Starlite Hotel

I went here for spring break with my friends and was great! The hotel is right in the center of everything and you couldn’t beat that we only had to take an Über to go to LIV on Collins ave. The people who are complaining must have expected a 5 star hotel for 2 star price. It was perfect to take a shower and sleep your on vacation no need to stay in your hotel room all day. They do have a fridge and microwave in the rooms which is good so you can bring your food back. And also people complaining about the front desk I didn’t have any problems with them at all. My only 2 complaints was that the elevator was SLOW and there was a faint smell of mold that bothered my asthma. But all and all I would stay there again!

First off the price to stay here is great, very cheap. The location was perfect right on Ocean Drive next to all the bars, restaurants, and the beach is just steps away. We stayed here for spring break and all we needed the room for was to sleep, get ready, and repeat. That’s just what we got. We had two beds, mini fridge, and a microwave. The only complaint is that the window didn’t open and there wasn’t any vent in the bathroom so the air flow wasn’t very good and the beds hid the outlets so we didn’t have enough plugs until that discovery. But if you’re looking for someplace cheap, great location, and not gonna be in the room that much the Starlite is great.

I stayed at the Starlite and was actually surprised. I booked initially because of the location and price but as the trip got closer and I read some of these reviews I became skeptical. To my surprise it wasn’t as bad as some people make it seem. Jenny, who checked us in, was super nice and showed us all of the specials and events going on nightly. This is not a 5 star hotel so the accommodations are very minimal. The room was clean, a decent size, not too small but not huge and the bathroom was pretty standard. Unless you have an ocean view room the view is pretty much the walls of the next building. I will say they need to work on the water pressure because it was a bit low. The walls are pretty thin but nothing that was unbearable. Our rooms were cleaned and our towels were replaced everyday and quickly. The bed was super comfy and the fridge and microwave came in handy.
Overall, I enjoyed my 3 night stay at the Starlite you def get what you pay for which was a regular room. Nothing fancy or over the top and nothing too shabby and creepy feeling. Not too mention you can’t beat the location. It’s literally in the middle of everything on the strip. I wouldn’t mind staying here again.

Super friendly staff! Decent hookah. I always get mango mint, tried Apple mint & recommend. Absolut & lime came out HUGE & pink, but on point. Also had a frozen Miami vice– AWESOME! The menu had a good selection, I wasn’t ready to eat but it looks good. Stop by and relax with a hookah & a drink!

My wife and I booked this hotel through Travelocity and got a «superior’ room with a king-​sized bed for a very low price. The only cheaper South Beach hotels we could find got frightening, mostly one-​star reviews at Trip Advisor.
Given the low price and the location on Ocean Drive, across from the beach, in the heart of the South Beach action, I was suspecting some kind of major problem. But the room was clean, the bed comfortable, and they had a fridge, microwave and iron/​ironing board.
This isn’t a luxury hotel, of course. There isn’t much in the way of a lobby. One evening, we could hear the people in the next room talking loudly, but we were able to mostly drown them out by turning on the A/​C. They had quieted down by the time we went to bed.
Although the Starlite may not be one of the better hotels in South Beach, I’m giving them five stars because this is as good as it gets for the price.

The hotel is in a very good location. The hotel is old but clean. The rooms are small. The refrigerator and microwave was in the room. Was not coffee maker in the room. There were not enough towels. The bed was very soft (like water bed).Bar is in the lobby and restaurants next door.

I don’t think this hotel is for normal travelers. For one it is very noisy. Our first major issue was the shower wasn’t draining so it filled over half way after the wife and I took a shower. There was also no screens on the windows. Not sure if that is a Miami thing, or just this hotel.
stated $ 22.00 for parking but when I arrived they charged $ 25.00. Also the parking situation is not ideal if you need to go anywhere in a hurry. Takes up to 20 minutes to retrieve your car. I don’t think I would stay here again.

I have chanced many hotels before but with this one I could not stay. We paid for an oceanfront room and got it but the room was absolutely disgusting. It was small, dingy, dirty and with the thinnest walls I’ve ever experienced. The door was barely secure and had no chain. The floor and baseboards were the horrifying part. There was literally black mold on the baseboards and the corners of the floor. I wouldn’t have taken my shoes off here let alone slept. We called our booking agent and checked right back out after no longer than 30 minutes.
I am not a complainer and I just couldn’t handle how gross and unsafe this place felt. Avoid it.

