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Laid-back vibes? Check. Powdery-white sands? Check. Fun for all the family? Check. Set on the beachfront, the RumFish Beach Resort is an epic place to enjoy St Pete’s beauty, recharge your batteries, and have the time of your life. Dive into one of the pools, and test out your surfing skills on the Surf WipeOut ride. You’ll love the cool beach lounge, complete with VIP cabanas, live entertainment, and a fire pit (get your s’mores at the ready!). There’s a whole load of fun and games at the sister hotel too, so you’ll be spoilt for choice with how to spend your days and evenings. And talking of evenings, head to one of the restaurants or bars and watch the sun go down over the rippling ocean.
Amenities
Babysitting service
Kids Club
Families
Honeymoon
Bar
Free Parking
Room Service
Beachfront location
Where is it
Located on the award-winning sugary white sands of St Pete Beach. A 40-minute drive to Clearwater. Driving time from Orlando International Airport: 2 hours 10 minutes.
Hotel information
159 rooms on 7 floors in 1 building with 4 lifts. All with air-conditioning, flatscreen TV, tea and coffee making facilities, wet bar, fridge, microwave, toaster, safe, hairdryer, and iron and board. Standard Rooms are 250 sq ft and have 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.
Courtyard Balcony Rooms are 305-340 sq ft and overlook the garden or Oasis Courtyard pool area, with 1 king-size bed or 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.
Courtyard Suites are 480 sq ft and overlook the garden or Oasis Courtyard pool area with separate living room, kitchenette and floor-to-ceiling glass doors, with 1-king size bed or 2 double beds, plus double sofa-bed, sleeping maximum 6 adults or 2 adults and 4 children.
Gulf Front Suites are 480 sq ft and overlook the Gulf of Mexico, with separate living room, kitchenette and 1 king-size bed or 2 double beds, plus double sofa-bed, sleeping maximum 6 adults or 2 adults and 4 children.
Complimentary self-parking (included in the resort fee). Suncoast Beach Trolley stops right outside both RumFish Beach Resort and Tradewinds Island Grand Resort.
RumFish Grill (aquarium setting serving seafood specialties, open for lunch and dinner). Gulfside Grill (casual dining, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). The SandBar (open for light lunch and dinner, and nightly live entertainment). RumFish Grill Bar. Perks Up! Coffee & Cocktails (serving Starbucks®). Room service*. Access to bars and restaurants at Tradewinds Island Grand Resort; Palm Court Italian Grill (open for dinner and Sunday brunch), Bermudas Restaurant (casual breakfast), Flying Bridge (beachfront dining, open for lunch and dinner), Salty's Tiki Bar and Beach Lounge (open all day for drinks and light bites), Sharktooth Tavern (bar with live entertainment and karaoke), Awakenings Lobby Bar), The Deli (grab and go sandwiches, salads, snacks & drinks), Ice Cream Shoppe, Pizza Hut Express.
2 swimming pools (1 adults only) and whirlpool. Poolside cabanas*. Surf WipeOut ride. Fitness centre. Volleyball. Water sports*. Daily children's activities*. Children's beachfront play area. Beach games. The SandBox beach lounge, offering VIP Cabanas, drink specials, live entertainment, and a fire pit. Access to facilities at Tradewinds Island Grand Resort; adults-only pool, family pool, whirlpool, spa and hair services*, dive-in movies on the big screen (selected days), mini-golf, family pirate shows, floating water park*, floating cabanas*, paddle boats, paddle boards*, kayaks*, wave runners*, banana boat rides*, parasailing*, beach cabanas, High Tide Water Slide.
Complimentary WiFi (included in the resort fee). The Shop at RumFish Grill (clothing and merchandise). Laundry facilities*. Gift shop. Babysitting service*.
This hotel has a resort fee of $45 plus tax per room, per day (payable locally, subject to change).
Resort fee includes use of the following amenities - Self-parking - In-room WiFi - In-room safe - 2 bottles of in-room water daily - Daily newspaper - Access to the business centre - Local telephone calls - Access to the fitness centre and classes - Pool towels - 1 cushioned beach cabana for 2 people - Paddle boats - Unlimited rides on the high tide slide and surf ride - Campfire s'mores - Use of the tennis courts, beach volleyball and mini golf and beach games including paddleball, bocce ball and corn hole - Family Pirate Show - Dive-in movies. Resort fee, tax and inclusions are subject to change - please see hotel check-in for current inclusions available to you upon arrival.
Wheelchair accessible rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking. To discover all the special assistance services we offer please see additional information below.
Please note: at least one person must be 21 years or over to check-in.
Based on 3801 reviews
Rating summary
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Excellent (2238)
Very good (868)
Average (380)
Poor (182)
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Loved RumFish Resort
Oct 24, 2021Patti LDauphin, Pennsylvania
Top notch stay at RumFish Resort! Joe at the front desk was super friendly and helped with anything requested. After we checked out I could not find my travel purse. I contacted Jim with security who was a pleasure to deal with. He met me at the front door with my purse in hand! Jim was professional and a gentlemen. Thanks Jim, your one of…
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Top notch stay at RumFish Resort! Joe at the front desk was super friendly and helped with anything requested. After we checked out I could not find my travel purse. I contacted Jim with security who was a pleasure to deal with. He met me at the front door with my purse in hand! Jim was professional and a gentlemen. Thanks Jim, your one of the good guys! Don’t hesitant to book a stay at RumFish because it has everything you need for a fun vacation!
