At first glance, the lobby of this hotel appeared quite appealing and I was relieved to think that I had made a wise choice for our post-cruise one-nighter. However, the ride up to our room on the 7th floor quickly turned into dismay...rickety elevator, dingy hallway and even dingier room. The washroom appeared to have been renovated recently and was quite spacious but the entire feel of the room itself was 3rd rate at best! A visit to the pool area was another disappointment as the water in the large hot-tub was grungy and uninviting! A 6-block walk led us to Nick's Italian restaurant (the only plus of the evening...very good food and ambiance!) and after a lengthy hot shower, a restful sleep seemed in order.......until I was awakened at 3AM with countless insect bites on my arms, legs and neck ( I am allergic to bites and must take medication to relieve the itchiness). I got dressed and proceeded to the front desk to be told that nothing could be done about this "problem"...spent the rest of the night fully clothed and attempting to sleep on a hard straight-back chair!!! For this experience, I paid an internet "reduced rate" of $100 for the room and spent $60 on taxis from the cruise port to the airport! Beware...this hotel is totally misrepresented and a waste of your money! I am a seasoned traveller and tend to read reviews before choosing my accommodations. In this case, I disregarded the over-all hotel ratings and negative reviews. How I wish now that I had taken these into consideration! Totally sour ending to an otherwise enchanting vacation!

Where do I start? The clerk behind the check in desk was rude and just not pleasent. The rooms did not have enough towels. Called to the desk and never got any more towels that we asked for. The beds were so worn that you rolled to the middle. The bellmans desk would not let us take our own things upstairs. You either had to lug your own stuff or use there service, all I wanted was to use one of several carts. The smoke dectector was hanging of the wall and last but not least the toilet had its share of problems.

However the pool area was very nice and clean.The gift shop was also a nice place to visit.

Just returned from our one night stay at this "resort". Truthfully, it was one day too long.
Let me begin by stating that this hotel has a 4 p.m. check in time. I was aware of this, but had asked for special consideration due to the fact that I was bringing my 81-yr-old father along and I knew that he needed to be situated long before that time. I spoke directly to the manager who assured me that he understood and would accomodate our special request. I made 4 phone calls to confim that this information was a part of our reservation - each time I received an affirmative reply.
We arrived much later than 1 - it was actually 3:45; 15 minutes before the "regular" check in time. My room wasn't ready. As a matter of fact, the guy at desk told me that the people in "my" room had requested a late check out and would be in there until 5 p.m.!!! He looked at me with a blank questioning expression as if he couldn't understand why this would be an issue.
I was not pleased. It took about 30 minutes more for the staff to pull another of the "ocean front suites" together.
The elevator is ancient - rickety and uncertain. The hallways feel like they were last painted in 1953. There is a dampness, a mustiness to the common areas.
The room was a serious disappointment. I could see that the management is trying to make improvements as a beautiful new kitchen area was in place (though the refrigerator door was falling off). There was a view of the ocean - if you stood up. Not visable from the chairs or couch in the living area. There was a new plasma screen TV on the wall, but the TV in the bedroom didn't even have a cable hooked up to it... must have gotten overlooked while the improvements were made. The bathroom has nice pieces of marble - but some were cracked and broken, the knob fell off the shower controls. The beds were very simple and basic but, in fairness, they did seem clean.
Overall, a tasteless presentation that smacked of the type of hotel I didn't mind checking into in Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Break - in the 70's when I was 17. But spending over $200 a night for this drab, broken down, shop worn excuse of a hotel room was just over the top. And that was a special website-only discount.
Oh! There is no self parking in their small lot. It costs $8 a day for a valet to put your car within 15 feet of the front door.
So, as a synopsis - DON'T STAY HERE! The reviewer who said that their website designer deserved a medal was spot on. The website photos bear no resemblance to the disappointments that lie just inside the front door of the Ocean Sky "Resort".

This "resort" is -incredibly- misrepresented. From the rickety elevator and poorly-working air conditioning to the terrible service, this place was really bad. We checked in for a wedding down the street and very excited to see the Ft. Lauderdale area (Pompano Beach actually). The "partial view" room looked out onto what I would guess is a construction project that is unfinished. The balcony is shared with everybody on your floor with only a 2x4 railing separating them. There was a clock radio and a lamp on the bedside table in addition to a tall, standing lamp in the corner by the “desk”. I went to plug in my laptop only to discover that there are only 2 outlets and the clock radio wasn’t even plugged in; nor was the tiny in-room refrigerator across the room. You have to rent umbrellas and chairs on the beach if you want to get away from the hordes of people on the sundeck and in the pool. But the icing on the cake was when we returned to our room after swimming at the beach all morning only to find that after house keeping had mad up the room, the ice bucket was not emptied nor a new liner provided. There were no drinking glasses replaced with new, clean ones. And there were no towels in the room. I walked over to a housekeeping cart explained to a befuddled lady that there are no towels in my room and asked for towels. In patois (Jamaican) she tells me she doesn’t have enough towels to finish her rounds and to go to the other cart for linens. I go down to the other end of the hall to the other housekeeping cart, explain to the other nice lady that there are no towels in my room and asked for towels. She hands me three. I go back to the room only to realize there are no washcloths or hand towels either. So, I go back to the “linen lady” and tell her this. She comes out of the bathroom she is cleaning and proceeds to give me a hand towel and two wash cloths with a hand covered in suds; presumably straight out of the commode she was scrubbing! I was aghast. I called down to house keeping to request fresh hand towels and wash cloths, only to speak to a rude woman. Within a few minutes there was a knock on the door. A more cheery, dry-handed staff member gives me the requested towels and as I take them, the “linen lady” scolds her in patois telling her that she already gave me towels and not to give me more. I called the front desk to ask to speak to the manager about all this. The receptionist apologized and said that he had stepped away from his desk and would call me right back. He never called back. We checked out five hours later after not hearing from anyone. If you want to go to a real resort, check out The Ocean Sands Resort and Spa about 1.5 miles north of here.