Don't tell anyone. Lets keep this gem our own little secret. We stumbled on it by chance and as Arnold would say "we will be back"
The staff is friendly, the rooms are comfortable with great views, the price is right, and there is lots to do all around, 3 resturaunts, water taxi, pool, pool bar.

I love the Cove Inn because I grew up going there & it hasn't changed much over the years. Many of the staff has been around for 10-30+ years and they treat everyone like family. The rooms are all owned independently, so the decor/furnishings will vary. The only thing I would change in all of the rooms I have ever slept in would be the pillows. (They are small and very firm.)

The view from most rooms is amazing & the Chickee Bar is a great way to spend an afternoon. Now, the Chickee is a barebones type of bar. No blender. No martini menu. No specialty drinks. No food menu. Beer, wine, liquor, & mixers are available. Sometimes the bartenders will prepare something for lunch (hot dogs, chilli, tacos..) but if you don't like what they have, you will have to walk over to either the Coffee Shoppe (in the lobby), The Dock, or the Boathouse restaurants.

we stayed here for the first time around 20 years ago we loved it then and we love it now
we returned to find this place just as lovely as we first found it. a pool as been added with a barside bar which was great we were there in october so was low season so sometimes had the pool to ourselves
The rooms are all different as they are individually owned so they all there own little touchs
The breakfast cafe on site is fab real american diner with great staff
Get a room overlooking the bay great to sit on your balconey with a cold beer
if you come out of season you can get a good deal pick up a booklet in macdonalds they have discount vouchers for various hotels in florida
the restaurant on site is great too
this place may be hard to find if you dont know about it so ony people in the know keeps it special
go and enjoy you wont regret it would come here everytime we visit Naples with out a doubt

We found this charming hotel by chance while touring around southern Florida in early December 2011 and what a great find it was. Initially I thought it would be really expensive , after all this was coastal Naples, with some of the most expensive real-estate in Florida, but I was really pleasantly surprised how reasonable it was.

We opted for an ocean view room which was large and very nicely furnished. It was also well equipped, with a large flat screen TV, free Wi-Fi, a sofa, dinning table and mini kitchen area with a fridge, microwave and a coffee maker. Best of all ,we had a very large balcony with great views of the marina and bay.

The hotel has nice coffee shop which serves good value breakfasts and lunches, a large heated dockside swimming pool and a great Tiki bar overlooking the marina. The Tiki bar didn’t serve food, but were more than happy to order a meal or snack for you from one of the two excellent and restaurants which were located either side of the hotel.

Naples, beautiful beach is about one mile away and Tin City which has shopping, bars and restaurants is a gentle ten minute stroll away. Naples down town area just off 9th Street is also within walking distance and offers a wide selection of bars and restaurants with some street entertainment in the evenings. The whole area in general has an upmarket feel about it and we were perfectly happy walking around at night

One nice touch we liked was the large storage chest located near the main entrance of the hotel. It contained just about every thing that you would need for a day on the beach and was all free for guests to borrow, including beach chairs, lilo’s, buckets & spades and even snorkel gear.

We were initially only going to stay for two nights before moving up to Sanibel Island, but we liked the Cove Inn so much we stayed for four nights and drove up to visit Sanibel and Captiva which was about a one hour drive.

This is a really nice hotel in a great location. Our advice would be to go for a second or third floor Ocean view room. Ground floor and inland rooms don’t have much of a view. We loved the Cove Inn and will definitely return.