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Ocean Sky Hotel & Resort
4060 Galt Ocean Dr
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
(954) 565-5511
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
(954) 565-5511
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3 reviews for Ocean Sky Hotel & Resort
Beggars can't be choosers, and when I had to make a last-minute trip to Fort Lauderdale I took a hotel because it was available.
Oh, and I hadn't considered that it was also the beginning of the Spring Break season. Which, by the way, am I just getting older, or is every college girl about 20 pounds heavier than when I was that age? Or is it just now there is some rite of passage that says she should expose her thighs & belly, no matter what they look like or regardless of the circumstance?
But I digress. Sometimes luck shines down upon the defenseless. Ocean Sky wasn't the greatest hotel, not by a long shot. But it was clean, it was on the beach (always a bonus) and the hotel restaurant at least provided decent food, even if the wait staff was inexplicably tardy when it came time to pay the bill. The wireless worked without a hitch and wasn't painfully slow. Throw in a pool and the requisite hotel tiki bar and you at least have something palatable.
They do make you valet park your car (no self-parking), which always sticks in my craw a bit because I want to be able to get in my car and go whenever I please. SIDEBAR: Who came up with valet parking, anyway? Why in the world would you feel superior because someone is parking and retrieving your car? If you've really got money and want to show it while you blow it, hire a chauffeur. Anything less than that and you're just a poser. No wonder I can't stand L.A. and many of its denizens. Valet parking is yet one more silly ritual so Angelinos can show how rich and sophisticated they are to each other.
Ok...end of sidebar. The best memory I'll have of this place is the drunk boy who showed up as I was checking out (at 6am), and he was looking for a room. He had obviously come to Lauderdale without lodging, and was going to every hotel on the beach looking for a place to stay. The crestfallen look on his face when the desk clerk told him there were no rooms (as he heard at the first 25 hotels he stopped at) was priceless.
Clean, reasonably priced and directly on the beach. Rooms were outdated and the hallways were worn out. Bed was comfortable. Hotel staff not so friendly but not rude either. Happy hour at the tiki bar was fun. Location was great, very walkable to local grocery store, restaurants, salons, liquor stores and the Lauderdale by the Sea area, which has great restaurants. Would I stay here again? Maybe.
The majority of the front desk staff were pretty nice, paint is peeling of the walls in the hallway and the carpet in the hallways were really dirty and smelled rotten. The room was ok for the price around $60 a night but at least it was CLEAN. the air worked perfect and you have a balcony that if you look to the east you have a partial view of the ocean. but you have to make sure to LOCK YOUR BALCONY DOOR! there is no privacy on the balcony you can walk right into the room next door. the bed linens were clean and the t.v clear. But heads up the cleaning crew comes through at 930 am so you have to remember to put up the do not disturb sign. The food in the resturant was a lot better then you would have thought and access to the beach was great. you pay $5 a day for valet even if you don't have a car but you can park the car yourself and keep your keys as long as they put a tag in your car, but be careful mostly compact spaces
