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Reviews of Horizon By The Sea Inn

2 out of 5
Horizon By The Sea Inn
4229 N Ocean Dr, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 330 out of 834 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 305 out of 834 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 119 out of 834 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 834 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 37 out of 834 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Bruce

Did not even check in. There us very limited parking. Did not feel safe about parking our truck in the small spots that backed onto busy North Ocean blvd. Drove around looking for better parking but found none and police were giving out tickets. Went in to motel to ask about options but no one at desk, waited but no one came. We opted to go somwhere else. In all fairness i can not rate the motel as we did not stay there but want to make people aware of parking issue. It is also spring break so possibly very busy area due to that.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vicky

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Easy walk to the beach and restaurants. Property was very clean and the pool was nice. Would definitely recommend and stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the service that we received. They helped make sure we would be taken care of despite a late night/early morning arrival. Really appreciated the beach toys, laid back, fun environment.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Paul

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
First impression is not good. Door to office is very dirty. The attendant could not register us due to flaky internet. Attendant had to telephone her boss to assign us a room. We went to the room and barged in on someone already occupying the room. Once in another room we were generally satisfied except the bath was very dirty and the bath drain does not evacuate water properly. The property is in a great location, close to restaurants and beach. Why is there a « resort charge » for this place. There’s no resort. Just a small pool
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Debra

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room were clean but . Need updates to secure windows .

8/10 Good

Jane

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great with the exception of no ice available, no gas grill, and the floors turned our feet black, even though they looked clean. Lovely front desk person, polite housekeeping person. We would definitely come again!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

ADIL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a splendid place: the rooms are clean and spacious, and the staff is marvelous and wonderfully supportive. It's about a 5 to 10 minute walk to the ocean, and there are quite a few restaurants within walking distance. It's a great place to stay, whether you're travelling for work or leisure.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Larry, Georgetown

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Love Lauderdale by the Sea and all the amenities. Horizon is an older motel and very simple, but clean, with a great little pool, and a block from all sorts of puɓs and restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

don

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
friendly staff an clean
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jake

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Valentina and her staff were pleasant to work with
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old Florida charm
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A little tired and not enough plugs for computer coffee maker etc
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Amber

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kaley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shout out to Valentina for being such a sweetie! Solo travel girl!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara, Island Park

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location. Efficiency had everything you need. Really nice beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gabriele, Tettnang

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So close to the Beach !!!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Michele

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helen and all were awesome!!! The room was clean and was good for what we needed. Just a bit old and odd. Thanks!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Helen. on Jan 4, 2024
Thank you for taking time to review Horizon by the Sea. We sincerely appreciate it and are pleased you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Janna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I’ll go back. This is my third time here. Perfect for me. Love love love it.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Helen. on Jan 4, 2024
Thank you for taking time to review Horizon by the Sea. We sincerely appreciate it and are pleased you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice Inn
Very nice front desk service. Clean and comfortable rooms and located in a terrific location. Super close to the beautiful beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

patrice

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Helen on Nov 22, 2023
We sincerely appreciate you taking time to leave us any feedback or reviews. We truly take them all under advisement to better accommodate future visits here with us at The Horizon.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay, close to the beach
I had a lovely time at Horizon by the sea. 5 minute walk to the beach. 10 minute walk to the restaurants, bars and shops. They have chairs and umbrellas you can borrow for the beach. It is such a quaint place, like old Florida. I loved the vibe of the motel. It is located right on a bus line. We did not rent a car, we used the bus and rode into Ft Lauderdale when we needed too. We also rode the bus to Pompano beach. Both places located within 30 minutes by bus. There is a nice size pool and deck and numerous tables and chairs to sit outside and enjoy the day. I could not have been happier with my choice to stay here. Everything was super clean and the staff was very accommodating. It was nice and quiet at night.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Helen on Nov 15, 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us feedback. I'm very happy you enjoyed your stay here. We hope to see you again! :)

10/10 Excellent

William L

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Helen on Nov 6, 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us feedback. I'm very happy you'll be returning to see us. We look forward to seeing you again! :)

10/10 Excellent

Noel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Business traveler
Liked: Amenities
Property has great location! Upgraded rooms! Very nice!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient to the beach within walking distance, great food nearby, staff was very friendly. Gave 4 stars due the refrigerator smelled and needed to be defrosted and the ice maker was broken. Otherwise great property for stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

christian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The area was perfect and convenient!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff and a very clean room 2 blocks from the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cinthia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's a cute & cozy property close to the beach, dining & bars with DJ's & live entertainment.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tegge

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is located 1 block from the beach and walking distance to restaurants and shopping.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love this property. It’s a great location very convenient. Heather at the front desk is amazing. She helped us with any and everything. Will definitely return soon.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Octavio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Its a beautiful Inn with a great location. The rooms are in great condition, and one can tell they have put a lot of effort in maintaining the rooms. Room was spacious and very clean. Also located just a couple of blocks of restaurants and the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing Stay!
Awesome staff, superb location, we will be back sgsin
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

elena

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Paola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Marcos

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old beds
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot :)
Great place, quiet, clean & centrally located :) Will definitely stay here again! Room was as advertised
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on Apr 26, 2023
Thank you for taking time to review Horizon by the Sea. We sincerely appreciate it and are pleased you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

8/10 Good

mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
ok. there for 2 nights. was a nice place back in its day. 3 great restaurants within walking distance. 1- piano bar with 2 funny piano men. 2- italian place. 3- burger joint, not a chain, all burgers made to order. also laundromat on premises.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on May 3, 2023
Thank you for taking time to review Horizon by the Sea. We sincerely appreciate it and are pleased you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again in the future and truly take all your feedback into account to continuously better the property

8/10 Good

Amy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Fabulous location. Very short walk to the beach ! Lots of restaurants within walking distance . Room was clean. Very basic rooms but the location totally makes up for it . The office is only open 10-6 , so if you need something after those hours it might be an issue .
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on May 3, 2023
Thank you for taking time to review Horizon by the Sea. We sincerely appreciate it . We are recently under new ownership and management so truly take your feedback into account to continuously improve the property. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Mary

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place. Great location. Room clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on Apr 21, 2023
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us your feedback. I’m glad you enjoyed the location and had a nice stay. :)

6/10 Okay

Lisa

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
if you need a clean bed, close to the beach, then this is fine. We stayed 10 days, had a unit w/kitchen. The bottom kit cab was hanging on 1 hinge; the ac was SO loud; hasn't been updated from the 1970's; the internet was more out than on and very weak; the tv was a joke. The staff was great, esp Dina and Helen.
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on Apr 14, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We sincerely appreciate it. We are in the process of getting smart tv for the rooms, and will add looking into new AC units to the list of upgrades to do to the rooms.

4/10 Poor

Jo Ellyn

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Raymond, Buffalo

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect place for our 5 night stay. Clean, well kept older motel with a nice pool to help beat the heat. Having kitchen facilities was ideal since we enjoy cooking for ourselves when traveling. The only downside was the street noise since the motel is sandwiched between busy Highway 1 and a side street. Nice economical place to stay in Lauderdale by the Sea.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Helen Dardzinski on Apr 10, 2023
Thank you so much for taking time to leave us feedback. We appreciate it ans are happy you had a good 5 day stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023