We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Casa Mar. great location on the beach, walkable to both the village and the captain Curt’s square area. I got lots of lunch food for the week. I loved that you could go out to 41 and be at Trader Joe’s to the north or Costco to the south within 10 minutes. Also near Costco is a Total Wine and Liquor shop. They have everything. One night we got Mellow Mushroom to go and the kids ate it on the beach. These a coupon for MM in the Taste magazine/flyer. It saved us $10. Also on Mondays they have large cheese pizzas for $10. I had rented a car so I’m not sure if they deliver to Siesta Key or not but I would guess so since it took me 6 minutes to get there.
Connie was easy to reach and extremely attentive. I felt like she would have jumped through hoops for us if we needed. We didn’t need a thing because everything was perfect. She even had a cooler, towels, a noodle and pool float, beach chairs and an umbrella for us to use. The place is old Florida style, shuffleboard courts and all. There are two small pools, but everyone took turns and we always found a chair when we wanted and even though I’m fairly certain the place was 95% full, we always had room at the pool.
The unit was great. It has everything you need for the kitchen, a huge comfortable bed, a beautiful bathroom with lots of high quality towels and TP. The laundry room was just about 5 doors down and it’s $1.50 for a load plus at least $1 to dry. Bring quarters or plan ahead. The office has them, but has limited hours and I asked 7 places in town and not one would give me quarters! Literally not one! The laundry room gets crowded and the regulars have favorite machines. I set my alarm and returned within 1 minute of my wash cycle ending and a lady was taking our things out. The washer next to ours was free but she was touching our stuff. It definitely felt weird, but she clearly had a favorite washer and she wanted to use it so I just kind of laughed and learned to come back 2 minutes before my load ended.
My daughter and I stayed together and many of her classmates were down the beach with their families. The kids alternated between the public beach and the Casa Mar beach each day. They loved that our place was less than 100 steps to the beach so they could make lunch and use the bathroom every day. I met up with the parents at Jamaica Royale where they had rented tents and chairs for the week. We were there during spring break a