Casablanca Hotel Key West

Casablanca Hotel occupies a building on Duval Street that the property dates to 1898, putting it among the older structures still standing on Key West’s busiest commercial corridor. Combining a small hotel with an on-site pub, the property leans into a lush, eclectic aesthetic that plays up its age and history rather than smoothing it over with a more generic modern renovation.

Being directly on Duval Street means guests are within steps of Old Town’s densest concentration of bars, restaurants, shops and live music, which is exactly the draw for travelers who want to be in the middle of the action rather than a walk away from it. That same location means the property will not suit guests looking for a quiet retreat, since street noise is a real factor on this stretch of Duval well into the evening.

The on-site pub gives guests a place to grab a drink without heading further down the street, and the hotel has made a point of addressing accessibility in its guest services. As a historic property rather than new construction, room layouts and sizes vary, consistent with a building that predates modern hotel design standards by more than a century.

For travelers whose priority is a genuinely central Duval Street address, with the built-in convenience of a bar downstairs and more than a century of history in the walls, Casablanca Hotel delivers exactly that trade-off: maximum energy and access, in exchange for the noise that comes with it.

Guests who plan to spend most evenings out exploring Duval Street’s bars and live music anyway will find the location genuinely convenient, since there is no need for a cab, scooter or long walk back after a night out. The building’s 1898 origins are visible in details like its raised porches and shuttered windows, a common feature of Key West’s oldest surviving commercial buildings that were designed to move air through before air conditioning existed. Travelers who want a calmer property should note that a Duval Street address inherently comes with more ambient noise than a side-street guesthouse a few blocks away. The combination of a working pub, a historic building and a central address makes Casablanca Hotel more of a home base for an active, social Key West trip than a quiet retreat, and it tends to attract guests who have made peace with that trade-off in exchange for convenience. First-time visitors to Key West sometimes choose a Duval Street address specifically for that first trip, wanting to be immersed in the street’s energy before deciding on a quieter side-street property for a return visit.