Blue Strawberry by the Sea

This part of Fort Lauderdale is a bit outside of Las Olas, but the location was still surprisingly convenient. There are several bars and restaurants nearby, plus a Walgreens, which turned out to be more useful than expected. Parking was also very easy thanks to the available parking spots. The accommodation itself has a certain 2 Star motel-style charm, which you may or may not appreciate. It is, however, clearly a bit past its prime. In terms of amenities, the room had everything we needed, so from a functional standpoint it was fine. Cleanliness, unfortunately, was where things fell short. In the completely white bathroom and in the bed, we found long black hairs in several places. Finding one or two can happen, but this occurred often enough to be noticeable. It’s also worth mention

Positive: Location & option as to when to have housekeeping come in. Negative: The water in the shower never got completely hot, warm but not hot.

Super close to the beach and the prices were great! The rooms are spacious and they left us plenty of towels & toiletries for our stay. Also, the customer service provided by Alba was top notch!! She was incredibly friendly and kind. A wonderful experience here at Blue Strawberry and if I ever come back to FLL, I am for sure staying here again. Thank you, go Blue Jays!

Very pleased by our first visit to Blue Strawberry. Our king efficiency was extra clean, spacious, stocked with kitchen supplies and with a big, comfortable bed. The appliances were all new. Street noise is loud, but with AC on, not so noticeable. Not sure of the complaints of other reviewers. The pool was quite nice; we saw it serviced twice in a week by a pool company. ||We haven’t been to anywhere that has decent beach chairs. We assume that we need to buy our own. Then we leave them for someone else. ||The staff that we observed was very hardworking. ||We’ve been other more costly places, closer to the beach but in much worse condition.||So, there can be a trade off. For us, Blue Strawberry was a bit further from the beach and on a noisy main road. But, we paid a lot less for a modern

Never actually stayed and I am glad. Before you book, know this. It SAYS on the website that they just need your credit card to hold your room. Zero mention of a one night deposit. Next thing I know there was a $193 charge to my bank account the next day. Which also far exceeds the amount of one of the nights when I booked for. I had to call for days to actually get someone to answer the phone. It would just ring and ring and ring. No answering machine or anything. Once I finally got a hold of someone, she did cancel the room and I was issued a refund but nowhere in their policies does it say you'll be charged so when you're not ready for that it's frustrating. Also on top of it their method of payment made me incur a separate $18 foreign transaction fee on my bank account which isn't stat