Sirata Beach Resort & Conference Center

Kelli was a great help! She helped me with the planning and execution of our wedding weekend at the Sirata. I would recommend this venue to any bride that wants a beautiful beach wedding!

We had the wedding at the south beath location at night (the Sirata's first night time beach wedding) and the reception on the 8th floor in the Royal room. I highly recommend the Sirata, they went above and beyond. Melanie at the Sirata was awesome. The food was great and she took care of everything. After looking at many venues on The beach, this was by far the best value. I would not have changed anything!

Everyone at the Sirata was excellent especially Melanie the catering sales manager that handled our wedding! I couldn't have asked for a better place to have our wedding! The food and service was amazing!!

Everything was awesome and went smoothly as planned. My event coordinator from there, Lisa, was awesome and helped to make sure everything went well. Also she was VERY prompt in returning my emails and phone calls. The venue is beautiful and they are flexibile when it comes to what you want.

I wish I could give them higher than a 5 on responsiveness and flexibility. My wedding was supposed to just be me and my husband on the beach and an intimate dinner after. Well to my surprise he knew that I really did deep down want our families there, so he invited them from all of the country and surprised me on the DAY of the wedding. My aunt apparently called the Sirata the day of our wedding as well and the staff immediately accommodated our large party of 30. They had champagne, table cloths and even a sweetheart table. They did a fantastic job for such a last minute reception. I seriously couldn't have asked for more.

The Sirata is the perfect location for a beach wedding!! All of the staff were really friendly and very helpful!! We had so many compliments on the room and location following the wedding!!

The Sirata hosted our Rehearsal Dinner and Wedding Day Events. It was the perfect venue for everything and all of the staff was amazing, especially our Coordinator, Stacy. They were very helpful, accomodating, and made sure all of our party spaces were absolutely beautiful. Thank you for helping to make our wedding and Fourth of July so memorable!

Lisa and the staff at the Sirata were great. I had not seen the resort or the reception room until we arrived for the wedding from Colorado. They were wonderful sending me pictures and verifying every detail. They have great intimate packages and worked well with a destination bride.

The only issue I had was I ended up working with 3 different people during the planning process, but Glad my wedding was coordinated by Lisa

We had a wonderful wedding at the hotel and the ceremony on the beach was incredible! We worked with Stacy Feldhusen, and she was remarkable! I would definitely recommend a wedding at the Sirata Resort. We had guests from Europe and the Middle East, and they were all impressed with the hotel and the location and the quality of food.

Great Experience!

The Sirata was the perfect location for our beach wedding. The Royal Palm ballroom on the 8th floor was a beautiful reception site offering stunning views of the Gulf. When we decided on a beach wedding, after much searching, we found the Royal Palm to be the most elegant site with the most beautiful views in St. Pete beach - classier than the Grand Plaza and Tradewinds yet the same price and more budget friendly than the Don Cesar. We were bounced around several wedding coordinators in our six month planning period and ultimately ended up with Lisa just two weeks before the wedding. This initially concerned me, but she was fantastic. The rehearsal, ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception were coordinated perfectly by Lisa. There was not a hitch or flaw on our wedding day with anything she did...it was just like having our own personal wedding coordinator that day. The food and service were excellent. Our wait staff during the reception were excellent and charming. My only negative comment was the room block we reserved. Several of our guests ended up booking outside of our room block on their own because of more favorable rates. We felt the hotel should have matched those rates for our room block especially since the hotel was not full the weekend of our wedding. Otherwise, it was an A+ experience.

The Sirata is amazing! We had our entire wedding weekend there...the rehearsal, dinner, the ceremony and the brunch. The food is great and the quality of service is spectacular! Stacey was wonderful and made sure we had everything we wanted. I couldnt have asked for more! All of our guest had a fabulous time!!!

The Sirata was a great beach venue for us that allowed us to flexibility that many other venues would not. The wedding on the beach was beautiful and their staff was very very helpful and supportive when certain things weren't "perfect". Their ballroom offers an amazing beach view, very well prepared food, and a large dance floor for the wedding fun. We are very happy with our choice and enjoyed the Sirata very much. We plan to go back there for our anniversaries.

Our wedding coordinator, Kelli, was awesome! She took care of every detail during the rehearsal and the wedding day! I planned to have my aunt as my day of coordinator, but there was nothing left for her to do. Kelli had it all taken care of. The wedding on the beach, cocktail hour on the deck, and the reception in the Royal Palm Ballroom was perfect! The food was delicious!