Ok, let me start this off by saying if I take my time out to write a review for any business, it’s going to be 5 stars. Now is this a ‘5 star hotel’? No not in the least bit, one of those on Ocean Drive could easily be 4x the price. This is my second time staying in this hotel and I’d do it again. This is a great hotel for coming with your friends or you’re significant other for a weekend. Would I bring my kids? I honestly don’t think I want to take them to South Beach in general (the freaks come out at night) but I wouldn’t bring them here. This hotel is right next to Wet Willies and as soon as you walk out its live. The shower kind of drained slow, the elevator can take a little long sometimes, and my last stay we had a beautiful view of a dumpster outside our window, but for the price and location you can’t beat it! No frills, no pool, no breakfast and I witnessed the suitcases in the hallway like other reviewers were saying but the location and price are what will bring me back. You want to turn up for the weekend this is the spot.

The hotel stay was good and comfortable for the purpose. The air conditioner worked perfectly for the hot and humid days. The bathroom is pretty small. The housekeeper could have cleaned the walls in the shower better. There was soap scum on the walls and she didn’t clean the bathtub.
The drain in the shower didn’t work well in room 305.
The front desk attendant (Patty) was fairly nice. However she took personal calls on her cell while customers were waiting to be helped. The other front desk attendant had her pet in arm while assisting customers, which is located next to their bar.

When we stay in Miami we usually stay at the Colony Hotel, they were booked so we stayed here!!! We were greeted by Patty a 13 year employee she was nice and checked us in early. The Hotel is clean and the room was awesome. I don’t understand the negative reviews I’ve read for this place. We had a TV fridge and Microwave. I think we’ve found our new South Beach Hotel. It was right where we like it on Ocean Drive. I think the problem is with negative reviewers are that they are expecting Hilton– type Hotels on the strip.

So my buddy and i checked in there around 8 or 9 pm last thursday night just for a 1 night stay because we had plans through a bachelor party to stay at another hotel fri thru sun which actually wasnt great (cardoza hotel). We were fortunate to get street parking right out front and let me tell you… street parking is the way to go if you want to save money because from 9pm to 3am it’s a little over $ 1 and from 3am to 9am was free so considering that valet at starlite was $ 25 overnight, the $ 11 we payed for overnight was unbeatable AND the car was left unscathed! The blond woman that checked us in, which i assume was the same everyone else left reviews about talking about how rude she was WAS THE NICEST SHE COULD BE. We approached the desk and told her the name and BOOM key cards were handed to us and said «have a great night» and actually seemed like she meant it. Oh btw there was no deposit. Probably because we got there late. So everyone keep this in mind, if you’re paying $ 109 or so for a hotel on southbeach dont think you’re getting a 5 star resort okay? this is not a 5 star resort. it’s a $ 109 to $ 125 a night hotel on south beach. It’s practically unbeatable. I’m willing to sacrifice looks for savings. The rooms are basically the bare minimum. Bare walls besides a few pictures hung up, a flatscreen tv just hung on the wall with a cord hanging from underneath, bare floor and 2 beds. No bugs. If you’re here on a honeymoon or with kids (btw this is more of a young adult 20 to 30 year old type of place) dont come here because you wont like it. This is basically a place for you to lay your head down and MAN are those beds comfortable. seriously. the beds at Cardoza hotel sucked. too hard. anyways it’s a place to lay your head down and pass the hangover by as you stay out all day and night to drink. why do you wanna hang out in the hotel anyway??? The bathroom was clean, they supplied fresh towels and shampoo and soap. The view sucked but i didnt care because once again i wasnt staying in my room. The view was of the building next to it.
All in all i did not have one single issue. I’m not a picky person and as sad as this sounds i always expect the worse so when i approached this place i was like «well i dont see a single issue to complain about». Great service and slept like a rock. If you’re not a kardashian then you would LOVE it here.

