La Fiesta Ocean Inn & Suites with Beachfront Bed And Breakfast

A a child in the 1970’s, I stayed at this hotel with my family every summer. I returned in September after 40 years to find that the atmosphere was still the same. The rooms have been beautifully renovated but the spirit of the place, and the beautiful beach is the same as I remember! The staff is caring and friendly and very knowledgeable about restaurants and things to do and see in the area. I highly recommend this hotel.

Stayed here on several occasions, and have had both friends and family stay here. We have stayed in Suites and the Inn, and all have been superb.
Great location, love the heated pool and the gardening around the property. It’s clear the owner values what he does and takes pride in it. Highly recommended.

Was good for the location and the price. The delivered breakfast was nice but not enough to make up for the lack of sleep. The bed was rock solid and though the a.c. was cranked all night it never cooled the room. And a working a.c. is the one thing that should be mandatory in any hotel in Florida.
I loved being able to walk down to the beach, it was the best part. But the room was tiny, and even worse the bathroom was tinier. Was awkward stripping out of a swimsuit and trying to de-​sand in such a small bathroom. Next time we’re in St. Augustine we’ll seek other accommodations.

Stayed here for 2 nights overall great stay, got king partial ocean view, short walk to the beach which is beautiful. The staff were very nice and breakfast is free and delivered right to the door you can pick the time for delivery, they call when they are on the way. 5 min away to downtown. Only downside the room did have a moldy odor but after turning on the air it went away. Its not a 5 star hotel but its a decent place to stay we enjoyed our time.

This hotel was booked by relatives from out of state so I did not know what to expect when my wife and I agreed to book there as well for the weekend. We were very pleasantly surprised. The property had a great location on a beautiful stretch of beach. The staff was friendly and attentive. The rooms weren’t large but definitely served the purpose. While no beach chairs/​umbrellas were provided by the hotel, it was convenient t rent them from the local vendor who delivered/​set them up early in the morning. The property was convenient to many local restaurants and the pristine state park. About the only minor negative that I can think of was the lights from the mini golf place next door coming through our back window late at night. We will come back for sure.

Stayed here for two nights during an impromptu beach trip. The front desk was super helpful. The room was basic+…the bed was comfy, the AC worked great, the TV was nice and had good channels, took a great bath in the basic tub, there’s a mini fridge and microwave. All great. Easy 3 minute walk across the dunes to the beach. Breakfast each morning is definitely a nice touch. I’d stay here again!

This place reminds me of the old days – and that’s a compliment. The entire staff is genuinely friendly and helpful. Although it wasn’t in perfect shape, the room was very quiet and comfortable. It included a fridge, microwave, free Starbucks coffee, free wi-​fi and a nice flatscreen. In the morning, a small breakfast is delivered to your door – which was really convenient and a time saver. The hotel has two washers and dryers and they sell laundry detergent in the lobby. It’s a very short walk to the beach and a ten minute drive to the old town. I would certainly stay here again.

Hubby booked this place on-​line and had no idea what it was like. It’s small. Our room was near the office so it was a bit noisy at times. We have usually always stayed in condos when we travel. Don’t expect that here.
On the good side you can tell the place has been renovated. It’s clean. Nice bath linens. Nice pool and garden. But no beach view. I had foot surgery so the walk to the beach was a bit difficult but not completely unmanageable.
The beach is drop-​dead beautiful. Bring your own beach chair. You’ll want to spend some time out there. Great beach for walking. Sadly I am unable to. But all in all you can’t beat the beach here.
So as far as amenities, the place is nice, but not quite up to my overall expensive tastes

My partner and I stayed at this hotel this past weekend. I decided to book this hotel based on reviews I found on Unilocal and Trip Advisor. Overall, this was a great place. I usually only stay at chain hotels such as Hilton or Marriotts, so was leary about staying at a «local» hotel. The La Fiesta changed my impression. The front desk clerk was extremely friendly. I didn’t get his name, but he was working last Thursday around 7pm. From there, we went to room 211 which was a King. This room looked recently remodeled. The bathroom had nice tile and fixtures. The room was clean and quiet. Everything worked well. We were able to walk over to the beach and enjoy some time there even though it was cold. My only complaint was that they only have 19″ tv’s in the room, instead of 32 or larger but they were still flat screens.

