Southern Oaks Inn - Saint Augustine

Nice place; needs help but staff was great.

Liked: Location/staff.
Disliked: Room had a musty smell and breakfast food was cold - bread had mold on it.

Pleasant

Liked: Good location, breakfast not good
Disliked: The Breakfast

Regular motel room

Liked: The staff was very helpful
Disliked: The room was very dark and drab. Way overpaid for quality of the room.

Very good

Overall, a pretty good experience....

Liked: The room was nice and the beds were comfortable. I loved being on the first floor to avoid stairs.
Disliked: Our stay was great. We had one instance of a clogged toilet and had to request a plunger, but it was resolved quickly. Breakfast was good, but would have liked a little more variety. It was the same thing every day that we were there. We often had to wait a while at the front desk to talk to someone.

There is good and not...

Liked: They were extremely accommodating and were able to get us a room both on the bottom floor and facing the pool. They have a shuttle to and from both downtown and the beach for only $5/room which is a wonderful value when you consider the cost to park down there. They also have free breakfast. The staff was very friendly. Rooms have multiple plugs for usb adapters and a couple actual usb ports. Ice machine by our room was out of order but unlike other places I’ve gone thankfully they had multiple that were working. Lastly the POOL, it has an amazing cover over part of the pool deck and in the afternoon it covers the deep end of the pool. It’s a nice deep 7.5 ft deep pool. The cover makes such a huge difference in the blistering sun.
Disliked: At first the bed felt comfortable when I sat down but after the night my back was sore. Little too firm for me. The breakfast was just ok. Could use more variety of cereal for the kiddos and there is sausage would’ve preferred bacon or choice but overall it was ok. A suitcase stand or two in the room would’ve been helpful. There is a laundry room however it only takes quarters. I imagine I could’ve gone up to the office(opposite side of property) but a quarter machine would’ve been great and I would’ve used it. Wish there was outlets on both sides of the bed but that definitely wasn’t a deal breaker for us. The bathroom could’ve used a little maintenance around the tub but again I’ve seen worse.

Very good

Exceptional

Liked: Distance to historic area, cleanliness of pool
Disliked: Would love more non dairy breakfast options such as a plant based milk and coffee creamer.

Usually we stay here every...

Liked: Location
Disliked: We stayed in the King room 272 building 4, the bed was so hard and uncomfortable it gave my husband and i a backache for our 2 night stay. Also there was a big hole under the door that bugs were coming in.

St-Augustine beach stay

Liked: Beds are comfortable. A/C is good
Disliked: Breakfast is very cheap. Also, We had to pay for parking.