I stayed here for work for a conference. This is a full-service hotel and resort with many amenities and services. It is in a great location. The beach is right across the street. There are several restaurants with in walking distance. The pool area was nice and had a pool bar / restaurant. The rooms and the decor are very modern. There is a Shula's restaurant in the hotel which was pricey but fine for an appetizer and a drink.

There is a CVS within walking distance which was convenient if you wanted to pick up sodas, water, snacks etc.

I can't speak to pricing since it was direct billed to my company and the hotel offered a special rate for the weekend after the conference. But I would stay here again.

After some very average performances at other name hotels in lauderdale, this was by far the best. Everything from the time I checked in till check-out was first class , especially the beds and linen, superb. Friendly, helpful staff, only problem was slow breakfast service in shula's, but prepared to overlook, maybe they had staff off. Recommend.

This property was just OK. We found most things to be either mediocre to frustrating.

They require valet parking, which is $25 a day. That added up to another $100 on the bill for us because we were on vacation for 4 nights.

The service was unremarkable. The staff did what they had to and not much more. I would describe few if any as friendly. One request for additional supplies was lost in translation and required four visits from housekeeping to straighten out.

The food was passable but very expensive. A lunch for two at the pool with one cheap drink each was $54. That also added up after a couple meals.

The rooms are very small, especially for what we were paying. I liked the partial ocean view (It was a pretty darn good view of the ocean), but there are no balconies anywhere in either tower which is frustrating. Also, there is VERY little privacy in the bathrooms. They have sliding pocket doors with wooden slats and an cutout to the bedroom with a shutter to close (also wooden slats). Even a married couple needs a bit of privacy every once in a while!
The rooms are also VERY humid, so towels and bathing suits rarely dried in less than 36+ hours.

They only allot a certain number of towels and beach chairs per room each day, and they act like they're doing a favor by giving you that much. If you want an umbrella spot on the beach it'll cost you $20, even if no one else is sitting there.

Overall, it really feels like they're nickel-and-diming you for something that already costs an arm and a leg. It was fine but overall didn't feel worth the cost.

I stayed at the Westin December 2011 the room was great the bathrooms were clean, I would like to thank Cheryl at the front desk for being friendly and helful and Sandra in housekeeping for giving us great room service, my stay was enjoyable and relaxing I cannot wait to visit on my next vacation.