Casa Claridge’s

It was our day 1 in Miami and we had our breakfast here! Can’t get better than this. Amazing food, heritage feel and tastefully done interiors.

Came here on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. Room was very clean and house keeping was on point in proving clean sheets and towels. The hotel is on the smaller side but it’s décor is pretty cool. Good food at the restaurant, the bartender makes the drinks strong and Chris at the front desk was always friendly and helpful. Best part was CC is the location. The beach is literally across the street. Convenience store is also across the street and there are a ton of restaurants and bars within a 3 block radius. I read the review and some people complained that CC only had one elevator… well there is a staircase across the hallway so if you’re that impatient, you can always take that… not really a big deal. I’m definitely coming back.

Really classy, and charming. Every detail is really thought out. Even the sheets and bed smell and feel really clean, which you can’t say about a lot of places. It’s a quiet hotel, relaxing. The art in the lobby and elevator is a nice touch. Great service. We were just looking for the cheapest place in the area, but we got so much more. And the beach is just across the street!

They sent us a bottle of wine to apologize for the inconvenience, which was very nice of them.

What a disastrous dump this place is. Not for nothing, but at $ 510 per night, you shouldn’t have to literally wake the front desk person from a slumber at the desk at 5am to ask a question. Oh, and when he finally wakes up, wipes the drool from his face, and shakes off the surprise, he says «just a minute, I have to get my colleague «. Ha! So I watch as he exits the front door to go to a vehicle parked out front to wake up his colleague who is better suited to answer questions. They obviously bought this place and put a coat of pint on the outside and stopped there. This is somehow connected to the Faena across the street. Hopefully that place has their act together a little better when it opens.

This is probably the worst customer service I have ever experienced. While the burger was absolutely amazing, the atmosphere was subpar. The booth we chose was directly across from the receptionist desk. We found a quick fix by closing the curtains to create a private booth. We stayed at fountain blue and quickly grew tired of paying high dollars just to get a quick snack. We split the burger, which as stated, was absolutely tasty; especially since we only needed a snack before going out for drinks. The burger was so good we decided on maybe getting desserts and an after dinner cocktail. However, this was quickly side– railed when the only server/​bartender demanded we pay as he had to deliver food in a picnic basket. This was a little offsetting and we quickly paid the bill after he kept asking our form of payment. After we discussed after plans to leave after the odd exchange, one of the hotel employees came running after us asking if we paid our bill. How rude! We quickly told her how awful the service was and they treated us like we were second class citizens. She also wanted to know why we shut the curtains. We were so put off by the experience we will only dine in our hotel establishment from now on. She stated she would let management know, but one can only assume this was just a routine statement.

I loved this place!!! It was everything I thought it was going to be and more. Words and pictures can’t express how beautiful the interior design of this hotel is. The beach is literally right across the street from the hotel. The private beach access allows guests to have two free sun chairs. I loved how friendly the staff was and how I was treated like a celebrity. I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to stay at a quiet non chain hotel. In addition, someone who is traveling for a true Miami experience.

We LOVED our stay here. Great atmosphere, wonderful staff.
We only hope to be able to get back to Miami Beach and enjoy their hospitality again.

The experience was great from the start. I was upgraded to a suite and the rate was low compared to others in the area. The staff was great! Thanks for being so accomidating. Stay here If you enjoy small hotels with character.

Stayed here for three nights and it was worth every penny. The staff was amazing and the service was exemplary. I loved every minute of it. We were truly made to feel at home and I would most definitely come again. The beds were comfortable (not the greatest because mine sloped a bit, but still cozy). The toiletries were nice. They have a nice restaurant/​bar. The food was pretty great. Everyone really took care of us. I’ve never experienced accommodations quite like this before so maybe that could be why I enjoyed all of the pampering so much and I really don’t have anything to compare it to but, again, the service was just outstanding.

