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Reviews of The Old Carrabelle Hotel

3 out of 5
The Old Carrabelle Hotel
201 Tallahassee St, Carrabelle, FL

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 102 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

vicky

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Expedia charged for a room that was not available, no vacancies, so we can not give an opinion or review
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice quaint hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Skip and Kathy on 15 Apr 2024
Hi Dennis-Glad you folks had a good stay! This season is one of our favorite times of year. And come back again!

2/10 Terrible

Charles

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very nice property and our second stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Skip on 23 Mar 2024
Thanks for the good word!

8/10 Good

Muriel E

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint facility nice and private. One thing was unusual is I was contacted by staff person Skip asking if I knew how Venetian blind was unable to be opened. We never tried to open it during our stay. I was asked if a child was jumping on the bed near blind. There were 3 adults in our party and my 90 year old mother in law slept on that bed. Otherwise we enjoyed Carrabelle and our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Skip on 23 Mar 2024
Now Granny doesn't need to worry about the blind--it's fixed! We don't really think she was messing with it, though. :)

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was like being in a creepy movie which was perfect for me. Check in instructions were in the mail box outside the front door. Not a single person was in sight during my entire stay. That was nice. The room was clean and comfortable. The old hotel was cute and the owners had obviously spent a lot of time making it nice. My stay was comfortable and enjoyable. I would book the hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Skip and Kathy on 11 Mar 2024
Thanks!

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Skip on 12 Mar 2024
Thanks for the click.

8/10 Good

trudy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Very unique. Could have supplied glasses for drinks and ceramic cups for coffee
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Skip and Kathy on 11 Mar 2024
Hi Trudy-Thanks for your note. We have wine glasses in the Monkey Bar, but regular hard cups and glasses (for coffee, for instance) are too many chip-able items for us to control! --And our insulated cups are pretty well liked by everybody.

6/10 Okay

Michelle

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was unique, a little too cluttered for my liking, which makes it seem not as clean. The bed was comfortable. It was self check in, so we never saw anyone, which wasn’t all bad. The process was easy.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Skip on 22 Jan 2024
Hi Michelle, Next time you write, please mention your last name and your room. Then we can address the "clutter" area which just cost us 40% of your review.Thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2 thumbs up
Very nice quiet 2 story historic house converted into a hotel. Very clean. Within walking distance to several restaurants. One of the nicest hotel experiences my wife and I have had.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sampath

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I usually stay at Hampton Inn across USA, because it’s a known business model with properties having comfortable rooms with great free breakfast. This boutique property, The Old Carrabelle Hotel, measures upto that standard of cleanliness. On top of it, the rooms are cozy, but a bit small though. The bathrooms are actually big and the shower was a delight. More importantly, we could flip a switch and make coffee and tea in the hallway, and relax in a long beautiful front balcony that extends pretty much around the house. That sure beats any Hampton Inn property. This property is several decades old and it’s a big task to maintain it to function that well. Our compliments to the owners. Breakfast was coupon based, and we could order anything we wanted, discounted to $7 each, in a two minute walkable pastry and sandwich shop. We could go anytime of the day with the coupons ! To be fair to Hampton Inn properties, we did miss the beautiful lounges and front end hallways they have. But why not enjoy a little piece of heaven by giving those things up?
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Skip and Kathy on 25 Feb 2022
Many thanks for detailing our benefits so clearly! BTW, our property is 120 years old! We just replaced the whole roof system, so we're good for another 100.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Skip on 23 Feb 2022
Acknowledged.

6/10 Okay

Kenneth

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
To Much Heat!
Property needs minor repairs and paint. Heat was basically on all night, we had to open windows because it was so hot in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 25 Dec 2021
We have a major remodel in the works, and hope that you will come by again once that's done. Besides the Florida challenge of a new climate every few days, we have had guests change thermostat settings for a whole floor. We hope that the open windows made sleeping better.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was very historic and full of interesting memorabilia. Very comfortable and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 18 Mar 2021
We've tried to personalize the Hotel not only with a Key West flavor, but also with as much local/Carrabelle harbor town flavor as we can. Glad you liked it! Skip and Kathy

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was great very cute and the bathroom is huge. I stayed in the Magnolia room. As someone who enjoys history this is a great place to stay. Very close to everything. The owners are very helpful as well. Also very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 15 Mar 2021
Magnolia's bathroom started life as a bedroom, and when we remodeled it got its new life. Very popular! Come see us again!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No elevator but interesting history of Carabelle upstairs of the wooden stairways & downstairs. Note was given @main entrance. No one was at the front desk to welcome or departure. It may be due to COV-19. Otherwise it was a pleasant stay for 1 nite.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 15 Mar 2021
Dear Anonymous Guest-- We would have used Anonymous also! Our confirmation details the Self Check-In instructions, and most people get the picture that we don't staff a desk. And you didn't have to pay for those employees, or the elevator. Isn't that good?

