REVIEW FROM A LOCAL - Just stayed at this resort yesterday. Had tickets to see a concert and got the room comp'd by a friend. The hotel is terrific - yes, it is not on the beach, but note that legal gambling in S. FL is only located on reservations. We didn't gamble - decided to make a night out of it with dinner/concert/room as this complex is 20 min. from home. How many places can you park for free, see major concerts (we saw Chris Rock), have your choice of a ton of restaurants & bars, gamble if you want, and then go up to your room all by walking? The surrounding neighborhood is what it is - a RESERVATION off a main road. The beach is just 30 min. directly east if you want to go. This hotel DOES have a REALLY nice, heated pool though.

The lobby has a ton of rock & roll memorabilia (hence, Hard Rock), and yes, there is the stench of smoke (not that bad though as they have a state-of-the art air vent system) and the usual gaggle of older persons. IT'S A CASINO first and foremost and I don't recommend it for families. The promenade is excellent as there is nothing like it in the area - beach included. As for the room....it was really nice. And I've been to nearly all the nearby, nicer hotels on the beach - please see my other reviews. The room was spacious as was the giant bathroom. Double vanity, soaking tub AND a giant shower. Do you need more? The mood-lighting and sound-system was terrific. HINT: Bring your own CDs if you like. Had 4 chairs and a table that wasn't used. Guess some people come up there to continue a poker game? The closet is free-standing and very spacious plus it lights up when opened. The view was of the roof of the casino, but honestly, there's not a lot to see of the area, anyhow. I do have one complaint, though. If anyone from management reads this: please oh please fix the service door near our room. That door must have opened and slammed shut every 3-5 min. ALL NIGHT LONG. I had dreams of what I was going to do to the person making all the noise once I woke up. We went to bed at 1am, and I kid you not, the opening and subsequent slamming NEVER CEASED. Like I said, the room was comp'd, so I really don't know who to complain to. MANAGEMENT - Please put an air-compressed thingy on the top of the door so that it doesn't rattle the crap out of all the adjoining rooms and advise your staff that it is not necessary to yell to one another every single time they leave the area and enter the hallway. Some people DO like to sleep! Other than that, we had a great time and hope to do it again soon.

Hotel is fantastic. Could be rated a 5 star. Good location, great room, great service, excellent variety in entertainment and restaurants. 10 minutes drive to the Fort Lauderdale Airport and 15 minutes to the Beach.

Casino only had slots and expensive buy in Poker. Slots are extremely tight with very few showing any payouts in the 5 days we were there and most are dated. If you are looking for Slots in the area the slots at the Isle Casino at Pompano Park and at the Gulfstream Park in Hollywood had much looser and enjoyable machines to play. Competition will or should force the Hard Rock to become more competitive in the months or years to come. I was told the Hard Rock will be getting other table games soon. I would go back to the Hard Rock again IF they do something about their slots.

spent 3 nights here back in DEC 07, had a great time, HOTEL rooms where nice,great pool, i agree with some of the other reviews aboout the hotel being a bit smokey from all the smoking in the casino they do have a seperate non smoking casino as well, BUT DO NOT LET THIS RUIN YOUR STAY, THE PLACE IS HUGE!!!, at least 5-10 different places to eat right in the hotel, great bars there, Murphys law had a great live band every night. good food at all food establishments we ate at.
would go back in a heart beat

My boyfriend and I went here to celebrate our year anniversary. Upon check-in, we were notified that we had been upgraded to the Fillmore Suite (probably because on the reservation I added a note that it was our anniversary) which we thought was pretty cool. Well, we get up to the room and its a HUGE one bedroom/2 bath apartment! We had originally only booked the cheapest, standard room (about $300) and here we were in the $1250/night suite!! The pool is gorgeous, the hotel is very unique and clean... a little smoky but not too bad.. and the area around is just perfect. There is just about everything you can think of to do. We ate at the BluePointe ocean restaurant, and sat outside by the fountains that lit up and corresponded to music - very romantic. Definitely the best anniversary we could have asked for!!