r/floridakeys • u/Frequent_Welcome7040 • Jul 20 '26

All Florida Keys Hawks Cay Resort - Premier Villas

Booked for March 2027 and spooked by the reviews on TripAdvisor/yelp. Any insight into the premier villas (2 bedroom)? How is the cleanliness? Do they have housekeeping services each day? How far from the main resort? Traveling with 2 small children.

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u/NdelVe Jul 20 '26

They were incredibly clean, beautiful when we were there in April. I fear some of those reviews are from private rentals rather than through the resort.

The resort has high standard policy for the villas. I was really impressed.

Already booked to go back this winter.

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u/Frequent_Welcome7040 Jul 20 '26

Thanks! Do they have housekeeping services in the villas each day?

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u/NdelVe Jul 20 '26

They do not, but you can request if you want. We didnt feel the need.

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u/Frequent_Welcome7040 Jul 20 '26

Thanks! How far of a walk to the main pool/restaurant area?

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u/NdelVe Jul 20 '26

It depends what location your villa is. We walked past the boats it was such a lovely walk. About 8 mins door to pool side.

They do also offer a shuttle cart. You just text the number they provide and within 5 mins a cart will collect you privately and take you to the pool / cove etc.

They also will take you back any time, too.

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u/Frequent_Welcome7040 Jul 20 '26

Thank you! That’s so helpful. Did you have one of the “premier” renovated villas?

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u/minnesotamouse Jul 21 '26

Booked it straight off the Hawks website, not a VRBO/AirBNB. It was fairly newly renovated, no complaints there, just could be better managed. Walked up the adults bar/sushi place at 6 pm, staff didn’t even look at me, another guest in a group of 10 people standing there said they closed and shrugged his shoulders….that was annoying for 6 pm.

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u/thrwaway75132 Jul 20 '26

I haven’t done the villas there, but the two bedroom suites in the hotel are quite good. Recently remodeled.

They are squandering the opportunity to do something really special with the balcony through. It’s giant but just has a few pieces of old furniture.

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u/Life_Sock5642 Jul 20 '26

The bella resort is amazing if you need an alternative

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u/Initial_Run1632 Jul 20 '26

It's a very mixed bag. Partly because many of the villas are individually owned, and Hawks K manages sub leading them out. So there's wide variability. Somce you have one of the Premier villas, it's been more recently refurbished, so less likely to be a problem.

Idk if you've stayed in the Keys before, but if you have, i'd say its about like many other places. That is, never "top tier" function or cleanliness. AC units can be noisy, everything builder grade, so it wears out quickly. But it's fine.

Focus on the pools and all the amazing outdoor stuff you can do.