The only drawback to the Sirata was the reservations. My brother flew in late at night. My dad asked to get his room key since he was going to be in so late. They said no, that my brother must be present. When my brother arrived around midnight, he was told there were no more rooms and he had to stay at another hotel. Also, my mother in law was placed in a room down the hall where a team of lacrosse players were staying. She had to walk around clothes and equipment cluttering the hallway.

I would still highly recommend the Sirata. I can't imagine you can plan for large groups without having a glitch or two.

I recommend this place - we did not get married here but had our wedding block set up here. They were very responsive and did a great job in trying to accomodate our party and even gave us a welcome back full of goodies. They made our stay special.

Thank you,

mariana

This was a fantastic venue for us. We wanted to get married on the beach in a chic yet casual setting. The catering department can acheive everything from laid-back food and setting to the most elegant table setup. We were very satisfied with everything the Sirata did, and were able to stay in our budget. You won't be disappointed - they were truly wonderful to us and our guests. Their beach is a gorgeous place to tie the knot!

The Sirata helped throw us an unforgettable wedding! The food was fantastic (big portions), the event coordinator was on top of everything, and the scenery was gorgeous! We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day! I highly recommend having your wedding at the Sirata.

Sirata Beach Resort was a great place to have my wedding. We live in nearby Orlando so it was easy to get over and talk with the various staff. The only negative was that we went through 4 wedding coordinators in one year. I'm not sure why they are leaving or being let go as they have weddings most weekends. Book early!

About a week and half before the wedding, I sent an email to our current coordinator and never heard back from her. I called the Sunday before our Saturday wedding and tried to leave her message. This is how I found out she was no longer there. I left messages for the new coordinator and the manager. They have more than 1 coordinator so we got a call from Stacy on Monday who's been working there for over 2 years. She picked up quickly and everything went smoothly with the wedding. My only feedback was the lack of response in contacting me to let me know my coordinator had left. If I hadn't called, who knows when they would have.

My (now) husband negotiated on the contract so we were able to get lower food/beverage minimum for our events as well as get the parking fee waived for the day. The resort charges $8 daily fee for parking (guests or visitors). So I encourage you to ask about those rates. We didn't do the contract for room rates because they wanted us to sign another contract that basically held us accountable for rooms that weren't booked and we didn't want to pay for the rooms if we didn't get enough guests. The "room rate" they gave us what was our guests ended up paying anyhow without the contract.

One of the things we liked is that it included the wedding ceremony on the beach (you have different locations to choose from), the reception, food and beverage so we were only dealing with 1 vendor the whole time, which made it easier.

The day of things went very smoothly and the buffet food was delicious. I would recommend Sirata!

My husband and I initially chose the Sirata because we wanted a laid back, elegant beach wedding without breaking the bank. We chose the Sirata above its neighbors because we liked Lisa and the way she handled herself. Imagine my shock when several months later I go to book my DJ and the secretary at the DJ place says, "Oh..they didn't tell you Lisa (my wedding coordinator) isn't at the Sirata anymore." I got no call or anything to let me know or introduce me to anyone new. Of course I was upset and concerned. Eventually it was all worked out but I wonder sometimes how long they would have gone without telling me..We eventually got hooked up with Kelli who tried her best to restore our trust. Overall we had an amazing rehearsal dinner and wedding. The food was awesome. The atmoshphere was great and of course the beach had amazing views. I only live about 10 minutes away so I had no problem just stopping by and we had quite a few meetings leading up to the wedding.
Check in was a bit of a problem for some..Lisa had promised us a place for the groomsmen to get ready since the girls would be getting ready in the bridal suite. this got dropped throught the cracks. We eventually rented a room for the guys the day of the wedding but watch that check in time. Our Ceremony was at 4:30 and they still woundn't move the check in time from 4PM.. The Guys had to be ready for pictures by 1pm.. Kellie was great and I think paid for an extra night for us herself because my husband was so upset by the whole thing. My mom who paid for just about everything had to throw a fit to get checked into her room the night of the rehearsal dinner as the room was not ready by 4pm and she needed to get dressed for a 5pm rehearsal.. My step-sister aslo had a problem with check in and when she tried to find us was told there was no rehearsal dinner going on.
that all aside most people there thought we had spent quite a bit more money than we actually had..they raved about the food which was so delicious (for the rehearsal and the reception). The whole thing was great. I guess a few bumps along the road are to be expected planning something like this. If I had it all to do over again I would definetly go with the Sirata. I loved that while I was getting ready I could look out over the beach and Grotto area and watch all the set up going on from the balcony. It was a gorgeous day and I told my husband I wish we had checked in a day earlier and stayed a day later...we really did have a good time and I plan on going back for our anniversary!!!

