Tranquilo

We visited the Tranquilo in late April. Check in was terrible!!! We had a large group and arrived early. We agreed to pay $ 30 extra to check in to one of our 4 rooms about 4 hours early. When it was check in time for our other 3 rooms, 2 were not even close to being ready. We had a long week traveling and wanted to get into our own rooms to shower and lay our infant down for a nap. The front desk guys stated check in time is not guaranteed! We waited 2 more hours to get into our rooms! Absolutely ridiculous! My kids were sick with colds and the front desk didn’t even offer to refund the early check in for our incredible inconvenience! Very dissatisfied with their customer service!!!

Got an amazing deal on a one bedroom apartment with a queen bed in the bedroom and a king bed in the living room. Not sure why they weren’t the other way around, but it worked for our needs. The place was HUGE and we slept 4 people comfortably in the entire place. Walking distance from the beach, which we unfortunately didn’t have time to fully enjoy.
We had to pay $ 10 for parking, and strangely, $ 20 for a second car.
Wish we had more time to enjoy the room as we had a full kitchen we barely touched.
Ricardo at the front desk was very helpful.

This place is pretty nice. We had the king deluxe and it is like a studio apartment. The design is functional and décor is tastefully done. The place is a short walk to the beach. There is a 3 dollar service you can call up to take you around in a golf cart like vehicle. The pool is in the courtyard area and has a communal grill. We were able to grill out and eat on the table provided outside our room. Each room has an individual entrance. I did not have any problem with the wifi. Much preferred this to a typical hotel and it is very reasonably priced.

Stayed in a studio queen room and I really enjoyed my stay here! Location is great. It’s 5 minute walk to the beach and the big street to catch a trolley or bus. The room was small but it was very clean and comfortable. The room had a fridge, TV, desk, and iron. And the staff were so nice and helpful! Offering suggestions as to where to go and how to get there. I would definitely come back here again if I were to visit. :)

I did like this place, has 5 star potential. They have great pools, and offer grills. The location is great, and it is very modern.
I disliked the $ 200 hold for cleanup, which is NOT stated over the phone upon booking. The one pool was closed for 3 days due to a kid taking a leak I mean do we really need to shock the pool for 3 days because of kid piss? The beds and pillows very uncomfortable and sketchy wifi.

Overall, a satisfactory experience, but not great.
Pros:
— Location was good for us, just 5 minute walk to the beach.
— Rooms with kitchens available (we stayed in one of these).
— The room was clean upon check in, and was serviced well during our stay.
— Relatively good deal for the area/​season.
Cons:
— The WiFi was simply awful, as it repeatedly disconnected.
— There was no sofa or chair (other than at the small dining table), so you had to sit on the bed to watch television, which might not be a big deal in a standard hotel, but considering this was a «deluxe studio», seemed insufficient.
— Uncomfortable bed
— Unlike other reviewers, parking was an additional charge for us ($ 10 per day), which wasn’t clearly stated when we booked.
— The television, though a flatscreen, wasn’t in HD.
— No phone in the room.
— The kitchen didn’t have a skillet, which seems like a kitchen essential that should be stocked.

Tranquilo is a great boutique hotel located just steps away from Fort Lauderdale Beach. We ended up staying here for one night since we were at a late-​night party at the Westin closeby.
The rooms here are HUGE! It was more like an studio apartment rather than a hotel room. We had 2 queen beds, kitchen, & living room in our room and it was still very spacious. The interiors are clean and modern. The front desk girl said the owner is Swedish and uses Ikea to so decorate often. The architecture is MIMO period but the property is well kept.
There are also several pools on the property. It was a little cold for us Floridians to go in, but there were plenty of tourists taking advantage. The customer service was also great as the Front Desk girl spoke several languages which came in handy considering we saw tourists from Brazil and Europe staying here.
You also cannot beat the location as this place is walking distance from the beach and several bars/​restaurants. They also have free wi-​fi and free parking.
Overall this is a great place for stay-​cation or vacation. The price beats many hotels in the area but you are pretty much getting your own studio apartment instead of a standard hotel room.

I found Tranquilo on a travel site and decided to book for a few nights as the price was great. The staff were wonderful and gave us not only a tour of the property but also some history of the motel. I felt like I was on the set of Dexter, the vibe was great and I actually loved the intimacy of the place. I think we got lucky with our room, it was tucked into a corner upstairs with views of Florida’s impressive, jungle-​like greenery. Our room was perfect, we booked a suite which was really spacious. Loved the modern white décor, my only concern would be that that kind of Ikea furniture doesn’t usually stay nice for very long… Obviously I am looking into the future but it should be cheap enough to replace regularly. Bed was awesome, air conditioning ice cold and there was plenty of storage/​closet space. Kitchen was well equipped but we only used it for breakfast and the odd drink. Room service was ok but I was disappointed by the fact that if you left a cup or cereal bowl in the sink they wouldn’t even clean it. I’m extremely tidy and make the beds etc in the morning but I felt they didn’t really do much in the way of ‘room service’. Overall a great find in a cool little neighborhood, I would definitely stay again!

We had an excellent stay here while visiting family during Christmas. The rooms are massive and open floor planned and modernly decorated. There are two pools for your use which is extremely convenient and the beach is just blocks away. You are close to all the great restaurants along the beach. Our customer service was handled professionally and friendly. We will for sure stay here again next visit to Ft. Lauderdale.

This hotel is part of the ‘North Beach Village Resort’ hotel collection.
We had reservations at their sister hotel, Beach Gardens, but they were overbooked for the room we reserved so we were moved to this hotel which was around the corner.
The hotel is located on two corners of the street. One side has 2 pools and the other side has 1 pool. The hotel has been remodeled to a cool mid century modern style.
Our room was large with a kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom.
Everything appeared very clean except for a long black hair on the sheets and a long black hair on one of the bath towels (downgrade one star! yuck).
The location was great with the beach only 2 blocks away, as well as many restaurants, bars and shops nearby.
The WiFi was horrible. VERY slow and frustrating!
Free parking.
I would recommend checking out the North Beach Village Resort hotels.
There are many to choose from. Some more family friendly than others.

Large, modern rooms. Hotel is just like Dexter’s house. Close to the beach.
Make sure that they don’t put you in an «adjoining» room or you will be woken up even when they open their ironing board. Yes, the walls are that thin. But if you get a nice room you can even keep your curtains open which might overlook beautiful Soflo foliage.
Huge kitchen, fairly clean but re-​wash all of your dishes as that is the area that lacks. They seem to only «spot» clean every two days, and I never saw them with a mop or vacuum. This was annoying although it was very clean upon our arrival.
Also, if you are Canadian they have no phones in the rooms so make sure you can use yours here. Wireless useless on iPhone but ok on iPad and hey, at least it’s included which is not the case with any major hotel here.
Pool is small but good enough and fairly private, especially if you are lucky to be sitting out before any smokers arrive.
Front end staff and hotel maids are friendly and accommodating enough, too. When I requested extra bedding they wouldn’t even accept a tip. How is that for service?
Sure, it’s a few blocks from the beach, but it’s obviously a best kept secret for hotels (ftr, really?) and I would def. stay here again!