My boyfriend surprised me with a staycation for our anniversary at Hotel Zamora. The hotel is located across the street from the beach and has water views from both sides of the building since it sits on a bayou. The hotel is located further down the St. Pete beach strip, which is nice because the traffic can be hectic closer to all of the hustle and bustle. It took us just a few minutes to walk to the beach, 5 minutes max. We noticed fairly quickly that the building itself looked more like a beach condo than a hotel -- but we both have over a decade in the hospitality industry. First, the pool is located on the back of the property overlooking the bayou which is very pretty, but you have to walk through the parking garage to get to the pool. The other somewhat odd but also kind of cool thing is the way the hotel room entrances are set up -- there are two hotel rooms behind one ”front door” entrance and the front doors are pretty spread out which is more condo-like than a hotel. The concept is pretty cool if you need both rooms as you can have both individual room doors open without having the doors opened up directly into the hallway of the hotel. The room itself was HUGE! There was so much space. It was wonderful. The shower was a nice size and had a very tall rain shower in addition to another more powerful shower head. The thing I loved the most about the bathroom was the small nightlight built into the wall which provided the perfect amount of light for middle of the night use. The highlight of the room, at least in my opinion was the bed. It was SO comfortable -- I woke up the next morning and decided pretty quickly that I wanted another hour of sleep because I could not believe how comfortable I was and how well I had slept. We ate lunch and had an evening snack at the restaurant. Lunch: I had the Z Salad with Grilled Chicken and my boyfriend had the Pan Roasted Airline Chicken Breast, and we shared the Truffle Fries. We both enjoyed our meals. My boyfriend especially loved the chicken dish. Snack: We had spent the majority of the evening on a sailboat and were hungry but not starving when we got back to the hotel around 8:30 pm so we stopped in the restaurant to grab a bite to eat. My boyfriend decided on the Chicken Wings and I opted for dessert -- the Chocolate Orange Tart was divine! It had a cookie crust with hints of sea salt and pistachios. YUM! We aren't big drinkers but since we were celebrating our anniversary, we both got one drink. He had the ”build your own” Old Fashioned -- Knob Creek, Orange Bitters, and Honey and I had the Big Storm Brewing Coconut Coffee Porter which went perfectly with the Chocolate Orange Tart. One space we didn't really get to spend much time on was the rooftop bar but since we are local, we knew we could come back another time. The SELLING point for the hotel is this rooftop -- there is a huge bar area with tons of seating on the gulf facing side and then a smaller space for events on t
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