Pelican Grand Beach Resort, A Noble House Resort

I was on a tour of state community colleges, and we stayed in many upscale places. This was the best. Beautiful view, lovely pool and «lazy river.» A favorite part for me was the lovely little «deli» in the lobby that had very nice coffee, the usual stuff in a lobby market, and — hurray! ice cream. Fulfilled my inelegant needs with élan. A beautiful and relaxing place.

Enjoyed two weekends in a row here. Front desk service was exceptional on the first visit during the AIR SHOW. Cody from Boston was extremely friendly and very knowledgeable! However, the second weekend front desk service was a bit spotty. Enjoyed our room so much more on the first stay. During that stay, we had a private balcony. On the second stay, we were on the second floor with two king size beds in the room which was very spacious. Rooms were almost identical except the first weekend, we had two queen beds. On the second floor, you share a balcony with the entire floor. There goes opening your door at night, so you can hear the wonderful ocean as you are lolled into a tranquil sleep. If you’re going for the tranquility, opt for the private balcony. It appears that even the ocean view rooms, have great views– (also private balconies). We ate in both the restaurant and in the bar. The bar food was very good, and the bartenders were fabulous! You are literally on the ocean. We also ate in the restaurant for one of the dinners and breakfast. Sitting outside and hearing the ocean as well as looking right onto the amazing blue water is worth every second and every penny. Food in the restaurant as well as room service was good. The coffee shop was good — great lattes. A little sparse compared to some of the other Noble House properties. I truly believe it’s one of the best hotels on the entire A1A strip. Located right on the beach, so you don’t have to cross the street to get to the water. The pool area is great with a lazy river that was a lot of fun just to float around. The pool service was attentive as was the beach service. Lastly, it would be unfair to have this wonderful hotel lose any stars for the valet service, but they really need to get their act together when it comes to the valet. Call ahead and ask for your car to be waiting for you. We waited up to 30 to 40 minutes twice for our cars. There were four of us leaving with four cars and there was no method to the madness! The first one to give a ticket was the last man out –about 40 minutes after handing in the ticket — a pure cluster. I was told that the valet is not affiliated with the hotel. Best to have a Rumrunner before you go down, but remember not to drink and drive! Hey with the lengthy wait maybe you could have a drink prior to going down and it would be out of your system before you get your car ! Recommend if you have the time to stop at Coconuts –near Las Olas — the restaurant on the intercoastal waterway close to the Pelican for either a great breakfast in the morning or an amazing dinner or lunch! Great oyster bar also connected to Coconuts! ENJOY ALL!!!

It seems like the number of stars is tied to the rate you pay… as for me, I thought this place was fantastic. Great pool in the sun all day, really cool lazy river, good bar and restaurant, great beach! Nice rooms. Having said that, I wouldn’t be as happy if I paid $ 400/​night in peak season… I wouldn’t be happy anywhere paying that kind of money. We have stayed at many other places in the Fort Lauderdale area and this is by far the best. Service was adequate for this size of hotel and for a resort, the nickel and dimeing for beach chairs etc. was held to a minimum. Beach chairs were free, nice towels at the pool with chair covers. The porch and grounds overlooking the ocean are great anytime of day complete with rocking chairs and great dining views.

Review for restaurant only.
Come for the view… leave running because of the service. Came for Mother’s Day dinner. Horrible experience. Our water was never refreshed unless we asked. They forgot our drink order and when we reminded the waiter, it still took another 10 minutes.
We ordered food. Watched three tables be seated and finish their meals before we received our food. And this is after we asked twice. A 30 minute wait for small plates. Mind you, only 6 of the 10+ tables outside were filled. Not busy by any means.
The food wasn’t that great either:
Charred cauliflower: barely charred, completely wilted, decent taste.
Swordfish: incredibly salted, the bean purée was crumbling as if left under heat lamps so long it dried out; sent it back and nobody came to apologize– they brought a new dish as we finished eating. No thanks
Ancient grains risotto: delicious flavor but undercooked
Chicken wings: great flavor, nice heat to them
Crab cake: large and tasty– I recommend
Overall; I’ll come back for the awesome views but wont sit for a meal. The wait staff gave poor service and a fake apology. Incredibly disappointed in the service.

