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Reviews of Rainbow Bend Resort

2.5 out of 5
Rainbow Bend Resort
57784 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 241 out of 468 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 106 out of 468 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 56 out of 468 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 33 out of 468 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 32 out of 468 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beach front rooms, excellent restaurant on property, amenities, nice rooms, excellent staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany m

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 30 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We hope to see you again soon!

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and hope to host you again soon!

8/10 Good

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We hope you choose Rainbow Bend on your next visit to Marathon!

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Very limited to plug anything in
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate it!

4/10 Poor

harvey

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Over rated under supplied towel quality no tissues poor lighting very bare bones
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments have been shared with our team in order to prevent any future disappointment.

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Staff not available when doorvdid not open and blinds broke
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 15 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments have been shared with our team in order to prevent any future disappointments.

10/10 Excellent

Andres

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We Absolutely Love our stay here at Rainbow bend resort. The stars were out of this world at night and the Sunrise was absolutely breathtaking.Can’t Wait to come back!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback, Andres! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you again.

4/10 Poor

Dale K

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor amenities property run down
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments have been shared with our team in order to prevent any future disappointments.

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope you choose Rainbow Bend on your next visit to Marathon.

10/10 Excellent

Aida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Eva C on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you, Aida! We are delighted to hear you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again.

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We cannot say enough great things about this place! The location is perfect, the staff goes above and beyond to make sure we felt valued and comfortable, the fresh made daily breakfast was great and the waiter was super fun, our place felt more like an apartment than a hotel, the beach area was nicely kept, the kayaks and boats were fun......We could go on and on!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you so much for your feedback! We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again.

8/10 Good

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback, we hope you choose Rainbow Bend on your next visit to Marathon!

10/10 Excellent

David, Provincetown

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for your feedback, David! We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us, we hope you choose Rainbow Bend on your next visit to Marathon.

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you for the 5 out of 5 rating, Mary. We appreciate it so much. We look forward to seeing you again.

4/10 Poor

Odell

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The view
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback. Have blessed day!

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed the hot breakfast and the proximity to the water front. The facility has had a lot of use, but it seemed well maintained. We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you so much Daniel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay. We hope to host you again!

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 23 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and hope to see you again soon.

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
Very dirty and not kept up. The restaurant that is there, is not part of the hotel. 2 of the rooms are located under the restaurant that is loud and noisy late, as well as early in the morning. The property is lacking upkeep, and not worth the money per night. We moved to a different hotel our second night.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your comments have been shared with the team in hope to prevent any futures disappointments. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a surprising good value. The buildings were old keys style but the rooms and restaurants was modern and updated. Much larger rooms than expected. Beach was great and very well maintained. Staff was great. Checked on before the office closed and again in the morning. Walls are thin between living rooms but the bedrooms were separated so neighbors didn't wake us. Lots of kayaks and bikes. We were pleasantly surprised the whole time.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thanks for the review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your room and overall stay. We hope to welcome back and continue to meet your expectations. Thanks again!

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was quaint.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your it.

10/10 Excellent

Bernie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The unit (#23) was clean and fresh. It is close to US 1 where you can hear the traffic albeit at a low volume. We got used to it after a while. The staff was friendly and easy to work with. The breakfast was actually quite good but limited -- blueberry pancakes, French toast or eggs with sausage and bacon. My only suggestion to the staff was to open the breakfast earlier (e.g,. 6am) instead of 8am because I noticed a lot of people were up and away for their activities. We had to be at our dive center by 7:30 every morning. But otherwise, I really liked the property especially for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking time to leave a kind review. ! We greatly appreciate your thoughtful feedback in regards to the team and our location. Hopefully we can welcome you back on your next visit to Marathon, Florida.

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you are looking for an old-fashioned keys place, this is it! Quaint, small, quiet and with a nice brach area, pool, hot tub and amenities. Beautiful ocean views from our private deck. Free breakfast was truly breakfast, 5 choices made to order. We had use of kayaks and bicycles, with the bike trail across the street. Despite being on the highway, from our deck, pool area and beach area, we did not hear any traffic. The staff texted when our room eas ready, and to check on us throughout our stay. Definitely recommend and would stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to write an excellent review about your stay with us, we’re so glad you enjoyed it so much.

8/10 Good

Vicky

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The room we stayed in had a very strong smell of mildew
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 13 Mar 2024
Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your recent stay at our Rainbow Bend Resort. We appreciate your honesty, and we apologize for any inconvenience you experienced.

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your business.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, North Fort Myers

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Service was excellent. Room was clean and properly was excellent.. we stayed an extra night.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 13 Mar 2024
Your glowing review warms our hearts, and we’re delighted that you found our little corner of Marathon, Florida, to be a true slice of paradise.

