NEW Sangria Suite Upscale Ybor Apt On 7th Ave

Great place to stay if you’re visiting Ybor!

Location was good. Everything else sucked.

I recently stayed at a property in Tampa booked through Booking.com, and it was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Upon arrival, there was no hot water. I checked everything in the unit, but it simply wasn’t working. After a long flight, I was exhausted and desperate for a shower. I tried contacting customer service, including their “emergency” number—no answer. I left multiple messages and went to bed without a shower, frustrated and uncomfortable. The next morning, still no hot water and still no response. I had to start my day without a shower. At some point during the day, they finally fixed the issue, but when I returned, a new problem started—a loud beeping noise every 60 seconds. I tried contacting support again and got nowhere. When I finally reached someone, they claimed they couldn’t get in touch with maintenance and essentially left me to figure it out myself. On the day I was supposed to check out, I politely asked if there was a place to leave my luggage for a few hours. Not only did I receive no helpful response, but I was threatened with being charged for an additional night if I didn’t leave. I was already standing in the hallway with my belongings, frantically trying to figure out what to do. The cleaning lady told me she can’t have my stuff anyway where. And if I leave it in the hallway I won’t be able to enter back. What a Nightmare. The lack of basic hospitality, terrible communication, and complete disregard for guests made this stay a nightmare. Both the property and Booking.com failed in every possible way. I cannot recommend this place, and I’m deeply disappointed in Booking.com’s support as well.

This is my official new home away from home haven. Location, ambience and Ybor what more could you ask for.

Location and coffee maker

Noisy air conditioning

Comfortable, cool, large studio with high ceilings characteristic of the 1920s when the place was built. (Don’t worry: it’s been thoroughly updated.) Good kitchen. Ybor city is a lively place with its signature beautiful wild hens and roosters in the streets and great restaurants of many cuisines.

If you’re there for the nightlife you won’t mind, but on Friday and Saturday nights the street is very loud.

The aesthetics of the studio apartment are great. You get a shared balcony across from a beautiful mural. Except for some loud music during the day, you really didn’t hear much from the other tenants or neighbors.

The owners of this property provide a parking pass for a lot several blocks away, which is appreciated, but not convenient. We forgot the pass in our rental car and it seems either the rental company or the next driver got rid of the parking pass instead of returning it or contacting us. We made the owners aware of our mistake before they even knew the pass was missing. The owners of this property charge a $50 fee to replace the parking pass, which is fine. What’s not fine is that the owners reported us for “damaging their property” instead of contacting us for the $50 payment directly. Booking.com doesn’t offer a way to collect this type of charge through their website, they simply tell you to contact the property owner. Meaning the owners and I still had to contact each other directly to resolve this anyway. The only difference is I now have a report on my account that I “broke the policies” and “damaged the property”. There is a public parking lot adjacent to this property with a daily parking fee of $12. We stayed 3 nights. If we had simply paid the public parking fee, we could have saved ourselves $14, several uncomfortable walks to and from the car, and we wouldn’t have a report on our account that we “damaged the property”. The bathtub is super smooth, so it’s slippery when wet. I opted to take baths because of this. However, my partner fell in the shower as we were getting ready to leave. Beyond that, I am almost certain that either the thermostat is programmed to go no lower than 75 degrees, even though you can set it to as low as 69, or the air conditioner unit is inadequate for the space. I’m leaning toward the former option because the thermostat for the common areas of the building is set to 79 and is under lock and key. As northerners traveling during the peak summer heat, we could not sleep. It was too hot. I was laying on top of the bed, half clothed, and still sweating all night. For multiple nights.

Location was the best !

The room was WAY WAY too HOT !! 78 during this time of the year is a no go , at least 74 . If you’re going to rent your space be reasonable with the temperature don’t lock it at 78.

Great location with access to main street and all the wonderful restaurants. Ybor is what it is, lots of life, but also lots of life... can be loud at night, but quiets down at a reasonable hour.

Great communication from owners up until arrival where they did not send check-in info for access. After an email and phone call and about 10 minutes they responded very politely and apologetically and I had no issues accessing the property after that.