Arrived at 3 am due to delayed flight and slid my pre-paid receipt through the window. The receptionist told me she had almost cancelled my reservation, even though I had pre-paid. I had requested the quietest room. We got a room so noisy from the traffic that it was impossible to sleep. The next day I called the office and requested a room at the back. After an hour they told me to come down to the office, that they had only booked me for one night. I replied that I had given them a copy of the reservation for four nights. They said they didn't have it. I showed it to them on my computer. Still, that was not good enough. They told me to call the booking agency. After about 10 minutes of fussing around, I told them that I was a travel agent and had booked it myself. Suddenly, everything was OK and they gave me a quieter room at the back. Room was OK but no HBO, internet worked fine. Wouldn't stay there again. Too noisy from Amtrak.

I stayed here about 3 years ago when I first visited fort lauderdale and did not have a great stay. I guess they renovated the hotel because all I can say now is WOW!!! Chatting with the front desk staff I found out that the hotel has new owners. Great rooms, everything looks new and perfect condition. Staff all dressed professionally and were really friendly. Awesome breakfast and very cool lobby. They were actually just finishing up some of the renovation efforts in the lobby when I was there. The hotel is located besde I-95, but it is only 3 miles from the beach - so, for the $$$ you cant beat the value for price paid (in my opinion). I look forward to coming back to fort lauderdale in the future and if there are rooms available at the day inn oakland park, trust me, I WILL be staying with them again!!!!

The staff was friendly and the room very neat with frig, safe, and microwave. But I felt uncomfortable checking out of my room outside of the lobby. The style was more like a Motel 6 instead of a Days Inn. The parking lot was dark and the lighting outside of the front desk was dim.

Had made my booking on Hotwire and you are not told of the hotel you would get until you paid for it. I got Days Inn Ft Lauderdale Oakland. So I went to a couple of sites to read the reviews (now mind you I was stuck with this hotel since once you paid Hotwire there is no refund). All the reviews had the hotel as being a crack dump and very unclean. So I was expecting the worst. Even the taxi driver that picked me up at the train station had nothing good to say about the place.

Well I'm pleased to report that when I got there the staff were very friendly and prompt. The reception area was being redone but it was not messy or anything. Check in was handle with out any problems. I had indicated the reviews that I read to the manager and she indicated that the place was previously owned by some one who was not living up to the Day's Inn standard (the previous comments about the place were all true) and they had recently taken over the place (the company she works for) and every thing was being done over.

The room was very clean. Just done over completely. New paint, carpet, sheets,spreads,.... the works. I had a very good stay.

Because of its location it was very easy to use the local bus system to get where ever we wanted to go. And the staff were all helpfull and when out of there way to make our stay a good one.

So I'll say that it was a good deal for the money we paid.

I even think that I would have gotten a better deal if I booked with them directly.