"The La Quinta Inn and Suites Daytona Beach Oceanfront is a newly built hotel "is the quote from the hotel's individual website. No way. You can see where the place has been renovated from being something else before. If not-- it is the shoddiest piece of construction I've ever seen for a hotel. The only plus here is that our 2nd floor ocean view was a beautiful view. 1) Area is scary-- I was really concerned arriving after dark. 2) Towels were all damp on the rack--yuck. Bathroom barely big enough to turn around in. 3) About a dozen dark hairs from the last bather's shampoo remained in the tub. I would not let my 7 yr old take a bath, but only a shower. 4) Front desk. while nice enough, really seemed bored to be there. 5) The light on the balcony didn't work. There was no switch to turn it on. Not on the wall inside, not on the wall outside, not on the fixture. Right... 6) The wall lights were all unplugged when we got into the room-- one couldn't even reach the only available plug.

I was embarrased that I had booked this for my family and would not recommend it for a stay of longer than a day or two. I will never return to the strip here. Period. BBQ at Hogwild was awful. See food review.

We stayed at the La Quinta Inn because we needed a pet friendly hotel since we have small dog. We went Labor Day weekend '07. Everything was great! We had beachfront room overlooking the pool. The service and the upkeep here is excellent. Seeing how it's Daytona, we didn't expect it to be this nice and with such friendly atmosphere but it was! The housekeeping staff was extremely helpful and courteous. The only problem with this stretch of Daytona is they have their share of "riff raff" such as homeless people walking the strip on N.Atlantic. But not as bad as one would think. I really believe Daytona has gotten a bad rap because of this. Parking can be limited at the La Quinta on peak nights but they do have an over flow parking across the street which fortunately we didn't have to use.

We had our family reunion here the last week of July. We were all able to get oceanfront rooms next to each other on the first floor and not all of these rooms were reserved. The maid service was good, clean room and towels early in the day. The rooms were a good size, included refrigerator and microwave .Felt safe at this hotel. The beach was just a few feet from the hotel. Also had a huge patio with table and chairs, a great place to hang out at! We all agreed if we came back to Daytona Beach we would stay at the LaQuinta again.

This was the first time we stayed at a LaQuinta. Never again! The room smelled of mildew and the rug was wet. We stayed 2 nights. We didn't complain the first night because we thought the rug was wet because it was recently shampooed. The room smelled so bad we couldn't wait to leave.