Beautiful setting and access to the beach. Service, however, is suffering. Not many of the employees seem to be excited to work here or attentive to guests. We called 2 times and followed up in person once for maintenance in our bathroom and no one ever showed up. The servers in the restaurant were uninterested In seating guests and when we did finally find someone, he took us to our table with a tray full of dirty dishes in his hand. The one service exception is the umbrella and chair guys on the beach — they were great!

LOVE. If you are in need of a great getaway, look no more. The price is a little high (look on Expedia for better deals… paid less than $ 300 per night for an oceanview!), but it is completely worth it. The gift shop is slightly overpriced but has great stuff. The valet staff and room service are incredibly nice and generous (not to mention for $ 30 overnight, they will bring your car to you whenever you want and it is parked underground… great in case of a storm). The staff here definitely knows how to make sure you relax. You can walk right out to the beach and the staff will literally find you beach chairs and umbrellas and bring you to them. They bring you unlimited towels and there is ice cold fruit water on the beach, as well. By the pool/​lazy river area, they also supply different kinds of sunscreen and tanning lotion.
Everything about this place is great (perhaps the only bad thing is that they should replace the carpets?), so definitely check it out.
P. S. I would come here just for the 2 oz. bottles of shampoo/​conditioner/​body wash/​lotion they provide. Smells AMAZING.

We booked this hotel at nearly $ 400 a night and the beach was closed due to construction. The room didn’t provide a dresser for clothes and the restaurant was over priced with bad service. You’re also far away from everything so you can’t really walk to anything. I do not recommend staying here

Gorgeous, well-​appointed rooms. Excellent service throughout. Food and drink in both the restaurant and bar were outstanding. We paid extra for a 2-​room ocean front suite and it was definitely worth the cost. Beautiful views of the sun, the moon, and the ocean. I would definitely recommend the Pelican Grand Beach Resort if you are in the Fort Lauderdale region. While the location was a plus for us, friends who wanted to eat elsewhere had to take cabs as it’s located at least a mile away from restaurants and shopping.

I wish I could give this place zero stars. My friend and I are spending our last day of a five day trip here. It’s been one disappointment after another. We have an ocean view room which has a lovely view. However, there is no dresser for clothing. I guess we are expected to put our underwear on the floor. Pool service is incredibly slow. I waited 40 minutes for an ice tea and another 40 minutes for lunch which was brought to me in a clear plastic box with no utensils or napkins. Food and service in the restaurant are not much better. Breakfast had to be sent back twice by myself and my friend as food was incorrect. The hotel has prices which demand far better service and attention to detail. Management is disinclined to help customers. I wanted to be delighted and was woefully disappointed.

This place is amazing. We heard a fantastic piano player while we checked in. The rooms are very spacious and clean with a beautiful seaside motif. Valet to front desk workers were all over the top nice. We will be coming back again!

