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Reviews of Banana Bay Resort & Marina 3 stars

4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050, United States

#30 of 35 hotels in Marathon

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 792 hotel reviews

7.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.9

  • Comfort

    7.9

  • Location

    8.4

  • Facilities

    7.4

  • Staff

    8.2

  • Value for money

    6.9

  • Free WiFi

    8.3

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  • Reviewed: 23 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No bartenders

    AC in room was cold

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Gulf View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Breakfast came in a box.

    The rooms with the balcony had a great view.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 May 2024

    8.0
    Good for a family. Beautiful rooms, well maintained and clean hotel. Great value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night

    The breakfast is served in a personal box, which you receive at the reception and then go to the next room to eat, and there was also a coffee machine. A bit strange, the first time we experienced something like this. An important note - even if there are 4-3 of you in a room , breakfast only comes to 2. Absolutely ridiculous. But we read about it in advance so we were aware and it didn't surprise us like others. My main disappointment was that I booked the room a few months in advance and asked for a high floor overlooking the marina, I am a travel blogger and the view from the room is very important to me, and I was disappointed to receive a room on the 1st floor overlooking the marina. I expressed my disappointment but unfortunately they had no solution for me. To their credit they did try to help and offered to split us into 2 double rooms on the 2nd floor but with small children this is not an option. But they have no family rooms left on the 2nd floor that face the view. I think that with a little attention to the requests of customers in the future it will make everyone happy.

    The design of the room is beautiful and clean. Good for a family with 2 double beds. A large pool with great water, the children enjoyed refreshing themselves in it. There was also a jacuzzi in the pool. The hotel area is well maintained and clean, and the surrounding palm trees add to the tropical atmosphere. Parking in the hotel area near the rooms is free - a big plus.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 May 2024

    8.0
    Very nice
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Accessible Resort View King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I chose this hotel because the rental bikes was included but honestly you need to buy new ones, I ended with pain in my knee because I couldn't adjust the seat which was broken. Also the breakfast is not good.

    The room was very nice, super clean and quiet, we loved the marina, nice staff and the location is perfect

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room I had expected wasn't available, it took an hour to check in and I had to compromise on room choices. ( Next day, after speaking with the Manager, I was offered a small refund) which eased the situation. I am not a fan of the breakfast box, prefer to choose what to eat from a buffet type situation. Housekeeping let the hotel down badly, during a 5 day stay, the beds were made once, dirty towels left in the tub, clean towels had to be requested.

    The bed, linen & pillows are all good quality and comfortable. The pool is amazing, warm, large, easy access in and out. We had a view of the marina which was very nice, balcony chairs are comfortable. Nice to walk down to the 'Pointe' to sit and watch the sunset, a couple of hammocks to relax in also. All but 1 staff I met were very pleasant. The Manager is fairly new to the hotel but came across as caring and wanting to do his best.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 May 2024

    7.0
    Pictures on booking not a true representation
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The outside landscaping and property was unkept and run down. There was no ice machine to get your own ice. The refrigerator in the room was very small. The outdoor furniture needed some repairing. The tiki bar looked like it hadn’t been used for quite a while and was not open once during our stay.

    The room was clean and close to activities we had planned.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 May 2024

    8.0
    Nice place. Be sure what's included with what you've paid - and maybe give breakfast a miss........
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Having paid what seemed like "all of the money" we arrived a little early and walked around the resort. Some volleyball and giant "connect 4" were on the "sea side" of the hotel along with a "skip" which the locals pulled up at night to scavenge scrap metal and other treats from. On arriving at reception we were informed is was "just the additional $250 to pay". Eh - "for what"? The "resort fee". Eh - "what's that"? "The fee for using the resort facilities" It had a this point gone a bit "Dead Parrot sketch" and decided to forego how you could stay without using facilities like "the stairs". So - just be sure when you book if that fee is included or excluded.......... Onwards and upwards to "breakfast" for another Monty Python experience. You couldn't make it up - simply couldn't. Other establishments nearby dont provide a breakfast and that may have been a bit of a clue. Why would you hand out breakfast in a cardboard box? Answer "so you can't actually see the breakfast". The delights included scrambled egg wrapped in a condom, apples wrapped in clingfilm that may have been edible around the time of JFK's assassination and cereal that had a sugar content so high that even the local wasp population were turning their noses up at it. The highlight was when the milk ran out. It was like a Martian had landed - total confusion as to what to do. The whole concept of "milk" for things like the coffee and sugar laden cereals was not making any sense. Had this situation never happened before? Had anybody given any thought to this unbelievable phenomenon based on presumably thousands of previous breakfast sessions? i.e. "have we got enough milk for tomorrow"? Who knows? I was looking round for Jeremy Beadle.

