Frisky Mermaid Bar & Grill

Florida's oldest lodging property offers guest rooms with private baths, luxurious bath amenities, and high-quality linens. "Leddy's Porch at Florida House Inn serves southern-style, comfort food food created in a simple fashion using really good ingredients." The Mermaid Bar offers classic prohibition cocktails and original cocktails. Craft beers, punches, house made sangria, and a wide...

This charming, 150-year-old inn, once used by guests of the Vanderbilt, DuPont, and Carnegie families, whose "cottages" sat nearby on Cumberland and Jekyll islands, has been fully restored, with a rambling two-story clapboard main building full of character. Rooms have handmade quilts and hooked rugs, king-size beds, and whirlpool tubs. The Mermaid Bar, a lively first-floor pub, can be a...

Built in 1857 by one of Florida's founding fathers, David Yulee, this clapboard Victorian building is Florida's oldest operating hotel. Ulysses S. Grant stayed here, as did Cuban revolutionary José Martí. Rockefellers and Carnegies broke bread at the boardinghouse-style dining room now called the Frisky Mermaid Bar & Grill that still provides family-style traditional Southern fare, live...

The Florida House Inn was built in 1857 by David Yulee and is considered the oldest active Inn in Florida. The Inn has housed many famous people like Ulysses S. Grant, The Carnegies and the Rockerfellers, just to name a few. Come for a visit and step back in time with us....

* Pets are permitted with prior

arrangements.

* Many fun activities are located nearby:

Museum Tours, 14 Wonderful miles of Public Beaches, Bike Rentals, Boating, Golf, Tennis, Horseback Riding on the beach.

* All of our guest rooms are non-smoking.

Our acclaimed resort island truly has something for everyone. We invite you to experience all of Amelia Island and vacation in...