Resort Quest Bonita Beach Club
- February 9, 2006
- Rated 3 of 5 by
KimberNicola from Lakeville, Minnesota
We arrived at the Bonita Beach Club after dark and we were initially disappointed with our 6th floor unit. The center court was dumpy looking, and in need of landscaping attention. We thought there was going to be separate bedrooms, but it was one L shaped room with a pull out couch for the kids to sleep in and a queen sized bed for us. The pull out couch was not made up with sheets, but there were sheets and a blanket in the closet. Besides the couch, there was a small reclining chair. There was a full kitchen, and a smallish kitchen table with four chairs. We had cereal, milk, and snacks from the Publix down the road. The location is ideal, it is close to everything you would need.
When the sun came up and our view was able to be seen, out attitudes changed a bit. It was a beautiful look towards Estero Bay from the 6th floor, and we had a small screened-in porch to go out and look around, but there was no furniture out there to relax on. The colors in the unit were pretty, yellow, green, and blue. It was clean, and there was a nice sized closet that had extra pillows and blankets, and a storage area with toys for the pool.
The Bonita Beach Club consists of five 10-story white buildings beside Estero Bay, and across the street from the Gulf of Mexico. Our building was the one closest to the gulf. You enter your unit from the inside court area. There are two pools here, and a kiddie pool next to the main one. The pool closest to our unit was not heated. Luckily we ventured over to the other one, and it was a comfortable temperature for swimming. There are also 10 Har-Tru tennis courts, and a putting green. If you wander across the street towards the gulf there's a bar and restaurant called Doc's Beach House that has been in the area for a long time and is a local favorite. We went over there to watch the sun set. There is also a restaurant right in the ground floor of the building we stayed in. We didn't eat there because my brother, who lives in the area, did not recommend it, but there was always a group of the 60+ crowd waiting to get in at dinner time.
We booked on Expedia, and I was psyched because it seemed like we were getting a great deal. When I was on the booking page, I learned that there was a $25 per person extra charge for more that 2 people. At that point in time I was excited about it, so I booked anyway with the extra $50 a night adding a significant amount to the total. We did enjoy ourselves, but be sure to know that you are getting an efficiency unit, and there may be an extra charge!
From journal January in Southwest Florida