Lake Monroe Old South Motel, Sanford

The room was dirty, dingy and I got ripped off of my jewerly. Yes, when I returned to my room after just a couple of hours my jewerly was GONE and of course, nobody there was 'guilty'. A TERRIBLE experience from the moment I arrived until the I left. Was meeting a friend coming from the other coast and she ended up leaving the next morning after not sleeping at all due to the bugs in and out of her room and the noise all night long and I have to admit her room was even worse than mine. Too bad such a great location is wasted. Sanford could be a much better experience if there was someplace to stay close to downtown, Would not recommend this place to my worst enemy, if I had one. Better to drive the distance and stay down by I-4 or Lake Mary :-( Total BUMMER!!!

as i entered the island for the motel we noticed that it was no longer the palms island resort hotel,it was sold the new name is lake monroe old south motel,new staff new management that seems like they know how to run a motel,,they already started remoldeling rooms and fixin up the outside,unlike the old owners were they just diddnt care.stayin here befor you could walk out ur room n buy any drug u need not now GOODJOB i would come back again

I was welcomed buy a guy who was drinking a glass of rum to start. the room i had stunk to high hell. when i took a shower it filled up with 5 inches on water. I had to stand in the front lobby to get wireless to work or can i say tried to work ! that was just the 1st night , sec day i went to my class at 7:00 am ant returned 5:30 pm No room clean. i had to go to the desk at 7:00 pm to get clean towels for a shower . All i can say is this place really sucks !! there were more friends in the pool than there were people renting rooms .

We attended a wedding there.Is was a open bar for 4 hrs. They ran out of booze.The staff was not into service none of them knew how to mix drinks. the buffett for the wedding , they ran out of food! the rooms was dirty, the plumbing didnt work.the AC SUCKS!!!! MY FRIEND RENTED 17 ROOMS!!!!!!! A 15 mos.baby found a condon in a room.The view was great. The staff was something less, we were told they didnt have coffee,never saw any muffins we went to mcdonalds and got food.this place could be wonderful if they had a staff and management that gave a damn!

Never seen anything like it. HA HA Dislikes: 1.Wild ducks in the pool 2.Lobby looked like something out of the 70s 3.Rooms look nothing like the web site. 4.Dirty bathroom 5.Dead bugs in the room. 6.Checked out and did nit stay. Likes: 1.Front desk girl (Amy) was very nice.

This place has bugs all over it. There were cockroaches in the bathroom, bugs smashed on the wall. Mold building up around the sink and staff the doesn't care!

This was the worst place I have ever stayed. The rooms were disgustingly nasty. There was mold and mildew all over the bathroom walls and shower curtain. The room smelled like dirty ass. We rented 3 rooms and all had faulty a/c. The carpet was disgusting and there were tack strips that should have been holding the capet down bare in the doorway entrance. The staff was rude. The staff they had for the 4th of July celebration were all drinking on the job. I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS PLACE TO A DOG

We attended a wedding at the Resort and since we were from out of town we decided to stay at this hotel. We arrived late and only had time to change before the wedding. When we finally got to our room we found that the room(s)may be remodeled but far from clean. There were clothes and shoes in the closet - which management said the previous visitor left. The shower curtain had mildew all over it. Also there was no soap for the bathroom. The cabinet the sink is in was loose. The sink also had something green that looked like it was rust that had tarnish cleaner use on it. The air conditioning had mole and mildew all over the vent and only cooled the first half of the room. There were no top sheets on the bed and no ice bucket. When we asked for an ice bucket we were told that they did not have any and were given a plastic container. They did bring us top sheets after we had to request them. When we checked in we ask the person at the desk to change from the credit card we reserved the room under to a debit card and gave him the new card. When we checked out we found that he never changed it over and had to go through the process all over again. At this time we heard the desk employees discussing how the person that cleans the rooms had not shown up yet.

My family and I went down from New York this February and had a nice stay here. The rennovations and new paint were very refreshing. Friendly staff and very helpful. It was a little bit chilly but our kids never left the pool. Overall we had a pleasant stay. The only complaint is that our vacation couldn't be longer.

The location was great. The views were awesome. The rooms were ok. The staff were very helpful. I would stay there again.