National Hotel

Miami Beach, Miami

City View Room
Cabana Room
City View Room
City View Room
Cabana Room
City View Room

The hotel

A cool cocktail stirring up the best bits of Miami, National Hotel Miami Beach throws in a dash of Art Deco (thanks to its Collins Avenue address); a shot of Miami’s swanky beach scene (thanks to its sand-skirting spot); and a splash of chic poolside glamour (thanks to its headline-grabbing pool). The longest infinity edge pool in Miami Beach, it’s flanked by graceful palms, gorgeous bougainvillea, and serene spots for poolside libations from Aqua Club Bar & Grill. As evening draws in, you can switch to the fresh Med flavours of Tamara Bistro, the tapas and live sounds of Blues Bar, or the buzzing local hotspots along popular Lincoln Road, one block away, and Ocean Drive, two blocks away.

Amenities

Where is it

Set on the beachfront in the South Beach area, a short walk from Ocean Drive and steps from Collins Avenue with shops, bars and restaurants. Driving time from Miami International Airport: 30 minutes.

Hotel information

116 rooms. All with air-conditioning, telephone, hairdryer, iPod docking station, WiFi access*, iron and board and safe. Standard Rooms overlook the Art Deco district, with 1 king-size bed, 1 queen-size bed or 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.

City View Rooms overlook the cityscape and Art Deco district, with 1 king-size bed, 1 queen-size bed or 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.

Cabana Rooms are located in the Cabana Wing, and have a large terrace or balcony with access to the infinity pool, with 1 king-size bed or 1 queen-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Valet parking $40 plus tax, per night (payable locally, subject to change).

Tamara's Bistro (fresh Mediterranean cuisine, open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch). Blues Bar (live music and happy hour). Aqua Club (poolside dining and cocktails).

Infinity-edge swimming pool. Pool cabanas*. Massage treatments available in poolside cabanas*. In-room massage service*. Yoga and Pilates classes*. Fitness centre. Billards/pool table.

This hotel has a resort fee of $35 plus tax per room, per day (payable locally, subject to change).

Resort fee includes use of the following amenities - High-speed internet access - 24-hour access to the fitness centre - 24-hour access to the pool - Towel service at the pool and beach - Sunrise to sunset beach access - Two beach chairs with towels - Two in-room bottles of water daily - Daily newspapers available in lobby - Use of billiards/pool table - Live music entertainment - Local and toll-free phone calls - Access to the business centre including printer access - Yoga mats at the Concierge desk to use during yoga and Pilates classes (limited availability) - Discounted access to wellness programme (10% discount excluding massages) - Resort fee, tax and inclusions are subject to change - please see hotel check-in for current inclusions available to you upon arrival.

*Denotes local charge.

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Jan 18, 2020 hola1244

The national was great . I had a great time visiting steves service was amicable efficient.Th f&b was great the service was timely and i enjoyed myself tremendously. I recommend the national without a doubt
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Jan 18, 2020 Fergfontes

It was a great service. Staff was excellent, friendly and very attentive. Recommend the hotel. Great location, beach service and convenient location. Next to lots of restaurants, shopping areas and attractions.
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Jan 18, 2020 ellenmU8336SI

Steve was great! He got us beach chairs and took great care of us :) Would highly recommend coming to The National and spending time on the beach. A wonderful and memorable experience! We will be coming back!
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Jan 13, 2020 gianpaolob196 Italy

Very nice Hotel in art deco' style. The location is perfect and the ocean view from my room was amazing. Beautiful also the swimming pool. All the staff was kind and friendly and... what can I say.... I really appreciated to stay at the National
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Jan 13, 2020 Kateantonacci123

Before booking our hotel, I used a 3rd party company. Their descriptions of the room were not worded the same as the hotel's room descriptions. Just to be safe I called the hotel while I was online booking the hotel. The employee who stayed on the phone with me while I booked our rooms ensured me that yes, this is the room you're looking for… Read more
Before booking our hotel, I used a 3rd party company. Their descriptions of the room were not worded the same as the hotel's room descriptions. Just to be safe I called the hotel while I was online booking the hotel. The employee who stayed on the phone with me while I booked our rooms ensured me that yes, this is the room you're looking for (we needed 2 beds per room to accommodate our party). I once again called ahead of our visit to double check that there were 2 beds per room and the hotel ensured me, yes there was. We also requested an early check in when we called to confirm about the beds and they said it was noted in the computer and shouldn't be an issue since it was a slow week. I also called 4 x's and left a message to book a bottle of champagne sent to the room and nobody ever called me back. Fast forward, we check in with Charina and she handed me the keys at 4:10 pm (no early check in like we requested) and sure enough we open the door to both rooms and there is ONE BED. So I went downstairs to ask for a Manager (Luis). Luis listened to my story and just nodded his head and when I was finished talking he told me he can give me the room with 2 beds for $80 per room per night. I thought that good customer service means giving the customer the benefit of the doubt and maybe an apology that 2 employees that are under my supervision made a mistake.... But no, Luis wanted to just charge us more money for a tiny little room with a run down bathroom with smelly towels. He called or pretended to call the employee that I described and told me that yes, the employee remembers you calling but he never told you that there were 2 beds in a room. I wish i recorded the conversation because you really can't trust people's word or that this company would provide honest and good customer service. I ended up paying $40 per room per night, and was hit with an additional $470.00 worth of taxes and "resort fees" even though we still had to pay $20.00 for an umbrella and $20.00 per towel each day. Im not too sure what their resort fee covers since they don't treat guests like they are at a resort. Finally, I went downstairs to pay the additional scam fees at 9:00 am so we can check out and leave. My friends called me at 9:40 telling me that someone was banging on our doors kicking us out of our room. Check out is at 11:00. Our uber was ordered at 9:45 and we had another hour if we wanted in the room but we were treated like garbage. If you're looking to stay in a run down hotel who has to pay for every little thing you do, plus pay a fee for who knows what for... then this is your hotel!! Otherwise, most of the neighboring hotels on collins are pretty decent and we have never been treated this way before elsewhere! Read less