La Quinta Inn & Suites Ft Myers Sanibel Gateway

Everything was as advertised. Friendly service, clean room, not expensive. I would use them again.

We've stayed at several La Quinta hotels in the past and have always been very pleased. We came to town for a family wedding and this was the hotel where everyone was booked. Based on our past experiences, we were expecting a much different hotel than we received. Room Size and Features - We've never stayed at a La Quinta that did not have rooms opening to an interior hallway; this is important to us as we have small children. This one had all exterior doors. Also, the word "suite" is very misleading. Always before that has meant a bedroom with a door and a separate living area. All we received was one big bedroom with a TWIN size sleeper sofa. When I asked to switch rooms to a real suite, it took 2 conversations with front desk staff before they understood what I was asking for and explained that they had none of those rooms onsite ("Not all La Quintas are built the same, sorry") There was also very limited storage in the room; a tiny closet, four dresser drawers and no drawers in the nightstands. Due to the size of the room, one of my children slept on the twin bed and the other slept on the floor on top of the sofa cushion that had covered the sofabed. While our reservation clearly stated 4 people, there were no pillows or blankets for the sleeper sofa in our room nor were there enough towels in our room for our family. We had to call and ask for these items and were told we could come back up to the front desk to pick them up. Eventually the clerk offered to bring them to our room. Breakfast – The “hot” breakfast was supposed to run until 9am. We showed up at 8:30am when all of the other families came down and tried to eat. The space they have available for breakfast seats maybe 20 people inside and about 60 people were trying to eat. It was December and we had to eat on the back porch because that was the only place we could find space (some people were sitting on the chairs in the lobby with plates on their lap). There were no cereals for children but it didn't really matter because the milk was completely gone. Nothing was restocked except for bagels. My 7 year old who eats anything wouldn't eat the waffles because they were that awful. Other Issues – It's a holiday weekend and the hotel was full. They allowed someone with a huge construction rig to park and take up 8 parking spaces at the back of the hotel. We could not park anywhere near our room the first night because of this. When the toilet in another family member's room backed up and they called the front desk, they were told that maintenance had gone home and would be back at 7:30am. After explaining that she had 3 small children who would need the potty at some point in the next 12 hours, the front desk staff finally agreed to get someone to come out and work on it. Had we not been there for a family wedding and on a holiday weekend when finding another hotel was impossible, we would never have stayed. It was not a good experience.

We have chosen this location for our 1-week stay based on the reviews. At the end of the day we need to say that either others were lucky or our room assignment was unfortunate. OK - some might say we could have asked for an other one. Here are the major findings: Pros: great location if you wish to stay on budget but be close to Sanibel island, a shelling paradise. Stores, shops and multiple dining options are just a few minutes drive away. If boiled eggs (that may be cold if not freshly made) and waffles make you satisfied as`hot` items, the breakfast is good and enough especially compared to chain motels. GREAT and clean pool, of you wish to swim in the beginning or the end of the day. Also offering jacuzzi tub with hot (I mean hot) water. Cons: the room we got smelled really bad. The bathroom fan was not working (if installed at all) that partially led to this.We had some bity stuff (most probably flees) in the bed. The TV remote was not working - the funny thing: when asked for replacement, the receptionist got into an empty room and took changed ours to that instead of getting some batteries or other remote. Poor new guests that evening...

This hotel is located close to Ft Myers,Ft Myers Beach,and Sanabel Il.Convient for visiting anywhere in the area.

Clean with everything you need, great pool and a short drive to everything.

the hotel is very clean and good services

swim,it was nice

very clean and organized...loved the pool

we were on a very long motorcylce ride and got soaked in a a downpour. the washers and dryers were a welcome site and were exactly what was needed to get dry. the room was very clean and the bed was quite comfortable. we were well rested the next morning to resume our ridde.

Attended a wedding in Fort Myers and enjoyed Sanibel Island as well as some great restaurants. The La Quinta staff were very helpful and courteous. They printed out our boarding passes for us.