Ocean Manor Beach Resort



About
See why so many travellers make Ocean Manor Beach Resort Hotel their hotel of choice when visiting Fort Lauderdale. Providing an ideal mix of value, comfort and convenience, it offers a romantic setting with an array of amenities designed for travellers like you.
Close to some of Fort Lauderdale's most popular landmarks, such as Coral Ridge Country Club (1.1 km) and First Congregational Church of Christ in Fort Lauderdale, UUC (2.2 km), Ocean Manor is a great destination for tourists.
Rooms at Ocean Manor Resort offer a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a kitchenette providing exceptional comfort and convenience, and guests can go online with free wifi.
A concierge and room service are some of the conveniences offered at this hotel. A pool and a restaurant will also help to make your stay even more special.
If you like Indian restaurants, Ocean Manor Beach Resort Hotel is conveniently located near Batavia.
Should time allow, History Fort Lauderdale and Old Dillard Art and Cultural Museum are some popular historic sites that are relatively easy to get to.
At Ocean Manor Beach Resort Hotel, your comfort and satisfaction come first, and they look forward to welcoming you to Fort Lauderdale.
Location
Reviews
- 1,778
- 378
- 235
- 221
- 510
- Filter
- English
The reason I gave 3 stars is due to a few room things and what I believe was sort of deceiving. First, the amenities say "Airport Shuttle". You can get a private driver, but it was $50 to get transportation to the airport. When I see "included amenities", it gives the notion that it is included in the room price.
The room itself was clean, but definitely lacking, if not run down. It appeared to be missing furniture. There was a large space for maybe what would be a table and chairs, but just a mini fridge on the floor. No trash can in the room either. We had to eat on the beds while we set up the ironing board for the kids to eat off of. The Bistro advertised room service, but they said they don't do that. The in room menu also needed updating, as our total was $20 more than expected bc the menu was out of date.
The fixtures in the bathroom were rusted as there was no fan, and it appeared that part of the shower door was missing, so it was replaced with a crooked and rusty tension rod.
If we had paid under $300 for the room, I would overlook these things for location and the fabulous staff, but not worth the $410 a night, plus $50 Shuttle. There's a good possibility we just had bad luck with the room, but simply sharing our experience.



When I addressed these concerns with the manager, he was rude and dismissive. During this conversation I was informed that all units are actually individually owned condos - a fact that is NOT disclosed on the resort website. This means that no rooms are alike (I question if the rooms in the pictures even exist) and are in whatever state the owner leaves them. Why is this not initially disclosed??? When I questioned the price, I was told “that is the going rate” & they have an “80% guest return rate” so he was unsure why I had so many concerns. Other groups in our party have the same concerns and have also complained with the same result - nothing! All the manager said was he could send housekeeping to “check the sheets”. Nothing to address the bigger issues at hand.
I would NOT recommend this place to anyone. False advertisement paired with rude management is not a good combination.



We booked an efficiency room with Kitchenette. The website shows beautiful photos of clean, modern rooms and kitchenettes. The description shows microwave, coffee maker along with stove and kitchen utensils.
Kitchenette area was old & decrepit. The stove top electric burner was not plugged into the stove. The burners were filled with baked on rust and not usable. old Teflon frying pan scratched and filthy, so the Teflon coating was gone. Old moldy kitchen sponge left at sink by housekeeping. NO microwave, NO coffee machine.
NO telephone in the room to call the front desk (when we told the person at the front desk, he laughed and said we must be in the one of un-renovated rooms). Hotel was sold out, so couldn’t move to another room.
NO electric outlets at the bed area so lamps at nightstand were not plugged in. Outlets were on the other side of the room. There was one old floor lamp with a 30 watt bulb on the other side of the room, so not much light in this room.
King bed pushed against windows with large headboard so the windows couldn’t open and had to step on the bed to open the shades.
The bathroom had rust and mold.
There was no towel bar on the towel rack (just side brackets) so could not hang a towel.
There was no bar in the toilet paper holder (just brackets) so could not hold the roll of toilet paper.
It is amazing that Ocean Manor Beach Resort is actually giving this room to their guests. They should be ashamed of themselves.
There’s a very good Italian restaurant onsite, attend happy hour if you can. The Tiki Bar on the beach front is fun and you can get a bite to eat there too.
The place is non-smoking but all night long, we experienced the smell of smoke in our room.
The elevators were quick. The staff were friendly and helpful.



Our room reeked of smoke so badly as well as the whole hallway. Went to front desk to change rooms. Next room our throat burned from all the bleach they used to disinfect something in that room. Showed us another room. Moved all of our things and went for dinner. Came back to see there is a Home Depot quality bedroom door with a cheap slide lock. We could see 2 inches under the door and 3" up in door frame. Next we heard Johnny being called for dinner and kitchen chairs rustling around directly on other side of door. We then realized the owners were next door and they rent out their bedroom!!! We didn't wait long enough to hear them snore all night. No privacy at all! We packed up our bags and ran. Lost our money for the 1 night stay but they did reimburse us for the 2nd night ONLY because we booked directly with them not with an outside agency.
Lessons to be learned here, do not trust all the reviews. We were so disappointed as we had not travelled in a few years.
"AVOID at all cost! Trust me. Please see my review and pictures. Honestly just pay the extra $10-20 a night somewhere nice! And good staff"Read full review
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
Claim Your Listing