Riverside Hotel

Riverside Hotel descritpion

Located on Las Olas Boulevard, this hotel features Indigo Restaurant and an outdoor heated pool Free Wi-Fi is available and the hotel is 5.7 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Guest rooms at the Riverside Hotel are furnished with coffee facilities and a minibar. An in-room safe and a desk are also available in each room.
Drinks can be found at the Golden Lyon Pub and Prestons Lounge. Room service is available for added convenience.
Hotel Riverside features an on-site boat dock. Guests can also use the gym and the business center.
The Port Everglades Cruise Port is 4.8 miles from the hotel. Broward Center for the Performing Arts is 1.2 miles away.

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Facilities of Riverside Hotel

Outdoors ：Outdoor Pool | Outdoor Pool (all year)

Pets ：Pets are allowed on request. Charges may apply.

Activities ：Fitness Center

Food & Drink ：Restaurant | Bar | Restaurant with Dining Menu

Internet ：Free!WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.

Parking ：Public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed) and costs USD 22.26 per day. | Private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed) and costs USD 27 per day.

Languages Spoken ：Spanish | English

Reviews for Riverside Hotel

Review 1：Indoor restaurant spaces are not inviting. When I came in for dinner at 8:30 no one was in them, and a few were outdoors, but it was too cold to sit there unless next to a heater. That is late for a Sunday, but the Restaurant across the street was more inviting, so I went there.

Review 2：All the staff I interacted with were great. No bartender was in the bar by the street, so I went to the one off the lobby and he was very engaging.

Review 3：*Air Conditioning very noisy. *Unable to leave balcony door/window open for security reasons. *No mirror over dressing table. *No handrail in bath - quite slippy

Review 4：*Great location. *Heated swimming pool. *Friendly & helpful staff. *Water taxi closeby. *Riverbank walk.

Review 5：We were there for 2 nights only and there was nothing wrong.

Review 6：Centrally located with access to the strip outside, shops and beach. Shuttle bus to the beach runs past. The staff were all friendly and very helpful.

Review 7：Our room was not ready and had provided the exact estimated check in time. The water in the shower was ice cold both at night and in the morning. Not worth over the $330. spent for one night. Will never recommend and never visit again...and I live in South Florida.

Review 8：Location

Review 9：Quite old rooms

Review 10：Unbeatable location directly at Las Olas Ave in Fort Lauderdale. If you like good restaurants, bars and shopping in boutiques in walking distance then this is the place to go

Review 11：Lack of self-parking. Public or valet parking only. For the price one would expect robes provided. Room door slammed itself shut. Could not turn off light at desk without unplugging it, maybe that was just me.Musty smell in room, guess to be expected due to location, southern FL, and age of building. Smell dissipated after ac ran for awhile.

Review 12：Great location. Friendly staff. Beautiful lobby, nicely decorated for Christmas. Beds are very comfortable. Loved the "old" charm feel of the property.

Review 13：For the price I paid I wasn't terribly impressed with the room we were given, it wasn't all that clean. Also parking was outrageous but I guess that's to be expected if you're in the middle of the city!

Review 14：Great location, staff was very friendly and accommodating. Beautiful hotel, lobby, etc.

Review 15：I purchased pastry from pastry shop across the street as I had to leave before breakfast for my flight and when I opened my pastry box it was full of bugs. Room needs to be fumigated.

Review 16：Great location and staff and the room was pretty

Review 17：The pillows were too hard...which made it difficult to get comfortable..

Review 18：the location...beautiful area around the hotel and the closeness to the waterways

Review 19：Wish they had free shuttle from airport but, we had a wonderful stay! I defintely will come back.

Review 20：Love the location!!! Great place to stay and walk around Las Olas.

Review 21：I honestly didn't have any bad experiences. People complain about the mandatory $27 valet fee, but you're at a nice hotel and you can come in and out all day. There's little to no street parking.

Review 22：Don't let the street view of this hotel throw you off, the actual hotel entrance is around the back and is completely different. This is absolutely beautiful hotel in an excellent location. The Wild Sea restaurant attached to the hotel is fantastic with a nice selection of seafood and wines. Service is fantastic and very friendly. I was there for 2 nights and even drove back up north an hour to stay one more night because it was so nice. The location is perfect if you don't want to drive--there's plenty of places to eat and drink within an immediate walking distance.

