Since some of the reviews I'd read weren't that great, I wasn't expecting much. We arrived at night and the place appeared dingy. Daylight brought a whole new outlook though. Even though the hotel is old, it seems they are doing their best to keep it up. The rooms were immaculate and my smoking room (different rooms on two weekends, since we stayed before and after a cruise) did not smell like anyone had smoked in it. The grounds were filled with tropical plants and it seems like the pool was situated to get the maximum daylight during these short winter days. The continental breakfast was better than I expected, and on both mornings there was a woman on duty to replenish items, make sure the coffee pots were full, etc. etc. The location is excellent, with dozens of restaurants within a few short blocks. There are a couple of computers in the lobby and the Internet service was fast. Although I will emphasize that I would not hesitate to stay here again, I did have 2 gripes. One was that the ramp for luggage was out of service so we had to lug our suitcases up 6-8 steep steps from the street. The second gripe was that the vending machines I tried were empty and my impression is that this was deliberate - so that we would have to buy our soft drinks from the gift shop area.
Again, this hotel was a very pleasant surprise!

Making reservations for this hotel was some sort of a gamble, because I read both good and bad reviews about this hotel so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Well let me tell you how we experienced this Ramada Hotel:

The two different non-smoking rooms we stayed in were definitely not bad and we had no problems with smell, the bed or anything in the room. Where we did have some sort of problem with was the water pressure in one of the rooms which was very low and could not be fixed.

The other no so good thing I can agree on with the other travellers is the noise at night. And not one night, but every night. Even on a Monday. I know this hotel is in the middle of all the bars and restaurants of downtown Hollywood, but that was not the problem. Actually that was the reason we choose for this hotel. The problem was drunk peeps arriving back in their rooms early in de morning or college kids drinking beer in large groups in the public area of the hotel and making a lot of unnecessary noise keeping everyone awake. I think that problem could and should be solved by simply hiring a night guard that can take care of these drunk peeps jumping in de pool at 3 AM.

So besides the noise at night and a little problem with the water pressure this hotel is definitely not a no-go zone, but for people that look for complete rest at night I would say look for something else.

my husband and I checked into this hotel last night and found an exceptional staff member. Christine, the red head, at the desk was more than accommodating, she took service to a new level; explaining all the sights to see in the downtown Hollywood area. She even showed a care and concern to my sunburn as she guided us to a nearby drug store! Due to the good care we received from her we will be back again soon!

I kept promising myself i had to write a review for these guys! My stay was AWESOME!!! Purpose of our trip was for my boyfriend's birthday! The front desk staff were very friendly! The housekeeping staff also very friendly! My boyfriend loved the Tiki Bar! We both work in a resort so we know what good service is! And Ramada has good service!!! It is also in a good location it is near alot of shops and resturants all in walking distance! We stayed for 6 days and 5 nights. The price was $319 we found it on travelocity! Very reasonable! There was breakfast but we never eat hotel breakfast! Our last night the room beside us was arguing making very loud noises, i called the front desk, and in 3 minutes time I heard someone from Ramada staff knocking on their door. Once again EXCELLENT SERVICE! KUDOS TO RAMADA AND THEIR STAFF! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!