Ram Sea — Hotel in North Redington Beach

We stayed in this condo years ago and we thought it needed a lot of updating. Since then, it has been updated and it is beautiful. It is clean, has updated furniture and fixtures, and a generous amount of beach supplies left by the owner for our use. Our family stayed in this condo in August of 2017 and August of 2018, each for a week. Both years we have had no complaints. This condo has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and is on the top floor. The balcony overlooks the beautiful beach and extends out farther than some of the other condos. Because of this extension, you have balcony views straight ahead and on one side. Some of the other condos have balcony views only straight ahead with walls on each side. Having an open side on the balcony allows for better views, air flow, and breezes, making sitting on the balcony relaxing and cool and comfortable. Previous pictures I have posted show the open side view, which looks north towards the Redington Beach Fishing Pier. We spend a lot of time sitting on the balcony so the open views are important to us, which is why we love this condo. The sunsets are beautiful and looking at the moon and stars at night are awesome. This year we saw a manatee swimming by a few times. In the past we have seen dolphins. This condo comes with a washer and dryer. It did not have a hair dryer so bring one with you if you need that. A newspaper is delivered to your door each morning. The Redington Beach Fishing Pier is now closed unfortunately and may not reopen. If you need anything, ask the front desk personnel. They are real helpful. The pool and jacuzzi are always very clean, as are the surrounding areas. Next door on the beach you can rent jet skis and kayaks. For this condo, they give you two parking passes to park on the premises. The speed limit up and down Gulf Blvd. is 35 mph. The police heavily enforce that speed. We saw quite a few people get pulled over for speeding. About 4 miles inland from the Ram Sea is a Walmart Supercenter and their liquor store. Closer to the Ram Sea are Winn Dixie and Publix supermarkets, CVS, and Walgreens. About 4 miles south from the Ram Sea on Gulf Blvd. is John's Pass Village and Boardwalk which has restaurants, live music, lots of shops, fishing, tours, and boat rentals. You have to park at meters there or in their parking garage. A mile away to the south of the Ram Sea is a restaurant called Conch Republic Grill. It has good food. There is a trolley that goes up and down Gulf Blvd. in case you wanted to see other places on the beach but didn't want to drive a car. The Ram Sea property is beautiful and well maintained as is condo 503. We will definitely be...

We're seasoned beach vacationers and always prefer to stay in a beach front condo with an ocean facing balcony. Walking the beach and sitting on a quiet balcony to watch and hear the ocean is the heart of our blissful vacation joy. We aren't retired, so these are treasured vacations are our few relaxing getaways. Ram Sea was a decent place - the beach is the star - really excellent beach.||||Pro's: Our unit was nice, updated, clean. Balcony was good with privacy on the sides - good deck furniture. Full washer/dryer in the unit. Grounds are kept nicely. Excellent office management - on site. Several breakfast and dinner places walkable. Easy to Uber to locations further away.||||Con's: Sparse "starter" supplies - 1 single handy wipe, kitchen towel, garbage bag, some toilet paper and tiny soap bars. That's it. There's no dish or laundry soap, paper towel, spices (salt, pepper) or paper plates, baggies etc. usually left by others, and NO blow dryer or beach towels. Beds were very not comfortable. Smoking is allowed on balconies - an occasional cigar no big deal, but we had a constant smoker under us (on rainy days, we could smell it in our bathroom vent - jerk). The grounds are tight - the grill area is real close to the balconies. Grilling goes on morning through past dark. Your balcony will be filled with smoking food smells and lots of hollering back and forth from the grillers to their families on the balconies ("hey, how many more do we need!!!??"). The pool (which sits below most of the units) has very bright spotlights 24x7 - shining up into the balconies (even up on the 5th floor). Most Florida beach areas make it dark at night for wild life. The spotlights not only ruin the peaceful nighttime balcony experience, but there are no room darkening window coverings, so it also lights the master bedroom up at night.||||All in all, Ram Sea is a nice place. Seems more suited to families and budget conscious travelers, than couples looking for a...

Staff was great and pool area was very clean but room 212 is way out of date and needs to be painted. The beds were like laying on plywood! It was horrible! The appliances need to be updated really bad. The oven looked like it was going to catch on fire it's so old. It actually completely stopped working. The refrigerator did not get cold enough and freezer did not keep ice cream frozen. The day that we got there, I won't to sit on the couch and a BIG canvas painting literally feel off of the wall into my head! They have way too much stuff stored in that room. One of the closet doors is locked to where you can't even use it. We met another family that said they had stayed in that room before and they will not stay there again. One of the inside chairs had been put outside on the balcony because it was broken. There was a cholda walker and highchair stored in the closet that were absolutely nasty with mildew and food. I would rather pay extra money for an updated room. It was ridiculous. The dryer did not work right...