NWR: South Beach hotels?

femmes Posted: May 02, 2007 01:41 PM

NWR: South Beach hotels?

Hey ladies.

What hotel in south beach does anyone recommend? I havent been there in years and im getting a headache reading all the hotel reviews...Thanks!

Kris10546 Posted: May 02, 2007 01:44 PM

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I stayed at the Avalon and it was right on Ocean Avenue, affordable, and a great time!

Espo22 Posted: May 02, 2007 01:46 PM

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well this is close to south beach but not in south beach...Don't know if you've ever been to coconut grove in florida, its right outside of miami just a few minutes away, it is gorgeous so nice there. Theres one thing next to another there...Senor frogs, and a bunch of bars and clubs, great shopping area and restaurants.

We went in november and stayed at the Sonesta hotel there and it is GORGEOUS...its a very trendy type hotel, the lobby was very zen like. You're right by the water and i liked this area a little more than miami to tell you the truth.

The room we had was amazing. His whole family went bc we were all there for a wedding, and we happened to get the biggest room so not every room is the same but all nice. Ours had a full kitchen and it was pretty big and was fully stocked with plates, forks& knives, toaster and everything. The area itself was very large and even had a huge cherry wood table where you can even turn into a dining room table. It had a nice balcony with a table outside. It was seriously like a small apartment, FH and I were saying how we wouldn't mind living in this room for a while and in that area lol

failurebydsign Posted: May 02, 2007 01:51 PM

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well..i used to live near south beach and have at one time or another been to most hotels for overnight or parties

these are my recomenned ones that are the nicest and most afforable

Shore Club
Tides
Sagamore
Fontainebleau

but my favorite one is Delano

everything is all white..ill find a pic for you

failurebydsign Posted: May 02, 2007 01:52 PM

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heres a pic of delano

femmes Posted: May 02, 2007 02:00 PM

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thanks!! im going to check into those now...

Dolce19 Posted: May 02, 2007 02:03 PM

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Sagamore & The Delano. I have stayed in both...and I think that they Sagamore has bigger rooms....but the Delano is gorgeous.

love2plan1 Posted: May 02, 2007 02:19 PM

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I wanted to stay in the Delano but it ended up being two expensive that weekend so we stayed in Loews

failurebydsign Posted: May 02, 2007 02:21 PM

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the lowes miami beach otel is real nice

korndoggie Posted: May 02, 2007 02:23 PM

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Posted by failurebydsign

the lowes miami beach hotel is real nice

FH and I stayed here and it was beautiful. I have stayed at a couple hotels but I forgot the names. Out of all of them I would recommend the Lowes.

LoveRocks Posted: May 02, 2007 02:26 PM

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My absolute FAVORITE place is the Delano.

Super2star Posted: May 02, 2007 03:04 PM

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Posted by failurebydsign

the lowes miami beach otel is real nice

AHHH yeah...I LOVED Loews!!!!!!! I went there for my SIL bach party...so beautiful and the service was awesome!

failurebydsign Posted: May 02, 2007 03:22 PM

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the intercontinental is great too..my friends and i use to sneak in and come down the elevators so it looked like we stayed there and eat breakfast there like every weekend..its this huge buffet and it was free..sooo much fun

Espo22 Posted: May 02, 2007 03:24 PM

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Posted by failurebydsign

the intercontinental is great too..my friends and i use to sneak in and come down the elevators so it looked like we stayed there and eat breakfast there like every weekend..its this huge buffet and it was free..sooo much fun

I know someone who got married there, i think thats the one

failurebydsign Posted: May 02, 2007 03:27 PM

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Posted by Espo22

Posted by failurebydsign

the intercontinental is great too..my friends and i use to sneak in and come down the elevators so it looked like we stayed there and eat breakfast there like every weekend..its this huge buffet and it was free..sooo much fun

I know someone who got married there, i think thats the one

its right on biscayne bay..and real nice..and its like 20 floors

musicgrl79 Posted: May 02, 2007 05:20 PM

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i stayed at the Sheraten BBal Habour which is right outside of south beach and it was beautiful. it has a large pool area and is right on the beach...literally!! we rented a acar and drove when we needed to get to the actual south beach area where all the dining anh shopping is. we stayed right outside south beach because it wa less congested and less of that 'spring Break' type crowd. but we were happy w/the hotel.

Ilovebriani Posted: May 02, 2007 06:34 PM

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whatever you do DO NOT stay in the Chesterfield Hotel and 'Spa' (HA if that's what they would like to call it) on Collins Ave. I went to south beach the past few years with some friends and last year that is where we stayed....well, what we thought would be a nice hotel (pics on the website looked great) was a horrible experience. When we got there....our room only had one bed. (there were 3 of us) when we specifically reserved a room with 2 beds. we tried to switch it when we got there but they had no other rooms available. We were pissed about that so the second night they were able to switch the room, but when we did it was infested with roaches!!! they were everywhere! it was so nasty. and to make it worse that bathrooms had no shower curtains or anything....just a drain in the floor for the shower...so when ever we had to shower the water would get everything that happened to be in the bathroom soaking wet! including the toilet paper!!! plus the water was cold. keep in mind this was not a cheap hotel, so just be careful. when u book.

i do recommend staying somewhere near collins ave though. there is a lot of shopping around there, and its right near the beach!

Bella77 Posted: May 02, 2007 06:45 PM

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I was there in January and stayed at the Besty Ross - they just renovated last fall, the place is pretty nice, right on Ocean Drive, but not in the middle of all the craziness so that you can't sleep from noise outside. They had a pool but it was on the small side. Very boutique-y... reasonably priced too.