Hotel recommendations for downtown miami

[ranchette]

 

what hotels would you recommend for a 2 night stay before a cruise in downtown miami?

[JohninDC]

How many people?  Honeymoon or travelling with family?  Budget?  Dates?  give us a few more details and the suggestions will be closer to your target.

 

In general look at the Hampton Inn and other hotels in the Mary Brickell area, or hotels closer to Bayside Market and the port - Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, YVE, Doubletree and next door Marriott.

[ranchette]

Thanks for your reply. There are just two of us and we are on a cruise out of Miami on Oct. 24th. but we plan to stay at a hotel 2 days before. What hotels do you suggest near the Bayside area? Can I use priceline or hotwire to book the hotel? Do you know where I can get a list of the hotels offered by priceline or hotwire with the hotel ratings?

[LHT28]

look on Priceline  they give ratings

or compare with Trip advisor reviews

Depends on your budget 

you can stay HolidayInn across from Bayside mall

Intercontinenal 

Marriott hotels

Hampton Inn Brickell is  a bit further  but nice quiet area

 

[Keith1010]

We spend about one week in Miami each year before a cruise.

 

Not knowing your price point that you want to spend on a room I will give you several hotels that I recommend considering.

 

They are all within about one mile of each other.

 

Close to the Port:

 

Intercontinental

Marriott Marquis (about six years old)

Epic Hotel (priciest of the ones I am mentioning).  Avoid a room on a lower floor as you may hear quite a bit of noise from a nearby bridge.

Holiday Inn (some like it but I would recommend the other two)

Hyatt (I like the location better of the first three even though it is close by)

 

These hotels are about five minutes from the port.  Near restaurants and CVS Pharmacy which is good to pick up last minute items and near a Whole Foods.  

 

Just a couple of minutes further from the port

 

Mandarin Oriental (priciest of the ones mentioned).  Private man made beach.

 

About 10 minutes from the port or maybe 15 depending on traffic but relatively close so no worries.

 

JW Marriott

Conrad Hilton

Hyatt Centric

 

East Miami (relative new hotel so doesn't get mentioned much and is near the new Brickell Centre.  More on Brickell in a moment.)  Also the SLS Lux Brickell is nearby.

 

And then just another few minutes away 

 

Four Seasons (like Mandarin a bit pricier then most I've listed) but in a very quiet location.

Hampton Inn (a lot of value here.  It is not a full service hotel but it is a nice Hampton and includes breakfast)

 

The last group of hotels I have mentioned starting with Mandarin Oriental and ending with Hampton Inn are near lots of restaurants.

 

There is Mary Brickell Village and right near there are lots of restaurants and also near two CVS Pharmacies (JW Marriott right next to a 24 hour one) and near Publix (there are two in the area) where you can pick up lots of last minute items.

 

Then there is the relatively new Brickell Centre which opened last in 2016.  Lots of stores and restaurants.

 

I have stayed at some of these hotels and have been inside each and everyone.

 

Again, they represent a wide range of price points.

 

 

Keith

 

 

[ranchette]

5 hours ago, Keith1010 said:

We spend about one week in Miami each year before a cruise.

 

Not knowing your price point that you want to spend on a room I will give you several hotels that I recommend considering.

 

They are all within about one mile of each other.

 

Close to the Port:

 

Intercontinental

Marriott Marquis (about six years old)

Epic Hotel (priciest of the ones I am mentioning).  Avoid a room on a lower floor as you may hear quite a bit of noise from a nearby bridge.

Holiday Inn (some like it but I would recommend the other two)

Hyatt (I like the location better of the first three even though it is close by)

 

These hotels are about five minutes from the port.  Near restaurants and CVS Pharmacy which is good to pick up last minute items and near a Whole Foods.  

 

Just a couple of minutes further from the port

 

Mandarin Oriental (priciest of the ones mentioned).  Private man made beach.

 

About 10 minutes from the port or maybe 15 depending on traffic but relatively close so no worries.

 

JW Marriott

Conrad Hilton

Hyatt Centric

 

East Miami (relative new hotel so doesn't get mentioned much and is near the new Brickell Centre.  More on Brickell in a moment.)  Also the SLS Lux Brickell is nearby.

 

And then just another few minutes away 

 

Four Seasons (like Mandarin a bit pricier then most I've listed) but in a very quiet location.

Hampton Inn (a lot of value here.  It is not a full service hotel but it is a nice Hampton and includes breakfast)

 

The last group of hotels I have mentioned starting with Mandarin Oriental and ending with Hampton Inn are near lots of restaurants.

 

There is Mary Brickell Village and right near there are lots of restaurants and also near two CVS Pharmacies (JW Marriott right next to a 24 hour one) and near Publix (there are two in the area) where you can pick up lots of last minute items.

 

Then there is the relatively new Brickell Centre which opened last in 2016.  Lots of stores and restaurants.

 

I have stayed at some of these hotels and have been inside each and everyone.

 

Again, they represent a wide range of price points.

 

 

Keith

 

 

Thank you so much for all that information

[Keith1010]

1 hour ago, ranchette said:

Thank you so much for all that information

You are very welcome.

Keith

[JohninDC]

22 hours ago, ranchette said:

Thanks for your reply. There are just two of us and we are on a cruise out of Miami on Oct. 24th. but we plan to stay at a hotel 2 days before. What hotels do you suggest near the Bayside area? Can I use priceline or hotwire to book the hotel? Do you know where I can get a list of the hotels offered by priceline or hotwire with the hotel ratings?

Holiday Inn and Intercontinental are very close to Bayside.  Doubletree, Marriott and a few others are close by.  Pull up Bayside Market on Google Maps and it can show you all of the hotels in the area.  I would do some homework on betterbooking dot com before trying Priceline or other blind booking sites.

[Noxequifans]

We always stay at the Intercontinental .... excellent.

[phillyguy31]

I booked the IC cheaper than the Holiday Inn which really surprised me.