Attended an annual convention, great meeting place, fantastic food, and rooms were comfortable. It's a great place, once you get checked in. We spent 4-5 hours waiting for our adjoining rooms to be readied, plus some of the desk staff weren't very customer friendly. Overall I have to say they handle large groups with grace and style. Amazingly good food considering the number of people being served, very high quality and served timely, hot, and delicious. Grounds, walkways, pools all in great shape. We will go back, the convention's here next year too!

I felt like i had to say something reading a couple of negative recent reviews about the Marriott Harbor Beach. I don't know why people say 'it's not a five star' as though it is being marketed as such. Harbor Beach Marriott is a 4 star hotel, and always has been. I have enjoyed 3 wonderful stays there. I am a hard-to-please perfectionist, and i LOVE the ambience and beauty of this resort. Most of the staff are wonderful. I think 5 star resorts are sometimes spoiled by too much standing-on-ceremony and pomp. This resort is a gem, and in my opionion exceeds its 4 star rating. I have stayed in the Deluxe Ocean Front rooms on all 3 occasions, and i can tell you they are very clean and comfortable. Go ahead and book it. It isn't cheap, but it's worth every cent. It is a hike from the shops, but it has a great location on the beach which makes up for it.

And PLEASE book a table at Riva for the out of this world Sunday Brunch. It's the best i've ever had.

JUst returned from 5 night stay at Harbor Beach Marriott with my wife and two kids. We have visited Florida the last three years during the last week of December. We carefully choose the hotel; positive comments posted here led to the decision to stay at Harbor Beach.

Bottomline, we were disappointed. Hotel was packed. Pool was crowded. Oceanfront room was small for family of four. Check-in was slow. Not a 5 star resort. However, prices were close to 5 star resort. Experience was just o.k. Our expectations were too high. Final note-staff was very friendly.

I stayed at this hotel in June and found it to be ok but not 5 star. Having booked a deluxe ocean view room i was disappointed to find that the room looked extremely tired. Although it was a very large room the carpet was thread bare and it seemed as though it had been left out of the hotels renovation.

I must comment that the pool area is extremely nice and so is the beach.

Another problem i found with this hotel was the location, it was very far from anything. Atleast 15/20 mins walk from nearest shops when the receptionist insisted it was no longer than 5 mins and that i must walk very slowly!! If you do decide to stay here i recommend that you do so with a car otherwise it's expensive to get around.

Not sure that i would return to Fort Lauderdale again but definitely won't return to Marriott Harbor Beach