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4660 N Ocean Dr Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-3620
Lauderdale Beach Side Hotel
588 reviews
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Somewhat walkable
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My wife and I just returned from 4 nights at this “resort” (April 13-16). First, it’s not a resort in the traditional sense. It’s more of a low-rise beachfront motel. There are two buildings, one on the beach and one across the street.
It’s not expensive by South Florida beachfront standards so don’t expect too much. The rooms are just OK. The room we had was an “upgrade” according to the front desk, but the bed was a twin with bad springs. The outside lights (just outside your sliding glass door) are mostly missing. I don’t mean bad light bulb missing. I mean missing as in there’s a hole in the exterior wall where the light fixture should be! The lock on our sliding glass door didn’t work properly and you had to play with it. This mattered more in our room since we were on the ground floor and there’s public beach access on that side of the property. The housekeeping service, for some reason, usually cleaned room between 4-5 PM. We were in the beachfront building so maybe they clean the other building first. In any event, it makes it more difficult to get ready for dinner when you have to wait for housekeeping to finish. The only day they cleaned in the morning was Sunday. I assume they wanted to finish and leave early.
The pool is on the small side and the water is not heated so it’s pretty cold. The perimeter ledge of the pool is dirty and they could do a better job of cleaning the ledge. The water was clean and they maintained it pretty well each morning but the edge of the pool could use some maintenance. An earlier post on this property mentioned that locals (read non-guests) come here and set up shop for the day. It’s true and the “resort” does nothing about it! Normally, it wouldn’t be a problem, but with lounges in short supply, it tends to leave some of the paying guests without a place to sit by the pool. We setup our lounges around 9:45 each morning and that was about the right time. Get there at 10:30 and you’re out of luck (especially on a weekend).
There’s a pool-side bar/grill that’s part of the Damon’s chain (which also has a restaurant attached to the hotel on the A1A-side of the property. The drinks are expensive and the food is mostly fast-food type fare. We ordered a Margarita and I swear it had no Tequila in it. For $6.25 each…I expect at least a splash! The bartender must be a magician because I thought I saw him put in some Tequila but when the drink was finished…it was like a cup of limeade.
On the plus side, they have live entertainment almost daily from about 1PM to 4PM. It’s one person with a portable sound system and a guitar or trumpet and they sing. Mostly they were pretty good and added some lively atmosphere which is one thing lacking in Lauderdale by the Sea. While we’re on the topic, the town of Lauderdale by the Sea appears to be the very last stretch of South Florida beach that’s not dominated by high-rise condos! However, that's changing fast. There’s a fight going on for control of the land and some of the hotels/motels on the beach have been bulldozed or cordoned off with chain link fences, obviously awaiting the wrecking ball. The Pier Point Resort has been completely torn down. This beach community will be very upscale in about three years.
So, having said that, we still managed to have a great time! How? It’s a matter of attitude. We wanted to have a good time, the weather was really nice, and we weren’t about to let the shortcomings of this property stand in our way! Here’s what we did.
Across the street is a nice shopping center. Each morning we walked across the street for coffee and a bagel at the Dunkin Donuts. We drank it out in the little sunny courtyard and did some people watching. We went shopping at the nearby Publix and CVS when we needed things. Then we bought Coronas, limes, and plastic cups at the Publix. The Clarion rooms have a nice mini refrigerator so we avoided the over-priced bar. The Publix also has a good deli so for lunch we walked over and bought Cuban sandwiches, which we ate by the pool.
For dinners, there are a number of good places to eat within walking distance. We ate at Aruba Beach Café (three blocks south of the Clarion) and the Sea Watch (three blocks north of the Clarion).
Again, the Clarion is a very basic accommodation. But they’re situated on a nice stretch of beach and close to restaurants and shopping. That, plus sunny weather, is about all you need!
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Date of stay: April 2005
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We stayed here Dec. 30 - Jan. 2nd, 2005. We made our reservation through AAA and got a great rate. Although we had the rate for a "standard" room, when we checked in they upgraded us to a "king" room - turned out even to have ocean view and was located in the middle building of the three that make up the resort.
It was certainly sufficient, but I found the hallways very dim, and the overall feeling of the place just a bit grungy. The fixtures in the bathroom were clean, but rusty. The toilet clogged pretty often, and was very promptly fixed by their efficient maintenance team - I think it's a regular problem there.
Pluses are the beautiful view, the location right on the beach and across from a small strip mall with a grocery store, popular restaurant, and a drugstore.
It was very windy while we were there so we weren't able to enjoy the beach - there is also a small, nice, pool and a bar next to it. We didn't try the Damon's restaurant but it looked to be fairly popular.
Lodging can be pricey in high season in the Ft. Lauderdale area, of course, so I would stay here again if I couldn't find a reasonable price in a more updated place.