Had a «staycation» here over New Years weekend. Obviously the place was at capacity which almost always brings down the level of service anywhere. I wish I could give ½ star because I think I would give 3 ½ stars rather than 4.
The hotel itself is beautiful. The lobby is updated, the bar is pretty, they have a «back porch» that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean with rocking chairs all along. The breezeways are all very well maintained and clean.
We checked in on New Years Day at noon and knew our room wouldn’t be ready so we came already wearing our bathing suits so we could sit poolside and have lunch and sip some cocktails. Well we were wrong because every chair at the pool was taken — and by taken I mean a towel on it — not necessarily people using them. This is a frustrating issue everywhere — people take chairs for an entire day while going to the beach, having lunch etc — anyway we had to go down to the beach. The beach here is super short. The amount of «flat sand» is maybe 12 feet then maybe there’s another 10 feet of sand that is a hill. Well we were planted on the hill because, of course, there were people in chairs already on the flat part of the beach. Here’s what I really liked — they have people setting up chairs and umbrellas for you on the beach — no extra charge — and they provide you with towels too. The bar service on the beach is S-​L-​O-​W! I mean one person to serve the entire beach area. It took at least 30 minutes to get a drink once ordered and then you had to stalk the server for your next round. My daughter ordered lunch which they gladly delivered in to go containers on the beach which was great but it took about 45 minutes to get.
The following day we were at the pool the majority of the day. Again there is a pool attendant who will set your chairs up with towels and get you set with an umbrella if you want one. There was one server working the pool area. The service here was much better but also quite slow because it’s one server.
The pool is very small — like only slightly larger than a Florida back yard in ground pool. It’s zero edge entry is nice — you can actually sit and sunbathe there and it’s easy for the kids and elderly to get in/​out. It was a nice comfortable temperature too (I would say definitely heated). There is a small lazy river here as well. I imagined floating in the lazy river and relaxing for a good part of my stay. Unfortunately this wasn’t the case as the amount of kids that were in the lazy river was just annoying. They push past you, swim under you, bump into you — yes I know I sound like the old lady yelling «no splashing!» But I just wanted to chill in the lazy river. Oh well!
The room here was the highlight of the trip for me. It was gigantic. We had a two king suite. It had 2 king size beds plus a separate living room with a door that shut in between. In the living room was a sofa, a chair that opened into a bed, a small table with 2 chairs, a mini fridge, microwave and tv. This opened out onto the balcony which in this case was a «shared» balcony overlooking the beach. I didn’t really mind this at all — it was a very large outdoor area with lounge chairs and we even pulled our table and chairs outside to have breakfast both mornings. (See my pics for a better idea). This balcony was only on the second floor — I think the double kings are only on the second floor. This room could have easily slept a family of 5 or 6 just FYI.
The room we were in was updated. The bathroom all new with granite, there is an in room safe, iron and ironing board and even a coffee maker. Oh and I loved that they had a ceiling fan.
There is a gift shop/​icecream parlor here. Unfortunately they were sold out of chocolate ice cream when we were there and they weren’t getting another delivery until Monday. Really? That was disappointing.
We ordered room service for breakfast both days which was good and typically expensive. We had lunch by the pools both days which was great — the wings on the menu are really good as was the Caesar salad with chicken. The pizza not so good.
For dinner we went off site as the menu was really steak and seafood in their on site restaurant. Unfortunately this isn’t really in walking distance to anything good so we drove but if you don’t have a car they will call you a taxi.
There is a room on the 10^th floor overlooking the sea that they call their «gym» but it’s really pathetic. The treadmills are really old and I felt unsafe on mine. There were also 2 old step machines. The weight equipment had to be from the 1980s (I’m not joking see the pics). There were no mats, no free weights or even dumb bells)
We tried out the spa which was beautiful and relaxing but very expensive for what you got. I wouldn’t go back there unless I had a discount of some sort.
All in all a 3 ½ star experience. I might give them another shot over the summer when they may not be full to capacity

This property is right on the beach but not even walking distance to shopping or restaurants. Food on property is ok but some things like $ 5 for coffee is extreme. Service is slow too. Our room was skipped one day in cleaning and i had to leave a note to clean our patio and leave more shampoo. They charge a $ 25 daily fee for who knows what. The pool ran out of towels by noon almost everyday. For what I paid for the stay, the amenities don’t match. The only nice thing was the beach and free chairs and umbrella. Those guys also provided the best service. Would probably never stay here again.

This is my favorite place!
My boyfriend took me here for my birthday and we had such an amazing time! Jeff hooked us up by the pool and beach and surprised us with a bottle of wine later in our room to celebrate! Highly recommended
Thanks again Jeff!!!

I would never stay at this hotel again! The entire hotel management leadership is weak!
Hope they are doing a better job in cleaning the animal poop on patio floors! Yuck!

This is a very nice hotel with a great beach behind, most of the rooms are ocean front and you can heard the ocean all night long…
My only complaint was a remodeling to the swimming pool that I was not aware of, they offer «free shuttle» to a few other hotels where we can use their pool but nobody know about this, we wait half an hour for the «free shuttle» that never arrive until a valet guy called a VIP driver services, when we arrive to the Hilton the pool was also under maintenance… So we had no option but come back… The free shuttle didn’t showed up either so we had to take a taxi (no UBER in the area as of now), $ 10 to get back and one hour lost…
A better communication would have being helpful. The hotel is nice and I definitely will be coming back soon.

Stayed here over the weekend and the pool and lazy river were both closed! No one ever told us. I had to read it on a flyer at the front desk.
I was turned down for a late check out. I had to go down to the front desk to beg for a noon check out while my girlfriend was at their spa. I will never return.

The hotel is a mandatory valet hotel. Really? I’m done with nickel and dimimng places. My vacation next year is going to hace self parking! Why should I have to tip for someone to fetch me my car? The hotel is filled up with locals celebrating their «staycations». Good luck finding a spot at the pool on the weekend.
The property is literally on the beach! Customers can walk straight out of the hotel and get a free towel and beach chair. The only provision is that you hand a staff member your towel card. (Be sure to not to lose your pass .$ 25 charge) The resort has both beach access and a nice pool with a lazy river. The beach property isn’t over crowded and is significantly away from the main ocean drag at Ft Lauderdale. My only knock on the property was that the mirror on my rental car got damaged while in valet’s care. The hotel has already redirected me to their department that pays for accidents.
Areas for Improvement: The pool staff shouldn’t allow children to run in the pool area and jump in the pools.