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 16 Mar 2021
Come Again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We were the only ones to stay the night we where there. So it was a little spooky at night. Loved the rap a around porch.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Skip on 4 Mar 2021
Some might say "quiet". Glad that rap wasn't noisy.

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A clean, comfortable stay!
Great little historic hotel in a quaint little town within walking distance to the famous “World’s Smallest Police Station”. Booked the smallest room though hotels.com and, because their calendars aren’t sync’ed it happened the room was occupied but, even though the owner was out of town, he worked it out with us over the phone and got us into the largest room at a discount! Skip was a fantastic host and I’m sorry we didn’t get to meet. The property was very clean and comfortable and had fun relics decorating the property and we would definitely stay here if we ever find ourselves in Carabelle again. The Captain’s Quarters is actually the bedroom and bathroom and end of the hallway blocked off with room divider screen. It’s all very private though since it’s at the end of the hall. The only real issue we had was thinking the water heater wasn’t working because it took so long for it to heat up. And even then it never got too far past what I would call warm. Other than that, the one bed was kinda squeaky but we didn’t use that one. And I guess if you’re a light sleeper, which I am not, the sound of the occasional car/truck that drives by could be a problem because it was kinda loud and people seem to treat the road like a speedway. 99.9% of the time it was nice and quiet, even with the other rooms being occupied. The breakfast voucher was a nice perk. Spent it at the super-cool little Carabelle Junction right down the road. Good food, nice owner, great place.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Skip and Kathy on 15 Mar 2021
Thanks for the review! We are still working with the math, you see we don't have 99 vehicles per night, so the "99.9% quiet" has us baffled. We're working on that. Come again!

8/10 Good

Mark

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 29 Dec 2020
Thanks for the nice comments, and we hope you will come back soon!

8/10 Good

Ray, Palm Harbor

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very tastefully decorated and comfortable! The owner was there 1 of the days and never introduced himself to us. Very disappointed he didn't seem to want to introduce himself. Just seemed a little rude.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Skip on 29 Dec 2020
Hi Ray, From the start of this business, we have attempted to avoid interfering with our guests' visits. Most are here to take advantage of the sparsely populated, natural coast we enjoy (especially this year!). We can suggest some more populated places if you like; just ask.

8/10 Good

Trachelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room, nice stay.
Comfortable stay. The room was clean. There was a shared small refrigerator, microwave and coffee pot. The BnB style hotel provided breakfast vouchers to several restaurants in Carrabelle which were very good.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 29 Nov 2020
Glad you had a good stay! Thanksgiving is a challenge because the restaurants want days off too, but we handled it! Come back soon, Skip and Kathy

8/10 Good

Warren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 21 Oct 2020
Thanks!

8/10 Good

Neal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 7 Oct 2020
Hi Neal-- We appreciate your effort to write, i.e. to click, a review for us!

10/10 Excellent

Art W

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 7 Oct 2020
Thanks a million for sharing your experience. And we hope to see you back!

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Carrabelle romantic getaway
Loved it!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 17 Sept 2020
Thanks for the comment! We look forward to hosting you again.

10/10 Excellent

scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great getaway
Was a great stay it I was to complain about anything it would be the mattress in my room was to hard in hemmigway room and kk all american grill was who took the breakfast certificate s from hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 16 Sept 2020
Hi Scott- Many thanks for your review, and for the family group you all had here this weekend. Hope it was a nice trip. We just replaced your mattress with a new kind of high-tech one last week! Maybe now that you've broken it in, it'll relax a bit? It has some springs, but so wrapped in layers of foam that you can't feel them. Come back soon!

8/10 Good

Blaine

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quaint bed and breakfast inn, with easy access to beaches and local area due to location. Easy check in and out with nice, quiet accommodations.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 31 Aug 2020
Blaine-- many thanks for your kind words. You mentioned some of the things most important to us and our guests over the years. And we hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Captain’s Quarters is awesomeness!
I arrived in the early afternoon. I’m so glad I did because I got to enjoy the house and porch. Thank you for a wonderful place to relax and sleep!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 23 Aug 2020
Now, we work on Mother Nature for a break in the weather!

