Came to stay to visit family/friends and spend my birthday with my best friend. This trip was amazing and much needed respite.
TL;dr - GREAT LOCATION. AWESOME HOST. Clean. Comfortable. Highly recommend and will return. Unbeatable rooftop views. Limited internet. Good price if you don't get sticker shock from not reading extra 25/night resort fee and mandatory valet at 35/night.
OVERALL WONDERFUL PLACE. Great communicating host who was concerned for our comfort and checked in often but not to much. Consistently checked and quickly responsed to messages. Much appreciated. The place was clean and modern. The bed was comfortable. The proximity to the beach was amazing. I've stayed in the area twice in the last year but this was by far the best value. I wad able to watch the sunrise and ocean from rooftop. The pool was great. The rooftop bar was nice to relax after we returned from dinner and not to overcrowded. Friendly bartenders and decent selection. Great views of the bay and city. At night you can see the Hardrock guitar shape lighting up. That was nice.
Overall I'm pleased but try to be thorough for reviews. None of what I'm going to say has anything to do with the host. SHE WAS AMAZING.
Front desk only had one person at check in and 2 people at check out so took an hour in line to check out and no alternative but to stand in line. Front desk was overwhelmed and inefficient.
Before we came we read reviews about the vent in the bathroom. I assumed people were picky but it is a thing. Not super noisy but you can hear the wind causing vent flap to make noise. At night if you are a light sleeper, this will cause insomnia.
Rooftop pool, jacuzzi and bar were a plus considered when booking. All of that closed at 8pm Sunday and during the week. Disappointing. The gym does but stay open either. Gym access ends at 10pm so we just didnt work out. On Thursday to Saturday the bar stayed open to 10pm but about 9:40 was last call. I overhead bartender tell someone else kitchen was closed around 9. No last call announcement was made for either but that didn't effect us. We had already had enough. Abruptly, they were already packing alcohol and shutting down by 945. Like the workers were going to walk out when patrons did at close. Weird for south Florida.
We had to work during stay. So while this was a vacation, stable internet was a must. Inside the room it was ok but didnt reach to the balcony. Phone service on the other hand was horrible inside and severely limited but ok on balcony. Absolutely no phone service in the bathroom or the closer inside the room. We just used hot spot for internet on balcony and switched to wifi calling to adjust. Not best scenario but doable. Not complaining but want to give warning if you are traveling for work. Tv doesnt cast. Its like an older flat screen hotel tv so limited but it just forced us to not watch TV. Trust me. You want to be out about walking the beach and enjoying everything else instead anyway.
READ CAREFULLY. The listing is accurate but we didn't realize the valet was mandatory. Young valets so unnerving with an expensive car but no issues.