Stayed here for a business trip that took us to Ft. Lauderdale.

I don't particularly care for Ft. Lauderdale (It's too busy and congested for my preferences) but this hotel made the stay pleasant.

Our suite was clean and nicely decorated. The pool area was well landscaped and the pool was warm and clean. There was a decent fitness room.

The best part was the great breakfast in the morning! Made to order omelets, and lots of other choices to choose from. The manager's reception could have had some better munchies, but the drinks were a decent size, so that was a plus.

Overall, I'd rate this hotel well. I wouldn't hesitate to return.

The Hotel it self I have no problems with, we had great service and value for the money. I just want everyone to know, what is happening with transportation at the Hotel and yes this is sanctioned by the Hotel.

The Hotel is using UNLICENSED Limousines. I asked for a Taxi to go to a local Restaurant for an event. I was loaded into a Black Limousine which was neither licensed or metered. He quoted a price that seemed reasonable at the time. The Driver spoke almost no English and did not know where to find the restaurant. I had to guide him there. I took a Licensed Metered cab back to the Hotel the cost was substantially less even though he was catch at 3 stop lights on the way back. I complained to the Concierge the next morning. She said she would give me complimentary Shuttle service to my cruise ship the next day. I watched her write it in the log. The next day she loaded us into another unlicensed limousine and sent us to the Cruise ship terminal less that 1 mile form the Hotel. When we Arrived the driver said I owed him $24.00. I told him to take it up with the Concierge as she had comped the service. He continued to argue until I told him to call the Police, he immediately got in this SUV and drove away. Not only are these guys operating illegally but YOUR Hotel is supporting this by calling up this Limousine serve before a legal Taxi. You have to insist on a Taxi before they will call one up. The parking spots reserved at the Hotel for the Taxi's are taken up by these illegal limousines. I was told by friends staying at the hotel that they had been scammed in a similar manner on there way to the Airport. They were quoted a price to the Airport when they got there the driver wanted double, saying he quoted per person. The rate they were quoted was almost twice the licensed cab ride rate, then he doubled it.
I have posted this to the Hotel customer service website.

As far as Embassy Suites goes this is one of the nicer ones with good staff, great location, and thoughtful management.

No, this is not a 5-star hotel, it's an Embassy Suites and it's fine for that.

What makes this place better than many is that they are constantly putting money into the place. All the rooms have mostly been redone. There are some things left untouched...the atrium area is typical and a little dated, the wallpaper in the bathroom looks like they left it, but everything else is redone. All new furniture, new tv's, the gym has been remodeled, a new business center is forthcoming. The bathrooms out by the pool have been redone. They are redoing what looks to be an outdoor bar or restaurant.

The pool is a little on the small side, if it's crowded chairs may be hard to come by, but there is an abundence of clean towels, and the water is warm and clean. The hot tub kinda sucks, but whatever. There's nothing wrong with this place at all.

I like the embassy suites like many families because you can fit comfortably with a family of 4 or so. Adults in the bedroom, 2 kids out in the second room. One on the pullout couch and one on the cot. We fit fine with the 2 of us and a 9 and 13 year old.

We missed the free breakfast each day. but heard it was pretty good. There are plenty of restaurants within walking distance or short drive. The hotel is close to the beach and a short drive (like 2 miles) to downtown Fort Lauderdale.

That's it. Anything negative you hear is mostly nitpicking or people thinking they get more than what they paid for. One word of advice, NEVER book the upgraded suite. We stayed in in for one night at $475 a pop. It's 3 rooms, a side to side bedroom with living room, as opposed to back and front like your typical Embassy Suites layout, with the rooms being a little larger, and then for some dumb reason an ajoining conference room. My little guy got a kick out of playing in it and running around, but obviously not worth extra money for that. I had been afraid that the 4 of us wouldn't be able to fit in a regular embassy suites room, from memory, but when we switched to the room next door, at a discounted rate of $169 it was way more than adequate and saved me a ton.

We stayed at this hotel pre-cruise with our family of 5 (3 teenagers). All I can say is WOW!!!!

Everyone wants to come back to this hotel when we cruise again. We had a waterview room on the 11th floor and it was great. There was plenty of room for our whole family.

All of the furnishings and bedding are brand new and it is very nicely done. The rooms in the hotel have a door and window that look out over the atrium. And that atrium is unbelievable! It is almost like being in a secret garden.

The personnel were all very nice, the pool with the waterfall is fabulous and perfect for an evening swim. The manager's reception is very busy but a great time. The buffet breakfast is very large and you can get made to order omlettes.

We would stay at this hotel again anytime and I fear my whole family is spoiled and will find it hard to stay in a normal hotel again!