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great and very quiet
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 12 Aug 2020
"Quiet" on a Friday night is quite a compliment. Glad you slept well, and hope you will come again! Skip and Kathy

4/10 Poor

Jan, Dothan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We only had the room for 1 night (thankfully!). The atmosphere was nice. The room was just that, a room with personal bathroom. There was a refrigerator at the top of the stairs with coffee pot but no amenities in the room. My biggest complaint was the bed was hard and lumpy and so were the pillows. But the breakfast voucher we used at KK’s All American Canteen got us a very delicious meal! The town was absolutely delightful! Just stay some place else!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from Skip on 16 Jul 2020
Hi Jan- Well, we will investigate that mattress and pillows as soon as we have a break between guests. You are the first mention of this, but we will immediately replace these items if they need to be replaced! It sounds as though you had a good stay except for the bed items--we hope so. Skip and Kathy

8/10 Good

Renee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint
Lots of historical memorabilia to explore throughout. Very comfortable bed. Quiet. Quaint. Not within walking distance of anything.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Skip on 16 Jul 2020
Hi Renee-- We're not sure whether you mean that we are out in the boonies (certainly not the case) or that there is nothing to walk to (matter of opinion).We came to Carrabelle for the small-town atmosphere, with a gorgeous harbor and a state and national forest on our outskirts. The harbor is a block and a half, and forest and Gulf waters are everywhere you look. The Hotel is full of reference material for locating museums, lighthouses, nature exhibit locations, etc. Hopefully you found something to do before you left. Skip and Kathy

10/10 Excellent

Pam, Gainesville, Fl

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place to stay. It’s like an old family home. I love the convenience of the location and it was extremely quite. Breakfast was a card that you receive at checkin (in your envelope) you could use at several local restaurants. We chose K & K’s and it was delicious and the staff there were so friendly and attentive. Great little town.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Skip on 16 Jul 2020
THanks! Skip and Kathy

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Skip on 23 Jun 2020
Thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful experience
This was the perfect place for us. The room was small but absolutely comfortable. Quiet, private and inexpensive.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2020
Response from Skip on 25 May 2020
And we appreciate you kind words. Hopefully you will have the chance to stop in again sometime! Skip and Kathy

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2020
Response from Skip on 25 May 2020
We appreciate that you took time to respond to the review request.

10/10 Excellent

Paula, Zephyrhills

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Never saw the owners but the room was comfortable, there was coffee available and the shower worked great. Those are my three requirements for a comfortable stay and they passed on all three.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Skip on 9 Mar 2020
It's nice to have a guest who knows exactly what they want in lodging! And we're glad we fit! Skip and Kathy

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl, St Augustine FL

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Not actually a B&B, self check in, no staff on sight. Given vouchers to go to breakfast which wasn’t bad because we walked and it gave us the opportunity to see the town. It’s great for the overnight traveler but we had reservations for four nights. We stayed in the Hemingway which was decorated very nicely. All in All it was comfortable but as stated only for a short stay
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Skip on 25 Feb 2020
Hi Cheryl-- Many thanks for your kind words. Gosh, we thought we were running a B&B here the last 19 years, with the beds and breakfasts and all. Sure, it's a little different, but then this IS the Forgotten Coast! Hope you can come this way again. Skip and Kathy

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Skip on 26 Feb 2020
Thanks x4.

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice old hotel
It was a really nice old hotel with all the modern conveniences I needed. I liked the self check-in. Wish I could have stayed longer.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Skip on 20 Feb 2020
We appreciate that you appreciate what we've done! Not too modern, but all the WiFi and A/C that we need today.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming old hotel with lots of character! Very fun.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Skip and Kathy on 20 Feb 2020
And we hope you get the chance to return! Skip and Kathy

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful old hotel full of unique features and fittings. If you are a modernist or minimalist only then this is not for you!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Skip on 2 Feb 2020
We aren't surprised that our Old World friends would appreciate history! We hope you can visit Florida and the US again. Skip and Kathy

10/10 Excellent

Mirta

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The most wonderful experience!!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Skip on 25 Jan 2020
Your nice comments make us glad again, that we can light up the day for our guests, now in our 17th year!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very easy self check-in. Good location, walking distance to all needs. Felt safe. Love the old charm of the hotel. I would stay again. 😊
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Kathy & Skip on 21 Jan 2020
Thank you so much for your kind words!! We really appreciate it and would love to have you come back! Have a wonderful day.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I love the quick check in and the rooms. I love the nice bathroom in Hemingway room. My biggest problem is with the lack of control of the heating in cooling in the rooms. Our first night was a little cold. Our second night was a little too warm for comfort.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Kathy and Skip on 22 Jan 2020
Thanks so much for your input. We have had very strange weather for our area the past few weeks with sometimes heat and air being needed on the same day! We do plan in the future to address this with newer technology as our guest's comfort is very important to us!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Skip on 8 Jan 2020
4 out of 5 is 80 percent, a C back in the school day. Wish we knew where you think we are not up to par.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was so cute, just like you would think a small town Inn would be. Loved it!! Skip and Kathy were right there anytime we needed something. They are sweet as pie just like the town. We will be back again and will be staying in this place every time we go.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Skip on 3 Dec 2019
And we will look forward to your visit! Skip and Kathy