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had an amazing stay! Our room was right near the pool. We enjoyed having breakfast included with our stay! The waiter was friendly, fantastic and very efficient! The office texted every day to check and see if we needed anything! They were very helpful and friendly!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 6 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave a good review. We greatly appreciate your thoughtful feedback and are pleased to hear the staff assisted in making your stay special. We are truly lucky to have a great team.

4/10 Poor

Barbara

Very disappointed Do Not stay here, paid $360 to stay at a “resort” that had no WIFI which was suppose to be repaired but was not The door to our room did not lock unless you used the deadbolt, the bottom lock was falling off, could only give us one key because they only had one key to the deadbolt which was the only way to lock the door, but not to worry they said it is a “low crime area” There is no air conditioning in the bedroom, only front room, again paid $360 for the night shameful Expedia won’t be using you again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Eva C on 6 Mar 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your comments have been shared with the team in hope to prevent any futures disappointments. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.

8/10 Good

Maureen

Liked: Amenities
Excellent location & beautiful beach. Felt like old school Keys. Very peaceful, quiet & relaxing. Full breakfast was good. The resort itself is a bit worn and tired…needs some TLC and maintenance. Cleaning could be better. Arrived to dirty sheets and lack of hot water. The staff immediately corrected both issues. Very friendly staff. Dinner at the Hideaway Cafe was excellent!!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Eva C on 29 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave a good review. We greatly appreciate your thoughtful feedback and are pleased to hear the staff assisted in making your stay special. We are truly lucky to have a great team.

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property right on the water. Love their beach area. Excellent friendly & helpful staff. Would absolutely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Eva C on 27 Feb 2024
Thank you so much for choosing our hotel for your stay! We’re thrilled to hear that you had an amazing experience.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cafe was very good food. Room efficient and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Eva C on 14 Feb 2024
Thank you for your kind review! We appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Jorja

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Eva C on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you so much for your feedback. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope you choose Rainbow Bend Resort on your next visit to Marathon.

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 20 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope you choose Rainbow Bend on your next visit to Marathon.

6/10 Okay

Mark, Fernandina Beach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Pros: Pool, beach area, available kayaks, bicycles. Free breakfast was a nice touch. Nice location in Marathon. Staff checked in every day by text to see if we needed anything. Having a refrigerator was nice. Cons: Old buildings, no central air. One window unit and a 1970's dehumidifier that ran loud and we had to empty constantly. Extremely dated and uncomfortable furniture, bed and pillows. Missing light bulbs, dirty kitchen, hardly anything usable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 7 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your comments have been shared with the team in hope to prevent any futures disappointments. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Dee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good basically could use towel rack in extra bathroom and shelf in shower it’s missing
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 7 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your comments have been shared with the team in hope to prevent any futures disappointments. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.

4/10 Poor

judy g

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
When we first got there we were supposed to have a king suite. They had given it to someone else, so they put us in a queen that they use for only emergency situations. We had to fix the door to make it lock I had to ask for pans they were filthy when they gave them to me I wouldn't use them on my outside grill it was a big cockroach on the outside of our door. Had to ask for a hair dryer. Had to ask for an umbrella had no kitchen table in our room the other rooms did. They serve you breakfast you get two eggs one toast and one piece of sausage half the time they don't have coffee cups the place is filthy and the restaurant server was very nice and the lady at the front desk. They tryed to fix that the fact the gave are room away. Need to clean up around building refrigerator sitting outside and furniture. Area is in Grassy Key not Marathon. Nothing walking distance. Over priced for the shape for what they offer and condition the place is in.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 7 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time share your experience with us and with others.

8/10 Good

edward

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 7 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time to write an excellent review about your stay with us, we’re so glad you enjoyed it so much.

10/10 Excellent

Verna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Very friendly workers very clean a little ruff around the edges First night no remote for the tv dead batteries and no batteries at the office. Morning breakfast was very good
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 7 Feb 2024
Thank you for taking the time to write an excellent review about your stay with us, we’re so glad you enjoyed it so much.

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful View! Great updates. Great location!
This is the second time we have stayed here. The best part about this is how it basically has its own beach and it is so quiet and peaceful since it juts out into the water a bit and has unobstructed views of the sunrise and set. We rented the same spot we had before, the ocean view, which also has a balcony to sit on and enjoy the view and sun. The complimentary breakfast is so wonderful as you sip coffee and eat while overlooking the water and enjoying the breeze. The staff are very sweet. No complaints about them or the condition of the hotels (lots of updates look like they happened since we were here two years ago). Only frustration was we rented the room that sleeps 6 --we had 4 adults-- but there weren't enough coffee cups in the kitchenette. I wish they would just place a few more dishes there for the guests to use.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Jan 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us and with others. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay and thank you for highly recommending our hotel. Thanks again and we hope to see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

edward

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great private Beach
Simple place breakfast included breakfast is luck of the draw depending on which cook is working that day nice beach take out a kayak for 2 hours your paying for it as part of resort fees
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Jan 2024
Thanks for the review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your room and overall stay. We hope to welcome back and continue to meet your expectations. Thanks again!

