Review of the Builtford Hotel in Hollywood Beach, Florida

The Builtford is Hollywood Beach’s oldest, fanciest and most expensive hotel. This hotel is Hollywood Beach’s equivalent to the Royal York or Ritz Carlton. My first impression was wonderful. The bellboy and receptionist were excellent, everything was very “classic”.

I wasn’t surprised that there was construction going on in my floor.

My room was well sized, and the two king beds were very welcoming

The 17âÂ?³ TV was not. I’d expect better from a hotel of this quality.

I ordered room service at this hotel and I was not disappointed. Portions were restaurant-sized and the food was all very high quality – there is obviously a chef, which was incredibly welcome.

There was no wired internet access, but there was wifi broadbandâÂ?¦ For 35$/day. And the speed is about 1KB/sec. Just great!!!. This is sad, pathetic even. It could be because there’s the journalism conference in, but it doesn’t matter. At 35$/day I should be getting a steady, good connection straight to the internet.

Rating: 5/10

It’s not that this hotel was actually awful. If I’d been paying 100$/night for it, I’d have given it a 4/5. But, since this is the best the city has to offer (and it’s 350$/night) I’ve come to expect more. The broadband and TV both bothered me ALOT, and the lack of decent restaurants bothered me even more.

There is a good pool here, but you need to pay 15$/day for a gym membership (if purchased outside the hotel this is 5$/day).

Considering the reputation, rate and quality of most everything else, these minor things SHOULD be easy to tie up. But it’s doubtful that they will.