Reviews of The Chocolate Five star Hostel and Crew House

11 November 2011

Liked: Appatment-style, super equipped kitchen, good location

Disliked: Chaotic reception, old and dirty beds, BUT clean bathroom and kitchen

19 October 2011

Liked: Full appartement with kitchen and bath and "living area" with TV instead of one room. good wi-fi.

Disliked: I actually booked a 4-dorm-room and suddenly there was a 6-dorm-room. Loud. Always partying in the artrium. Facilities old and not 100% functional.

26 September 2011

Liked: nothing

Disliked: it was dirty, they did not clean the room between the guests. The trashcan have been full in alls rooms, there was old food on the stove and the WHOLE floor was full of hairs. It smelled in the building. The was someone sleeping all day/night long at the pool! Which was nearly not useable cus alle chairs etc. was ran down! Even the bedcover (sheets etc.) weren`t completly clean.

12 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It is close to a range of fast food places, restaurants, the airport and a beach with restaurants, it is cheap for a private room with tv, linen and towel, the pool is good.

Disliked: Filthy bathroom, ran out of toilet paper, very limited reception hours, no common area to meet people except the pool, and pool closes at 8pm? They wanted full payment upfront after the booking was made online because it's their "busy season". I only saw 4 other people there in passing and it's the rainy season! It was disguised as an email showing interest in who we how, how old we are, where we're travelling etc and what time we'd be checking in. they never replied when i asked a couple of questions, and had at least 4 days to do so.

16 July 2011

Liked: It was a short distance from the amtrak station and also there was a lovely beach close by

Disliked: Dirty, hair everywhere, shared the apartment with a strainger not of the age group. Very expensive for what it was

12 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff was friendly and helpful

Disliked: Wasn`t particularly clean, a little run down

09 April 2011

Liked: It was close to the airport so good for a 1 night stay

Disliked: The office shut 2 hours earlier than it was supposed to and the next morning didnt open for at least 2 hours after it was supposed to. We had to catch our flight so just left. We couldnt get pillowcases. There was no hot water, TV didnt work and we couldnt speak to anyone about it.

29 March 2011

Liked: The outside is beautifull, there is a pool and a nice garden and it really has some atmosphere to it. When I came home a couple of nights there were people playing guitar.

Disliked: I had a late night checkin. I booked a private room, but according to the list on the door I was suposed to be in a dorm, for which they hadn't left me the key. When I complained about this the next they I wa put in a private room and the refunded my money for the first night. My private room was in a all boys appartment which I didn't like. There was this one guy that seemed to be staying for a long term that was harrassing me, saying that I should sit with him and being pushy. Howevr beatuiful the outside is, the inside of the "nicest apartments of Fort Lauderdale" are downright dirty. When I got my room, it was still dirty and when I asked if it would be cleaned they said yes, but they didn't. Tehre were used cotton pads on the floor and old wrappers, pretty bad. My private room had two beds in it, one single and one queensized, which weren't really beds, but just two matrasses on top of each other. The room and the apartment which it was in smelled pretty bad. When I arrived there was a girl that helped me find out which my room was, and by that I go to see al lot of the apartments/rooms. There are nicer ones and not so nices ones - the nicer ones were cleaner and had more atmosphere. The ones that are nicer have usually the people that stay there long term. But there are beds for travelers as well. No matter in what room you stay: bring ear plugs and shades if you want to sleep in.

16 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Clean, newly re-decorated and painted. Clear, clean pool.

Disliked: Music too loud on patio, played through cheap, distorting speakers.

15 March 2011 Joanne would recommend this property

Liked: I liked the fact each apartment had it's own kitchen although not well equipped but manageable. Supermarket not far away so able to prepare food in the apartment rather than eating out. Pool is good.

Disliked: Room's weren't very clean and don't think apartments are cleaned very often, I ended up mopping floor during our stay as it wouldn't have been done otherwise. Staff don't seem to know what is going on in place and aren't able to provide much help or knowlege on the area and a little further away from beach than was expecting.

01 March 2011

Liked: the staff were very helpful

Disliked: It was very dirty and there was no water at all coming from the taps when i needed a shower in the morning before my flight

19 February 2011 Kevin would recommend this property

Liked: The staff was really friendly and helpful. The location was great - only $1.75 by bus from the airport, and lots of restaurants, bars and stores within walking distance. And the rooms were nice. Each dorm for example had its own living room, kitchen, bathroom and separate bedroom, so even if someone else was watching TV the bedroom was still nice and quiet. Will definitely stay there again on my way back through Fort Lauderdale.

Disliked: Can't think of anything I disliked.

10 January 2011

Liked: It is less than 10 minutes from the airport and has a parking lot. May be a good opción for relaxed backpackers (they rent independent apartments with wifi and kitchen), although it is expansive for what you receive.

Disliked: - We were asked to make full payment, 2 weeks before arrival, and still didn't recibe a final confirmation. - No towels provided. - We checked in at 8 pm and beds were not done. they gave us a room with two terribly old and dirty matresses, and gave us the linen to get the room ready ourselves. after that We were asked to remove the the linen and take it to the laundry in our way out. - the room did not have a courtain and it was Next to the parking lot, so We did not have any privacy or safety as We and all our luggage were always exposed... it was not an exception... all the roma are the same! - the night We spent there was really noisy... not sure if it is always lime that

15 December 2010

Liked: location

Disliked: alot of things

04 November 2010 Tobias would recommend this property

Liked: Nice, clean rooms/flats and located just few minutes from the Airport. Perfect for staying before going on a cruise (10 min to port by taxi). Enjoyed the stay!

Disliked: Tobias left no negative feedback.

26 October 2010

Liked: don't stay a these hostel!

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

24 October 2010 Sandra would recommend this property

Liked: very friendly staff, athmosphere

Disliked: no breakfast

21 May 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Cost and able to walk to Convention Center. Also...right next to Dunkin' Donuts so morning coffee was easily acquired. Nice to have freezer to be able to make frozen bottles of water for beach visit.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

07 December 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This place is great! The pics are true to the site. I was greeted by Nicole (at 11:30pm) with a smile on her face. She had all my paperwork ready to go and she even had put the sheets on my bed. She said that she thought I might just want to take a shower and go to bed since I had been flying most of the day. They were about a dozen people out in the courtyard, socializing and having a great time. She stopped and introduced me to everyone out there and told me that she likes for her guests to get to know each other. I stayed out there until about 2am talking with the most interesting people. The rooms very great and very spacious. They are actually apartments, not just extra big rooms

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

02 November 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: this place is more like a living room equip with its own kitchen and bathroom,love the space and privacy.also close to the airport,the manager is so cool.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

21 August 2009 Tomas would recommend this property

Liked: Close to airport and friendly place

Disliked: Tomas left no negative feedback.

09 August 2008 Jeremy would recommend this property

Liked: There's a pool!

Disliked: Jeremy left no negative feedback.

31 May 2008

Liked: Location

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

08 February 2008

Disliked: NUNO left no negative feedback.

06 September 2007 Michael would recommend this property

Liked: The Atmosphere was fairly chilled and had a great time meeting new people there.

Disliked: Michael left no negative feedback.