Review 23：Internet speed was slow and kept dropping out. We were at street level, the Lightning was very dim so you need the curtains open to find anything in your bag. Unfortunately there were no sheer curtains, so if u wanted more light u were exposed to people passing on the street, tricky!

Review 24：Excellent position, right in the middle of shops, restaurants etc.Staff were all lovely, hotel had the old world charm. Breakfasts were great , we didn't get to try the evening meal

Review 25：We were married at the Riverside in 1995. We celebrated our 20th Anniversary there we have celebrated other anniversaries there also. It is a wonderful place.

Review 26：We enjoyed our stay.

Review 27：I loved the riverwalk in the morning, the pool in the afternoon, music on the front patio in the evening and the great shops and restaurants within walking distance on Las Olas at night.Thanks. We'll be back!

Review 28：We paid more for a room with a balcony. I assumed there would some kind of great view. We didn't use the balcony at all.

Review 29：The staff was great. The rooms were very nice. Breakfast was really good. No real complaints.

Review 30：Lily checked us in and was extremely rude. We have never been to this hotel prior, and we're asking her where valet was located. There are no signs in the front of the hotel as to where valet is located. She didn't use any directional terms to direct us to the valet, but said ( with an attitude and eye roll) "it's right there", and pointed. Extremely rude.

Review 31：clean, great location

Review 32：View was of the air conditioners on the roof but the price was cheap and I guess it was the only room left!

Review 33：Very close to great dining and shopping. Very comfortable stay!

Review 34：Bad room, a/c didn't work properly, noise! Be very careful whereyour rm is located. Mexican Tile floors in hall. You hear everything.The maids pushed their carts up and down all day over the tile.Maddening.

Review 35：Sheets were awful stiff and itchy! Upgraded for a bathtub expected it to be like the one on their web page it was just a regular tub ;( very disappointed in tub!

Review 36：Location was awesome and hotel was very clean and well decorated

Review 37：Air conditioning in the room is very noisy and kept us awake, but too warm not to have it on. The is a road at the back of the hotel which is a little loud in the morning.

Review 38：Staff on arrival where extremely helpful and friendly. The hotel is just a couple of miles walk to the beach, right in the middle of the main shopping area and social scene.

Review 39：There is no free parking for hotel guests. The hotel charges $27 per day for valet parking and self parkiing is just as expensive.

Review 40：The staff was real kind and helpful

Review 41：Conciege's arritude bordering rude. All other staff pleasant. Small issues - No replenishment of small toiletries in bathroom (4 night stay) and no magnifying makeup mirror. Pillow menu, bathrobes and slippers we would've thought would be a given for a hotel of this calibre.

Review 42：Location, comfort, cleanliness, size (Tower block) and awesome live music in the weekend. Even though our room had only city views - was lovely with private balcony.

Review 43：The older rooms in the historic tower are well appointed and functional but small. Not bad though.

Review 44：Liked the buzz of the East Las Olas strip and its bars, galleries and shopping.

Review 45：Nothing significant to complain about for our 1 night visit. Only minor issue; don't use the bell captain for the $25 "shuttle" to the airport. We asked for a taxi, got listed for the shuttle. It did not show up on time, so we took a taxi; easy to get and only $16.00 plus tip. Why do great places like the Riverside screw up on things like this???

Review 46：This is a beautiful hotel in a great location, right on las Olas Blvd by lots of great restaurants and shops. Just a short walk to the Water Taxi stop, a must-do for visiting Ft Lauderdale. Spent a night here after a cruise. Will definitely be back.

Review 47：I did not like the way the outside was ignored in the evening. You need to research why everyone prefers other restaurants nearby. The food and position are first class

Review 48：I liked the breakfast outside in the morning. Lovely position

Review 49：Our room was in the old building. The room was fine but the bathroom was ridiculously small. The outlet for the hair dryer was on the back wall next to the door

Review 50：We've stayed at the Riverside before and love the ambiance and location.

Review 51：Everything, situation of hotel, lovely walks on boulevard, lovely restaurant where we ate a few times, loved the breakfasts. the staff very all adorable very accomodating in every way. thank you

Review 52：Only item we did not like was the capacity to accommodate hair styling tools in the bathroom; however this was not a game changer. This could be improved if there was a mirror in the room in addition to the one in the bathroom.

Review 53：Loved the location, the appearance of an old world hotel with a modern addition. We found the staff to be superb in assisting us with our request.

