tampa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great family getaway
We had the best time beach was great really liked how the facility was setup and maintained

8/10 Good

Don, Longboat Key

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The convenience of walking across the street to ocean within the same cluster of cottage condos was nice. Pool clean. Free on-site laundry was a big perk. The cottage type condos were clean, but not fancy. Blind on door and lamp fixture were broken. Our neighbors had a large family party going on the entire weekend with loud music. They were nice when we asked them to turn the volume down at 11 pm.

6/10 Okay

Zoltan Lorinczi, NYC

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
The worst check-in experience I've ever had
Imagine arriving to a hotel / motel at 10 PM, it's pitch dark everywhere around the building, there is no check-in office, there's nobody to actually talk to and no instructions on where your room is or how to find it. This is not a horror movie setup, it's the Cabana Beach Club in Longboat Key. It took us about 10 phone calls to a 1-800 number (out of which 5 dropped, because of poor signal in the area), and an hour and a half of exhausting search for hotel "office" (which was closed at 10 PM), keys, building (which was across the street from the actual address), room entrance (which was behind the building accessible through a pitch dark alley) until we finally managed to get inside our room. Otherwise the room was nice and spacious (smelled a little bit like mold though), closest stores, restaurants are about 10 minutes of driving away, beach pretty nice.

10/10 Excellent

Gene, Chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Beach
This was a return trip to Cabana Beach and we plan to come back as soon as we can. A great place if you like an uncrowded sandy beach suitable for long walks with lots of sea birds. It's far enough away from the high rises that there are usually only a handful of people within sight. We also enjoyed the fact that a several nice restaurants within walking distance (we're fond of Harry's, a combo of convenience store, upscale deli, and higher end dining spot in 3 small buildings). Convenient bike trail all the way to St. Armands and Lido if you want that, or to other sights going the opposite direction. The facility itself is not fancy or luxurious, but it was comfortable and quiet, if a little quirky. A perfect spot to get away from it all.

8/10 Good

Steve, Connecticut

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lovely location
We were lucky to get the ground floor unit facing the Gulf (great sunsets), whereas other customers might get one across the main street away from the beach. We couldn't tell in advance where we would be placed and were very pleasantly surprised. Even with one of the other units, we probably would have had a good time. This is an older (vintage) condominium and, although it doesn't sparkle, it was absolutely clean and generally well-kept. The sliding door to the screen porch wouldn't lock but we felt relatively secure anyway. The free laundry facility was a plus. We didn't go in the pool but it looked fine. Many hotels on Longboat Key are large and overly expensive, unless you like that kind of thing. This one was more reasonable. Restaurants are expensive too. You can walk the beach forever!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and clean
We were looking for a place on Longboat for a reasonable price. This turned out to be perfect. Our condo was on the canal side but was very pleasant, clean, quiet, and comfortable...

8/10 Good

Lola, Ft. Myers, FL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Didn't have much time to be in the room or appreciate the outside. It was difficult to find with no big identifying sign, but was quiet, clean and comfortable. Nice place.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Private, peaceful
This is not your typical hotel room but that is what made our weekend perfect. As mentioned by another review there is not an on sight concierge. The key has to be picked up down the street. We did not have a room on the beach but across the street on the canal. This was beautiful at night. Private beach access was very nice. Especially at sunset. Being able to make a meal on your own in the kitchen was very convenient with all the utensils. Had one issue with the bathroom and maintenance was on the way immediately. Very clean and well taken care of.
Response from Jeff on Jan 11, 2014
Thank you so much for your comments regarding our condominium complex. Being a condo property, we try to provide all of our guests with that home-like experience and while we do not have an onsite office nor onsite staffing we do have systems in place to assist anyone at any time. We appreciate you taking the time to advise us of your experience.

10/10 Excellent

Erik and Sophia, Hudson, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vacation ( short )
Very comfortable and nicely furnished. Received your departure instructions after arriving at home, to late to comply, need instructions in other format not via computer.

8/10 Good

William, Philadelphia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Except for a somewhat complicated check-in. I liked it very much.

10/10 Excellent

Barbee, Hollywood, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful and quiet...

10/10 Excellent

Carol, Orlando, Fl.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Very nice, clean. On the canal, not on the gulf. We enjoyed everything about the place. One thing we did not like, they turned off the water and didn't let us know this was going to happen. In the future, they should contact the guest and let them know that there would be no water for a period of time. Except for that we loved it.

6/10 Okay

Sean

Disliked: Room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
convenient to many areas of interest
very quiet and peaceful

6/10 Okay

Ellen

Not Bad
The condo was comfortable, although, I did not realize when I booked my stay that the Cabana Beach Club has two locations - one on the beach and one across the street from the beach, located on a small waterway entry to the bay. If you want to be on the beach, be sure to book a condo on the beach side.

