Grand Plaza Beachfront Resort Hotel and Conference Center - St Pete Beach Hotels

Hotel is nice-eat and drink somewhere else!. We stayed there for a weekend and loved our room. Every room has a balcony, which was fantastic. Its right on the water so we had the choice of going to the gulf or to the pool to relax. It was in a good location for water activities, but there isn't much else to do in the area.

We went down to the restaurant on the beach for lunch one afternoon. The food here was actually pretty good. I got the Turkey and Smoked Gouda sandwich. It was amazing. But my bloody mary was TERRIBLE! I think the bartender just mixed vodka and tomato juice together and charged me $6.50 for it. (Well vodka. 12 oz plastic cup) Suzie was her name. I asked her if she could make it spicy for me, maybe toss in a piece of celery and she huffed like it was a huge inconvenience to her. So we decided to drink elsewhere for the rest of our stay.

(There is a hole in the wall bar behind the liquor store directly across the street that was fantastic. Decent prices and a local hangout. We found our favorite places by talking to the people here)

On our last night at the Grand Plaza we decided to go to Spinners, which is on top of the hotel. Named so because it revolves. That was pretty cool. During our time there we went entirely around the track. Good view of the gulf and St. Petersburg. I recommend going just before sunset, but then again we waited about 20 minutes for a table for two. They don't do reservations. Our server was great. A guy named Chad, he cracked us both up the whole time. Our food took forever because they cart everything up on one elevator! My steak was barely warm when I got it, but I wasn't about to wait another 40 minutes for a steak. It was pretty pricey for what the food was. I guess you really pay for the view.

All around I'd give the hotel itself a 4, Spinners a 3 and the beach bar a 2.…