We stayed at the Gallery ONE on a business/pleasure trip. My boyfriend had to work for business and I got to go along for pleasure. :) We both loved this hotel. We were in a corner room- 701. We had views of the beach and the city.

The suites are huge! The living/dining area is comparable to a NYC apartment. They have great high def flat screens in the living rooms. The bedroom and bathroom are very roomy. I can imagine that it would be a great space for families with children or friends traveling together.

The kitchen is much more than you expect. It is small, but really well stocked. It includes refrigerator, two burners, a microwave oven and a dishwasher. They provide plates, flatware, a full set of pots, a salad bowl, a set of cooking utensils, place mats...the works. You really can cook a meal. The only thing you are missing is a traditional oven.

They do not have wireless yet, but said they are working on it. They high speed is $9.99/day. If you are on business...the dining room table is a great desk to work on. The business center had 3-4 computers that are free of charge. It is a small room and I found it to be crowded whenever I walked by. If you just want to check your email occasionally...you would be fine. There is a safe in the room that is free of charge and will easily accommodate a laptop.

The huge bathroom was well stocked. The towels are huge and very soft. They bathroom amenities are all Neutrogena...and if you forget to pack it...they provide facial wash and sunblock. My boyfriend swears that their rain shower is his favorite shower ever!

The bed is a firm, with plush top...incredibly comfortable. Their linens and pillows were top notch. The blackout curtains worked great.

One of the only downside to the room was the air conditioner. It worked great in the living room, but there was very little circulation in the bedroom. This made for a freezing living room and a hot bedroom. We were not far from the drawbridge, but we never heard it. Also note: For the size of the rooms, the closet is tiny.

The self-parking is only $3.00 cheaper than valet. However, if you don't like waiting for the valet...the parking garage is only about a minute walk from the front of the hotel.

They were still having trouble with the elevators when we were there during the weekend of 1/12. They opened the service elevators for the guests. It shortened the wait, but isn't a very pretty place to wait for an elevator.

Depending on whether or not you catch the drawbridge...the beach is anywhere from a 7-15 minute walk. The beach near the hotel is narrow, but pretty. You are quite close to the road when you are on the sand and down that far they do not have walls or barriers between the beach and the road.

I enjoyed the pool area more than the beach. They have a nice, little sand area with lounge chairs. (see pic) Most of the wooden chairs were broken, but if you can get a good one...you are in business. The pool area also has lots of lounge chairs and the pool itself was a nice size. The jacuzzi was not working when we were there. The bar by the pool was convenient and at night the fire pits and tiki torches were fun.

Their gym is decent. They have several treadmills, some ellipticals and free weights. They provide towels and cold water with either oranges or lemons in it. They also have two of their signature flat screen TVs which is great.

The location next to the mall is great. There are plenty of restaurants within walking distance. There is also a CVS across the street. Everyone is right...take the time to look for the European bakery...the entrance to it faces CVS. It is GREAT and well worth looking for.

Overall, we loved this hotel. New, huge and beautiful rooms! Nice pool area. Great location next to the mall and walking distance to the beach! If you can get a deal on this hotel...I say take it!

I just loved the room - It was like my own little modern, upscale apartment. My son flew in from Phoenix where he works at an upscale hotel there and said this room was nicer than some of the regular rooms there. The beds were perfect - so comfortable and the rain shower was amazing. I loved this room because it was not a "typical" hotel room. It was spacious, had a Wolfgang Puck Coffee Pot with great coffee and flat screen TV in living room. Great view and large balcony from the upper floor. The only negative I could say was the elevators were not working and I had to take the service elevator alot or the stairs and the other drawback was the parking. The lot was a little far from the hotel and it was very dark at night and scary if you are by yourself. I would opt for the valet parking. Use the pool during the day it gets alot of shade in the afternoon and make sure to go to the little Italian restaurant across the bridge on the right side of the street. The food was amazing. If you are looking for a comfortable nice suite this is a great choice!

We stayed at this hotel after flying into Fort Lauderdale airport on our way driving to Key West. We had a 2 bedroom suite which consisted of one room with a king size bed/full bath and one room with 2 double beds and a bath with shower. In between the two bedrooms was a living area with pull-out sofabed, table, chairs and a huge flat screen tv ... and a kitchen. The kitchen is fully stocked (sans corkscrew!) and has a dishwasher. We had a balcony overlooking the pool (mostly -- it was also overlooking a construction debris dumpster -- room 809/811 so assume any suites with those types of numbers will be in this other wing of the hotel overlooking the dumpster and not the pool so much). The room itself was great. The balcony did give a good view of the pool and intercoastal; the ocean is quite in the distance (maybe 10 minutes walk).
They did give us a free breakfast buffet because the elevators are still an issue. We used the ugly service elevator almost every time because the wait for the main elevators is just ridiculous. The lobby was freezing to top it off, so coming and going to the pool , one does not want to wait around! We did the breakfast buffet around 9:30 and about an hour later, as the other reviews state, they were running out of food/long waits, etc. so beware of that.
The pool was just ok and the hot tub was only a "warm tub"...it was broken for the most part; not hot and no jets. The fitness center was small but good enough; probably "middle of the road" by most hotel fitness center standards. I saw a small business center but didn't use it.
The grounds were very nice with some big sandboxes and lounge chairs overlooking the intercoastal. They do play outside music *all the time* (and it is not good music) so you will hear that outside and in your room if you sleep with the balcony door open as we did.
The location next to the mall was very convenient and we ate at the "PF Changs". There are a lot of strip malls nearby too so if you are in need of a CVS or wine store, food store, etc. they are all very close by as well.
The water taxi runs quite often and is $7. I'm not sure where it goes but a lot of hotel patrons were using it.
Overall, this is a good hotel and if you use the service elevator and get the breakfast early, you probably won't feel compelled to give it a negative review. Enjoy!

My wife and I spent a night at this hotel alone and then went back again a night later with our three boys (9, 9 and 12). We had the same room for each stay on a high floor looking over the intracoastal. We used HHonors points for the stays at 30,000 per night. Our overall experience was very positive. We found the staff to be exceptionally friendly. The room was very nicely appointed with the bed extremely comfortable and the kids really enjoyed the big wall-mounted television in the living room.

The hotel is convenient to, but not right on, the Ft. Lauderdale beach. It is a "long two block" walk to the water. We made the trade off for this walk in exchange for a two room suite and a lower cost room.

Only two downsides to report. First, as others have reported, there were times when only 1out of 3 elevators were working, but this was alleviated by the service elevators being used for guests. Second, if you are going to avail yourself of the brunch, go early. We got there 30 minutes before it was supposed to close and they were out of a lot of things including egg whites and orange juice.

If you stay here and want a quick, inexpensive meal, the food court in the Galleria Mall next door. It is a few cuts above the typical mall food court.