I traveled to Miami by myself and stayed here from May 8^th 2015 until May 13^th. The hotel is very pretty on the inside and very clean. The staff are very accommodating and all of them are nice and friendly! I stayed in a queen suite which was huge… I had a small issue with lack of hot water in my shower, I asked to have it fixed twice but I’m not sure it ever got fixed, I took luke warm showers the whole week.
The area around the hotel is under a lot of construction and I’m usually a very light sleeper, plus my room was on the side facing the construction, however the noise wasn’t as bad as I expected.
There is a public parking lot across the street from the hotel, it’s free from 6pm-​8am (I think) there’s also another one at 27^th and collier, otherwise if you have to park you’ll need to find street parking. I didn’t have a car while there but I figure that info is useful for people who will have one.
There is access to the beach directly across from the hotel (literally a 2 minute walk if that) with their own lounge chairs and towels for guests to use
There is no pool or fitness area in the hotel, but there is a boardwalk/​running path on the beach which is super convenient.
The restaurant in the hotel has some really good food! (the empanadas, burger and the Apple cinnamon bread pudding were my favorites) I ate lunch there most days. There’s no breakfast that I saw even though the hotel website shows a breakfast PDF menu. There is a small deli/​supermarket across the street and to the left of the hotel that you can get breakfast type things from.
I definitely recommend using über to get anywhere in Miami/​Miami beach if you don’t have a car. Super convenient, friendly, quick and cheap :) taking an über from the hotel, it takes about 15 mins to get to south beach (without traffic) about 10 mins to get to Lincoln road mall and about 20 – 25 mins to get to the shops/​entertainment area at bayside (located in downtown Miami near the port of miami)
Overall my experience with Casa Claridge was excellent and I would definitely stay here again!

My mom and I visited Miami over a weekend in May of this year and we loved our stay at the Casa Claridge! The architecture is beautiful, the rooms very well-​furnished and the staff very friendly and accommodating. Casa Claridge is a fabulous alternative to your typical chain hotel — The beds and furniture are antique and the fixtures unique. The rooms are quiet and well-​insulated. The bar and restaurant, though a little slow, are fantastic — Drinks and dishes are delicious. (I especially liked the salmon breakfast dish.) The hotel features a reserved area of the beach with chaise lounges and umbrellas (umbrellas are an upcharge of about $ 15). The beach is beautiful and not too crowded — A nice contrast to the very busy South Beach. Speaking of which, the hotel is about two miles from South Beach — a quick jog or Über ride away. Other reviewers have mentioned the construction in the area, but we weren’t affected by it, as they weren’t working on the weekend. During the week, unless you’re spending a lot of time in the room during the day, it shouldn’t be an issue. I highly recommend!

Best hospitality in South Beach! Couldn’t have asked for a better stay. Nice décor and friendly staff!

WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE EVER.
When you walk in with a reservation and confirmation in your hand, this hotel refuses to get you a room and claims that they ‘could not find the reservation in the system’
Will NOT recommend this place to anyone.

Just checked in this afternoon after staying at another hotel down the street. Pleasantly surprised. Décor is quite remarkable. The courtyard is Spanish meets beach eclectic, and is filled with the most gorgeous orchid arrangements. Had a drink at the bar, we were told we could go anywhere on the property to drink it, which I thought was a nice touch, and he would come find us to settle the bill. I, of course, chose to sit close to one of the beautiful orchid displays and sipped my yummy margarita.
Room was spacious and sunny. I have a soft spot for all things old, classic, and beautiful, and this hotel has that vibe. Staff was more than pleasant.
Beach is across the street and through a small parking lot. Loved it, because the beach was barren at this spot, less than 40 fringed laden red umbrellas dotted the beach that belonged to this hotel. There is construction going on ocean side where two huge buildings are being renovated, so I imagine this intimate beach setting will not last long…
I highly recommend this hotel if you enjoy a more laid back, classy stay at Miami beach.

This hotel is under a new owner for about a year now apparently and it is wonderful. We come during the boat show every year to work when rates are outrageous everywhere on the beach, so for the past few years — this is where we have stayed. We were pleasantly surprised to see the new remodel. Hotel is super clean, décor is unique, staff is above and beyond (hard to come by in this area). This is a quiet hotel but really great and easily accessible.

