Upon my arrival at The Worthington, I found the location to be almost perfect. A short walk to the beach and a quiet neighborhood. Once I exited the Cab the first impression was quickly overshadowed by the experience of the Worthington Guest House.

I arrived at 7:00 PM on Saturday evening. The office was already closed, so there was no one to welcome me, nor show me to my room. Rather, they sent me a mailbox number and code for lockbox to get my room key.

After getting my key, I wandered into the courtyard to find a really nice pool area – lots of plants and nice lighting… I walked around the place to see if I could find my room – it took a bit, but I did finally find it. The room was ok, the beds were kind of comfy and the bathroom was nice. The room and bath had plenty of storage for 1 person, (I was in a double room).

After the trip down and a couple of hours at the pool, I really needed to get a good night’s sleep – so I went to bed. After only about an hour into the night, my AC unit began making a horrible banging noise and wasn’t cooling the room at all – thus my night’s rest wasn’t a very restful one. I think I got about 3 hours of sleep. The next day I reported the AC problem to the front desk. The response of the front desk was, “let me get my magic wand and I’ll be right over”. Say WHAT? He acting surprised to find the AC not working, but he did not resolve the problem and didn’t offer to move me to another room. So I spent 4 nights in South Florida without AC. Later I found this AC problem was reported by another guest 2 weeks earlier (I met the guest while there). You’d think 2 weeks would be enough time to repair and/or replace an AC unit.

They serve “breakfast” until 10:30. One morning around 10:45 I went to the office to get coffee. They had 3 full pots of coffee still on the burners – so I poured myself a cup. I asked the guy at the front desk if they had any cream. His reply, “breakfast was over at 10:30”. Mind you, I didn’t ask for breakfast – but cream for coffee that was already made. Not so nice, I didn’t think.

Also, anytime I ask for information on things to do around Ft Lauderdale (about 4 times) I would always get the same response – “let me check on that”. But no information was ever given to me.

Needless to say, I will not be staying at this guest house again. With the little offerings of this place, and with the scores of competition that is within a 1/2 mile, you would think they could at least offer good customer service – or at least customer service.

We just returned from 5 nights at the Worthington. We were originally booked for 3, but decided to stay few extra days and were delighted that we could extend our stay here in the same room. The office staff is very helpful and accommodating, especially David. We arrived after the office closed on the first night and care was taken to set up a lock box so that we could get in once we arrived.

Our room was very comfortable and well appointed. Housekeeping did an excellent job, except one day, dirty towels were removed from the room and not replaced. We didn’t realize this until well after all the staff was gone for the day. I called the next morning and received an immediate and sincere apology as well as fresh towels right away.

The landscaping and gardens at the Worthington are immaculate. It looks as if some of the palms may have been damaged by the storms last fall, but they are now filling in, everything else is lush. The pool and hot tub are spotless and kept at prefect temperatures. Music during the daytime is well selected and at an appropriate volume.

This was our first trip to Ft Lauderdale and first stay at a guest house. The crowd at the Worthington was, on average, a bit older than myself and my partner (26 and 24) but we did not feel at all unwelcome or out of place, and we were not the ones there under 30. I would certainly stay here again and definitely recommend the Worthington as a quality guest house and well worth their reasonable rates.

I stayed here during the middle of September 2005. I really liked this place, though I must say, I met a very sexy and lovely guy on the beach and spent my whole time in FL with him so I will always have very fond memories of everything there...My room was quite large, everything felt new, clean and well-looked after. It's obvious that the owners take a lot of pride in their establishment and re-invest in the property. I found the front desk staff to be friendly and helpful. In terms of location, it's about a 10/15 minute walk from the gay beach and about a $20 taxi ride from Wilton Manors. I spent hardly any time around the pool, though I did go in there once. It was clean and not overly chlorinated. There seemed to be a friendly and respectful crowd staying when I was there. A couple of things have stuck in my mind - 1. the breakfasts could have been a little more imaginative, more fruit, better presented 2. the towels were a little frayed. I would definitely stay here again.

On two consecutive evenings on coming back to the hotel in the evening around 10:30 PM, we found unwelcome lewd acts going on in public areas. This was not the sort of hotel we expected (or was advertised) and we left first thing after it happened the second time. Once we could forgive as the misguided activities of selfish guests, but when it occurred again one night later with different people in a different place, it was time to say goodbye. This whole experience put a creepy damper on our trip. It’s just a bit sleazy for my taste.