    The room was very comfortable, the location and facilities very good.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 May 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Breakfast not meeting our expectations of a continental breakfast - cardboard box with packaged items; room booked for 4 - breakfast only offered for 2; had to pay extra for remaining 2 guests

    great location right at the shore line; nice bar at the waterfront

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2024

    6.0
    Great staff, nice rooms, nice marina, poor landscape and pool ascetics management/maintenance and let down at the ba
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The “bar”! This was a total let down. The bars were like never open for service. I appreciate the attempt at having the bar open with a warm body to sell caned drinks. But everyone wished they could drink their favorite mixed drinks by the pool and the sunset. The pool area and landscaping we pretty rough. Needs some tlc. We will not be coming back because of these two things.

    Marina was nice, ALL staff were awesome, positive and polite. Great job on staff, that is always the hardest part.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Resort View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night

    Room very large and clean. Bathroom is also very comfortable. We only stayed one night so we could not evaluate other services but overall the accommodation is very nice. The wharf behind the hotel is amazing, from there you can watch a breathtaking sunset. It's a very pity that during our stay the bar on the beach was closed, I think that it would be a very plus for overall experience.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2024

    7.0
    A very lovely resort with potential to be excellent
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast needs simple improvements Exterior areas need a tidy

    Great room, very clean and newly refurbished Excellent location and services Dock, bar and games were fantastic amenities, best location in Marathon to watch sunset!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Gulf View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night

    value it was expensive for what we got

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Accessible Resort View King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    One employee who doesn’t want serve us

    The location and typical

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 April 2024

    8.0
    We enjoyed our stay and would come back
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Gulf View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 8 nights

    Pool and landscaping could be kept up better. Neither bars were open

    Room was fine nice and quite , didn't care for the breakfast my wife liked it. the pool was nice

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Gulf View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night

    The breakfast was well below a reasonable standard especially considering the tariff charged. There was a lot of discontent in the dining room.

    Nice room, clean and comfortable.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 April 2024

    7.0
    pleasant stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Accessible Resort View King Bed
    • Stayed 1 night

    There is no microwave in the room and breakfast is a box

    all property is clean and organized, staff is amazing

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 March 2024

    6.0
    Rooms became just a crash pad pool open only until 8pm really,not a place to stay in while in the ke
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pictures show a beach that does not exist very misleading. Breakfast sucked, even cheapest sleep inns do a better breakfast. Felt sick everything at the resort was done on the cheap.

    The pool was nice and the rooms were very nice

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bar wasn’t open. Grounds alittle rough

    Sunsets. Beds very comfortable

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2024

    8.0
    Very nice and cozy place!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some areas felt cheap and the roads weren’t exactly pristine.

    Clean and welcoming

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 March 2024

    7.0
    Good stay for 2 nights, but not good breakfast!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Gulf View Balcony 2 Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast, advertising policy (like everything what was offered as Free or included that was limited in reality, in ract it was written in the small letters), breakfast was not good, just 2 boxes for four people, extras could be bought, dining room was tiny

    Location, swimming pool, Free parking, “beach bar”, saturday yoga practice

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 March 2024

    7.0
    OK if your demands are not too high
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Breakfast - so much waste for so little taste. 2 breakfast packs for 4 persons? Hard to understand. Not very helpful staff. Error in billing

    Heated pool, facilities in general, parking, cleanliness

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Didn't have microwave oven in room, and the Breakfast was a continental and not very tasty.

    Location and cleanliness, Amenities was good.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    8.0
    Great view, not so great breakfast.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Gulf View Balcony King Bed
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Decor a little tired. Breakfast arrangements not ideal. You had to collect a take out style box from main reception then take it to breakfast room. All plastic cutlery & paper plates - not so eco friendly!

    View from our balcony was perfect!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We didn't like that - even everything was already paid for we had to pay more money at the check in. It was a fee, that other guests complained about, too. We stayed 5 nights and only after the first 2 nights the room was cleaned.

    We liked the view from our window.! It is great to have the option of using the bicycles . And the pool plus whirlpool was super!

    Stayed in February 2024

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