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4601 34th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (Formerly JMS Hotel)
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Ranked #28 of 48 hotels in St. Petersburg
3.0 of 5 stars 51 Reviews
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  • Very nice(4)
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St. Petersburg, Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Boring and nothing new! Don't waste your time!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 December 2011
2
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Now they are asking more for the rooms and on New Years Eve it's a 3 day min. Bad Choice for spending New Years Eve! We have stayed there 6-7 times and was going every week. It started getting old. Most of the week there is nobody there, almost empty. Friday and Saturday nights are DEAD! The have Country line dancing and that's dieing out. Same old drag show that you would not envite anyone to go to. The Issue is The Management has relied on The Gay community to keep them going but has not added anything new. The main Drag queen is 6'4" just a huge version of lady GaGa on steroids. Sunday Tea dance was the only thing keeping them a float and is has started dieing out. Just not a place to meet people or to have fun. We were over charged several times and was never contacted by the owners. We left messages and talked to the manager on duty and NOTHING! Rooms are BAD! Very Bad and if you complain about it, still nothing is done. Once we stayed on Friday night and it was so dead we took a taxi to Georgie's alibi! Just Bad Management! Don't waste your time....

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  • Stayed March 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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St. Petersburg, Florida
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“The management is the worst so far”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 December 2011
4
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It's Boring. The rooms are dirty. Contacted management several times and no response. The worst Gay place in Florida. Oh. Please, It's not close to a RESORT!

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Great parties at weekend, huge potential, but dirty rooms”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 October 2011
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I'd read the reviews on tripadvisor so I didn't expect anything amazing, but the lack of attention to the rooms was really disappointing. The carpet looked so dirty that I kept my shoes on the whole time and the bathroom just lacked a good, deep clean.
Having said that, the parties at the weekend were well attended and a lot of fun.
So, I'd urge the management to clean up, or charge more for a clean room, then I can see this place becoming a huge success.

  • Stayed October 2011
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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1 review
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“A great party place, but too loud for work during weekdays, and no wireless.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 September 2011
4
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I knew that there was a party place, and, hey, I was on a working vacation. They advertised wireless wrong. The music played loudly until 3 am on Sunday night. I was expecting it to go on, but when the rain came at about 7 pm that night, the crowd disappeared. There were like 10 folks in the whole area after the rainstorm. Then the music started loud again at 9 am. 3 folks at the bar, and blasted away until 2 am. How can they expect anyone to sleep when the music is on full blast from 9 am to 2 am? Then the wireless enver worked. Oh yea, there was this really weak signal, but I could never connect. Their internal wireless had a super strong signal, but they wouldn't give me the passcode.

My room was adequately clean. What do you expect for the price? It was as clean as any other hotel for the price. The staff was super super friendly, one of the super high points of my stay. The card reader went out for the room keys, and the night clerk had to let us all in, and he was so great at that. Ryan in the front office and all the bartenders of the cabana bar were just fabulous. And the party on Sunday afternoon (who goes to Florida in August?) was super. I just coudn't help but notice that I didn't see any of the locals using the showers before they went into the pool. Some more public showers next to the pool might be in order. The hidden room where the public showers were was an unsanitary mess--I would consider not using it either.

Restaurant food was a good value and excellent, but the service sucked--the only service that did.

All in all, I'd stay there again for a weekend, but never for a vacation where I want to get some of my internet work done, at least until the staff can tell me where an internet cafe is located. They coudn't.

And having no breakfast options other than the McDonalds across the street was a hard to take too.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled solo
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Orlando, Florida
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“we had a great time”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 September 2011
1
person found this review helpful

a friend of mine and i stayed here labor day weekend, and had a blast. haven't been here in over a year. the rooms have been updated. very clean, nice beds, very comfortable. love the pool, nice landscaping, safe parking. the front desk guys are extremely helpful. the bars were tons of fun. rates are constantly changing. check their website first, then call the front desk. we were offered a special rate to stay monday night at a price that was not on the website. we thought the food was pretty good, but the restaurant is kind of confusing. its set up with one of the bars, and the waiters have a hard time figuring out who is eating, and who is just hanging out, and/or drinking.
the rooms facing the pool are pretty loud. this didn't bother us, but you should consider it.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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  • Jms Hotel St Petersburg
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Address: 4601 34th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (Formerly JMS Hotel)
Price range (per night):* INR4,124 - 9,864

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