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Although we made our reservations 10 days in advance, our flight was delayed and we arrived after midnight and got one of the worst rooms in the entire hotel. We had a first floor room in the main building, with no view, and fairly noisy. We couldn't open the sliding glass door to our patio, but since the view wasn't interesting we didn't bother to ask for repairs. The sink was stopped up, but a request for repairs solved that problem in 5 minutes. The bathroom was a bit beat up (rust, chipped tiles, etc.), but the bedroom was okay. The double beds were reasonably comfortable. The refrigerator was decent sized (maybe five cubic feet) and the microwave was small but adequate for our weekend stay. The iron and ironing board were a nice touch. The best part is the excellent beach which is reached via a 100 foot walk across a small road. The hotel has a bar and snack shop next to the main pool and beach. For the beach there are cabanas, awning covered tables and benches, and beach chairs. This area has a slightly private feel, which is nice. We had lunch at Damon's, the hotel restaurant, which feels like a sports bar with good food at a good price. All the staff were friendly and helpful. One morning the cleaning crew left an air cleaner running which helped overcome the slightly musty smell. There is a strip mall across the road with a supermarket, drugstore, diner, coffeeshop, bagel shop, and several other very convenient stores. If you want a hotel with great access to the beach for around $100, this is a decent hotel. If you want a nice hotel for $100 and don't have to be on the beach, you can do better elsewhere. Three stars is a bit of a stretch for the room itself. The hotel's facilities compensate to some degree. The fifth floor suites with balconies overlooking the ocean are undoubtedly significantly more desirable.
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The former Marriott on the corner of Route 1 and Atlantic Avenue has changed hands and is now called the Opal Grande. It is under the umbrella of the Opal collection. We have stayed at other Opal properties and have always been pleased. It is advertised as a total redo of the former property. From our sight we could only see a weak at best freshen up of some of the areas. Our room faced a parking lot and for well over $500 a night I think it should of been a much better location. Like so many of the hotel chains now they are charging a resort fee over and above the room rate. We did not use any of the resort amenities, although all I could see was a smaller pool area, which we never used. I did send a few emails with my disappointment and received a credit of $133.12 with no notation of what it was for. After several follow up emails to the Front desk Manager and the General Manager and after a month I have not heard back from either of them to discuss the entire stay. If you are looking for a great place in the Delray area I would highly recommend The Seagate which is diagonally across the street.
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Date of stay: March 2022
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I stayed at this hotel for 2 nights and enjoyed it. Its right on the beach, so access is easy. The beach side grill/bar is great. They have a pool for the kids and adults near the grill. A nice restaurant inside the hotel. For those on a budget, there is a FULL grocery store right across the street. The hotel rooms have friges and microwaves. The hotel rooms are nice. The rooms fit the 5 star rating in my opinion. Its not top of the line luxury, but its not a rat trap. I saw NO pests or strange odors. The front desk staff I met (Priscilla, Tonya, Nadeen and Aloha) are very nice. This hotel is in walking distance to buy souveneiers and other places to eat. There is a Walmart and Burger King about a mile or so up the street. This part of the beach doesn't do the jet skis or parasaling, the nearest place was north of the hotel in Pompano Beach. The ladies that do the rooms aren't the friendlies, but lets not nick pick. I saw families having a great time as well as couples. I highly recommend this place and I am going back next year. For the price, you can't beat it. Don't forget, it is a 3 star, not a 5 star, so don't expect top of the line luxury, but don't expect a dump either. DO NOT take a cab from the airport to this hotel, let the hotel set up your transportation through a shuttle service they use. FT Lauderdale has only 1 main cab company (Yellow Cab) which is a monopoly and will overcharge you for the trip. The beach rents out lounge chairs, umbrellas, ect. The hotel is about a 20 min drive from the Ft Lauderdale airport and the drive wasn't bad at all.
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My wife recently had the "pleasure" of staying at this "place". She had went down to Ft. Lauderdale for a 2 night business stay. A travel agency booked the hotel. The first night she got to her hotel, which was at about 11 pm, she walked into a lobby with 2 gals and a maintance man standing around laughing and swearing about the "Crackers" that stay there. So she approached them at the desk to check in. The girls checked her in and told her to go out the front door, cross the street, and down the block about half way. So, my wife stood there with a confused look on her face. She assumed she was staying in that building that looked to be half way ok. I wouldn't even give it half decent. Standing befudled, the maintance man said he would show her her room. She thought great. The maintance man lead her to the window pointed down the street and said there that way.
So my wife barely makes it across traffic with her suitcase and breifcase. Walks down to her front door being right on Ocean dr. When she went in side it was probably 90 degrees in her room. The blinds would not close all the way and there was an ajoining room behind hers where there were multiple men "partying" pretty hard. There was only a small lock between her room and theirs. It looked like a bathroom stall lock. The place was old and unattended to. Dark, dingy, and smelled.
The next morning after getting NO sleep she refused to take a shower, brush her teeth, or even wash her hands in the rotten, yellow water that came from the sinks.
My wife was so disturbed with her expeirence with this place she slept with her socks on and her suitcase packed. In case someone decide to break down that great lock in the back of her room.