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4/5 GOOD VISIT AND STAY OVERALL ROOM PRICE COULD BE DEBATABLE
Oct 21, 2021TraveltosucceedChicago, Illinois
Overall, I would recommend RumFish Beach Resort by the Trade Winds. There are ultimately more pros that trump the cons in this resort. The staff is friendly, and they have plenty of perks included in your "resort fee"
Setting up, I booked for a one day getaway with family. I believe I spoke with Joe. The process was smooth, and we booked the…
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Overall, I would recommend RumFish Beach Resort by the Trade Winds. There are ultimately more pros that trump the cons in this resort. The staff is friendly, and they have plenty of perks included in your "resort fee"
Setting up, I booked for a one day getaway with family. I believe I spoke with Joe. The process was smooth, and we booked the partial gulf view room. Upon check in at 1pm, the room was not quite ready yet, which was understandable considering their check in was at four o'clock, however you are able to enjoy the property while waiting. Joe called quickly to ensure a early check in within 20 minutes of exploring.
We ended up in room 3821. The room was equipped with a full size fridge, two stove burners, microwave, plates, and tools to cook, two extremely comfortable beds, couch, dining table, and bathroom of course. My downside to the room was that it was clean enough where I would not complain, but for the price of $350 a night, it could have definitely had more "attention to detail". There was noticeable dust in lots of spots including the top of the refrigerator, unclean mirrors and sliding doors, outdated patio furniture, and my mother kept stating that the room smelt like a fart smell. Again, I took action amongst myself and sprayed and touched up myself.
The pool area was okay, and the bar was good for what the property is. They provide complimentary cabanas, beach towels. At night they have live music, and fire-it's to enjoy, included in your resort fee. No complimentary coffee is included downstairs, just the coffee machine in your room. (bring your own creamer or milk)
The restaurant RumFish Grill was closed during my stay (Wednesday) which was disappointing because I really looked forward to it, and seeing the big fish tank while dining, however we opted to go to 1200 Steakhouse, five minutes down the road ,and the steak house was honestly one of the best I have been to. ($$$ Beer and Wine only)
Overall again my rating is 4/5 for the price of the hotel with a lack of attention to detail, and touch ups on the property, but I would recommend.
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Overall we had a Very Nice time
Oct 17, 2021srbrewCedar Crest, New Mexico
We had 9 in our family party stay there from 10/9-13. Overall we had a great time:
Positives:
Grounds were clean and well maintained.
On site restaurants were very good.
Nice beach!
Did not have to pay for parking.
Pool Bar was fun.
Next door Coconut Charlie’s was very fun!
Negatives:
Check-in staff a bit surly
On-site coffee shop completely…
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We had 9 in our family party stay there from 10/9-13. Overall we had a great time:
Positives:
Grounds were clean and well maintained.
On site restaurants were very good.
Nice beach!
Did not have to pay for parking.
Pool Bar was fun.
Next door Coconut Charlie’s was very fun!
Negatives:
Check-in staff a bit surly
On-site coffee shop completely closed..
Daughters initial room had 4 or 5 Worms on floor at check in. They did move her to another better room.
Rooms need a bit of general maintenance, floor was damp, one of stove burners not working, sliding door handles loose, etc…. (We told front desk, but they didn’t seem to care)
Wish it was less expensive. We stayed in Tampa another 3 days at a VRBO. We would have liked to continue our stay here, it was certainly not full, but still too expensive for the full week.
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Great stay
Oct 12, 2021katiebU4973ZO
Stayed at the Rumfish Beach Resort this past September just a quick getaway for some R&R we had a blast… The restaurant the Rumfish grill features a actual fish aquarium with live fish.. and we were able to enjoy the Tradewinds island grand and was allowed to visit their hotel Plus we received a free cabana with a room. I highly recommend you give…
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Stayed at the Rumfish Beach Resort this past September just a quick getaway for some R&R we had a blast… The restaurant the Rumfish grill features a actual fish aquarium with live fish.. and we were able to enjoy the Tradewinds island grand and was allowed to visit their hotel Plus we received a free cabana with a room. I highly recommend you give Rumfish a Try. They have two pools which are both a little on the small side but comfortable they also offer a small hot tub.. The staff was also very attentive to all of our needs.. there was so much to do at this hotel restaurants waterslides and of course the amazing beach.. we can’t wait to visit again in June and thanks to Ray at the hotel Patrick at the beach bar and the rest of the staff for making our stay so great
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Ron in security
Oct 8, 2021hifaq
Ron in security went above and beyond for me. I needed to grab some shirts from the shop that was closed and he opened it for me to grab and walked me back to the front to check out. He didn’t have to do that but he did. I appreciate him and all those that helped that day.
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