Stayed here with my sister for a girls getaway weekend. What a lovely place.
It is located right on the Beach. Boutique style hotel with modern TV, Alarm clock.
Stunning view from the balcony.
Great restaurant on site.
We had Gelato every night as we rocked on the front porch overlooking the ocean,
I can’t wait to go back again. It was a wonderful memory for my sister and I.

I seem to have a love/​hate relationship with the Pelican. Over the last few years I have stayed here quite a few times, going back to before this place was bought by Noble Resorts, a luxury hotel chain designed to maximize profit by removing public areas and replacing them with food/​beverage sales areas. On paper from a business sense, it adds up to lots of revenue but removing rocking chairs and adding restaurant tables does take away from the guest experience when they cannot get a chair to watch the sunset during crowded times.
My real reason for a 2 star review … The construction!!! Since Noble took over the resort, the room prices are doubled. Gone are the days I could get an oceanfront room for $ 200-​$ 300 per night in winter. I head down to FL for the same weeks each winter and I have watched the rates rise to $ 400-​$ 600 per night! (The only hotel which was as expensive during my stay was the Ritz Carlton). Having said that, I do choose The Pelican over the Ritz even if it means paying for a room vs. Using my reward points at the Ritz because I like how beautiful the ocean is The Pelican being right on the water.
The construction is terrible … Currently, they ate painting the deck for 4 days, which is my favorite part of the hotel. Relaxing on rocking chairs and listening to the ocean makes the $ 15 pins coladas and $ 8 beers worth every penny. The deck is closed … Oddly they chose to close it off and paint it during peak season, the first week of March when New England is buried in snow. Why not wait a few more weeks vs. Taking away the number one reason most guests stay here? They also closed this deck on another day due to a private party. Seriously? Guests are paying to be shut out of prime areas?
The top floor is being turned into a penthouse suite, ballroom and spa. Which means drilling and jackhammering from 8 am — 5 pm on weekdays. Forget about sleeping in on vacation as this can be heard on most floors. Scaffolding and cranes are in front of many rooms and ugly black netting is draped over the whole top of the building making it look more like The Tower of Terror than a resort.
They even have scaffolding and a black draped curtain over the steps which lead to the beach destroying the panoramic ocean views. I can’t believe how many eyesores there are this time … Oddly they are all in public guest areas. The restaurants/​bars and gift shop where you buy things re immaculate.
On a good day with no renovation or construction, this is one of my top places to visit. And I travel all over the world in both budget hotels and the finest resorts. I hate to give a 2 star review to a place which has given me so much joy, but I feel like they really ruined my current stay. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars in drinks and meals here over the last 2 days because there is not much around here that isn’t a $ 10-​$ 15 cab ride. But no advanced notice of construction anywhere except when you get here and see the signs is deplorable when a resort charges these prices. Had I know the deck would be closed for painting and private events, I would have passed this time around. Could HV dealt with the noise and unsightly construction if not for the deck closures.
I have loved my experiences here over the last 8 years or so. (Except one other time when they closed the patio for painting in Feb.) But I have to reevaluate if I want to keep rolling the dice to pay big bucks to stay at a place which seems to be an ongoing noisy and unsightly construction site at any given moment.
Sorry to do this, old friend but I am upset about this stay. I feel like I’m trying hard to make this a relaxing stay which should not be the case at a $ 300-​$ 500/​night resort.

I stayed here the night before my cruise departure at Port Everglades. We were upgraded to a suite which was nice as it had a sweet balcony overlooking the ocean. The room was clean and spacious.
This hotel is located directly on the beach. I didn’t have a chance to enjoy that but it was nice to look at in the morning as I ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant overlooking the ocean.
This is about a 15 minute drive to the Port.

Not sure why people would stay here, other than it being on the beach, there are SOME good traits:
*high ceilings
*separate rooms, living, bedroom, bathroom area
*two tvs, but the one in the room is a boob
*balcony, looks right out onto the beach
*good cs
BUT it’s so old and DINGY. $ 250/​nt incl. taxes.