Our coordinatior Kelli was AMAZING! She was very prompt in returing any calls/emails during our planning. She was a great help! As for the resort itself, I wish I could say the same. We had 114 rooms and about 20 of our guests has issues with their rooms. Anywhere from wet floors, no air conditioning, broken phones, non working fridges to bugs etc...We had family from Michigan to California..it was very embarrassing. Building 4 seemed like it had been redone and was probably the nicest building. They charged 8.00 per night to park but we got them down to 5.00 per night. My dad and many others had to drive aroung for up to 45 minutes for parking then heard someone ask if they could park in Valet because it was empty and they said yes. Feel that they should have informed everyone of that from beginnig instead of frustrating my guests driving around forever.
The day of my wedding Kelli had appts. at 12,1,and 2 p.m. My ceremony started at 3:30 p.m. with reception to follow. It was not Kelli's fault, but I feel they should not have scheduled appts for her on day of a wedding. I had to send family members down to set up. That was uncalled for. The food was DELICIOUS! We had open bar for 4 hours (5-9 p.m.) and they coincidently ran out of beer (all types) at 8:40 p.m. but then bar was fully stocked at 9:05 p.m. when it was cash bar from 9-10. My cake company said that the caterer (Sirata) supplies the cake boxes, but they obviously didn't...I had a four tier cake..I won't even mention the price but they sliced the whole thing (all different flavors) put on plates and passed out..there were tons of leftovers they they threw away instead of wrapping them for me or even going to one of the 3 restaurants on property to get a few boxes. I did not even get a piece of my wedding cake. WE brought thousands of dollars to this hotel, I thought they could at least wrap my cake.
I spoke with the marketing manager and I will say they were very accomodating after all this!
The bell hop Paul, Troy from Rum Runners, and Dominick from Harry's were great. I am not one to criticize everyone. I do give credit where credit is due.

Our original wedding coordinator at Sirata, Jamie, was extremely organized and attentive. When she left the resort it was nearly impossible to get a hold of anyone in the wedding department. My calls and e-mails were not returned during the few weeks before the wedding. You do not leave a bride hanging during the weeks before the wedding, especially when I was planning it from out of town.

Once we arrived in Florida however, Stacy was able to answer all my questions and walked me through everything at the resort. She was very professional and calmed my fears about all the details. She's also a great problem solver and was able to whip up a beach umbrella for my musician and replace a lost dessert for a birthday girl at the wedding.

The service during the reception was excellent. The servers were so attentive to my guests and me and my husband.

The food tasted great and the bartenders had no trouble serving up a signature cocktail we had come up with.

The only downfall was that we had an outdoor reception and had to be cleared out by 10 p.m., which I thought was a little early.

The food was delicious, the room for the reception was phenomenal, and the ceremony was stunning. If you are incredibly easy-going, the Sirata is a fantastic choice. But all in all, they do not quite know how to take care of a wedding, in terms of customer service. When people pour tens of thousands of dollars into your hotel, you should treat them with respect, and be as accommodating as you can be. They miscommunicated with us about our room block, adding on a per person charge for more than two people in a "double" room. Our experience with any other hotel anywhere is that a double room has two beds, and therefore a double occupancy of four people, not two. We had to apologize profusely to our guests, to whom it seemed we had lied. Additionally, they forced us into an early rehearsal the day before, which was fine, but meant we were going to need our rooms at the hotel to be ready before their standard 4 PM check-in. Not only did they refuse to let us get ready for the rehearsal by checking in 1-2 hours early, the rooms were STILL not ready by their official check-in time. My (the bride) parents' room wasn't ready until over half an hour later. As the people footing the bill, they were pretty unhappy with this. Stacy Feldhusen, our catering manager, was very helpful in making it up to us, bringing by champagne and desserts as the girls got ready the next day. She was also friendly and accommodating with my many emails in the weeks leading up to the wedding, though it was harder for outside people (my mother, for example) to get ahold of the resort. The biggest problem Sirata had was communication between its various agents: check-in did not communicate efficiently with Stacy, and the room blocking manager was absolutely horrible in communicating in general. But if you're planning a fairly simple, fairly small event, Sirata is an absolutely lovely place for your wedding.