While on a last minute trip to Miami, I hopped on hotel tonight and booked Casa Claridge the same day I arrived. This turned out to be a home run from multiple standpoints.
This hotel was recently renovated and now looks like an artsy paradise. When you walk in the hotel you instantly see a modernly decorated living room which serves as a community room for all guests. It’s decked out in red lighting, couches and modern décor all around.
The check in process to 45 seconds. I know because I clocked it. Given that I you’re in Miami and want to start enjoying the city, it doesn’t get much better than that.
The room, which was a basic room with a queen bed, was perfect. Just the right size for two people, modernly updated with white touches, tile floor, and an interesting bathroom set up that houses the sink outside the actual bathroom. The room is just spacious enough and full of light. Though it’s modern, the décor seems specifically chosen to represent the classic culture of Miami and display a Spanish paradise vibe. I thought it was perfect.
This perfect experience was then brought home by the bar in the lobby. I was fortunate enough to have the best mojito of my life made by the bartender in the hotel. This guy put as much effort into making a blueberry mojito as I’ve ever seen. It tasted even better then his exceptional effort.
Amazing hotel, unique décor, classic Miami vibe and an awesome bar. What more can you ask for? Well you also get free access to the beach across the street via the hotel. Comes complete with a concierge who walks the beach ensuring you have all that you need. Winning! The only slight negative to this hotel is that there is only one elevator and it moves quite slowly. Otherwise, complete home run.
Excellent experience here and an excellent option when in Miami. Short drive to the heart of south beach, but away from all the madness that comes with it.
Congrats to this hotel. You’ll definitely see me again!

This hotel was amazing. From the moment we walked up the steps, Manager Michelle and the staffs dropped what they were doing and took our bags and made us feel at home. We were upgraded to a King room, which was clean, comfortable and charming.(sit down check-​in, very nice) There was a large party happening the night we arrived, but when we were dining at dinner, the manager (Michelle) came and chatted with us for about 10 minutes despite the business of the party inside. We were addressed by name each time we came in and out of the hotel, and surprised with a complementary bottle of Champagne on ice to celebrate our Anniversary. My girlfriends bag was stolen from her at the beach, and the hotel offered to replace anything that was taken! Thankfully it was just sunscreen and snacks… but the fact that they offered was priceless. The location is incredible, steps away from the beach and minutes from Lincoln Road. The Big Bus Tour has a pickup a block away so its a great stay for tourists too, but it’s quiet and relaxing as well. In a year or two, I feel like this area will be a new hotspot in Miami beach.
I would highly recommend this hotel to any friend or associate of mine, and would definitely stay here again myself.

Great place to stay in Miami Beach steps from the Beach the service is good everyone was friendly. The Room was nice I loved the bed and linen was so comfy.
I would stay here again.

J’ai vraiment du mal a croire que l’hôtel ou je suis allée est celui décrit dans les avis ci-​dessous. Déjà en terme de flexibilité et d’accueil, nous n’avons pas été a plaindre, nous sommes arrivées avec 3 heures de retard. Notre vol au départ de New York né pouvait pas décoller avant a cause de fortes tempêtes. Nous les avons prévenus et nous n’avons eu aucun problème a notre arrivée — il y avait bien quelqu’un pour nous récupérer et nous amener a notre chambre.
La chambre, parlons-​en. Une merveille. Super literie, j’ai dormi comme un bebe. C’était génial, elle était merveilleuse, dans des tons orangé et jaune. Superbe. Très grande, lumineuse, air conditionné. Elle était vraiment top. Douche tout confort et super propre.
En plus y a un super jacuzzi dans l’hôtel c’est génial. Nous ce qu’on faisait, c’est qu’on allait profiter des eaux turquoises de South beach — il suffit de traverser la rue — et après on se glissait dans le jacuzzi du claridge. L’hôtel se situe également a quelques minutes de marche du début d’Ocean Drive.
J’ai rarement eu un rapport qualité prix aussi intéressant que le Claridge. C’était un très bel hotel et très confortable et nous avons payé 250 € les 5 nuits a deux. C’était parfait.