Rule number one: never buy food or drinks from this place — extremely overpriced.
Rule number two: never buy a tour through this hotel — overpriced.
Rule number three: don’t expect to get into your room early, never happens.
Rule number four: expect to leave your luggage in a open hallway when you get there, they will not secure it.
Rule number five: don’t expect the Wi-​Fi to work — it worked for the first 5 minutes than nothing the whole time I was there.
Rule number six: run your room AC all the time to block out noise, from drunks running down the hallway to your neighbors talking.
Rule number seven: place the $ 100 deposit you are forced to give to them when you get there on your credit card — you can always fight the charges if any.
Rule number eight: if you drove there expect to pay $ 35 a day to park your car if you go through them
If you are looking for a place to crash and you don’t mind being waken up in the middle of the night by drunk partiers making the drunken fog walk back to their room, this is your place!

Seeing some of the bad reviews, I have to step in.
I’m laying here right now in the hotel. We booked 3 nights here and we’re on our last day, all in all — we love it!
Maybe some of the bad reviews come from bad customers. If you come into this area expecting 5 star service, then go somewhere else and pay a 5 star rate.
News flash: if you want to check in early (which is a courtesy not a right) you will have to leave your bags in the hallway (shame on the customer for poor planning). It doesn’t excuse rude behavior towards a staff that deals with over privileged, drunken college kids on a daily basis.
Our check in process was smooth, we arrived shortly after 3pm.
The room was spic and span (loved the lemon zest scent!)
Our bathroom was updated and does the job.
No other worldly noises that kept us up late (hell we are out til 4 am every night)
Small microwave and mini fridge with some counter space and under storage for you solo cups and booze
Sliding closet door as well to keep your belongings!
Beds are soft and dip a little (we didn’t mind)
Wifi wouldn’t connect (who cares you’re on vacation on a world famous beach!)
Maybe I’m biased because I used to live here and know what to expect. If you want tranquility go to Naples. If you want a good time, for a good price, near everything then this is it!

Unlike everyone else. The lady at the front desk was very nice to me and super friendly, so I have no complaints about that at all. She was very helpful.
However, I cant give this place more than two stars because the rooms really are awful. They are downright disgusting and I felt dirty sleeping there.

Is there an option for ZERO stars?! This place is the WORST HOTEL. First of all they expect you to leave your luggage in the hallway next to everyone else’s where anyone can basically just walk by and take it. Second of all our room wasn’t even ready till after 3pm, we landed at 10am don’t you think people want to shower and change?! The rooms are so tiny and NOTHING like what the pictures on the Expedia website looked like. They were gross and old. Me and my friend left right away we didn’t even stay the first night because the blonde lady at the front was completely unprofessional and was cursing at everyone. She acts like she is better then everyone not realizing that that is her job to provide GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I hope the owner reads these reviews because I am not the first to comment on her nasty, rude and unprofessional attitude. Would not recommend this to my worst enemy.

This place is honestly the worse… Yeah its on ocean drive but I much rather pay more for something decent & clean even if it’s a bit further from the boardwalk. The rooms are disgusting, not what the pictures show in the actual website. If you get here before check in time they tell you if you want you can leave your luggage in the hallway which is not safe at all. There is no cameras & its in the middle of the hallway where anyone can take whatever they want. The blonde woman who is the receptionist is extremely rude and unprofessional the minute we walked in all she did was talk & curse on the phone and walk to the front to smoke cigarettes. We came here because we were expecting what we saw on their website but turned out to be false advertisement. We didn’t even stay a night, the minute we got a glimpse of what this hotel was really like we checked out IMMEDIATELY as soon as we got the room. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this place at all!

This place is a Rip off. I can’t believe we had a $ 450 bill for 4 fish bowls and 2 large apps. The food was old, the drinks were strong but for sure not worth $ 45/​drink no matter were you live. They have no prices on their app and drink menu and you would think it is c $ 12 a drink max. Not this place. I think their bz strategy is that only attract tourist and rip them off and careless if they ever come back. Stay away

This hotel is horrible. No heater, no lamp in bedroom, no bedside table, no mirror in the room, no exhauster in bathroom etc. The only advantage is its location at ocean drive which is near to lots of nice and happening Restaurants.

Couldn’t get a better location than this. Yes the hotel is a bit old and could use some remodeling but you’re hardly ever in the hotel on this south beach strip. Service was good and seemed friendly. But this hotel was PERFECT and right in the middle of everything. I’d definitely stay here again.
Just a suggestion: don’t stay here with family. Yes it’s cheap and great location but more of a party and just a place to crash type place. Only thing I didn’t like was the cleaning lady and not only did she hardly speak English. You could tell she knew what you were saying but was stingy with towels and such necessities.