Tyler G.
Yelp
I'm writing this review as I'm staying here because I doubt it will change. This hotel should immediately be dropped from Marriott and especially the Autograph collection because it is very, very far from living up to both names.
My son and I always come to Miami Beach for his spring break and normally we stay at the Ritz, south beach. We decided to stray off course and try some other brands on the beach this time to get a feel for the other hotels and boy did we make a mistake by choosing this hotel.
From the start, the service here is fng atrocious.
- Slowest valet I have ever experienced, not the friendliest desk staff, the one I originally checked in with had the personality of a wet dish rag and also forgot to offer us the points or breakfast and there were no upgrades available, even as platinum.
- The lobby is incredibly small and unwelcoming.
- The hallways smell old and musty
- The pool was cloudy, dirty, and full of debris
- They gave us dirty, yellow stained towels for the chairs and the chairs themselves were dirty and not well kept.
- The staff at the tiki bar out back were slow and non existent, I actually had to finally walk up to the bar and order the drinks after sitting for almost 10 minutes to which the one bartender acknowledged the server es there were slow and they have been told before to do a better job basically. Also, the frozen drinks are pretty much melted by the time they get to you and they're served with cheap shitty paper straws.
- The food at both the hut and the main restaurant are mediocre and disappointing, my son had a Cuban sandwich and they yellow mustard wasn't on there, I got chicken tacos and they were just not good, I don't even know how to explain messing up a chicken taco.
- The staff at the beach are also almost non existent and unhelpful, always on phones, drink orders not being taken.
- Our room was not ready for check in till after 5:30 pm which is a joke for a platinum member and there were no washcloths in our room which we didn't realize till late at night when we got back which was very frustrating. To also note on the room, they are incredibly tiny and off putting. My closet is bigger. The rooms are so small, the toilet in the bathroom is directly in front of the sink and you have to actually stand to the side of the sink because it's in the way.
I mean the list goes on, this hotel just flat out sucks. We took a chance here and boy did it bite us in the ass. Needless to say, we aren't extending our stay after Saturday 4/6 and we'll be moving down the road back to the Ritz where we normally stay at.