This is our little piece of paradise. Bahia always offers good prices, the water ways and water taxi's behind the hotel are so fun, cheap and so entertaining. The hotel itself has an awesome restaurant with a Grouper Sandwich worth daydreaming about after you are home. Great drinks and great atmosphere. Clean, friendly, for families or for couples. We have gone alone, and we have brought the kids.

We love the pool, the area, no need to rent a car. So much to do in a short walking distance. Bahia has so many beautiful plants, I guess I can't say enough about it. We come as often as we can, but it's never enough.

After reading all the negative reviews on here, I was scared about my choice in hotel but then I notice even the 5 start hotels were being bashed. I am glad I didn't change my reservations. This hotel was perfectly fine. I got a great price from their website, the staff is incredibly helpful and friendly, and the location is outstanding. I was fearful that this would be an "animal house" but it was pretty quiet especially since my room was by the pool/bar area. However, I will note this is the off season. The bar and restaurant was cute and fun and drinks and food were delicious and nicely priced. The building is not in its prime but exactly as to be expected for something straddle between two bodies of water. My room was small but I saw bigger ones for not much more in price. It was clean and smelled fine for a smoking room with carpet (I don't smoke). The bathroom was tiny and the tile was baby blue but not a spec of mold could be found. Despite other peoples' experiences on this site, not once did I fear for the safety of myself or my possesions and I am usually a 4-5 star kinda girl. The pool was fine and the jacuzzi worked. I think the pics posted on here are probably after a hurricane since the damage in the photos have been repaired and also, note the trees in the pics are bent (hint: that's a good sign of hurricane wind damage on the coast.) I would stay here again and again.

stayed here for a h.s reunion very old property... way past prime. pool needs to be redone ....hot tub in bad location needs to be repalced as jets do not work ... it is more of a kiddie pool than hot tub. days inn corp must be waitng to sell property one day and move on. first i was in a room that was 2 twin beds with filthy windows by the bed overlooking a traffic light on a1a. i moved to a second room by the pool that was much better. it was small and the air blew on you somewhat but it was a newer air conditoner. bathroom needs to be redone but had a tub/shower
food was good though at breakfast in the eatery on the water.but do not park your car yourself as space is limited . let the valet park it for you. would not stay there again would stay at yankee clipper next door instead which has parking and nice rooms.
if you want to get drunk and do not care about your room then stay here but if you want a nice place stay most anywhere else.pier 66 is up the block ...5 star ...stay there instead!!!

I stayed here for one week over the 4th of July. The room was pretty small and dirty - stains on the walls by the bed and on the headboards. The shower was very small, dark, and had moldy grout. There was a mini-fridge, which was clean. The pool was very murky - we opted to cool off using the outdoor shower rather than go in it. Also, we ate at the restaurant the first day, and there was a bug in my food. The waitstaff was fine, and the bartenders and the gift-shop workers were friendly. On the first day we were there, my friend had $260 stolen from her suitcase. We reported it to the front desk, and the attendant merely said he would notify the head of housekeeping. My friend's mother called the hotel that night (we're 23, and they didn't seem to be taking us seriously), and was told that the manager would be in the next day and he would be notified. The next day we filed a police report, and 2 officers came out - the gist of the whole ordeal is, the hotel has an electronic key system, which means that the doors automatically lock when shut, and also that any key used to open the door is recorded. We had gone to the beach at 11:00 a.m. on the day of the theft, and returned at 1:00, which is when my friend discovered that her money was missing. The housekeeper had been in the room between those times. The head of housekeeping told the police that she had a history of stealing money (or of being accused of it) and would consequently be fired. The hotel offered us no compensation, and the front desk and manager were rude both to us and the police. We contacted travelocity, whom we booked through, and all they could do was get the hotel to agree to refund us the remainder of our stay if we chose to leave. However, it being the holiday weekend, we were unable to find a hotel with vacancy in the area. We ended up staying there for the remainder of our vacation, but locked up anything remotely valuable in the room safe (which we weren't notified of nor given the key to upon check-in -- we had to go down and ask for the key after the money was stolen.) The front desk also said after we came back home that the housekeeper had not, in fact, been fired. The police are still investigating the matter. All in all, it was a very sour experience. The last time we came to Fort Lauderdale, we stayed about a mile down the road at the Avalon Waterfront. That was far superior to the Days Inn Bahia Cabana, and I really wish we had re-booked there. Clearly, my advice is do NOT stay at the Days Inn Bahia Cabana. It was shabby, dirty, and not in as good of a location as hotels further up A1A. All of that may have been somewhat excusable, though, if everything else was fine. But the housekeeper's stealing and the managements' subsequent lack of customer service was horrible.