Sarasota Surf and Racquet Club

Enjoyable stay, however expected more to make the cost more palatable, and importantly our stay easier and a little more comfortable. Accommodation very spacious for four of us, comfy sofas, beds and pillows. Plenty of cupboard incl. walk in wardrobe and draw space. No issues with hot water and towels were refreshed weekly, however option to use washer/dryer for $4 via the office to pay. The second bedroom is cold due to Air conditioning. Good TV network. Like how people leave books for next guests, nice touch. Had a gazebo and beach umbrella which was very helpful. Bathroom extractor fan was excellent. Kitchen, the cooker extractor fan not fit for purpose when cooking and had to open main door and windows due to steam. Utensils are lacking, required much more choice of saucepans, cheese grater. Shower cubicle requires a larger basket/shelf for gels, shampoo, as currently tiny shelf for just 2 items, add a shelf or basket to make life easier. Property, Wi-Fi non existent for our room around the pool area for this room, must be made available for all guests. In summary, enjoyable stay, requires some basic improvements as outlined to make future guests stay easier. Understand paying premium for location of the wonderful beach/sea view, which is amazing!

We will avoid the booking the 3rd & 4th week of July if we go back due to the high school celebration taking place at the complex and surrounding condos. Management can’t control the number of kids staying or coming into the complex with the security currently in place. Security was at the beach pool at times usually after a request was made in the afternoon or when they walked by to remove some non guests or to tell them to remove their yeti or similar drink cups from drinking in the pool. Security was also at the sea wall at night after a sheriff’s helicopter had previously dispersed a large beach crowd at 1:00 am. Some of the high schoolers are staying in rooms their parents have rented and others come as guests of those staying from surrounding accommodations. Some had the wrist bands but others did not. I had a car piggyback my gate entry at night to gain access. We had a family group of 45 adults and young children so finding another accommodation was not an option. I’m all in for kids having fun but not large groups of underage drinking and foul language.

Spacious apartment and comfortable but will never stay there again. The building is infested with huge palmetto roaches. Last year I found 3 in the u it we stayed. Alive. This year they were everywhere in the hallways, by elevator and IN elevator. GROSS!!!

Seriously ? Nearly $500 a night to stay here and they don’t have enough beach chairs ? We’ve stayed here for years and until now have never had a reason to question the management of SSRQ. No excuse….sent somebody to Walmart to get more chairs. As of 9:30 this morning, all chairs were gone.

We have been coming on and off to Siesta Key for over 30 years. We have mainly stayed here at Sarasota Surf and Racquet. We stayed here second week in August and mind you I'm hispanic and live in Miami and the last thing I want to hear is obnoxious loud spanish music, well there were like three large groups of people specifically one group that had their loud music playing the entire 4 days that I was there. They hijacked the larger pool with this loud music and in my 30 plus years of staying at the Surf and Racquet never saw this in my life. Please do something about this. I understand there are clear rules about loud music, but obviously at least the days that I was there no one was enforcing it. Mind you I don't mind a little mix of music here and there but they had a boom box that you would hear from the beach. This is not going to stop me from going again, but I hope someone takes a note of this and enforces it, because it was out of control. I rated it very good, because I love Surf and Racquet and the weather was amazing and overall had a great time minus the loud obnoxious people and their music.

I have been coming here, to this resort for 40 years. Until 2020 I loved bringing my kids, but since then it has not been family friendly. I’ve tried many different times between Memorial Day and Labor Day and it’s been the same, large groups of 14-16 year olds drinking and taking over. They have parties in rooms, which I assume their parents have rented because I saw two moms corn out of one yesterday trying to clean up after a party the night before, and play loud club music everywhere they go. They literal walk around with it playing. If it was a smaller group I’d get over it, but it’s like 20 plus kids and more than one group. To make matters worse, management and security do nothing when they are made aware of it. If I wanted a club scene or to pretend I’m in a reality TV show, this would be the resort for me, but I want a family beach vacation, and this is not the place to come.