We won't return to this place, but Jekyll is nice
We stayed from 7/2-7/5 here with an oceanfront loft room. The view was nice, even through a large white tent from the hotel blocks some views, and the other room’s upper floors in the middle of the hotel have nice views also. Now that’s all the nice things I can say.
The rooms at this 1 ½ -2 star hotel are OLD, they look it, feel it, smell it. For the $200+ a night we spent I expected a whole lot more. The staff seam nice to us but my daughter and her boyfriend say not so much.
My recommendation to the owners is to either A. remodel all the hotel rooms to bring it into 2012 or B. knock the whole structure down, (in stages of course got to keep making money) and build something with the look and feel of a real resort and something people will want to return to. As for my family we won’t be returning to this place, for the money we will rent a house for a week.
Oh, I almost forgot, Jekyll Island is a very pretty place with not a lot of people, so you don’t have a crowded feel like other beach places. We ate at four different places; Latitude 31 was by far the best 5 stars, Fins on the beach, excellent service food good,(wife says get the fish taco), McCormick’s Grill, good food good service and last and I mean last The Sandbar & Grill, terrible service and bland tasting food.
All and all we will return to the island for the friendly people and nice atmosphere, but plan ahead as to where to stay and eat.