Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach - DoubleTree by Hilton

Absolutely true comments by other reviewers.

There is NOWHERE to hang out for such an expensive beach hotel. The pool is awkwardly situated at the back of the hotel as well with no beach view. Additionally, the pool shuts at sunset, and has no hot tub. The walkway to the beach is unlit and the locks are half broken allowing anyone to walk back in even without a card.

There is almost no sitting area in the lobby. In fact the abandoned (seemed to be an outdoor restaurant) front portion of the hotel is where the restaurant SHOULD be, instead of shoved underneath the steps. The restaurant also has an extremely limited selection. I would like to say the staff at the restaurant were kind and attentive.

This feels like a low class motel, Hilton should be embarrassed to have their name on this property. Dilapidated and moist rooms greet you with a wave of mildew smell, scraped furniture and bedding, walls with peeling paint and window AC (no central air throughout the property), toilets that don’t flush, a closet sized shower/combined bathroom from 30 years ago, and to top it off water pressure that fluctuates constantly so you get burned/frozen with each shower. To top it off, housekeeping has to be explicitly told multiple times to refill shampoo pumps, replace toilet paper, or even place a new soap bar.

Seriously this hotel feels like it should be 60-80 a night. Will never stay again.

My friend and I went to the Bahia Mar for the location and reviews.

Our flight arrived early, so I figured our room wouldn't be ready yet, but the hotel held our luggage and said they would text us when a room became available. This was 10:30 am. They informed us that 'guaranteed' check-in was 4 pm, but that they would keep us posted.

At noon we checked back in to see if a room had become available. We were told the same thing by the same woman. We then asked to see the pool. She gave us a key card that got us into the pool (or at least, I assume, but since they leave the pool gate open we never actually checked) but when we tried to get back the way we came, the key card wouldn't let us back in the hotel. We ended up getting stuck in a hallway for about 15 minutes.

We go and kill some more time. Finally at 4:06 pm we got our text that our room was ready. Really? That was the FIRST room available?! That was pretty disappointing since we wanted to lay on the beach but that would have required fully unpacking our suitcases in the hotel lobby. So instead we walked around in jeans in the 80 degree weather.

That evening we wanted to order some food to our room. When we couldn't locate a menu we called down to the front desk. After 25 rings someone picked up. We asked if there was room service and if so if they could provide a menu. We were told there was, for a $10 charge, but we would have to go down to the front desk to look at their menu. They couldn't bring one up.

The next day we called down to the front desk. We had to call about 8 times before someone answered because it kept hanging up on us. Finally, someone answered and we requested an extra towel. We're still waiting for it to be delivered and we've been home for a few days now.

Overall not what I would expect from a Hilton. Very disappointing. You think when you spend almost $350 a night they would acknowledge your existence. It didn't appear to be any busier than any other weekend. I will not be staying there again and I would suggest you don't either.