Margaritaville Beach Resort South Padre Island

Close to restaurants and shops

We arrived at the property 1.5 hours before check in but were advised it would be $75 to check in early. When we checked in there were $300 in fees for our 3 nights. We had a nice room but the beds were not comfortable, squeaked and had peeling sheets. We never tried landshark but the drinks at the outside bar were ok. I tried to book an appointment at the spa but could never get anyone to answer and they never returned my messages. Very disappointed in our stay for the price. We will not be recommending this resort

May 30 thru June 3, 2024 - My family and I recently visited this resort for the first time to celebrate my daughter's 18th birthday. The location is quite beautiful and the outside of the hotel's exterior and lobby was quite lovely. That's where the beauty is deceptive... On our first night, upon visiting our unit, we found pee on the Master bedroom toilet seat. No one had used the bathroom yet. Gross! So, we reported it to the Front Desk and the staff stated they would "inform Housekeeping so they could do some cleaning." Yeah, that never happened. When we checked out, I told the Front Desk staff about all the mechanical issues that we had during our stay ....they looked bored when we told them. Needless to say I was flabbergasted. I mean, if you're going to charge $700 a night, the least you can do is make sure all the crap doesn't break during your guests' stay. Makes sense, right? Insofar as the mechanical issues, here is a breakdown of all the issues and broken items that Engineering came to fix in our condo unit during our visit [5/30/24 - 6/02/24]: 1. Phone not working. This phone was fixed once and then broke again. We finally gave up after the 2nd attempt. 2. Dishwasher - A broken piece of the dishwasher was sitting on the top basket in the dishwasher and the interior of the dishwasher was rusted. How was that sanitary? 3. AC (Second Bedroom) - In the middle of the night, Enginnering was called when my daughter's AC stopped working. It appears that the filter was clogged. If tgis was maintained, then this would have not gone out in the middle of the night! 4. Tub clogged (Second Bedroom) 5. My daughter woke us up on the second day of our trip because she smelled a "rotten egg" smell coming from the room. We called Engineering and they said it was probably water in a pump at the back of the fridge. Nothing was done to fix it. We just lived with the smell and it dissipated or we just got used to the smell. Really??? 6. Smoke alarm - Sunday morning around 8am, the smoke detector in the master bedroom went off due to low batteries and woke us all up. Engineering was called yet again. 7. The light on Microwave for Stovetop at night did not work. We didn't bother getting this fixed...we had bets to see what else would break down during our stay.... So, all in all, we think that this hotel may look "pretty" on the outside but they don't maintain their hotel rooms so its not really worth the exorbitant cost of the rooms/condo units. Not to mention that they tack on a $40 resort fee, $20 self-parking fee, and miscellaneous other fees and taxes. Bottom line: This hotel is not worth it. The hotel, The Sapphire, next door has a way better pool. We are going there for our next trip!

The staff was great and the beautiful color pool!

Great casual fun vibe. Rooms are very nice and the view of the beach over the pool is spectacular. It's an easy drive anywhere on the island. Really enjoyed our stay.

Friendly staff & an amazing room with great views.

My bf and I stayed here for 5 days, 4 nights at the end of Feb. The hotel staff were all very nice except the guy in charge of housekeeping on our floor…..he was grouchy. Everyone else more than made up for it tho so I assume he was just having an off week. The pool is nice, just get there very early if you want a chair. It’s heated and warm and there are good places for sun and shade. The food was also really good, both inside the restaurant and pool side. Our server was great, she was just overloaded being the only server for the entire pool area. But we weren’t in a hurry so it was all good. Had we known, we probably would have stayed a little further north to be closer to night life and things to do. But if you want a very relaxing and clean place with a good casual vibe and restaurant, it’s a great place!!

Room was okay hall way was dirty and tub and mini fridge didn’t work