Hilton St. Petersburg

333 First St. South
St Petersburg, FL 33701

(800) 370-9416

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Location. The Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront hotel is located one block from Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Fla. Progress Energy Park, where the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hold spring training, is also one block away. The University of Southern Florida is four blocks away. The hotel is seven blocks from the Dali Museum and eight blocks from Tropicana Field.
Hotel Features. Dining options at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront include Tangerine Restaurant and a Starbucks Café. Overlooking the outdoor pool, Tangerine Restaurant serves modern American cuisine. Spa Olimpia offers services that include La Stone Therapy, Seaweed Body Wraps, Signature Facials, and hair and nail treatments. The hotel features a fitness center, outdoor pool and spa tub.

Guestrooms. The Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront offers 333 guestrooms. Rooms boast Hilton Serenity beds with down comforters (bedspreads); hypo-allergenic, goose-down pillows; and 250-thread count linens. Bathrooms feature Crabtree & Evelyn toiletries. Coffeemakers are provided. High-speed Internet access is available for a fee.

Expert Tip. Located one mile from the Hilton St. Petersburg, the Pier offers restaurants, boutiques, an aquarium, live entertainment and weekly events. Bicycle rentals, fishing poles, dolphin sightseeing tours and boat rentals are also available at the Pier.

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Hilton St Petersburg Bayfront: 333 First Street South | St. Petersburg, FL 33701

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“LOVED IT!!! Very Happy Guest”

Mar 14, 2010 Gym-CheerMom, Gulf Breeze FL

I brought my daughter for a gymnastics meet. I got a great price online and was afraid after reading some of these reviews. I was very pleases when I arrived... more »

“Worried about nothing after reading all these negative reviews...”

Mar 14, 2010 Rhino2525, Melbourne, Florida

I booked this property for a romantic weekend stay over Valentines. We were going to a concert at the Mahaffey Theater to see Jeffrey Osborne (he was great). I am... more »

I booked this property for a romantic weekend stay over Valentines. We were going to a concert at the Mahaffey Theater to see Jeffrey Osborne (he was great). I am a Hilton Honors Gold with lots of points from business travel so I picked this property because of the proximity (basically right across the street). I didn’t read the reviews on Trip Advisor as I usually do before reserving the room. After the fact, I read the reviews and was afraid that we were going to be disappointed so I lowered my wife’s expectations of the property.

It turned out that I worried about nothing.

When I arrived, I was promptly informed that I had been upgraded to a suite. The front desk person also comp’ed my parking for the weekend ($12 / day) and gave my free wireless access so that was a nice start to the weekend. The lobby was very nice with many couches in several areas for people to congregate (this is a conference hotel) although I can see where you could miss the front desk if you were not paying attention since the view of it was partially obscured by two large pillars. Overall, check-in was very smooth and the bellman promptly brought our luggage up right away.

The bedroom portion of the suite (normal size bedroom with king bed, lounge chair, and desk/chair) was nice and clean. The bedding was very comfortable as we are bit of snobs about this issues since we sleep on a very expensive and lush pillow-top king sized bed at home. The bathroom was nice with the marble but I can agree that it was on the smaller size. For all the complaints that I read about water pressure, lack of hot water, and questions on the quality of the water, we didn’t experience any issues and I was looking out after reading the reviews.

The other part of the suite is actually another area adjoined that was about 600 sq ft. with a 15 feet dining room table (only four chairs though), two couches, one lounger chair, and another 42” Flat screen TV (like the one in the bedroom). There was also another bathroom (same size) which was nice so my wife and I each had one to ourselves. It also had an entryway with a wet bar area with a good size room refrigerator. I will admit the furniture in the living room/dining room suite part was a little dated looking but was still comfortable and MORE than ENOUGH room for just the two of us. The view was great as we were on the 12th floor and faced the downtown/Pier area with Tampa Bay waterline. The curtains in the bedroom were blackout curtains so we were able to sleep in. I then opened the curtains of the ceiling to floor windows that ran the entire width of the living / dining room area and it gave us quite a view to sip a few cocktails in the room.

We didn’t have any room temperature issues during our stay but we were staying during a cold weekend (in the 40’s at night and 60’s and windy during the day) so I can’t judge on that complaint. The other major complaint that I read about the issues with fire alarms going off. It did go off Friday night about 11pm right after we just got in. They came on over the loud speaker to stay in the rooms and that it was false alarm right way so we didn’t have to walk-down 12 flights of stairs. Thankfully that was the only occurrence.

