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The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort
Longboat Key, Florida, United States · St. Regis · Grand Luxury
Opened in October 2024 as the largest development on Longboat Key in half a century, this Gulf-front St. Regis spans 18 acres and 800 feet of private beach on the barrier island John Ringling first connected to mainland Sarasota. It introduced the brand's first-ever dedicated Pool Butler in a resort whose 500,000-gallon saltwater lagoon holds 40 rays and 2,800 reef fish.
- 194 rooms
- Opened 2024
- Neighborhood: Longboat Key gulf front
- Rooms from 466 sq ft (43 m²)
About The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort
- CW Prime, the Gulf-front steakhouse, hides a speakeasy-style spirits room behind its main dining room.
- The St. Regis Bar's mural was painted by Floridian artist William Savarese, and the bar still runs a traditional afternoon tea service daily.
- Oshen, the rooftop lounge, mixes Japanese Nikkei cooking with Peruvian spice for sunset cocktails over the Gulf.
- The resort earned AAA Five Diamond status before it had even finished its first full year of operation.
History
Longboat Key is a twelve-mile barrier island off Florida's Gulf Coast whose identity has always been shaped by the ambitions of larger-than-life Floridians. The island first entered the national consciousness in 1926 when circus impresario John Ringling — at the height of his fortune — built the original Ringling Causeway linking Longboat Key to the mainland city of Sarasota. Ringling envisioned the island as a luxury resort destination to rival Palm Beach, and while his plans collapsed in the Depression, the island eventually developed into one of the most affluent communities on Florida's West Coast, long prized for its Gulf beaches, uncrowded streets, and easy access to Sarasota's thriving arts scene.
For decades, large-scale resort development on Longboat Key remained constrained by zoning that reflected the community's preference for a low-density residential character. When the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort opened in October 2024 on eighteen acres of Gulf-front beach on the island's northern end, it was the largest development on Longboat Key in half a century — a moment the island's hospitality history had been building toward for a generation.
The resort was purpose-built as the brand's first entry on Florida's Gulf Coast, bringing the St. Regis to a stretch of coastline that had never hosted a five-star branded hotel. The eighteen-acre site provides 800 feet of private Gulf beach, anchoring a property that was conceived from the ground up for the coastal Florida experience: a one-acre family saltwater lagoon fed by Gulf water, a beach-camp kids' program developed around Sarasota's marine preserves, and a Pool Butler service that marked a brand first in St. Regis history. The signature CW Prime steakhouse faces the Gulf directly, making it one of the most dramatically positioned restaurant dining rooms on the West Coast of Florida.
The resort opened with a AAA Five Diamond designation, a recognition granted before its first full year of operation — underscoring the ambition and execution behind a property that arrived as the definitive luxury statement on a barrier island that John Ringling first imagined as the Riviera of the American South.
The setting
Sits on Longboat Key, the barrier island John Ringling first tied to mainland Sarasota in 1926 when he built the original Ringling Causeway.
Restaurants and bars
- CW Prime — Restaurant · Steakhouse
Amenities
- 20,000 sq ft spa with 14 treatment rooms
- 800 ft of Gulf of Mexico beachfront
- Saltwater lagoon
- 3 pools
- St. Regis Butler Service for all guests
- 15,000 sq ft meeting space
- Watersports and water activities
- Fitness center
- Private beach
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Five Diamond (2026)
- AAA Four Diamond (2025)
- North America's Leading New Resort 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
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