Quality Inn Bayside

We came on a Sunday for a bachelorette party. Check in was at 4 pm, but they didn’t have our room until 5 30pm! The bachelorette dinner was at 630pm, 30 miles away from my hotel. Once I got into the room, I had to shower, put on my face and do my hair, no way was I going to make it to the dinner. I had to meet them up after dinner. That was frustrating.
Pros: this is why I’m going them a 2 star. Affordable room, it’s an updated room, very spacious, nice small beach in the back, 10−15mins to fun attractions and restaurants.
Cons: late check in, room was ready 1.5 hours after their check in time! The wood floors felt so sticky, I moped it down with a towel and my towel was basically black! Hallways smelled like fish, my bathroom door was tagged up. Hot shower didn’t warm up for like 10mins, I guess someone used up all of the hot water?! The hotel is made up of three different buildings that isn’t connected, so getting breakfast was far and inconvenient. My towel still had hair on it, shower had black brown stains… I took a pic of everything.

WORST HOTEL CLEANING STAFF I’ve ever seen!!! My room looked like none of the pictures online and the room stunk like old people. Cleaning staff barely entered my room when they were supposed to, which was supposed to be daily. Some weekends they’d never come to even just get the trash or give me new towels. I complained twice and they came after the complaints, but it wasn’t consistently. Literally, I’ll never stay at another Quality Inn again! Don’t spend your money here, there are cheaper hotels in the area that I’m sure would do a better job!

I’ve been here 1.5 days of a scheduled two week stay. I never write reviews but I feel compelled to do so because this place is just so God-​awful. I will write my initial observations and if they change by the end of my two weeks, should I survive, I will edit the review then.
Check in was nice, friendly lady. Yadda, yadda. After hours of flying, trouble with the car rental, and a late night, I check in to this place ready to unwind. I walk in to my room that is completely dark with a peculiar stench and flip the light switch. Nothing. So I walk to wall lamp and switch it manually. Nothing. Back to the wall, again nothing, so I walk to the bathroom. To my astonishment, the light actually turned on! [EDIT: the rooms look NOTHING like the pictures! Do not be fooled.] After turning on the lights that actually work, I discover a rather cruddy looking hotel room, but whatever, it’s on my companies dime, not mine. So I check out the beds and discover mattresses that feel as if they were purchased second hand from Goodwill. That are just super springy, stiff, and altogether uncomfortable mattresses. These are full sized mattresses, not queens, mind you. Now I’m in a bit of disbelief. Surely a hotel can’t possibly suck this bad can it? Yes, yes it can and it gets worse. I try connecting to the wifi, with absolutely no luck. I contact the front desk, and they explain somebody is scheduled to fix it tomorrow afternoon. So no wifi for the first evening of my stay. At this point I just want a hot shower. So I hop in the bathroom and start up the water. I turn it all the way hot… and it ain’t getting hot. Don’t get me wrong it’s warm, but it’s not hot. And all I want to end my day is a hot, steamy, mother f*cking shower. This «shower» is a gently trickling, luke-​warm, sick sick joke. As I’m standing in this sorry excuse of a shower, I let my emotions slip in to extreme frustration and anger I ask myself what evil did I commit to deserve this hell. I go to sleep on my spring mattress to discover it’s lopsided; the damn thing has a huge bulge in it. I manage to sleep soundly from sheer exhaustion but awake to discover my back is throbbing. I’m 28, far too young to be experiencing this extreme agony in my back. Thanks «Quality» Inn! Perhaps they have a deal with a local chiropractic office.
After my first day of work, I return to my hellhole room to discover the peculiar stench once more, a wifi connection that simply does not work, and exactly half of my room’s lamps are missing light bulbs. I’m not making this up… I will be taking my second shower momentarily, and sincerely hope for the sake of my sanity it is hot and actually has greater water pressure than an old man’s trickling penis. The only perk so far has been the breakfast that I’m rather pleased with. Decent selection and tasty biscuits and gravy. Sounds like heaven as I lay on my stiff, lopsided box spring mattress, texting this review through my cellular tele, on my 4G network, because «Quality» Inn Bayside cannot provide an Internet connection, dreading, absolutely dreading this luke-​warm shower that I have endure. If staying at the Quality Inn is not mandatory, DO NOT stay here. Save yourself the agony and remember my sacrifice as you check in to the Ramada or Wyndham Garden. I have 2 very long weeks ahead of me and I’m not sure I’ll make it. Tell my parents I love them and I’ll see them on the other side.

Taking a last minute trip to Florida left us with few hotel options for a decent price. We were able to check in early after spending 12 hrs on the road and another 5 site seeing it was nice to finally see a bed. However, the beds were not very comfortable and the pillows sucked but the linens were clean. The bathroom was tiny byt the water was hot. Some of the lights in the room didn’t work and the floor could’ve used another mop. The breakfast was ok but if you don’t get there early you’ll miss out on getting anything good to eat. I probably will not stay here if we decide to come back to Destin in the future.

Not what I expected! Roaches everywhere, rude front desk personal (dreadlocks guy). Broken dryer had to drive back home with wet clothes in my trunk!
Bed sheets had stains, no clean towels oh and roaches!
TV picture was blurry, ice machine broken!

Stayed here for two weeks on business and enjoyed it. The staff went out of their way in order to accommodate myself and those traveling with me. The hotel is located just outside Destin but close enough to all the fun stuff. I really enjoyed my stay and would recommend this hotel. The only thing that keeps this from a higher rating is the fact the hotel is NOT on the Gulf, it is however located on water. Will come back again.

OK so the room are newly renovated and are beautiful… but. And a HUGE but… The beds are horrible! My neck never hurt so bad from sleeping in these beds. They are spring mattresses, and you can hear the springs popping when you move. Everything else about the stay was really good. The complimentary breakfast was even impressive. Sausage and gravy, biscuit, muffins doughnuts, waffles, cereal. And a few other things. Staff was very friendly and I’d love to come back but I dont know if my back can take it!

The location shown on
is not even close to correct. 322 Miracle Strip Parkway is between Red Lobster and Waffle House, near the intersection of Mary Esther Cutoff and Miracle Strip Parkway.
The rooms are newly renovated, as of September, 2024. The hotel is on the Bay, with its own beach, warf, and what appears to be a boat launch for small boats, and I emphasize SMALL.

This Inn was completed renovated, the rooms looked like a 4 star hotel. The staff was very accommodating. You cannot beat the location, Destin Beach along with other activities and restaurants is only a 10 minute drive away. My only hiccup was that the cleaning staff did not clean the bathroom and change the sheets after our first day.

Warning… Hotel Under Renovation
****Do not go to this location if you expect to be able to get any sleep
People renovating this hotel were allowed by Management and Owners to start work at 6:45AM on Saturday and Sunday. Banging Loudly, Playing Boombox music, laying tiles, dropping bags of mortar.
Refrigerator in my room not working.
No forks to eat Complimentary Breakfast!
Total Lack of Respect and Consideration for the Customer.
These People even asked if we wanted to upgrade for a Valentines Day Special $ 10 for champagne??? Is this a Romantic Place to Stay… I Do Not think So!
Called Customer Service and all they do is take down your comments. No Quality Guarantees at Quality Inn!