The property was totally full with a conference for the Florida Student Government Associations for all the community and junior colleges in the state (I spoke with one of the sponsors about the conference on an elevator ride). With as many college students as where there (they were very well behaved), it wasn't noisy at all and only once or twice did we hear any noise from the hall and we were right across from the elevators. The elevators were kind of slow so that took a little while sometimes but we were not in a hurry. One small complaint was the dishes from room service in the hallway that seemed to sit for a long time which could have been picked up by housekeeping quicker but not a big deal.

We made use of the Hilton Honors Lounge on the 15th floor for breakfast both days and drinks on Saturday evening. I agree that the food was about on par in selection / quality of a Hampton (which is not bad in my opinion for a gratis breakfast). The refrigerator there was stocked with bottled water, Coke products, bottled teas, and bottled juices that was very nice as we took a couple back with us to the room for during the day. They also serve Starbucks coffee in this lounge (which is open all day) which really made my wife happy! During the evening they had some light snacks and along with wine and beer (good brands including imports) which was very nice on a Saturday evening being able to have a couple of drinks before heading out for dinner. A lot of higher brand class properties will do an alcohol happy hour during the week but for a weekend night, this had not been my experience so I was very pleased.

The location of the property was great and very conveniently located. There is a Farmer’s market right across the street in the parking lot of the Progress Energy ball park (spring training site) on Saturday from 8am – 2pm with lots of good, local food vendors. We ended up eating our lunch there and enjoyed very much. After getting there Friday night and parking, we didn’t have to get in the car again until Sunday morning when we left – we just walked since everything so close. We walked around and my wife did a little shopping. We also caught an afternoon movie on Saturday (Baywalk Theatres about 6 blocks away). We love the Columbian Restaurant and was planning to dine there on Saturday night (it is located about 8 blocks away at the St. Pete Pier) but took the recommendation from Hilton Honors Lounge Attendant and dined at Ceviche for tapas instead. Wow, it was very good and we really enjoyed it. There was a wait but we bought a large pitcher of Sangria ($32 but a great deal as we couldn’t even finish by the end of the meal about 2 hours later). It is about two blocks away and doesn’t take reservations (and only open for dinner) so prepare to wait on a Friday or Saturday night but very worth it!

Overall, it was a great weekend and we enjoyed staying at the property and found the service / management very good. « less

“AMAZING hotel! Beautiful pool area and gorgeous rooms!”

Feb 26, 2010 dispatchergurl, Davenport, Iowa

Our room was very clean and comfortable. We had a 42" flat screen TV with super comfy beds. The pool claims to be heated, but wasn't very warm, however my... more »

“Great food and service but....”

Feb 21, 2010 Travellingnurse50, Winnipeg, MB

Recently stayed here for 4 nights for a meeting. The staff were fantastic and the food very good (breakfast, snacks, lunch and cocktail hour). But the room was shabby and... more »

“wonderfull friendly hotel”

Feb 4, 2010 honeyCornwallEngland, cornwall england

Stayed here for one night and was very impressed, the staff were friendly helpfull and very informed on the local area, The rooms were large and comfertfull, I will definetly... more »

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Map & Directions: Hilton St. Petersburg

GPS Coordinates: 27.76710 -82.63420

Address: 333 First St. South, St Petersburg, FL 33701

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Progress Energy Park 1 Block

Nearest Airport

St. Petersburg International Airport [PIE]

10.19mi

Points of Interest

St Pete Bayfront Ctr

0.02mi

St Pete Grand Prix

0.02mi

Pioneer Park

0.26mi

Downtown St. Petersburg

0.33mi

Demens Landing Park

0.39mi

Florida International Museum

0.42mi

Florida Holocaust Museum

0.44mi

BayWalk

0.45mi

Salvador Dali Museum

0.48mi

St. Petersburg Museum of History

0.50mi

General Directions
From Tampa International Airport:
Exit airport and follow signs to I-275 South.
Take Exit 22 towards Bayfront Center.
Remain on the exit ramp until it ends at 1st Street South.
Turn left onto 1st Street South.
The hotel is on the left.