Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel

Free toiletries, hair dryer, bathrobes, towels

Daily cooked-to-order breakfast for a fee

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible, Garden View (Roll-In Shower) (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^) | Bathroom | Free toiletries, hair dryer, bathrobes, towels

4.5

Excellent(1,035 Reviews)

Hotel in Orlando, FL

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Air conditioner and more

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About this hotel

Family-friendly Orlando hotel in Florida Center with 5 restaurants
5 restaurants, 3 outdoor pools, and a fitness center are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free theme park shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a poolside bar, and a snack bar/deli are onsite.
Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel offers 750 accommodations with iPod docking stations and safes. 42-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Microwaves and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

3 outdoor swimming pools and 3 spa tubs are on site. Other recreational amenities include a waterslide and a fitness center.

Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Gym or Fitness Center

Map of Orlando, FL

Nearby attractions

Disney Springs

13.2 mi

Universal CityWalk Orlando

0.7 mi

Dolphin Theater

7.3 mi

Soarin' Around the World

14.5 mi

Available Rooms

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 450 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 450 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 490 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

1 King • 450 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

1 King • 450 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

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Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel

$$$$

4.5

Excellent(1,035 Reviews)

Hotel in Orlando, FL

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Air conditioner and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

3 outdoor swimming pools and 3 spa tubs are on site. Other recreational amenities include a waterslide and a fitness center.

Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Gym or Fitness Center

Map of Orlando, FL

Nearby attractions

Disney Springs

13.2 mi

Universal CityWalk Orlando

0.7 mi

Dolphin Theater

7.3 mi

Soarin' Around the World

14.5 mi

Available Rooms

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 450 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 450 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

2 Queen • 490 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

1 King • 450 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

1 King • 450 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

4.5

Excellent(1,035 Reviews)

4.5

Oct 2024

Hotel is under construction so many amenities are not available. Price should have been reduced due to the condition of the hotel. Our lake view room had scaffolding and a tarp covering the window. Courtyard was empty due to construction. Had to walk through construction area to get to the pool. Paid too much for this experience.

4.5

Oct 2024

Great place to stay for families. They are currently doing construction but it didn’t affect us too much!

4.5

Oct 2024

It was an amazing experience. I would recommend it for any family.

4.5

Aug 2024

Excellent hotel. Breakfast option in club room less varied than before and no hot meat option, which would have been available during our previous stays in club rooms in the hotel. Renovations on-going but being done sensitively and had little impact on enjoyment of stay.

4.5

Aug 2024

Stayed in the Minions suite. Ground floor room. Very large rooms. With the kids beds big enough for an adult. Hotel is getting work done. So half of the betel is covered in scaffolding. But it didn’t affect our room in the East wing. Only down side was the food & drink price. We just fancied a light meal after being in the parks. The quick serve deli $35 for a standard size pizza. And wanting to charge $7.50 for water in your room.

4.5

Aug 2024

The hotel is a building site with construction noise from early morning until 5pm. Please do not waste your money here, service equally appalling and despite my complaints they really do not care offering to refund my parking as compensation for a $5K booking! Absolutely appalling customer service. This was our 5th visit and will never stay at a Loews property again.

4.5

Jul 2024

The outside work only affected us minimally until the last day when I was trying to watch tv and they were on a scaffold right outside my window making all kinds of noise.

4.5

Jun 2024

This Resort was more like a regular hotel. I would recommend not staying until construction is done. The Hard Rock Resort is a better fit if you have teens. The building seemed old and carpets were worn and old as well. However, it was a nice place to come back to after a day at other resorts and Park Days.

4.5

May 2024

one of the best

4.5

May 2024

Great location

4.5

May 2024

Great rooms with friendly staff. Easy transport to universal parks.

4.5

May 2024

Not a good stay at all. We had been looking forward to this stay as it’s been one of the universal hotels e have never stayed at. Firstly we requested if possible to have a room close to the harbour on a high floor. Originally we were given bottom//ground floor, we were told they could accommodate a room 10 rooms closer to the harbour on the second floor. This was not the case, we were place in the room furthest away from the harbour on the second floor, not given good directions to get to the room, we got lost. Room was dated, bathroom shower had black mold, tile grout in entry way was out g black with dirt. It just didn’t feel it look like a hotel that’s $600 per night.

4.5

May 2024

The property was under construction and I was not informed until it was too late to cancel my booking. The staff gave me incorrect information about my early access to Universal, which ended up costing us some valuable time in the parks. I still love this hotel and will stay here again, but I guess I will have to do more of my own research because the staff isn’t very informative or aware of what’s going on.

4.5

Apr 2024

Paid extra for bay view they were renovating while we were there, so there was a cover on the side of the building so could not see out the windows. 2 separate mornings we were woken by construction, sounded like it was 1 room away. If you self park and want to visit friends who live in the area you are gonna get charged$31.00 each time you leave that's right from Tuesday- Friday we left the property in our own vehicle 3 times $93.00. On the bright side of you are going to universal studios and Islands of adventure like we did the boats and busses are very convenient.

4.5

Apr 2024

Our key for theme park didn't work on first day and at one ride we were told to go to guest services, queued there for 30 mins to then be told that there was no need to come here and they knew the cards weren't working that day and that they were notifying those operating the rides. You should just close the hotel as the amount of works being undertaken was so extreme it completely ruined our stay there. To walk outside and all you can hear is drilling and clunking of metal from the scaffolding is more than a little bit of work going on. The time spent waiting for our take away pizza was a little extreme from the deli. When we arrived the signage to find our room was non existent, it took us 20 minutes to find it and it was out of pure luck that we got to it. The number of water taxi's to take us to and from the parks was way too low, we had to queue for 30 minutes on two occasions to return from the park to the hotel, that is just not acceptable.

