Sara M.
Yelp
This is kind of tough one for me. If you asked me my feelings about Seascape Tropical Inn immediately after checking out, the feelings would be a wee more warm and fuzzy than they are now. I'll get to why in a bit, but first, my experience with the Inn.
We stayed 2 nights in the Havana suite which was much better in person than as it appeared online, which was great. All the pictures you see have those awful floral bedspreads, dated wicker chairs and tattered furnishings, but the rooms must have been recently redesigned, as it was clean and updated. The bed was super comfortable and the private entrance with the small deck was nice too. The Inn itself was rather cute and also very clean, and the location was one of it's main selling points, being right off of Duval, albeit, about a 10 minute walk to the more active end of the street -- but definitely no complaints with the location here. The breakfast in the morning was perfect for me. I'm not a huge breakfast eater and am happy with a yogurt/fruit or cereal, and so their spread fit the bill. There is no meat or hot food on it (minus a toasted bagel), but the specialty cream cheeses and butter were a hit. And also... mimosas.
The drawbacks were the lack of a swimming pool which would have really been nice to cool off in after walking around under the boiling sun. They do have a hot tub, or rather, a luke-warm tub, so there's that. A second downfall would be the size of the bathroom in our suite. The shower was sooo leetle. And the bathroom mirror must have been hung by someone tall, as it was difficult for me to use at my 5'3 stature, starting at my shoulders and making it pretty difficult to check out my outfit. The toilet did have a neat dual flushing system though. The A/C was noticeably loud and there was a cockroach that scurried it's way across the floor, but aside from that, the stay at Seascape Tropical Inn was definitely enjoyable and a place I would stay at again... until the day after check-out, when I received an email from their customer service with a subject line "damage to the property". Dun dun duuuunnn!
To make a long story less long, apparently, house keeping found "deep yellow stains" on our linens, and upon washing them twice, was not able to remove them and therefore charged me $150 to replace the sheets. Whhhaaaa? After reading the email, I thought long and hard.. "was there anything at all that I could think of that would have caused permanent deep yellow stains?" Nope, not at all. I thought of a plethora of things that could have caused a yellow stain, ie. pee, beer, white wine, puke - all of which come out with washing (I know first hand) but also none of which ended up in the bed during out 2 night stay. We were respectful of the room and there was no way that anything we had with us or that we did could have caused permanent damage to the sheets. So we sent a strongly worded letter and Seascape did in fact refund the $150 charge on my credit card... but... it left me feeling a little wonky. My cynical side tells me that they saw young(er) people and wanted to see how far of a ride they could take us on. My other more understanding side says that somehow someway, between the time we left the room and the time they pulled the sheets from the dryer, deep yellow stains emerged, and they genuinely thought it was at our hand. In the end it worked out okay, but I feel compelled to put it out there, in case my cynical side is correct, so I'd want to warn a brotha.
FYI - two nights in the suite (sleeps 4 people) was $840
