Just as the other reviewers say, this place is great, i have been coming to this area for a few years and stayed at many hotels and the marriott hollybeach is my favorite. great customer service, everyone is pleasant and hepful and this place has everything you need for a relaxing beach vacation

We left Hollywood last night and trust me, we did NOT want to leave! This was our second trip to Hollywood beach as a family of 4 (kids 10 and 7). Last year we stayed at the Westin Diplomat, and we booked there again this year, but changed our minds when we found out it was at full capacity. We are SOOO glad we stayed at the Marriott instead. The Marriott is much smaller, more boutique feel, which in turn, makes the service much better. The rooms are clean and decorated nicely, although with 2 large queen bedframes in our 8th floor room, it was a little tight with 4 of us. We had an awesome Spa pkg the first night that gave us 2 treatments of 50 minutes each ($200 value) plus free buffet breakfast. In retrospect, I should have booked this rate for the entire stay. I booked the Concierge level for the next 2 nights, and in my opinion, was NOT worth it. No frills (although the attendant was VERY nice), nothing at all like Ritz Carlton Club levels. You could get free waters and sodas, small breakfast, small hors d'ouvres in the evening. I didn't see any cocktail service.
The restaurant is right on the broadwalk (that's what they call it there) and has great food, service and drinks at GREAT prices. The hotel pool is small, but heated, with a hot tub. Everyone who works there is super friendly and my kids loved it. They have chair service for food and drinks. The fish tacos are awesome, and only $8, and it was enough for my husband and me to share. Kids meals were huge and for 6.95 included fries, carrot sticks and a drink.
The location is right on the beach, so it was easy to go back and forth all day from the beach to the pool. You have to rent chairs ($8 for a nice chair with cushion for the whole day), but the beach is clean and quiet and the ocean is a gorgeous clear blue. It was too cold for me but my son went in. Lots of shells.
The spa was small but clean and the massages were wonderful.
We are VERY picky travelers, and we WILL go to this hotel again. You will love it!

room 901 is one of two rooms per floor in this ten-floor hotel with a balcony directly over the beach. Great king-sized bed with very comfortable mattress. Wonderful helpful staff. Room is well-appointed with shower-only bathroom and terry robes!.
Hotel is located a bit north of the restaurant part of the beach. The breakfast buffet is great and visited by locals.

We recently stayed at the property for 7 nights over the Christmas holidays with my wife and two children (5 and 2) and really enjoyed the property. We stayed at the Westin Diplomat down the street early and liked that property as well. The Westin was great for sheer size and beauty and service, and the Marriott is a much smaller hotel, but holds up very well, even better in some instances. We were with our children, so we focused most of our time at the hotel, so we didn't do a lot with the local nightlife or restaurants.

Service:

The service was fantastic throughout the entire stay. The check in, check out and any questions were quickly answered by the great staff. We had to switch rooms because ours had a shower only and with the children, we needed a bathtub and they changed so quickly and easily.

Room:

The room has nicely appointed with extremely high beds. It was about the size of a normal Marriott hotel room with the normal layout and amenities. Each room had a balcony that can see the beach and intercoastal waterway, but is extremely small, barely enough for two chairs and small table. We were there for a week and there wasn't a lot of drawer/closet space for four people.

Hotel:

The hotel is relatively small, especially when compared to the Westin but it was a nice change. A trip from the beach/pool to the room was less than 3-5 minutes vs the trek it took at bigger properties. The gift shop had enough munchies and kid stuff when needed. The conceirge lounge was nice and was only open Sun night - Fri morning (I'm platinum, so had free access). The breakfast was normal eggs, bacon, fruit, pastries, bread and drinks and was plentiful and good. The appetizers were chicken fingers, egg rolls, fruit, dessert, cheese and crackers most nights. There was a nice indoor restaurant and a nice outdoor one as well (might be the same one but two seating areas). The food was your normal hotel menu and quality, but I was pleasantly surprised at the prices. For a hotel on the beach, I was expecting it to be a lot more expensive. It's still more expensive than most restaurants but cheap compared to other resorts. The breakfast buffet was great and $13.95. There were burgers for like $9 up to steak and seafood with a good number of kids choices.

Pool and Beach:

The pool was a decent size for the hotel and plenty of towels. There was a few times were it was hard to get chairs together because people went out and staked claim early. The service there was great for towels/drinks/food. There was entertainment most evenings. You couldn't be closer to the beach than here. You can walk out the main entrance or through the restaurant, but you cross teh boardwalk and you're there. It's perfect for familes who take many trips back to the room. You could take towels from the hotel and you could rent lounges or umbrellas on the beach. Beach was great condition and couldn't beat the location.

Location:

As listed earlier, the location is perfect for the beach and is right on the boardwalk. The reviews earlier of the location worried me, but the boardwalk and area were definitely fine and safe. We walked every night with our children and never once felt in danger (and my wife worries about everything and she walked with our youngest alone). The area is interesting because there are some new high rises and nice places there as well as older, smaller places that could used fixed up. There are a few restaurants and bars to the south of the hotel, probably about a 10 minute walk on the boardwalk. There are "divey" burger and pizza joints but good prices for that kind of food. We had a car, so we drove most places where we wanted to go shopping or a restaurant. You could probably cab it easily too.


The hotel isn't the best to look at from the outside, but it was a perfect location and service for our family for our vacation. it didn't have the over the top luxuries but really enjoyed our stay. Would definitely return.