My husband and I have visited the Sirata many times before booking our wedding there! We originally wanted the Trade Winds but with the price and the fact that their ballrooms DON'T have windows, we really liked the Sirata better. The Royal Palm ballroom is beautiful and the view was perfect during sunset.

I agree with a few of the other comments regarding costumer service. Many of my friends had trouble during their arrival to the hotel. The front desk/check-in services were very slow and people were NOT that friendly:( Fortunately, my friends are easy going but I felt a little upset because my family and my husband's family were spending thousands of dollars there!!!!

As far as communication, I planned the wedding from New York, so the entire thing was planned via e-mail/phone calls. Therefore, I anticipated some delays with communication, but we definitely were handled from person to person for a while until Sandy Isenhardt started. She is super sweet and responds immediately to any question you have. We went through Stacy and a woman named Trish who eventually left the Sirata. Therefore, Sandy was our latest catering manager and she was amazing. Super bubbly and helpful. She helped with our welcome buckets and helping us choose the best menu option available. Go with the Carribbean Delight buffet! Everyone said it was the best wedding food they have ever had!!! Also, doing a welcome BBQ on friday night was a great way to see all of your guests before the wedding!!!!!

Overall we had a great time and the Sirata is definitely a place we will visit again. Ask for Sandy to work with!!!!!!

Beautiful venue considering our lower than average budget. But many problems arose that I don't think were handled properly. We asked about a discount for a block of rooms for our out-of-town guests, of which there were 50+ but then the guests were not given a discount. Our on site planner said we never "officially" told her in writing. Then, all our guests were charged $8 to park. The whole situation was not handled professionally. I don't think they really care about customer service.

Also, my chair covers were put on wrong, so that was several hundred dollars that was wasted, and never apologized for.

And last, our wedding cake was for 130+ people and we had 90 guests but somehow 20 of them didn't get any cake. Figure that one out.

The beach and reception location were both beautiful. I was upset that there were alot of beach chairs that we were told would be cleared out and brought in by our 6pm wedding which were not. It became a GREAT place for people not involved in the wedding to congregate. In most of our pictures there are wedding crashers in the background! I know we do not own the beach and I expected passers by in the background of some our photos but since we were having an evening wedding I did not expect the resort to provide seating for them to park themselves right next to the ceremony like we were the evening show. We didn't have any problems with other guest during the reception. The service was very good. Everything came together for a very nice wedding. We were disappointed that they did not allow the reception to go on past 10pm but I understand this is not something they can control. They told us St Pete does not allow outside music after 10pm. After the reception we did move the party to one of the hotel bars. The bar maid Linda was fantastic! She recommended alot of great drinks! After that we moved the party to the pool and hot tub which thankfully the resort did not keep strict hours on closing and had a very fun evening. Many of my guest stayed at the hotel and there were extreme problems with everyones room keys. The resort told us if you put them next to other cards or cell phones they become demagnetized but I think they just become demagnetized on their own. This was quite an inconvience for all involved. The resort and all of the rooms were clean and spacious. Everyone in our party had kitchens which was convenient for the extra wedding cake. The food and drinks at the restaurant and for the reception were very good. Everyone had a great time.

There was miscommunication from the beginning when I did a walk through with someone who was not in the wedding department. I too was bouced around betweed different coordinators. The respnsiveness was horrible. It wasn't until about 5 days before my wedding that I finally flipped a lid. She(Lisa) made me feel like she was doing me a favor by letting me have my wedding there. Any little request that I asked for was always a "no we don't do that" She never made me feel like I was a bride, never happy or excited, just cold and short. I was a very calm and relaxed bride I can't imagine how a more uptight bride would have handled this. I will say that when I did finally pitch a big fit Stacey and Kelly took over and tied up all the loose ends and made it all work. The one thing I can thank them for is for allowing my ceremony to actually happen in its entirety on the beach when there was a horrible storm surrounding us. It was my dream to have my wedding on this beach and they could have easily stopped it because there was lighting surrounding us! So that I thank them for. The Sirata is a BEAUTIFUL place to get married just make sure you get the right coordinator. LOVE LOVE LOVE Stacey and Kelly!! All in all I did have the wedding of my dreams...

