Crystal Beach Suites Hotel

This is great bang for your buck. Can’t beat what you get for the convenient price. Clean room, walking distance from shops and restaurants.

I just checked out of this hotel 2 minutes ago after a 4 day stay. By far one of the worst hotels I’ve stayed in. When we first arrived, we checked and walked up to the room. The room was disgusting! Very old, musty smelling, floor was uneven, some kind of dead bug on the bed, and toilet seat was dirty! I went back to the desk asked for one of their newer remodeled rooms. They said it would cost extra. Apparently we had paid more per day online than what the price was at the hotel. They didn’t want to discount us nor honor their price. We paid an extra $ 30/​night. The room we had was better looking, but definitely not worth the price. There also isn’t any direct access to the pool. There is a side door from the building to walk to the back, that door gets locked at 7pm and pool closes at 10pm. Doesn’t make sense. The day of checkout they charged us double for resort fees and upgrade fees. If we didn’t double check the receipt we would’ve paid it. I had to go back and complain to have them fix it. If I were to do it again I would stay at the Holday Inn which was only $ 10 more.

I did not like it at all! I’ll never come back!
It smelled, the floor was uneven, like it had a whole under need and the rug on top, the mattress was very cheap quality, and the towels paper thin. Awful… They shouldn’t be in business.

No– I don’t understand what I am seeing in the pictures. Did I stay at the same hotel?
My room was straight up pink. Smelled horrendous. Seriously I walked around spraying perfume every time we walked in. Bed had barely any pillows and a flimsy, dingy comforter… TV’s were from the 70’s and were static. Elevator was impossibly slow… But, Omg, the smell will haunt me for a few more days. I can’t even describe it. Mustard? Burning sour milk?
Yes– Close to the beach. Pool area looked nice. Great Lobby. Good location. Room had a lot of stuff in it (towels, kitchen items)…

Stayed here recently. Pictures make it look a lot better than it is.
Do not stay here unless you speak Spanish. We were seriously the only people in the entire place including staff, that were speaking English.
Walls are paper thin and very noisy.
Fold out lounge was in desperate need of a new mattress. Poor water pressure and toilet not firmly attached to floor.
Wi fi terrible.
No help with our luggage and the world’s slowest lifts.
Pool shuts at 5pm. WTF?
Only plusses were close to beach, lots of surrounding shops and short drive to Miami attractions.
You get what you pay for I guess!

I stayed 3 nights here in early March for a mini vacation with my girlfriend. The hotel can be hard to see from Collins, and is out of the way from where most of the night clubs and popular hotels are located (give or take 5 miles). It’s located right next to the beach, and it sure does look beautiful! If you walk out the backside near the pool, you will be on the beach in no time. Speaking of the pool, the water was clean and a nice temperature. The room we stayed in was split in 3 parts, the bathroom, bedroom, and living space with kitchenette. It was a bit tacky, looked like it was designed in the early 80’s… But still comfortable. The gym was nice, has plenty of treadmills, free weights, and machines.
Overall the perfect hotel to stay at if you want to avoid the crowds and save a bit (got a good deal on
). Near the beach with plenty of good restaurants nearby… Only reason to avoid this place is if you plan on partying every evening, the taxi fares back/​forth will undo any savings you may have gotten for staying here.

Clean, large rooms, well equipped… interior is a bit kitschy but in a nice way…
It’s very close to the beach, a very nice and calm beach (nothing like South Beach) were you feel like you’re the only one there.
The staff isn’t very friendly or helpful… if you want to enjoy all that miami beach has to offer I would suggest this hotel but only for a couple of nights, I would combine this with a hotel closer to south beach… you can take a bus but it’s a half hour drive from the ‘centre’ of miami beach.

Stayed here for a week during spring break. The rooms were relatively cheap and large but the service was poor. Upon arrival we were hit with a random fee that we had to pay before getting our keys after we had specifically asked if there were any fees. The rooms were clean and the people around us were quiet. It was quite far from the exciting part of Miami Beach but cabs were always available. The best thing about staying here is it is directly off the beach.

Stayed here for a week last year!!! Room was huge! Had a separate bedroom & offered a free crib for the week. we had 2 adults, 2 kids & a baby in a standerd room & it was fine! Had a full kitchen & everything, from the window we could be see the ocean a little. It rained 90% of our trip bc of a hurricane but other than that it was great!!! Mcdonalds & subway downstairs & parking is free overnight, expect to pay $ 10 a day for parking, wasnt bad! Alot to do walking distance:) Place is dated but a great little place to vacation!!!

Ok yes It was a bit out dated but I like to think it was more like beachy décor. The room was HUGE! They also upgraded us to an ocean front room which was AMAZING! The staff couldn’t be better! They catered to our every need. We will def be going back there.

Our room was HUGE and for the price, it was decent. Elevator is slow as CHRISTMAS!!! Might as well get your cardio in and take the stairs when you can. It is pretty far from S Beach, but I think for the price it’s worth walking as far as you can and then cabbing it the rest of the way. Hotel has cheap vending machines and great maid service. Beds were decent and the kitchenette has all you need, even a dishwasher. I’d stay again. Great for groups.

Crystal Beach Suites is a great hotel in a very nice location. It’s right on the beach in Miami (North Beach) and the staff is very friendly.
However, there are things I never understand about hotels that this place seemed to fall right into. Internet access was $ 4.95/hour or $ 10.00/day, and the only pictures you’ll see online are of the highest-​end rooms. NOt that it’s a problem or a bad thing, because I understand people should be researching places before they go, but a hotel’s internet can’t cost more than $ 90/​month and setting up access points takes about ten minutes. So, to charge $ 4.95/hour is kind of ridiculous.
Regardless, this place was great for what we needed– a place to recover from ridiculous party nights on SoBe and a shower to clean the alcohol smell off of our bodies.
Inexpensive, but as someone else said, if you’re going to Miami Beach to go to South Beach and the strip, don’t stay here. It’s a 20−25minute bus ride from South Beach.

Imagine this, so you’re a spy in the 1980’s looking for a hotel in Miami Beach that is close to the beach and has a fitness center for you to keep your physique in perfect form; now fast forward to 2009 and keep everything the same. This hotel looks (and probably is) a time capsule, with a lot of Miami Vice flavors mixed in with locks that fall off the door and toilets that never seem to work.
I’ve stayed here twice for extended periods of time, and nothing changed either time. The same people at the front desk, the same cleaning staff, even the same awkward green peach and tan colors of the interior are the same. Both times I’ve shared the room with three other people; two get the bed in the tiny bedroom, and two on the pull-​out couch in the pretty spacious living area. The location is right off the beach and pretty close to a grocery store, and some nice restaurants.

Good Hotel. Right on the beach. What else do you need, right? Well, I’ll have to admit that the suites are a bit outdated but if you’re a young couple, a group of friends, or just looking for a place to lay your head at night — this is a good place. Plus since this is a timeshare… it was free! WOOT! If you want something near South Beach, this is not the place. Although, cabs will only run you about $ 20-​$ 25 bucks and there are plenty of bus lines that will dump you off in SoBe or to the mall in North Beach.