Destin Inn & Suites — Hotel in Destin

This place is certainly a 2 star motel just like the description says. It is a motel, even though the name makes it sound like more, so that means your entry point is on the outside of the building.

If you want the possibility of having mold sickness, a the only waffle maker broken the entire stay, and a mediocre staff then read on for the full story.

When we arrived into the room it had a sort of musky smell to it, we thought maybe it just hasn't been rented in a while or something so we just opened the door for an hour or so and then we went out for another hour after that and came back and the smell was still there. So we knew something was wrong, so we started looking around for the smell, and found out it was the AC that had mold caked inside of it and was growing out of the vents. So we immediately called the front desk to see if we could switch rooms as we had already been breathing in the mold spores.

They said sure, but once we got down there they said since we have been here for over an hour staying we can't change rooms anymore because they can't rent it out again. The maintence guy quickly came over though and took the AC out and actually gave us a brand new one. That is the only reason that they get 2 stars is because the maintence being so awesome to switch out the entire unit for us. However the lady at the front desk made us stay in the room which mold spores were still going to be floating around in and you still could smell it for the entire first night we were there. Very unsafe to keep someone in a room, especially someone with a respiratory problem in a room with mold spores being active.

Breakfast was actually pretty decent though, but the one and only waffle maker was broken and no alternative was made to rectify the problem either.

Overall, I would recommend staying at a place that cares about your health rather than "not selling one more room" and not moving someone out of a mold infested room. So...

I am not the type to make reviews, unless the place is extremely top notch amazing.. however, this makes the extreme exception. I without a doupt HATE this place. I was in a storm before coming to this place, and when i say would rather stay in that storm than coming here, i would literally be out on the storm butt naked without a car. Lets start of small, it smelled like crap. Reeked of actual weed. Whatever, that’s the people, not the motel’s fault. Place was extremely dirty, the headboard had sticky spots and hand prints.. and i don’t wanna know why. Beds are extremely uncomfortable, hard as a rock. Hurt my fingers by them. Now to the horrible part, the fan in the restroom, is loud as hell. Could barely hear my own thoughts from how loud it was. Then theres patches oh and not to mention the water floods up, does not drain while showering. They did not clean our place before i came, literally was the most disgusting thing. Wiped the counter, and remote, and it was BLACK from the dirt. There was also a random pile of water, for some reason. And to top it all off, i could get around all of this.. the fan, whatever, it’s loud. The hard beds, fine, i don’t care.. but the dirtyness went so far that we found a USED ROLLED UP DIRTY PANTY BEHIND THE DESK. Absolutely disgusting, there cannot be any excuse for how disgusting our room is. I get having slightly dirty rooms, but this was so not clean, i felt like i was the housekeeper from trying to wipe it down. If you like that, or are into being dirty and having people knock on the door at 2am, stay at this hotel and have the most crappy smelling, dirty,...

No breakfast, even though that was why we chose this hotel! Bed too firm! Pillows too firm! No blanket! No hangars! No tub!

We chose this hotel among all others similarly priced because the breakfast looked amazing. We get there and the hotel is using the Covid pandemic as a poor excuse to save $2,000-3,000 a month by not serving breakfast. We were NOT so informed when we made the reservation and would have definitely chosen another hotel with this knowledge.

Next, the bathtub has been removed in a move to save money on water. Granted, this is becoming an epidemic among hotels, but this needs to be clearly stated in online advertisements! My wife is a frequent bather...like three times a day...so this was a very big deal.

The bed was so firm, it was like sleeping on the floor. The pillows were unusable, and I forgot to bring my own feather pillow. My wife remembered hers, but failed to check to see if I remembered mine before we left home. So, the first day we had to make a run to Wal-Mart so could buy a feather pillow.

The beds had a sheet and what appeared to be another sheet...no blanket. So, while at Wal-Mart buying a pillow, I had to buy a blanket...for my hotel bed!

When I went to hang up my clothes, I found the closet rod...but no hangars. So, you guessed it, while at Wal-Mart I bought hangars for my hotel room!

The phone did not work, and when I reported it, management said "well, that's the phone company's fault." Really???

There are no elevators and the ice machine takes...