Miami Beach hotels in South Beach

Cheap renovations with premium cost of accommodation. Parking cost is unreasonable. Our first room had not been cleaned after the previous guests. We were switched to a worse/smaller room. There was no acoustic privacy.

Didn't replace toiletries in the bathroom. Sheets were very rough.

The hotel was in a great location with great views. The hotel will nickel and dime you for many different resort fees.

It's right on the beach! Housekeeping staff took my iPhone 6 charger and took the bottles of alcohol that I bought and placed in the fridge. They also took my razors. Also noticed that while they are on the floors cleaning they keep all of the doors open even if they have other people's property in them which makes it really easy for someone else to go in to your room and take your stuff.

Hotel facilities were nice and it was right near the beach. Desk staff was a little condescending and not very friendly.

My wife and I booked this hotel through Kayak's partner Getaroom in late October. The South Beach hotels were generally booked for New Years Eve, so we were happy to have a confirmed reservation. When we arrived at the hotel in New Years Eve, we were told by the front desk staff member that it reservation didn't exist. We looked up or confirmation and confirmed that we had prepaid via credit card. The hotel staff did they could not honor our reservation as they had no rooms available and they take no responsibility for mistakes made by third party booking agencies. They recommended we try elsewhere, so my wife called other hotels and I ran around trying to find a room. We called Getaroom three times and we put in endless hold each time as they struggled with the same problem. They finally found the glitch which turned out to be a misspelling of our last name as "Wppd" instead of "Wood." No apology from the hotel or Getaroom for two hours of frantic searching for another hotel. The hotel itself was nice but lacking in staffing and amenities. Cleanliness was OK. The pool and hot tub were overrun by kids and postadolecents. Location was amazing and we were able to walk to New Years Eve celebrations in South Beach.

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Very friendly staff, beautiful pool. Our first room was very dirty and second room (which was an upgrade) was still not great. Couches were stained, dirty sheets, bathtub and bathrobes. pool bar is expensive.

Booked a Bayview Studio, for a family of four (2 kids). Excellent views to downtown Miami and the Bay. Very spacious room, with interesting decor. Excellent restaurant, fusion of of Cuban with Asiatic cuisine. Very good pool area, too (swimming pool heated). Very friendly personnel in the restaurant and the reception, as well as the housekeeping staff. Ideal place to get the relaxing and glamorous atmosphere of the city. The room's door was poorly isolated, therefore there were some noises coming from the corridor (we stayed at the hotel at a weekend with parties organized each evening/night). Parking is exclusively valet (charging an quite high daily rate), with little choices for alternative parking around. The minibar is a kind of a mini-in-room-shop (selling T-shirts, souvenirs, toiletry, etc.). No free WiFi.

design The hotel is far from beach, very laud tonight from the bar and pool.

Good quality hotel, with great fusion restaurant Location from south beach

Stylish, nice sunset panaroma Very arrogant and not really competent staff; thanks for getting the 3th (lowest!) floor out of 17 floors even after asking especially for a high floor room in the reservation ("no chance, but the tower suit is still available with a little rate change from 445,- to 3.500,-"); everything in the hotel is completely overpriced: restaurant, poolbar, parking, even the internet has to be paid (ridiculous!) and so on...

Location, close to beach. 2nd floor is not as renovated and nice as 3rd floor; water temperature in shower changed too much from hot to cold; checking in and out took a long time.

The staff were extremely helpful. They arranged my room for me before 3 pm. provided me with towels at reception immediately as i entered (i was wet from the rain); they handed me the Fedex package that was delivered for me before my arrival; They were extremely helpful in following up with Fedex on a package that was not delivered. Everyone was very helpful, friendly and made my stay a pleasure. I even received two free drinks ( vouchers). I can recommedn the hotel to anyone. I received the best service ever and I have stayed in hotels all over the world, as I travel frequently.

