we stayed for 1 night on our way back from Marathon to miami. The location right on the marina was very good and the rooms were spacious but a little dated. It's also a great location to go on a fishing trip. We went with sailors choice party boat it's $40 for half a day which is excellent value if like us you're not really an angler but just want to try something on holiday.

We stayed at the Marina Del Mar in order to be close to the Rainbow Reef Dive Center at the marina. The studio that we stayed in was very spacious and had a full kitchen with all of the necessary equipment to feed the family. The marina view was beautiful from the veranda.
The main drawback was the limited parking. We had to park in the neighboring restaurant/nightclub lot several times.

Very clean room and facilities. Good, hot jacuzzi, and a large swimming pool. We only stayed one night, but I would certainly stay here again. Nice to watch the boats in the marina -- and this place might be best for boat people.

One receptionist was sour, but her morning replacement couldn't have been more friendly and helpful.

Well-located -- it was nice to be near, but not right on, very busy Route 1, but you could walk to a supermarket, dive shop, or various restaurants from here.

Hotel rooms seem to be over-priced in the Keys, especially over the holidays, and this was not an exception, but we didn't have any problems with our room or the service, and I would certainly recommend it.

We drove down to Key West from Port Charlotte for Christmas and decided, at the last minute, to stay over in Key Largo before making the final push to Key West. Marina del Mar was just perfect. We didn't spend a lot of time in the room, but it was clean and comfortable. We DID spend a good bit of time at the oversized pool, the Tiki Bar adjoining the hotel, and dinner at Sharky's, right down the marina walkway from the hotel. I'll have to review Sharky's separately, because we had the best crab cakes EVER there, and a whole pound of stone crab for under $20. Hot tub at the hotel didn't work, but the pool was lovely.