4.5

Apr 2024

The property has a lot of renovations going on. The staff is world class though! And anything you need they are on it. Nice spacious rooms.

4.5

Apr 2024

Great hotel for a universal studios trip

4.5

Mar 2024

The hotel is under construction. We made the reservations in October and called the hotel directly to ask if the construction affected the water area and they said that it was minimal and did not affect the hotel view. We stayed there before and we brought some friends with us because we loved the view. Well the construction is massive and half of the hotel view is covered with tarps and scaffoldings. We were very disappointed that the water view was totally affected and the hotel was deceiving to say it wasn’t. The food is good at the restaurants and the boat ride to Universal is very convenient.

4.5

Mar 2024

Amazing , very easy park access

4.5

Feb 2024

Well, he came up for two days to enjoy the Parks Universal Studios in Ireland of adventure

4.5

Jan 2024

Sal's was wonderful.

4.5

Jan 2024

Loved it

4.5

Jan 2024

Horrible experience. The hotel is rated high but is very simple and very old. The rooms are super simple and we had an “upgraded room”. The room was not ready for 5 people as we reserved, rather for 4 people. We had to ask for the rolling bed and waited for half an hour to receive it. Room service- tried to order on Saturday evening and had to wait 1:45 for the food! We got dirty bath robes. We didn’t have any conditioner and the shampoo is just not a shampoo. It’s fragrant water( Does not lather). The carpet stinks and old.in the morning for breakfast we had to wait an hour! To be seated. The restaurants did not welcome walk ins and they only accept reservations. The Starbucks branch is the WORST I have ever been too as far as service and staff. The only reason to sleep there would be the fast pass you receive. Will try the other two hotels next time. Not coming back, you do not get what you pay for which is $500 per night. .

4.5

Jan 2024

Staff was nowhere near friendly, dated room, and bathtub did not work properly. No idea how this hotel has these premium rates. Do yourself a favor and stay somewhere that's hundreds less with a park shuttle - you'll be guaranteed to receive better customer service.

4.5

Dec 2023

Great location. Easy access to Universal studio. The staff is friendly. Highly recommend!

4.5

Dec 2023

Staff was incredible. Perfect location, easy access into parks with early entry. Several dining choices. Beautiful property

4.5

Dec 2023

It was beautiful

4.5

Nov 2023

Great stay

4.5

Oct 2023

Always a great stay. Great staff, great food and the perfect spot.

4.5

Oct 2023

Excellent hotel to stay in. From Checkin to checkout, the staff couldn’t do too much for you to have a fantastic stay. If you can, upgrade to Club Level. Saved us loads whilst in the parks. The rooms were a great size. Beds were very comfortable. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to use the hotel swimming pools or Spa. $29 (this was including tax) per night to park your car overnight. A great way to get the Express Passes for free, rather than paying an arm and a leg for it at the parks. Would we stay here again? Most definitely!

4.5

Oct 2023

Nice and clean

4.5

Oct 2023

Hotel was under construction, windows blocked with clear plastic sheet, constructions workers were literally looking into the room and discussing the work outside the window. Amenities are old and for the price it offers no value. Old shower, cheap coffee. All the staff are very friendly and professional! Housekeeping did a great job.

4.5

Sep 2023

Our stay was amazing - service was courteous and professional - everyone from the front desk, car attendant, house keeping, pool side food service, and restaurants were all super attentive, courteous and provided amazing customer service.

4.5

Sep 2023

The staff were really helpful when accomodating our special requests and the property was even able to accommodate a room switch after we got a less than satisfactory room. The location was also great and having the boat to the park was very convenient. Pools were also excellent.

4.5

Sep 2023

Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic! All the reviews raved about how pretty the property was and none were lying. The staff couldn't have been friendlier. The bay area with the boats was so cute. Opera singers serenaded every evening at sunset. The boat to the parks was fantastic. We saw security cruising around on parks patrolling to make sure everyone was safe. My only complaint was with myself...we didn't discover the beach pool until our last night. The one pool we did find was nice and very quiet but once we saw the beach one, we understood why everyone was raving about the pool. (Which at first we were like, "Well, it is a nice pool, but it's not anything out of the ordinary special." Because we hadn't seen the other one yet. lol) Oh, and then using our room key for the fast pass...my husband said I ruined theme parks for him going forward because nothing was going to top this experience. We usually travel as frugally as possible but I went big for my bday to make up for missing my 50th during covid lockdowns and this was worth the wait!!!!

4.5

Sep 2023

Fantasy hotel experience! Can’t recommend it enough

4.5

Sep 2023

The Loews Portofino Bay is situated very conveniently a short walk/water taxi from Universal Studios. It is a great base for those theme parks and the express pass functionality makes it exceptionally good value for the speedy theme park access.

4.5

Sep 2023

We love this hotel, its beautiful, fantastic staff, and a lovely boat ride down to the theme parks. This will always be our number 1 choice when visiting Universal.

4.5

Aug 2023

Excellent facilities. Helpful and attentive staff.

4.5

Aug 2023

Housekeeping never came to our room

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Orlando?

The average price for a rental in Orlando is $321 per night. This rental is $526 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel. Enjoy the water!

Is Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel?

We found 8 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, and laundry.

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Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel

Hotel in Orlando, FL

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Orlando, FL

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel

Hotel in Orlando, FL

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Orlando, FL

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Bay View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Garden View (FREE Universal Express Unlimited^)

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Orlando?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Universal’s Loews Portofino Bay Hotel?

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