The Luce, St. Pete Beach, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

The hotel is older but clean. Food and drink are so so. I encountered a problem the first day, my key/wrist band would not open my room. It worked at the pool and the night before. I had to haul all my beach stuff to the front desk and get another band. Got back to me room and it still didn't work. I asked the housekeeping lady to try, it didn't work for her either and she didn't speak English. She called someone and went back to work. I waited several minutes and a young man came and tried and it didn't work. He didn't speak English either, just shrugged his shoulders and left. I then called the front desk and they sent a maintenance man. The whole door handle has to be replaced. This whole process took an hour and I wasn't offered anything for my inconvenience.

This hotel must be for young partiers and we hear it is pretty wild on weekends and holidays. Did not know that when booking it. The 2) rooms we stayed in were very run down. The beds were comfy enough, but all else about the rooms was pretty nasty. It was noisy since you can hear everything around you, faucets running, toilets flushing, people talking, etc. The lobby bar and restaurant is pretty nice, and the food pretty good. The staff there were all very nice. The pool is large but the water was very warm, so not refreshing. Close to the beach. In my opinion, this place may only be good for Spring Breakers unless they renovate the rooms, which I hear they are planning.

The hotel staff were excellent and the grounds were clean and inviting. I’ve stayed at St. Pete Beach a few times and I’m used to having access to free cabanas on the beach. The free beach chair available from this resort is actually provided through another company. After my one and only dealing with the rude young lady at the beach station I decided to bring my own stuff rather than have to deal with her again.

Great pool and bar. Great staff, very fun property! Close to everything, and has so many amenities.

Good property I would come back

The location is great…close to restaurants and easy to navigate. Nice size pool. We visiting on a Saturday and it’s definitely a scene for a younger crowd..20’s. Very loud techno music was playing all afternoon in their bar and pool area which is not my vibe. Walked over to Jimmy B’s next door for a quieter lunch and live acoustic musician. Bed was very comfortable. Furniture and bathtub could use remodel and update. Peeling and worn. Service was easy and accommodating.

Information and accommodations need to be updated. Pictures/Images from the property-rooms must be updated on Expedia. LOTS of these images are not current/accurate. Rooms DO NOT look like the pictures on the site. They do not offer Umbrellas with the beach chairs (you have to RENT them) The beach access from the hotel is NOT private, you will have outsiders sharing the beach during your stay. They close the bar(s) @9-10pm latest. They do not serve food after 9pm. The TV from our room was broken (they were scheduled to “change it” the following AM however they kept us waiting for an hour with a NO SHOW. They wanted to change the TV at a later time, but we were out and about enjoying our mini vacay. Upon check-in, they gave us the wrong room and it took over an hour to finally settle in a room. Upon check-out, we requested to check out @12noon as opposed to 11am and they wanted to charge me $25 (for an additional hour)

With PCI being right on the beach and the salty air it really is a great place to stay. The cleanliness was great. Will be back!

Staff was awesome, Pool and lobby was very nice. Rooms could use some well needed updates

Location and amenities were great. The rooms are very dated and need to be updated. Overall, good experience.