My husband and I stayed here for our honeymoon, and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for an affordable, pleasant, and clean stay in St. Augustine.
We got our first impression of the hotel before we even crossed into Florida. Due to a snowstorm and illness, we needed to stop in Georgia for a night on the way down. I called La Fiesta, expecting that I would have to beg them to hold our room for us since we would be arriving 24 hours later than expected. As soon as I explained our situation to the woman on the phone, she said she would go ahead and check us in and we could arrive any time. (Our stay was prepaid, but I have encountered hotels that will not hold your room for you past 2 AM on the first night of your reservation, even if you have paid in advance.)
We stayed in one of the queen rooms in the pool area. These are their cheapest rooms, and they are small, but they have recently been renovated and are clean and comfortable. For a couple, the size is perfect. And we really appreciated that the floors are all tile – no nasty, grungy hotel carpet! The bathroom fixtures are not new, but again, they are clean and functional, and that’s all I need.
The staff was always very friendly and helpful; we stopped in the lobby almost every morning and got great recommendations on things to see and places to eat in the area. They deliver complimentary breakfast to your room every morning, and while the menu is very limited, it’s worth it for the delicious, freshly baked scones and muffins (not to mention the fact that you don’t even have to get out of your pajamas for breakfast!). Our room was very clean every evening when we got «home» from sightseeing. And when we discovered that our mini-​fridge didn’t work, the staff promptly replaced it. They never treated us like second-​class guests because we booked our stay at a discounted rate through Priceline. (Again, I wish I could say this for all hotels…)
The grounds are beautifully landscaped, and if you can afford to spring for one of the garden– or ocean-​view rooms, I’m sure they’re lovely. Our only view was of the parking lot, but we didn’t care since weren’t planning to spend much time in our room anyway. The hotel is on the ocean side of the highway, and the beach is just a short walk over the dunes via a private boardwalk. (Keep in mind that almost ALL «beachfront» hotels in St. Augustine are really on the other side of the dunes from the ocean.)
I give La Fiesta five stars because of the combination of affordability, cleanliness, comfort, beachfront location, and helpfulness of the staff. It’s not a fancy hotel, but my husband and I have no reason to stay anywhere else in St. Augustine from now on. We will definitely be back.

I thought it would be pretty crappy since its one of those tiny family owned hotels. But no it’s so clean, nice and a great location too. Even though only more expensive rooms have balconies and all you get is a small window, the room itself is nice even though it’s pretty tiny. However there is no old furniture and everything looks new and squeeky clean. No wonder it’s the winner for this year for, i believe it’s, trip advicer. You also get breakfast brought to your room every morning. You can pick 2 things on the menu and pick the time you want it delivered, you’ll get a call in the morning and next thing you know the food’s at your door.
The pool is huge and always heated, you don’t need to ask anyone to open it and wait for it to heat up, it’s always done. We went in winter and even when it’s pretty chilly outside the pool still works even though there’s noone in it.
I loved the location, there’s a little walkway through which you get to the beach and on the way to the beach there are benches where you can just sit and relax. Also the hotel is pretty close to different places like a couple of shops and restaurants.
Overall i’m satisfied with it, and if you want a relaxing peacefull vacation, this us for you.

