Hilton Pensacola BeachvsPensacola Beach Resort
Both Hilton Pensacola Beach and Margaritaville Beach Hotel are rated highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Margaritaville Beach Hotel is the choice of most writers compared to Hilton Pensacola Beach. Margaritaville Beach Hotel is ranked #1 in Pensacola with positive reviews from 4 reviewers including Fodor's, Lonely Planet and Oyster.
Hilton Pensacola Beach
12 Via de Luna Dr, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
From $114/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Lonely Planet
"The most luxurious digs along the main hotel strip here, the Hilton has beautifully modern rooms with terraces; a colossal pool and great pool bar; light-filled, airy colonnaded public areas."
Fodor's
"The name is fitting; right on the gulf, this hotel offers incredible views at one of the beach's most affordable prices." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Rising like a beacon over the beach, the towering Hilton Pensacola Beach hotel is mere steps from the surf and sand, outfitted with a vast pool deck and a hidden gem restaurant, Bonsai, serving some of the best sushi in town"
Pensacola Beach Resort
165 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
From $189/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Fodor's
"This tropical getaway, inspired by the lyrics of Jimmy Buffett, gives you the relaxed, fun Margaritaville experience with the amenities of a top-notch hotel that oozes barefoot elegance." Full review
Frommer's
"Music mogul Jimmy Buffett didn't let a little oil spill stop him from opening this 162-room homage to the Buffett-branded Margaritaville lifestyle." Full review
Oyster
4.0
"The first hotel to open under the Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville brand, the Margaritaville Beach Hotel offers a relaxed, tropical atmosphere right on a beautiful stretch of sandy coastline." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This brand-new hotel is extraordinarily, well…elegant. The 162 spacious rooms are done up in crisp whites and aquas, with arty oversized photomurals and huge flat-panel TVs." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"We are the only hotel on Pensacola Beach with 800 feet of Gulf-front beach and 800 feet of sound-side beach on Little Sabine Bay...all 161 guest rooms have unobstructed water views"
Travel + Leisure
"With water views from all 161 guest rooms, and a blue-green color scheme inspired by said water, it’s a quintessential coastal abode, complete with a sleek pool deck, a restaurant"