Review 54：The location is perfect, is near from the beach, there are restaurants, stores, etc The room are comfortables and clean! The restaurant is nice has a good service

Review 55：More vegetarian options in the breakfast menu. Everything revolves around eggs, meat. and seafood in 99% of the restaurants of Ft. Lauderdale and the Riverside Hotel is no exception to this.

Review 56：Riverside Hotel wins hands-down when it comes to location. It is right in the middle of the Las Olas Blvd where you can find great restaurants all in a block's radius! It is very close to the River Taxi that will take you to Hollywood Beach in 45 mins and is less than a 30 mins walk to the beach itself. It has an old school look with great interiors and views. Also, very helpful valet, bell-staff, and concierge. Do ask for the Everglades tour -- it cost us only $55/head with pick-up and drop from the hotel.

Review 57：Very confused staff on many levels. Booked wrong room for my kids, cancelled my room, rebooked my room, etc. How does someone call a hotel due to a booking problem and then just 4 hours later have their reservation cancelled? Too much confusion for me. I need dependable.

Review 58：This has always been my only choice of hotels in Fort Lauderdale but this hotel staff has issues and I'm open to other choices now. Too bad!

Review 59：Location is perfect for shops and restaurants. Nice reception area and bar. Most Fantastic staff who found our passports and money and kept them for us until we managed to drive back; thank you Dieulia Da Vilmar, you're a star!

Review 60：Love everything about the hotel not one complaint

Review 61：Location, service, restaurant

Review 62：Great location to shops, restaurants and lovely to walk around in.

Review 63：Really a high class property right downtown. It has everything you could want. The staff was great as well.

Review 64：Cleaners need more supervision.

Review 65：front desk personel

Review 66：location and river view

Review 67：Location is excellent, plenty of choices to eat out nearby.

Review 68：Small bathroom

Review 69：Staff very friendly, location was great. Restaurants were great.

Review 70：Great staff, nice room, awesome bartender.

Review 71：The gym!!!! Even if under construction, can't you put some lights in there please?

Review 72：Location and comfort of room.

Review 73：Nothing.

Review 74：The beautiful balcony of the tower room with a lovely view of the canal

Review 75：Nothing

Review 76：We liked how accommodating the staff were, especially giving us early access to our room when we arrived from our cruise.

Review 77：Our tv was not working went on and off all night by itself

Review 78：Everything location restaurants hotel decor

Review 79：The location was excellent and the food and service was excellent.

Review 80：Hospitality. Live music was a pleasant surprise.

Review 81：No bad experiences

Review 82：Location - looking for a place close to where our son lives - was perfect - walking distance to ALL we were looking for

Review 83：Location is excellent and the staff very pleasant and helpful.

Review 84：The staff was attentive and accommodating on all occasions

Review 85：location was great...we enjoyed to downtown area and the beautiful waterways..

Review 86：The staff is very courteous and promt to help.

Review 87：Clean comfortable hotel with friendly helpful staff in an excellent location.

Review 88：Water for 6 USD!!! It should be for free when the room charge is so much.

Review 89：The personnel service

Review 90：Construction view really wanted full canal water view.

Review 91：Location & comfort & staff great!

Review 92：Excellent location

Review 93：Excellent setting within quaint location. Cheesecake Factory on site.

Review 94：someone should Tell u there is a 27 dollar charge for valet parking and a charge needs to be larger for I Internet charge totally disappointed

Review 95：Everything

Review 96：that it was right in heart of las olas with lots to see surrounding it

Review 97：The room was clean, bed was comfortable, staff was very helpful & pleasant.

Review 98：Very clean and comfy. I like the way the room was set up. Bluetooth was a nice feature for music.

Review 99：Room had a damp mouldy smell and the bed felt damp

Review 100：breakfast... they should offer a "buffet".

Review 101：No dressing table or mirror in room except for bathroom.

Review 102：Location good. Easy to use water taxi from hotel. Happy hour!!!

Review 103：Nothing to dislike

Review 104：Previously had use of adjacent car park, but without USA Cell phone could not use facility.

Review 105：The staff were helpful and friendly

Review 106：I'm not going to nitpick, everything was great.

Review 107：The hotel was beautiful,and the location literally couldn't have been more central.

Review 108：Location is my reason for coming and returning here

Review 109：Nothing!

Review 110：Everything!

Review 111：The staff recognizes me and makes me feel at home. They are always friendly and courteous!

Review 112：It's an hotel with real character , not a spiritless tower .....

The Fine Print

Upon check-in photo identification and credit card are required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.