I wish i can give it a negative star!!! Filthy, smelly and just plain disgusting! Everything you find offensive, is in this hotel!!! Overpriced (just because it’s Miami) and they hit you with fees that are not posted on their website! The worst hotel experience to date!

Update: This was part of a pre honeymoon cruise mini vacation. This was in 2006, so things may have changed. I have understand there is new ownership, and the hotel is renovated. This could be really good. You should check it out!
Original review:
A street away from the ocean.
Pretty hotel inside and out. It has character. Out of r first room had hair on the beds. The room did not feel barefoot clean. Management said they didn’t have other rooms except an Alcove Suite of which was more expensive. They seemed hesitant to switch us.
Of course, guests expect you to make the n happy, and we politely expressed this sentiment. Management finally decided to give us the suite at no extra cost.
It still didn’t feel barefoot clean, but it was cleaner and had cute character.
Breakfast was average.
Oh. They didn’t have our reservation on file, we booked thru last minute deals. So it was a hassle just getting into the room.

Good, charming historic hotel. The service was great and the ambiance lovely. Yes, it’s very old so people please don’t stay in a «historic» hotel if you are looking for a modern feel. The furniture is antique and the bathrooms are antique but that’s part of the charm.

Hi, I’m not new to Unilocal,and I don’t like giving bad reviews but this hotel pushed me over the limit.
First our flight gets canceled, so we can’t utilize the room, -$ 230, and all they said was nope, we can’t do anything for you. No options, no empathy, just a no.
Second, our bathroom door didn’t close
I hope we didn’t get charged for water that was suppose to be in the fridge but wasn’t.
The sink is on the outside of the restroom. Very odd
The room smelt like a smoking room but the hotel is non smoking.
But even with all that, we were still okay, HOWEVER the part that I’m very upset about is, on our paperwork that we printed out, it states «continental breakfast included». We gave the paperwork to the front office lady. Then she brings it into the office for a good 10+ mins, then comes out, and says «we can’t honor this even though it’s written here, because on OUR copy from Travelocity, it doesn’t state that». (We used triple A to book but somehow office said we used travelocity). *shrugs. Regardless, we had paperwork that stated otherwise. We then called out the manager (Jennifer) which gave the worst service of 2014 (congrats on winning that award) and basically kept explaining that they couldn’t do anything for us and that WE needed to call our travel agent to get them to call her directly. Then I had to remind her. «You know, we are not working in the service industry, but we believe you are working in the service industry, so why are you making us jump through all these hoops just to get breakfast that we are suppose to get??» She comes back with a, «doesn’t matter, you need to ca them». By this time it was 10:50am. Not knowing they closed breakfast at 11:00am, the service guy started cleaning up, and I asked him to bring out JEnnifer because we were on the phone with our travel person and they were in the middle of talking to Jennifer on the other line. Luckily the F&B manager (the Lady with the English accent was super nice btw) came up to us and helped us out and told us to go ahead and take whatever was left after the clean up and even offer to cook us some eggs and coffee which was very nice.
After my gf got off the phone with the travel agent, they said they would refund us the breakfast. Jennifer didn’t tell us that, the travel agent did. Jennifer actually didn’t even come out her office to apologize for her being wrong. Tsk tsk. It’s now 11:48am and we’re sitting on their front bench writing this review. Hotel is nice, most of the people are nice, bell boy and the front office guy from sun afternoon were awesome. But it only takes one rotten apple to make the whole experience horrible.
We will never come back to this hotel.
I’ll update this to see if we get that refund on breakfast

Hotel room was small, but charming. Delicious cappuccino in the lobby restaurant.
Service was generally very good, with the exception of check out — after a delay and possible clerical error, I was informed of very costly long distance charges, which were not made by our room. The shift manager, Wendlyn?, was not helpful at all and simply refused to acknowledge that the charges could be a mistake or anybody else’s.
What could have become an annual repeat visit will now have us looking elsewhere in Miami Beach the next time we visit.
Too bad…