Zota Beach Resort

Another great trip, pool, beach and staff excellent. went to The Shore and Mar Vista for dinner. Islands seem to be recovering from last years storms...lots of hard work. Will return in September.

Nice hotel, great location near St.Armand Circle and Anna Maria Island, very good pool bar ( reasonably priced food and buckets of beer ) and the hotel bar on the second floor was nice. We stayed for 5 nights in the “Escalera” tower which was part of the old original “Holiday Inn” that has been nicely updated but not as nice as the newer “Opal” tower. All the staff were very friendly and accommodating, my only negative would be the amount of little kids, families that were also staying at the hotel. We were a group of four adults that were on vacation golfing and thought that the hotel would be more of an adults , couples sort of place, but is more of a family style resort. Next time we will stay down the road at the “Opal Longboat Key resort” that is a little more expensive but tends to be more for adults and especially golfers. There were no actual kids misbehaving but the pool area was a little nosier than I would have liked. The valet staff were outstanding

Many thanks to the following staff. Leyton at the front desk was so welcoming and answered all my questions. Super nice guy. Thank you to Johanna in the Viento Kitchen and Bar for her stellar service. She was an absolute delight! And thank you to the housekeeping on the 4th floor, Caroline was so helpful helping me with my room. Extremely friendly staff!

Our first time here at this resort. We've been to other Opal properties in the past. We stayed in LBK in the past. Our two night stay here in a nice size room with a nice pressure shower. Clean and roomy, plenty of towels. Pool and beach was roomy, clean and relaxing. The beach chairs are included but for $30.00 for an umbrella? It is a must for an umbrella here in Florida. Third party company or not, what does the resort fee get you? And a guest had to have his portable speaker on loud where they were blasting Latino music so the entire pool can hear. And on top of that, the four of them were talking so loud attempting to drown out the music. They weren't talking to each other, they were screaming at each other. Com 'on man!!! The restaurant, Viento Kitchen and Bar was good and convenient. Good food, wine was not 100% chilled, portions were small on my pasta. Supposed to be Linguine but came with pappardelle pasta. The so called airline chicken dish was flavorful and satisfying. The fried calamari as an app was really fresh and tasty to our palate. Service was very good by Adrianne, sorry spelling, Plenty of TV's and a great guitarist named Marcel who is there every Friday night. We also saw dishes piled up on the table just outside of the elevators on our floor. As a previous guest also noticed. And Someone who reads the reviews will address the issue with their team leaders I guess they didn't because the dishes were all over the table again. Overall, nice resort, valet parking, small tight resort, we'll give it another try during our stay-ca-tion during the slow season. ️️️

Another excellent stay at Zota. Overall the hotel was very clean (as usual), all staff were so nice, which is one of the reasons we come back. Housekeeping was exceptional, making sure we always had what we needed. Two things we did miss: Nespresso machine in our room and the Nest bath and body products. Had been looking forward to espresso in the mornings on the balcony. Would trade the use of the bathrobes in the closet for their return.

Excellent experience. Great value. Loved having all the frills included - beach towels, chairs, umbrella, fun pool bar, valet parking, newspapers, free coffee. Rooms are very comfortable with nice beds, sheets, modern large TV, modern bath with a shower head that actually works. Whole hotel is very clean and friendly staff. In short, we’ll be back.