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice small resort. Great food upstairs at the Hideaway Cafe. Nice beach area with kayaks.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Jan 2024
Thank you for the perfect rating! We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us! We have an amazing team and we have shared your compliments with them. We hope to see you again in the near future.

6/10 Okay

Willy

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location and setting were wonderful. The staff were great and responsive. The overall condition of the dwelling units was poor at best based on the price per night. Specifically, no ability to hang anything other than towels in the bathroom, or set down luggage other than the floor. Ice trays would be a nice inexpensive touch.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Jan 2024
Thank you for taking time to leave a kind review. ! We greatly appreciate your thoughtful feedback in regards to the team and our location. Hopefully we can welcome you back on your next visit to Marathon, Florida.

6/10 Okay

Jason, Angola

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I’m rarely THAT customer but for your benefit I feel I need to be. We travel frequently and do not require a lot or expect a lot unless I’m paying a premium. Before securing our reservation, I did my due diligence which turned out to be very misleading. The hotel location is ideal for traveling the keys. The pool and hot tub looked nice. The beach is beautiful but the water isn't easily accessible. There are large rough rocks lining the beach along the water. There were several piles of scrap lumber/demolition around the grounds. Parking is not ideal. They hired a couple to paint the fences. Everything around the fences was white. Trees, walkways, flowers, mulch…and no wet paint signs (which we found out the hard way). The room was very small, smelly and HOT. They were using a portable AC unit to cool the room that only blew hot air. I was able to repair the wall unit. After and hour, we had cool air. The room was dirty, cracks in the wall, extension cords running to the fridge, fake flower pedals under the bed covered in dirt and hair, bathroom fixtures falling out of the wall. BUT the shower was very nice! The door to the room wouldn’t close unless it was slammed very hard. The bolt lock didn’t lock. Free breakfast: We are easy going and take most issues in stride, especially when it’s included. After a couple bites of out bfast my gf made a comment that summed up the entire stay. All she said was, “I think they pay people to give them great reviews”.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 26 Jan 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your comments have been shared with the team in hope to prevent any futures disappointments. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Eva C on 11 Jan 2024
Thank you for taking the time share your experience with us and with others. We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you soon.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It’s a little bit old but they are doing renovations all day in fact. I would ask if they are planning any construction during your stay at this location. It is a great spot though a little private beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 11 Jan 2024
Thanks for the review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your room and overall stay. We hope to welcome back and continue to meet your expectations. Thanks again!

10/10 Excellent

dijia

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location! Right ocean front. We got special treats: fresh coconut from the coconut trees on the property. Fresh coconuts juice is sooo tasty! The only thing is the noise from neighbor room. You can even hear what they talk !!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 11 Jan 2024
WOW! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a great review. We are honored by your words and would love to host you again at Rainbow Bend.

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little gem
Great trip for the two of us. The ocean-front suite was quite large. Kitchenette had all the basics.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 11 Jan 2024
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. It means so much to know that you had such a wonderful time and hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

MICHAEL

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were running late, very late. They ensured we had immediate access to our room with no hassel or disturbance. They sent a text to us late morning to see if there was anything we needed for the room. No knocks or phone calls. The property hosts a clean wonderful beach with just a stricking view of the ocean. And last we took advanatge of the breakfast. When we sat down the waiter was entrenched with a very large family with kids. The cook brought me a carafe of coffee ( yes I needed that), took our order and all served in the time that the poor guy with the family had just finished up. My eggs perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 27 Dec 2023
Thank you for your feedback! We look forward to seeing you!

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
We had a 2 bedroom suite, 2 bed/1.5 baths with small kitchenette. Space was excellent. Beach was nice and quiet. Breakfast is part of your $40 resort fee and is cooked to order. Nice breakfast options but on the last day, the resort was filling up and they only have one person working so it took a long time. Office staff is pretty rude but the employees that are out and about are friendly. They didn't let us know that construction was going on at the resort and they worked on our suite while we were in it trying to relax. No apology was offered. Pool area is nice.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 27 Dec 2023
Thank you so much for your review. Your comments have been shared with our team in order to prevent any future disappointments.

10/10 Excellent

Santino

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Eva C on 22 Dec 2023
Thank you for wonderful review!