Sea View Hotel

By far the worse service, the worst hotel! …it’s lonely and super far from anything exciting. I should’ve known by the other reviews. My mom stayed for 5 days and she’ll never come back to this terrible place. If you’re on vacation pay the EXTRA BUCKS and get yourself a hotel that first of all provides excellent service, since without us (customers) they wouldn’t be there and secondly that you’ll feel comfortable and happy to be in a relaxing atmosphere. terrible!

My husband’s family has a cabana at the Sea View Hotel and has been coming here for many years.
While it is a bit dated, it’s clean, nice and the staff is great. I love the beach in front of the hotel — not too many tourists, quiet and clean. They have chair service available.
The snack bar is a GREAT place to grab lunch. The chef is actually one of the chefs at Carpaccio in the Bal Harbour shops.
The food is excellent and very well priced.

Booked a room with a pre-​paid voucher through a travel agent. When I checked in at the hotel they asked for a credit card. I thought the card was for incidentals (e.g. use of hotel restaurant, etc.) It turned out they billed me a «resort fee». The hotel is just a hotel. It has a swimming pool and some cabanas outside, but it is not a resort by any means. The amenities are like what you would find at any other similar hotel. The resort fee is just a sneaky way of upcharging for the room. I do not like sneaky charges. So buyer beware.
Oh, and the hotel is dated and everything about the room looks old and worn. Did not like it at all.

Hotel is outdated, they still use papers and pens, no cocktail service by the pool. The staff is nice however way better hotels in the area, other hotels are more expensive.

We used the pool over many days. We own a condo across the street. The staff at the pool are awesome! John and George made us feel like we were living the life of luxury. The chef in the snack bar catered to my kids. They thought they were in heaven. The food was good and view beautiful. Will def go back!

I am so disappointed by the terrible service I received at the Sea View. I have stayed there in the past and received great service several years ago, but apparently that has dropped significantly. The front desk staff is incredibly unfriendly and unhelpful. They barely greeted us when we arrived. Every time I went to the front or called the front desk, the staff working at the time would give me short answers and act as if they were annoyed that I was even talking to them. They never answered questions correctly and each person I would talk to would give me a different response. When we were having issues with the television, they never sent any one to help us until I called for a second time an hour later.
The restaurant servers were rude and slow. The manager was unfriendly and any time we asked where our food was, she would give us rude responses (eggs and toast should not take an hour especially when breakfast for two people costs $ 45). The restaurant overcharges you for mediocre food. Each of the four days they were there, they got our orders wrong and that should not be happening when a sandwich and chips costs $ 25. It seems like they have a lot of processes to work out in their dining rooms, none of the servers seem to understand what is going on and because of that the service is lousy and slow. Good thing they add 18% gratuity on to the bill, so they don’t have to be speedy! They charge you for your pool chairs daily (I think $ 20 a day) yet they don’t even have someone to walk around the pool area and take your drink or food orders. What are you paying for then?
I am SHOCKED by the positive reviews on this website. Frankly, I think the hotel employees create Unilocal profiles and write the positive reviews because there is no way people are having these great experiences at this hotel. The majority of this staff (restaurant and front desk/​concierge mainly) were the most unaccommodating group of individuals I have ever met. This is an expensive area and even a few nights in this hotel is a lot. For these prices, most customers expect much better and friendly service. I would NEVER stay at this hotel again. If you are contemplating staying at the Sea View, look at other places nearby, unless you are a «regular» guest. You will know exactly what I am talking about once you meet the rude front desk staff that can barely crack a smile or say «welcome to hotel.» I wish there was an option to give them 0 stars.

This hotel is an old hotel but very well conserved. They have a nice piano room with live music where you can get a drink or a nice meal.

The Sea View Hotel got nice rooms and is up to 20 min. from the ocean drive away.
It is a quiet place to relaxe and enjoy the great weather.

Spent the day recently at the Sea View. Was not staying at the hotel. Can purchase a chaise lounge, beach cabana or cabana by the beach. Fabulous. They also have less expensive sunset rates. Call and ask for John.

This is a awful hotel… They try to Nickle and dime you for everything. Not worth the money. Free breakfast is not worth eating. Can’t even relax unless you pay for a chair. Fitness center is in a smelly basement… they charge also.

I totally disagree with the negative review I just read by another Unilocaler.
The Sea View Hotel is an elegant European style hotel, that has an «old school» charm to it.
Glitzy, like South Beach hotels it’s not, but elegant it definitely is!