This hotel is perfect if you like to be surrounded by drug dealers, hookers and pimps. also consider staying here if you like cold showers, stinky rooms and wet carpet. Travelers tip: be sure to request a room on the second floor, not for the view, but because your first floor room will flood whenever it rains! Seriously, WORST hotel EVER!!!

Before I booked my room at the Suburban Extended Stay Sarasota I read the reviews on tripadvisor.com. I saw so many bad reviews about this hotel that I thought it just could not be true. Boy was I wrong. The fist thing that stood out is the furniture in the office lobby was dirty! We paid for the room, open the door and the first thing that was noticed was an odor from the carpet. The walls had scuff marks on them. One pillow case was badly stained. However, the bathtub was horrible! I enclosed a picture. Not only is the tub badly stained and chipped, it had dark mold in the crevices between the floor and wall. When I went to turn my key back in for a refund, the desk clerk didn't even ask why!

`I would not recommend families to stay here. What we saw & experienced while staying here was not pleasant. The previous poster was correct when he said the bath tubs do not drain. They are never fixed. There is no clean towels or house keeping except about every 8 days or so they come put clean sheets on the bed & leave towels then. It is a very large hotel with many rooms, 3 stories high. We saw prostitutes in the parking lot, confronting men, one even confronted my husband. They are available 24 hours a day. There was more activity going on in the parking lot too and a guest even found a hypodermic needle under his mattress. It appears to be in a nice location, but once you stay there, you find out otherwise.

We were vacationing for a week in the Sarasota/Bradenton area, and wanted to stay on the cheap, but still have access to a kitchen. This was the best we could find in the price range we were looking for. I was a bit paranoid after reading many of the reviews, but it really wasn't so bad. Yes, it is near the airport, so expect some "shady" types to be out on the street. Kitchen was very basic, and we basically had 2 plates, 4 cups, a knife, 2 burners, fridge, and a microwave. It was sufficient for our needs. There was not an alarm clock which was fine, and we were able to get a hold of an iron after asking the house keeper. The room wasn't beautiful, and we didn't expect it to be. It was basic, clean, and functional. If you are expecting a 5 star resort, don't bother. If you want a basic place to sleep when not vacationing, on the cheap, this place will do. Location is about 15 minutes from the public beaches, shopping strips, and there are restaurants all over the place.