I stayed in this hotel with my sister for 9-10 days. She booked it and the price ws pretty good, considering how long we stayed there.

We had good housekeeping staff who cleaned everything and changed the bedsheets every day, and we had a nice bathroom. The rooms are big and spacious, in my opinion, and the central air is good. I especially loved the pool and bar area, which were kept very clean and had lounge chairs and clean towels daily for our use out of the pool. There was even a hammock nearby. There's a small but nice little souvenir shop where one can get everything from painkillers to bathing suits (I bought 2) for decent prices. The lobby area is nice and clean and houses a few chairs for people to sit in so as not to tire themselves out by standing. Although we didn't eat in the restaurant, we ordered room service from the restaurant and the food was quite good. There's also a big parking lot and we were often able to find a parking space, no matter how late it was when we returned from wherever we went. I think the lighting in the parking lots should be better at night, however.

The location was good as well; it's only 15 minutes away from Ft. Lauderdale Beach and Las Olas Blvd., which is good for you shoppers out there. We bought a few things over there, and the beach is really nice. There are also a bunch of hotels and hot spots (bars, clubs, etc.) right at the beachfront. Across the street from the hotel was some food and a grocery store or two, and any other food was within a few minutes away via car.

Our main (and probably only) complaint about the hotel was that we wound up having to switch rooms because after a few days of us staying there, my sister saw a huge roach or waterbug by the air conditioner. We immediately called the front desk and they switched our room within minutes, which impressed me. They were very prompt. The 2nd room we stayed in was good, with no waterbugs or roaches.

I would stay again, but if possible I'd make sure that an exterminator went through my room before arriving.

After reading reviews, I was terribly frightened, however this is a standard 2 star property with an upgraded pool in comparison to other 2 stars I've stayed in previously. The pool has a nice tiki bar, and plenty of comfortable seating.

There is one sports bar in walking distance, Players- I highly recommend them for food and drinks. They have excellent happy hours- it may look a little shady on the outside but is awesome on the inside- each booth has its own tv so that's a plus and on Sunday's they have $1.00 bottled beer among other specials. Children are welcome.

We booked through Orbitz at under $600.00 for flight, hotel and car for five nights out of San Antonio- so we could not complain.

We were however walked to the Days Inn- Oakland Park (which I would not recommend) though we made it back to the Ramada for our next four nights.

Front desk staff was very rude, seemed like they never had the answers and I tried to avoid them as much as possible.

We were also charged a $5.00 per day resort fee on top of our orbitz package, and when asked why this was not included in our pkg. front desk had no clue how to explain this.

Hotel does have a Florida Visitor center attached and we were invited to get a free gift on our first night- however we did not make it in.

This hotel is about a 20-25 minute drive to the beach- but in close proximity to the Marlins Stadium, Seminole Casino, and plenty of strip mall shopping. To avoid paying tolls on the turnpike, head to I-95 via Commercial Blvd. Commericial will also take you to the Beach.

Watch out for the internet kiosk- they will overcharge you and when you approach the front desk, they have no clue on how to work the kiosk.

I will be as nice as I can about this review.

The first thing I have to mention is the pungent smell of mildew in the hallways and rooms. It was very strong and I could smell it everytime I walked in or opened and shut a door.

The rooms as far as furniture were dated but ok. Housekeeping could have done a better job also.

The pool is pretty decent and the hot tub is nice and HOT.

The little tiki bar out by the hot tub makes a great, but, expensive drink.

The food at The Ramada was just ok. Not Good, but not horrible.

Bottom line, only stay here if you absolutely have to.....ie..RCI timeshare

Having read the previous reviews, we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived, nice reception area and restaurant, lovely pool area with bar, beautiful shrubs & trees, nice & warm pool & above all spotlessly clean. our room was very clean & well decorated. a/c o.kay. everything worked, nice clean bathroom. new mattress on bed. no problems at all. a standard 2 star hotel.a slight musty smell in corridors, 1 lift out of action.
DELTA AERIALMAN U.K.