I'm first very displeased with the travel agency that was used. Yet, that is neither here nor there. The place was horrid and my wife is pretty tough. A fellow co worker dropped her off when she arrived and called 10 other hotels to try and move her.
I guess the jist of this is...
Don't trust a travel agent and don't stay at this place.
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Date of stay: January 2006
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This hotel was absolutely filthy! The maid service was horrible. All she did was make the bed. We had to track her down each time to get clean towels etc. Staff was friendly, too bad the place smelled like mold, urine and the floors were sticky. Do yourself a favor and do not waste your money.
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Date of stay: March 2006
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It is very hard to find an oceanfront hotel in the fort lauderdale area. Almost all of them required that you cross busy route A1A. The Clarion's beach building is right on the water. There is a pool and tiki bar on the ocean. The room was big, had a fridge and microwave, and was relatively clean. However, if oceanfront is not a priority, than stay clear of this hotel. There are actually three buildings and services are not available in all buildings. Luggaage racks had to be brought by you across busy A1A as no bellman was available. The fitness center and the laundry center are located across the street and were not well maintained. The keys were always a problem. I will look for another hotel on the water for next year but if I can't find one I would probably go back because the location on a small service road is fantastic. There are great restaurants in walking distance without the hassle of Route A1A. There is a huge gocery store right across the street. The location is perfect but they need to take better care of the facilities.
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Date of stay: January 2006
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stayed between 1/16-1/19 of this year with the Chapter 2 group.
I have stayed in the hotel 4 times, per a group I stay with yearly. They have never gotten everything right with each visit. But I gave them the benefit of the doubt each time, not now. Went to check in, they had over booked yet again. My beach front room, which was booked 6 months in advance was amazingly not there. Nor was anything done to rectify the issue beside giving me a room that I didn't want. The guy at the front desk said some beach front rooms would be available the following day and that I could be moved. Never happened. Even while all in my group got their beach front room. Called after 11 to ask to be moved and was told yet again nothing was available. I guess because I wasn't a squeaky wheel, they didn't care.
the room. dirty floors, mildew all over the tub and mini fridge. The security latch on the door was gone. Thankfully enough, the dead bolt worked. Also, the a/c leaked. Nobody ever came to fix it...and of course, we weren't able to move rooms. Also not enough towels or toilet tissue. But that's the norm. They also advertise cable tv and wifi, both of which were basically non existent. Hope you don't have any family emergencies where someone needs to get ahold of you or hopefully you're telepathic. The Lobby smelled like pee and the stairwell in the beach building smelled like literal crap.
The tiki bar is open. Which is fine, and if you like entertainment in the form of Cops or First 48 you're set seeing as we saw someone arrested each night we was there.
if you stay here, it's at your own risk for sure. The view is beautiful, but no longer trumps this crappy business.
also, I will include the pics I took. Including the broken glass from a fight at the tiki bar.
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Date of stay: January 2015
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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I stayed at this hotel last month, in spite of the bad reviews I read on here, I decided to stay at this hotel anyway. Looking back, the reviews were actually "generous". We stayed in the beachfront building, in an ocean front room. This hotel is in dire need of a total renovation. Many of the terraces sliding doors, especially on the main building, are boarded up, supposedly because of hurricane Wilma, but Wilma hit FLL more than eight months ago... One day sitting by the pool I looked up at the terraces and noticed that only one of them had a complete light fixture, some had the fixture but were missing the globe, most just had a hole where the fixture is supposed to be. The hotel is seriously understaffed, what little staff they have is incompetent and rude. Housekeeping is terrible; the rooms were never made before 4pm. The rugs are filthy, the hallway floors are littered and nobody from housekeeping stops to pick up the garbage. Most of the chairs by the pool are of a different make and color, most are missing so many straps, that your body parts will fall through the holes. The front desk personnel are also rude and unprofessional, they are usually on the phone, you could stand in front of them obviously looking for assistance, and they will tend to you when they are good and ready. One day the "pool boy", who is also the person that gives out the towels by the pool, didn't show up for work, needless to say, there were no towels given out. I went to the front desk to ask where I could get towels, I was told that they don't stock them, that the guys by the pool do, but I could always buy them at the drugstore across the street. The only advantage to this hotel is that it is located right on the beach, that is IT. For the conditions of the hotel, rooms and service, it is OVERPRICED. Save your money, stay elsewhere.
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Date of stay: May 2006
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Hello,
The hotel does not have a complimentary shuttle to ride to and from the cruise ports or airports. We do have a company that we have worked with for several years that is very reliable. They are a separate charge and should be booked ahead of time.
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954-525-2723
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PRICE RANGE
C$184 - C$261 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
lauderdale beachside resort, clarion fort lauderdale, lauderdale beachside hotel
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Lauderdale Beachside Hotel
LOCATION
United StatesFloridaBroward CountyFort LauderdaleLauderdale-by-the-Sea
NUMBER OF ROOMS
147
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