I had my wedding at The Sirata a few months ago.. and let me tell you... don't waste your money ...especially if it's a destination wedding... However, if you're looking to get nickeled and dimed for every little thing, then this is your go to place. The only saving grace was the weather and the ocean...nothing of which The Sirata had any control over.
We had both our ceremony and the wedding at The Sirata. I had planned a nice beach ceremony and was promised and paid for security to be around the beach to move along loiterers. Not only were there no security around the venue during the wedding (I have proof of a drunken woman standing 5ft away from us behind the officiant hooting and hollering and giving my videographer thumbs up), there was no one there before the wedding after we set the aisle and arch up.. and my father in-law had to run from his room (8 floors down) to get people away from my arch and off of my chairs as they were wet from the water and sloshing around strawberry daiquiris around my white tulle on the seats and around the arch. Kelly, my 'wedding coordinator' claimed I was the only wedding so I could get ahold of her at any time. That wasn't true. The woman did nothing but take our money and give me a questionnaire to be honest with you. She was rude when interacting with both me, my husband, my guests as well as mine and my husbands parents. I had no clue what refrigerator the flowers were put in and when the photographer came that took time for the bridesmaids to find the flowers and inevitably took time away from our pictures, which we had to make up for time lost after the ceremony and then time lost at the reception.
Speaking of bridesmaids..I couldn't understand why they were missing so much throughout the day. Come to find out..there was a gallon of oil and vinegar dressing that was spilled on my cake in the kitchen and it soaked through the entire bottom layer of the cake. How did we find out you are wondering? No...there was no emergency phone call..they just left it. LUCKILY...my wedding cake baker was there to place the final chocolate starfish on and found it and made me an emergency redo of the cake. Really Sirata? You didn't think we'd notice the taste or the odor of this dressing? The funny part about it if you'd like to call it funny was some waitress said this wasn't the first time that had happened.
Next... you'd think a place that was so affluent with hosting weddings would give the bride a room that would have a mirror that was in place...My father moved the door of the closet and the mirror fell out and shattered everywhere on my dress. Mine and my husbands room that they gave us as our complimentary wedding night room faced the busy road and the curtains were all ripped up....The room service was terrible.. The quality of their food was very poor and thus covered by garlic to hide the terrible taste.
When my bridal party came off the beach from taking pictures they were all hungry and started to wonder up to the reception (where there is no bridal suite to wait in to enter the reception..just a hallway..things you'd appreciate knowing before hand being the first wedding I've ever truly been a part of). When they attempted to get food, Kelly, my wedding coordinator, told them they could not eat because we didn't pay for that option. Are you SERIOUS lady?? I'm pretty positive my dad payed for ever morsel in that place so how you have the audacity to tell these people they can't eat is beyond me. The food was ok...the coconut shrimp were cold and not worth $500 for 100 pieces.
These were just some of the memories The Sirata has left me with..I could go on but what's the point? I would NEVER for the money we spent at this place EVER host ANYTHING here again...this place couldn't even handle a baby shower if you tasked them with something like that.
And readers don't get me wrong. I am NOT the type of person to not give credit where credit is due...my officiant..AMAZING, my florist..AMAZING, my photographer..AMAZING...my choice in venue..TERRIBLE. But like I said not everything was lost on the Sirata..at least the weather was good and the ocean was pretty..good job Sirata....oh wait no..that was mother natures doing. I guess sometimes the best things in life really are free.

It is always a pleasure performing a wedding ceremony at the Sirata Beach Resort. The staff of professionals are outstanding and treat every Bride with care and interest which is something very important to consider when choosing a venue. This is not a "wedding factory" , every wedding is special and important to the Sirata, as it should be.

The Sirata is a great place for a wedding with so many different areas for your ceremony. We prefer North Beach. its a little quieter than South Beach which is close to RumRunners. We enjoy working with Stacy and Lisa, both are very professional and committed to making sure their Brides have the very best experience. We oftern see the Resorts Executive Chef supervising the food set up, so you know the food is going to be good. The Service staff always ask if we have extra flowers to use for decorating the food stations and if we don't the captain goes down to the grounds and cuts some fresh greenery. The view from the 8th floor ballroom is stunning and well served by elevators. Our Brides have also used the Grotto and Breezeway for their receptions and both are very pleasant. One of our favorite Brides married on the main staircase in the courtyard - an often overlooked location when the Beach is less important.
The Sirata offers Brides a first class experience, please check it out if you are thinking of a Florida Beach Wedding