The place is old and needs updating. Not much money being put back into the place.
The rooms are clean but smell musty because everything is old. They have electric air fresheners in the units which should tell you something, like what are they trying to cover up.
We killed a roach in the main dinning area. When we told the office they said that the maintenance man would show up with a professional exterminator, they never showed.
The location is great with nice restaurants and plenty of outdoor activities around like fishing, kayaking and snorkeling in the area. The pool, beach and view are very nice. Too bad about the old rooms and that one roach we killed. That is enough for me not to be able to recommend. After reading other reviews with roach problems that was the last time we stay at the Cocoplum Beach and Tennis Club.

We have been visiting CoCo Plum for the last few years and we love it. The pool and hot tub are great. We spent several days at the beach (right past the pool) and the kids went snorkeling and exploring and had the best time ever. They were working on one of the units when we were there which I personally appreciate when I see a place make improvements. They were even nice and halted work thru the holidays. There is plenty of chairs at the pool and beaches and places to relax. The screened porches are an amazing place to sit and watch the sunrise and set. There is so much to do in the area and great places to eat. We went to Key West for the day and had a great time.

We just returned from a week at Cocoplum, and have to say the place has great potential, but it's not what I thought it would be. First of all when we arrived, we had to navigate around scaffolding and move construction barriers to park our car and get into the condo. I understand renovations is a part of property maintenance, but previous knowledge of it would have been useful as I would have stayed somewhere else rather than look at that all week. After complaining, I did get a 15% refund, but I wasn't impressed that I hadn't been informed when I booked months ago, and no one called me prior to leaving Canada to drive to Florida.

We had a Palm Court Condo, and had an OK view of the sunrise. The condo itself is a nice layout and concept. The furniture and decor is a bit dated, but it is clean. It has everything you need including dishes, flatware, etc, has a dishwasher, washer/dryer etc, so you have all the comforts of home, but there's not a lot of effort put into making it a cut above like it could be.

The beach is terrible,,, maybe one of the worst I have seen. Seaweed everywhere on the lower beach. the beach is poorly kept. you can only walk out in the water about 30 feet (knee deep) when you hit seaweed again. You have to walk through the seaweed for about another 30 feet to get to a depth where you can actually swim. The keys aren't known for the beaches, but there are a few in the area, the best probably being in Bahia Honda State Park, about 15 minutes south of Marathon.

The pool and hot tub area of the resort are amazing, and probably the best part of the resort. The temperatures were awesome, and the view of the ocean from the pool is amazing. The signs say the hours are from dawn until dusk, however we saw people in there late at night a couple of times. There is seating, restrooms and a bar area near the pool, but the only thing utilized is the restrooms.

There are charcoal grills outside the condos, but it's unclear who is supposed to clean them. Given the amount of money paid, I would assume they would have a groundskeeper hired to take care of the cleaning of these types of things, but on day 2 we had to clean someone else's burnt coals in order to use it ourselves. There are garbage cans right next to the grills which got checked daily, but the guys who checked the garbage didn't touch the grills once while we were there.

Entertainment is "NIL" on this resort. It's a shame, because the have the area to do it. Everyone kind of sticks to themselves, as there isn't much of an opportunity provided to mingle with other guest. they should think of some live entertainment, and a cocktail hour,,, or something to get people mixing.

The area of Marathon itself is about an hour and a half from key west, and 2 hours from miami. there isn't much to do in the area, but there are a few places to go to get some good food and entertainment. grocery stores, pharmacies and licquor stores are a short drive away.

I liked the place, and would consider going back,, but only for half of what we paid.

This place has good and bad points.

Let's start with the good:

Overall location is in Marathon on Coco Plum Beach, 10 minutes from a good K Mart and a Publix store. So no problem for amenities. There are also a good number of restaurants and fast food in the area. You are 1 hour 20 minutes from Key West and 2 hours from Miami.

A couple of miles up the road is Curry Hammock State Park, which is a nice place to visit. You can fish there, or try one of the bridges. The Marathon Lady is two miles the other way, nice fishing boat for $50 p/p.

The actual property is situated on Coco Plum Beach. This is an Atlantic beach which means it's not like a Caribbean, calm beach, good for swimming or wading. We didn't see anyone swimming there. The beach is a few feet deep, but a reasonable length. If the wind is blowing the wrong way, you will get all kinds of garbage and huge piles of sea weed on the beach. If this happens, the beach is unusable. They do clean it up better than some of the neighbouring places, but while the wind is blowing the beach is not nice. When it's calm, the beach is ok for sand castles. We, however, did not use the beach during our stay, so maybe this tells you that it's not a selling point.

The pool area is pretty good, just a basic pool, but clean and not cold. The hot tub is very hot.

The reception staff are friendly and helpful, not so sure about the rest of the crew. The management is the biggest problem here.

If you stay in a Marriott, Hilton or other chain property, they have standards that they more-or-less adhere to. These pertain to things like regular maintenance, updating, and so on.

These DO NOT apply at Coco Plum. A couple of the units were collapsing and were out-of-use. The rest of the units are stuck c. 1982, badly outdated and in need of complete redesign. The bathrooms were TINY, like on a cruise ship, the kitchens are small, lots of damaged, chipped trim throughout, OLD carpet, TVs from the 1980s, a VCR (!), and the place smells musty. The smelliness is because the property hasn't been updated in 25 years, but for some reason they try to blame this on renters, and there are all kinds of crazy warnings - if you store bait in the freezer, they will eject you immediately and charge you $100, if you fillet fish on the property they will eject you and charge you $100, if you don't dispose of your fish way across the street they will eject you and charge you $100, and so on. Other crazy warnings included a notice on the dishwasher soap bottle saying 'You will be charged $10 if you remove this'. What? People are paying $2000/week to stay here, just notify them 'Please do not remove' and that's enough, no need to treat people like children.

With the exception of the beachfront units, the hexagonal shape, and layout of the units means you are very badly overlooked. If you want to get changed you better draw the curtains, because you can bet someone can see you.

Last thing is the beachfront units, these are the reason I give this place 3* rather than 2*. I would consider these worth renting. The others are not. The beachfronts have a new kitchen, LCD TVs (very cheap ones) plus Comcast cable box, and most importantly, when you sit in your living room, instead of a view of nothing, or someone else's unit, you get a beautiful sea view (and it is beautiful, even if the beach is not great).

With regard to unit type,
Key Lime and Tropical Island are the SAME, Key Lime is not worth more than Tropical Island. A couple of the Palm Court units are better (those in the middle), as you also get a sea view, but these are not updated and they will not guarantee a specific unit.
So, that leaves ONLY Beach Front. These cost the most but they are the only ones worth staying in. When considering Coco Plum, establish whether Beach Front is available. If not, go elsewhere, just stay somewhere else, it's not worth it. If it is available, consider the price, considering that it can cost upwards of $3000/week to stay in these, maybe you can find better for your money. However, do note that the Beach Front are VERY close to the sea, and you will find it tough to find such a nice view in other places

It's a kind of a shame about this place, the owner must be making a fortune by not maintaining - there could be a really great resort here.