My boyfriend and I used Expedia to book this hotel for our anniversary weekend, and I have to say I was pretty disappointed by what we saw once we got there. There were several other locations nearby that were less expensive for what we got for this one, and I just feel as if we were a bit mislead by the description on the site.
The hotel is definitely dated, and if you can catch it on a good deal night it’s totally worth it for the service alone. However, this hotel is NOT truly a beach front hotel, but NONE of them are in St. Augustine. You aren’t far from the beach, but it’s good to know upfront that you will be walking to the beach, and you cannot see it from the hotel rooms. When I think of beach front, it means I can leave my patio door open at night and hear the waves crashing against the beach, not that I can sorta see a beach off in the distance.
The other reason we booked this place is because they had a heated pool, and we knew it’d be too cold to swim at the beach. We were going to stay in town, with a hotel that had a heated pool for about $ 20 less per night, but wanted the romantic feel of the beach for our anniversary. Well, I stuck my foot in the pool water and it was FREEZING!!! I told them at the front desk two or three times and they told me the heater was working. NO IT WASN’T!!! Because on the last day of our trip they had a repair guy out there to fix it!
We got to pick our breakfast from a menu, and that was ok, they brought it to our room. They really didn’t offer much of a selection. I am not against tipping, I was in the service industry… But I am just as happy to walk my happy self up to the desk to get my own breakfast. I don’t like tipping someone to bring me a bagel and a muffin… seriously.
It’s a ways from town but you can get a trolley ticket for $ 30 per person if you want to leave your car.
All in all, I was not impressed and I will most likely never stay here again. The service was ok, and I think there is a better value to be had elsewhere.

I rented 8 rooms for one night for a church group. We got in the first day very late and everyone went straight to bed. The next morning I asked for a late checkout and was told no. Ok no biggie but then we were told that we needed to be off the property by the 11am checkout time. I waited over an hour to talk to the owner and I was again told that we were to large of a group (19 people in 8 rooms) and would «tax the hotels facilities». I asked why if check-​in was not until 3pm how we would tax their facility considering most of us were going to be on the beach and she responded that I should of purchased another night for all 8 rooms. We were not even using their parking facilities, did not use the complementary breakfast, and had not spent a moment using either their pool or beach at this point.
Simply put, I’ve traveled with large groups for many years, several times a year and have never been told this. We ended up moving down the street to a competitor. When they found out how we were treated they let us use their facilities for free.
The owners excuse for not letting us stay after checkout was bogus. Either they did not want the «catholics» there or they were upset at having a number of Hispanics staying at their hotel. There is no way having people on a beach would tax their facilities. AVOID this place like the plague!
We were treated like garbage at this hotel. Despite the fact we had 8 rooms and had only used the facility to sleep one night, the next morning we were told we needed to leave the facility by 11am and would be denied access to the pool /​beach after checkout.

Often you can find a nice, family owned place that does good business…
This establishment is not one of them. If you are looking for professionalism and friendly, warm management to complete your St. Augustine lodging experience, don’t bother with La Fiesta. Its not competitively priced for what you get.

I decided to stay at La Fiesta Inn for our last Thanks giving vacation, and I’m so glad I did! Though it’s a bit of drive to downtown, but after spend almost whole day in city, I think it’s nice to get away from hustle and bustle. This Inn has decent and clean room, great service (they deliver the breakfast to each room every morning, you choose your own time), nice landscape with mini putt-​putt & pool (too bad, i didn’t use them), and good access to the beach. There’s lots of nice restaurants around the area too, so you won’t have difficulties to find food once you already in Inn. They have free shuttle to Old Town Trolley tours (I’m not sure about the schedule, but you can get the schedule flayers at the front office). Definitely a nice and affordable place to stay.

Definitely a place to stay for a week or so, savoring the old fashioned Florida beach feeling and visiting St. Augustine at night.
Friendly staff, delicious fresh-​baked scones and muffins delivered to your room (part of the free breakfast), comfortable rooms, spectacular beach, easy parking and beautifully landscaped grounds, convenient to St. Augustine (the beach bus will pick you up right in front of the hotel). What more can I say?
Some things that may be a con for some: a very active mini-​golf right next door (which also serves great soft-​serve ice cream) and you do have to walk across a lawn and over the dunes on a boardwalk to get to the beach. Most of the rooms do not have a view of the beach for this reason, but anyone who frequents St. Augustine knows this to be true of most hotels in the area.
The hotel has an associated bed and breakfast that is closer to the beach proper but I wasn’t able to visit it.
The staff really impressed me with their friendliness and efficiency: breakfast was delivered to the rooms promptly at the time of our choice and the scones and muffins were warm and tasty. The rooms were comfortable and the ones we had (garden view) had nice private patios/​balconies.
If you stay in the area, order from Verrazano’s pizza delivery – they have the most incredible pizza! Their salads are also fresh and a perfect accompaniment to their pizzas.