The only thing I liked about this hotel was the location. It's across the street from the beach. On Kayak this looks like a beautiful luxury hotel, but quickly upon arriving you realize it only looks like that from a distance and they have an amazing photographer for their site photos. Kayak was great but Breakwater is a sleezy lemon. Upon our arrival at 1 am Saturday we were tired and eager to get to our room. The receptionist strongly persuaded us to upgrade to a much more expensive room for $180 + tax so it would be quiet. He then proceeded to charge my card but forgot the tax so asked me to give him my credit card again so he could charge the sales tax. He also informed us upon arrival there is a $22/day resort fee but this was not stated anywhere on Kayak. Also as we were dealing with check in another guest came up to the desk and asked for ear plugs because the club music outside the hotel was too loud. And YES it was VERY LOUD. We were in a room that was pretty quiet for what it was but on Sunday night, by boyfriend WHO IS A DJ wasn't even able to fall asleep until 4 am because it was so loud! The room itself had a nice view but it had a lot of issues from lazy upkeep. The bed sheets had stains on them, the bench at the foot of the bed had weird sticky dirt marks from removed tape stains, the bathroom tub was worn down cracked and stained (didn't use it unfortunately because it looked so gross), and the shower floor was cracked. Using the TV was also a mess. The remote didn't work and no channel guide. We tried multiple times to dial the front desk from the hotel phone to have these addressed but the line would disconnect every time we hit the front desk or 0 button. Not sure if they don't want to hear from you, the line is inundated with calls, or something was wrong with the phone. The staff has not been trained to be friendly and welcoming to their guests. They view us as a bother and just want a fast interaction so they can quickly move on to the next opportunity to make money. The waiters/waitresses at the front of the hotel in the morning were more concerned with snagging passersby (as every other restaurant on that street) for business than greeting their current guests eating breakfast. I said good morning to a few of them and received very cold and snobby responses. They didn't make eye contact with me and didn't offer any interaction. So rude! One day I was using a computer in the lobby and a manager was severely scolding a server right there in the lobby for doing something that wasn't appropriate. She was very nasty and mean to him, and the one way scolding went on for literally 10 minutes. It was so unpleasant and uncomfortable to witness that as a guest. The employees should have a private area they use for this kind of thing, not out in the public lobby! This hotel is appropriate for frat boys/college aged kids that want to party hard, trash rooms, and recover on the beach afterwards without making much effort in getting there. We were paying over $300/night for this room and it's evident the Breakwater heavily relies on their location to make visitors happy and turn over business quickly, but does not put in any other effort. Definitely won't be staying here again. :(

Excellent value for the money. One of the most reasonably priced rooms in South Beach and one of the best locations.

The location -The room was advertised a a double budget. Got there it was only one bed. When i asked about it the front desk manager said he did not know what to tell me and no more rooms were available -Saw two or so small roaches in the room -There was a stain on the sheet when we first arrived -The room had a really old musty smell -Room was not cleaned everyday

The location Very noisy. All night long and in the morning (garbage collection).They could have had double glazing and it would have been much better

Front desk agent was very friendly and she made the process smooth and easy. They didn't service our room for 2 days even after requested. No hotel extras such as robe, slippers, shaving kits etc. walls are extremely thin and you can hear everything next door to you. Someone walked in our room even with a do not disturb sign on. Wouldn't recommend unless you are desperate for a place to stay.

Poor staff relationship, too noisy due to bars under the hotel, problem with bath sinks, not worth the money paid.

This was nowhere in my kayak booking info. It was not optional, and it was in the middle of a neighborhood blocks from the beach. It was ostensibly to cover the continental breakfast and wifi. These things were advertised as free in the add. Dishonest advertising and not worthy of my business for any repeat visits.

The location is very good. The first room was leaking water through the ceiling. Then they moved us to a room which was normally not for rent due to renovation works. We slept 1m near to a sawing machine of the builders. When we went to ask for a solution they said to contact the manager. Except that they were not friendly anymore we had no reaction at all. Also at night a lot of noise.

Location of the hotel. Nice and clean design. New beds (though quite small). First room was very small, second night we got a larger room, which was more pleasant.

Hotel is close to the Beach and the Hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. The room has a safe. The Hotel is very noisy, the cleaning staff are banging doors 24/7 and you can even hear people walking and talking on the floor (at least on the groundfloor where I stayed). The Room was small and not very nice ...

The location was amazing: close to lincoln rd and ocean drive, but also quiet at night. We took the suite, where everything looked brand new. The shower got broken and also the sink, but the staff was able to repair it the day after. There's no free parking around and that means an additional 20$ per day

-Courteous staff -Room was very small -Shower had half a door and water got everywhere -Breakfast was awful (orange DRINK, bad bagels, fruit that had seen better days) -Loud (someone blasting music at 5:30 a.m. inside the hotel) -View of a parking garage

The hotel has been newly refurbished and the rooms are quite modern and spacious. Cockroaches in the shower!! Despite being newly refurbished there was obviously a pest problem. When I informed the receptionist that there were cockroaches I was asked if they were 'the big ones or the small ones'. We were glad only to be staying one night!!

i like the location that was it. first the rooms did not look like that in the picture. the tile was cracked in my bathroom. also i think the AC unit was in my room so every time it was on it was loud. the price i paid for my room was not what it was worth.

its was clean and quiet

Location was good as it's close to everything South Beach has to offer but that's about it. The hotel rooms are extremely small and cramped and they tried too hard to make it look trendy and there is no full wall or glass between the room and the bathroom so not only can you see the person in the bathroom using the toilet but you can also hear every air biscuit they let out, every wipe and smell it. I mean cmon, first you have tiny rooms that I would expect in a 3 star hotel in NYC but how can you put people in those tiny rooms and leave a completely open bathroom with no walls or privacy... smh. The service was also rough, I think the girl who checked us in said her computer crashed 4 times and we had to spend about 25 minutes checking in which should have taken about 5 minutes. The checking stations had older laptops, they got this whole hotel completely wrong and I would never go back.