Silver Sands Gulf Beach Resort by RVA

Love the location on the island,shortest walk to the beach,great heated pool. Seen dolphins swimming by. Amazing sand. It’s a little tried in some of the rooms,but well worth the money for with you paid. I would recommend this resort to anyone that is not too picky. We will be back next year.

This was our first stay at Silver Sands. We love Longboat Key, but we wanted to stay for a shorter period and the place we normally stay will not let you stay for less than a week. We found Silver Sands and booked our room, 251A. We knew that it was a small room and it was, but it served it's purpose. It was clean and enough room for us to do what we needed to do. The grounds were great, access to the beach was awesome. Chairs, umbrellas and beach towels were supplied. It would have been nice to have an ice machine on property for rooms like ours that doesn't have a full size fridge, but not a deal breaker. It was a nice little getaway in paradise. We had no issues at all and interaction with office was phenomenal. I would recommend this location and we will definitely stay here again.

Week long stay in 241A, window still had hurricane shade covering only window (feb) and was very dark, hard to see in there and not what you come to the beach for. There was black mold in the shower area which made you wonder how clean rest of room was. There were no beach umbrellas as advertised. Many of the beach lounge chairs were ripped and discolored, need thrown and replaced. This was one of the few units that still had a window air conditioner, which was rather inefficient even in mild 70 degree weather, but felt we had to run to get dampness out of room. Most other units now had central air. We did not use housekeeping and feel we are pretty low maintenance guests. When we did ask for towels were told by manager that they didn't have any right now and seemed bothered to help us. They have tons of clean towels with on site laundry, but wouldn't walk to get some and got mad when we asked housekeeping if we could grab our own. You definitely need your own vehicle at this location as public transportation not as advertised either. Lyft and Uber hard to find this time of year as they get slowed down on bridges and avoid area. The best thing about the property is the beach! With almost no other resorts in area you have plenty of space and not a lot of people. Pool area was nice enough and a couple Weber grills if you want to prepare your own food. Have to travel a bit to get to better restaurants. There just are not a lot of options in area and thus maybe they don't feel need to upgrade. Definitely didn't feel like a resort, more of a remodeled 50's motel, should be called Silver Sands Rentals, promote what it is, not what it isn't.

Our family has been going to Silver Sands for 25 years; the beach is amazing! The rooms need a facelift and should include all items as advertised. No coffee filters or cups in 253A & 255A. Also, 255A needs a bigger tv (22” in the room). We will return, however, we will choose different rooms. Things have definitely changed over the years and now the rooms are individually owned and obviously kept to differing standards. The rooms that overlook the pool/beach seem nicer but are, of course, more expensive.

We rented unit 245A. Overall we enjoyed it. The room appeared to be recently updated. The paint looked fresh, the mattress was comfortable, and the furnishings looked good. The problem areas were the toaster was broken, one of the sliding shower doors wouldn’t slide due to black mildew buildup in the track, and the bedside table lamps both had loose lightbulb sockets that left the bulbs leaning sideways when the switch was turned. The exterior of the property was very nice. The tropical gardens were beautiful and the location on the beach is excellent.

Reasonably priced in the absurdly priced Longboat Key. Pool and common areas were always sparkling clean. Manager Margaret was always busy busy busy seeing to it guests were taken care of. Quiet beach area with little foot or boat traffic. Overall a great stay