This is a brilliant hotel!
We managed to get one of the rooms overlooking mallory square, which also had an excellent view of the sunsets (room 525).
The room itself is very comfortable and spacious. The decor is quite lovely.
The bathroom is wonderful, it is large and has a shower and a spa bath, twin sinks and a wc, good lights and plenty of mirrors.
The veranda has a great view of the pier area and mallory square.
The location of the hotel is right at the end of duval street next to the sunset pier, and is approx 100m from everthing you will need, shops, bars, food, music, entertainment.
The staff are very helpful and pleasant. The pool is good sized and deep.
This is THE place to stay as far as we are concerned and we would definately stay there again, especially room 525
What a wonderful experience!

I was super impressed with this hotel, which is part hotel and part time share. It is run by Noble House, a chain of luxury hotels. It is right where sunset takes place at Mallory Square. The jacuzzi in the room was huge.. I never saw one that big before. Allison checked us in, and was super nice. There is absolutely no place near to park so you MUST use their valet service ($18 a night I think) if you have a car. It's right next door to the conch train sightseeing tour and CVS pharmacy. The only cheap breakfast place was Burger King, about 6 blocks up Duval Street. The easiest way to get to this hotel is take highway 1 into town, turn right on Duval, and go until you hit water. The hotel is right at the water. The decoration was awesome, with tropical bird lights palms, etc. When I came down at 2 in the morning trying to find a coke machine, the man at the desk said they dont have a machine, but he gave one one of his personal cans of coke totally free. That impressed me. All the staff were nice. I really believe that this was the best hotel I ever stayed at in all my life.. Anton Anderssen, Warren Michigan.

Stayed at Ocean Key 10/2-10/7/05 w/ the husband. First time in Key West. Hotel is at the very end of Duval St, close to all the action. Purchased the "Romance" package for $279/night, which included breakfast daily (off the menu, not buffet) in the Hot Tin Roof restaurant and 2 drinks/each daily at the Pier Bar. Made reservation by calling hotel directly, I highly recommend doing that vs internet as we got a better deal than what was advertised online.

Room was on top floor (room 514), we had reserved jr suite, but when we arrived we found that we had been upgraded to an oceanfront suite. King size 4 poster bed & tv in one room, living room had tv, mini bar small table. Each room had vaulted ceilings and ceilng fans. Bathroom was nothing exciting, and no jacuzzi, but I'm pregnant and can't use a jacuzzi anyway, so it wasn't missed. The view from the deck was unbelieveable. Our room overlooked the pier, panoramic ocean views, simply gorgeous. When the bellman brought us to the room we thought they had made a mistake, it was a great value for what we paid. Only one day did we wake up with a cruise ship outside our window, and it only blocked a small part of the view. Most of the ships tend to dock in front of the Hilton -I would be mad if I paid for an oceanview there!

Service was really good, although we tend to be pretty low-maintainence. The turndown service was a special treat, with a shell left on the bed every night. Found most staff to be extremely friendly.

Only ate at the Hot Tin Roof for breakfast, which was very good.

Pool is on the small side, but very clean and again had a great view of the water. Service at the pool was spotty, it depended on who was staffing it that day. Chaise lounges were comfy. Tiles around pool do get hot on sunny days.

Saw/heard very few kids, which was nice. It's not a hotel that I would choose to bring children to, not much for them to do there.

Spa was nice, albeit a bit spendy. Had a great prenatal massage from Andrea.

Parking at the hotel is expensive, $18/day, but you're in Key West and there isn't much parking. If we were to do it again we would have turned the car in at the Key West airport after we drove down from Miami. You don't need a car in Key West. Walk or rent a scooter or electric car.

Only complaint was the live music at the Pier Bar was really loud at night. If your room overlooks the Pier you will hear it inside your room. They play 7 pm-11 pm, so if you're an "early to bed" type of person or sensitive to noise, you should book a room overlooking Mallory Sq or the city.

Through the conceriege we booked a snorkeling/scuba trip on the Sea Breeze, which docks at the end of Front St next to Galleons Resort. A 5 min walk. Highly recommend it. $35 for snorkeling, and I believe $65-70 for scuba. Boat takes both snorkelers and scuba divers at same time, which is nice for couples in which only one is scuba diving. Reef is 7 miles from Key West. 2 dives, 50 min each. We went to Sand Key & Rock Key. Visibility was 40 ft, saw a ton of fish as well as barracuda, 2 nurse sharks, a huge spotted eagle ray (stingray) and a sea turtle. Good crew, including the captain's dog, Shayla. Mac was our favorite dive master. We went back a second time and they took $10 off.

We also went on the Conch Train on a cloudy morning - skip it. $25 for 90 min tour was a rip off. Buy a guidebook and walk it/moped it yourself.

Our favorite restaurant was Fogarty's on Duval. Get the crab-stuffed grouper - delicious!

Overall - a great vacation in laid-back Key West & definitely recommend the Ocean Key Resort!

I recently stayed at the Ocean Key Resort in Key West, Florida and it is a beautiful property. The outside of the building, entrance and the lobby was unassuming and plain...but our suite was awesome! The hotel upgraded us from a junior suite to a one-bedroom suite with a partial ocean view. When we asked for it, the clerk was so super nice--they had already upgraded us. The 'partial view' from the balcony and bedroom was just gorgeous! The balcony was roomy with nice chairs and a small table. Back to the suite -- super clean, the living room was very large, comfortable and the bedroom was a very nice size, bathroom nice with a jacuzzi and separate shower, double sink. The 20 ft tall ceilings were spectacular. I suppose this is only available on the 5th floor of the property...the highest level. The decor was also very pretty, very colorful and decorated with a lot of detail..nice pictures on the wall etc. The kitchen was small but had all the conveniences..microwave, apt size fridge, stove, dishwasher and a washer and dryer. The staff was fantastic, room service great. The pool area was small but it got the job done. It looks toward the ocean. The property is at the end (or maybe the beginning!) of Duval Street and a short walk to Mallory Square. My new husband and I fell in love with the place. We planned our trip w/airfare through Expedia, so I don't remember exactly what the room rate was...but I think it was less than $200 a night. If you can get the room for under that I would definitely go for it....
Oh, do a sunset cruise on Danger Cruises, very nice short sail.