2/10 Terrible

David & Amy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This place didnt meet my min expectations. Gravel parking and passway to the unit which cost me the wheels for one of my luggage. No security lighting in the area, pitch dark at night. Pool is nasty. Bathroom smells and one of the flush was not working.. noisy AC and noisy neighbors AC that you can hear all night.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing
A very enjoyable stay. A quiet getaway. Very relaxing.

10/10 Excellent

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceeded Expectations!
We were so very pleased with our stay! Room was clean and well-equipped. Great kitchen, blender, mixer, plenty of towels, comfortable beds, Wi-Fi, 3 TV's, hair dryer, washer/dryer, plenty of paper goods. We were in unit 8 "pool view". Listed as a 1 bedroom with a pullout sofa, but actually had a Murphy bed, which was probably more comfortable. Beach was gorgeous. Only complaint was knowing how to check in. We were never told we had to drive to another location to pick up a key. Frustrating and confusing. Would definitely go back!

10/10 Excellent

Katherine, Tampa, FL, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach getaway!
Unit 4...on the beach with a wonderful Gulf view. Balcony across the front, full kitchen, 2bed 2bath; bathrooms are a nice size. Large living room. Beautiful location. We loved it! We'll definitely return :-)

10/10 Excellent

reggie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful beach and very quiet retreatlike
THe guys who checked us in were not on site..we had to ask another guest where to check in and get our key..not a problem but we had to backtrack up the road a few miles and were anxious to get to the beach and relax.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cabana Beach Club, Longboat Key, FL
Property was well maintained and lush. Condo was very clean, with upscale towels and sheets. The view from the screened in balconey was to die for. It was a girls weekend...myself , my sister-in-law and mother in law and her girlfriend. The 2 flights of stairs to our unit was a bit difficult for my 80 yr old mom in law to manage. She spent most of her time on the balcony, which she enjoyed. My only complaints were the kitchen was not technically fully equipt. Due to the age of the unit, it could stand a little TLC. Silk plants were sad! Kitchen should be checked for missing and matching items, and floor of balcony could be tiled or even repainted. Also, beach umbrellas with anchors would be nice. These are suggestions in my opinion, could make this condo a 3 star rating. Overall, we made do and had a wonderful time. The beach was awesome, very few people. The water was cool and clear. I would diffently consider returning.

10/10 Excellent

Wesley, columbus, oh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will be back AGAIN
This is the second time we have stayed at this hotel and have not been disappointed with anything. From the landscaping, pool, and beach, everything is well maintained and clean. We stayed gulfront both times and the view is awesome. The rooms are large and very clean, but best of all very comfortable- it is like being at home.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Check in ist nur bis 18:00 persönlich möglich. Office ist nicht am selben Ort wie Hotel sondern einige Meilen weiter. Schlüssel waren in einem Postfach hinterlegt, dass mit Zahlenschloss gesichert war, nur durch Zufall haben wir die richtige Kombination erraten. Sonst wären wir auch echt aufgeschmissen gewesen, denn die beim Büro angegebenen Hotkline war abends nicht besetzt und wir wurden auch trotz hinterlassener Nachricht nie zurückgerufen. Apartement schlecht beschildert und somnit in der Nacht schwer zu finden WIFI Empfang sehr schlecht und auch dieses erst nach persönlicher Rücksprache im Office verfügbar Klingt jetzt schrecklich. War es auch. Zumindest der organisatorische Teil zu Beginn der Reise. Ansonsten: Schönes sauberes Hotel in unmittelbarer Strandnähe. Nette und rücksichtsvolle Mitgäste. Traumhafte Lage, die kaum zu toppen ist. Ruhig.

8/10 Good

Kh., Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Emplacement exceptionnel
Le seul problème est la réception des clés, il faudra bien organiser ce point car il n'y a pas de bureau sur place et l'information était mal véhiculée

8/10 Good

Kh., Québec Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Emplaceement exceptionnel
On a passé 2h juste pour rejoindre quelqu'un lors de notre arrivée tard (19h30) pour recevoir la clé car pas de réception sur place :(...

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
bra för alla
Detta anläggningen är inget hotell utan en lägenhet med självhushåll = man städa själv. Vi bodde i Cabin 11 alltså inte mot havet utan på andra sidan gatan, toppen läge, uteplatsen hade en gräsmattan som vete ner till en kanal, i kanalen såg vi bl.a. Sting Rays (Rocka) och Manatees (Sjöko) vilken upplivelse att se Manatees live