Beacon Pool Bar & Lookout

Ever since I first saw the Don CeSar, I knew I wanted to get married at the historic hotel for it’s grand appearance and beautiful décor. From the moment we toured the hotel to our wedding weekend, the Don CeSar was nothing short of amazing to work with for our destination wedding. Despite being closed for 6 months due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Don CeSar General Manager, Barbara, and the Director of Events, Kasey, had open communication and made the entire wedding planning experience as seamless as possible. They were compassionate, caring, and did everything in their power to make sure the hotel and its courtyard was reopened (and in great condition!) in time for our wedding. (We were the first wedding back the weekend of hotel’s reopening.) Kasey, Barbara, the hotel staff, and the hotel banquet team (chefs, servers, and bartenders) went above and beyond to make sure our wedding day was the best day of our lives. We truly received a royal experience as the bride and groom. Additionally, the hotel and its staff made sure that our guests were properly accommodated. Every single one of our guests were impressed by the hotel staff’s amazing top tier service and had nothing but great things to say about the hotel. When it came to the actual wedding day, the banquet team provided first class service. They even accommodated unexpectedly moving our cocktail hour indoors due to rain without missing a beat. The banquet chef prepared an impressive meal to perfection for our 180 guests. One guest even made sure to comment that it was “the best filet and salad” they had ever had. The pastry chef, Amanda, also prepared a cake that was a rendition of my grandmother’s 1950's wedding cake. The spectacular appearance and taste well exceeded our expectations. The servers and bartenders were nothing short of amazing as well. There were no lines to get a drink, and each server was very attentive. My planner, florist, and rental companies had zero issues working with the venue to set up the grand ballroom. The band/violinist were able to perform without any issues. Our wedding day/weekend was truly perfect and the Don CeSar made it memorable and beyond anything I could’ve ever dreamed of. I would highly recommend this wedding venue to any newly engaged couple looking for the best beach wedding experience. There is nothing else quite like the Don CeSar.

A Superb Hotel,highly recommended!!

Not worth the money you spend. Some of the staff is rude and cannot be bothered to answer questions. They will falsely charge your $200+ room fees on top of the hotel room, resort fee, parking fee, and over priced food and drinks. For the amount of money you spend go to a name brand resort or rent and Air B&B. The only thing good about the hotel is the beach. Everything else is way below average.

Great service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Watermelon Salad

really fresh good food nice service 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Blackened Mahi Wrap, Rock Shrimp Roll

Boomshakalaka good vibes only

Ordered food directly on the private beach and along with a cocktail. Mani wrap was tasty! You can’t beat this view with lunch. The waitress Brittany was awesome too!!

Ordered food directly on the private beach and along with a cocktail. Mani wrap was tasty! You can’t beat this view with lunch. The waitress Brittany was awesome too!!

Food, drinks, and service were excellent. Beautiful pool and great ocean views Thank you Katie for a great afternoon She is a 5 ⭐️

Absolutely beautiful. Employees are friendly and helpful.

This is an absolute gem of a location. Thanks so much to pool server Katie. She was warm, knowledgeable, accommodating, and took excellent care of my friends and me while we celebrated our very own Katie’s birthday. Can’t wait to return!

We are local and went for a celebratory lunch. Stopped at a slow pool bar for a drink before our reservation and was very unimpressed. We sat by two empty glasses, waited for a bartender and was greeted with "do you want another?". We said that we had just arrived and the bartender removed the glasses and handed us a drink menu. We waited forever and finally had another bartender ask us for our order. The bar was not busy and there were open seats! We left the tab open but only had a drink and waited forever to request to close our 1 drink order. Extremely disappointed and really wanted it to reflect the price. We are happy to pay but this service was extremely low!

Pool/Beach service for drinks was very slow due to lack of staffing. Better off bringing your own from the ice cream store which sells beer/wine.