If you like to have a short walk or drive to shops, restaurants and beach, then the Residence Inn is a super place to stay. The Grand Boulevard has several good restaurants, full supermarket and spa while the Wharf is not as large but still has nice attractions. Apparently, there is a shuttle service but did not seem to be operating in January. We had a king suite which was a nice size but could have used some TLC. The breakfast buffet was more than adequate with both hot and cold selection. Also, an evening social with a hot entree and beer and wine was a very nice addition. We moved from a suite located on the busy highway side to an inner room because of traffic noise which was loud. Dog friendly!

Traveled over the Christmas Holiday.
The pros: Staff was very friendly. Car pass to enter the Resort at San Destin. Nice location, not on the beach but ;you have access to the private beach and resort area. Price was not bad for the area.
The cons: outdoor pool not usable in the winter.
Pretty much a typical Residence Inn with a decent breakfast. The evening meals were very nice including free beer/wine. But only available Mon-Tue and every other Wed. So we checked in on Thurs for five days and only had the opportunity for one meal. Many other Residence Inns offer evening food as much as every Mon-Thur.

stayed over Thanksgiving while other family stayed at fancy Hilton. We traveled with dogs and Hilton was not accommodating for us. The Residence Inn had a great property, great areas to walk the dogs, the property seemed very family friendly with an all purpose sport court, and pool. The staff helpful. Priced well.

This location has some age on it but is well cared for and is walking to a bunch of food and market. So its good. But Destin sucks. Total tourist mayhem. Really weird.
Anyway try not to pay more than 90$. But overall a good place.