Hotel is old, in need of interior (room) upgrades fast. A good/decent place to stay for college or single folks looking to get away. They have an awesome outside bar (2 bars) and restaurant on the bay/marina. We saw a lot of locals and the restaurant on the bay filled up fast. Good sign if a lot of locals come. Outside pool and bar (with live guitarist was great) Felt like you were in the islands!
My only con are the rooms= if you can deal with that (old and run down a bit and small rooms) We upgraded to a larger room with kitchenette since we have 2 kids with us to give us more room. Staff was amazing and very polite. I would stay here again just because of the staff and things to do on premises. Very lively and a lot of fun!
The beach is also across the street (free) very short distance! Beautiful! There is also a trolley, "Sun Trolley" you can ride for just .50 /way or buy a $2/all day pass.
We had a great time.

Taxi to FLL Hollywood airport was just $17 plus tip for the 4 of us. 10-15 min. ride with no traffic.

We booked this hotel months ago for 1 night prior to a cruise, based on the TripAdvisor feedback. First off, you can't even pull in to check in and there are only a few spots to park yourself - otherwise you need to wait for the valet - who didn't move very fast. My husband went inside to check us in, where he found out we were not in the main building but another building down the street. When he opened the door we both bust out laughing because we could not believe how bad shape it was in. The sign outside says "famous since 1972" - maybe famous IN 1972 - but nothing has been renovated since then :( The bathroom had mold, the bathroom door was full of filler to repair it, the closet had no door... And the kicker was no heat! Since it was supposed to go down to 45 degrees that night, that was a problem! When we asked at the front desk about it, they told us there was no heat in the room but they had a few space heaters but they could only give us 1 since others might want one, too.

I called around to other local hotels but of course at that last minute we couldn't find a room elsewhere (which we could have booked months before). So we had to stay ( plus it didn't seem like they would give us a refund) in the worst hotel ever. It may be across from the beach but even that did not make this hotel worth staying at.

Beware the horror! See our photos!

Haven't stayed at a hotel with box televisions in years! Extremely small rooms unless you get an efficiency.