Hotel St. Augustine
347 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Neighborhood: South Beach
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In Miami’s bid to maintain its reputation as America’s sexiest destination, South Beach is its red carpet. With hotels, bars and clubs like glittering starlets flashing canned smiles to the cameras, SoBe’s exhibitionistic brand of luxury sometimes borders on sensory overload. So while its hot-list neighbors peddle the lifestyles of the rich and famous, the Hotel St. Augustine instead offers a refreshing dose of modesty, set in a 1937 Art Deco landmark in the burgeoning South of Fifth district.
With only 24 rooms, the St. Augustine functions more as a guest house than a full-service hotel. It’s not unheard-of to have only one staff-person on-hand, hopping back and forth from reception duties to tending the small in-lobby bar (which also doubles as a breakfast lounge). The unassumingly hip décor keeps it simple, with the requisite Scandinavian clean lines, light woods and chromatic minimalism.
Designed around the concept of bringing the spa experience to the individual level, the bathrooms are by far the highlight of the hotel, and its primary claim to bragging rights amongst South Beach’s indulgent properties. While the main quarters of the rooms run on the smallish side, the bathrooms are expansive, featuring multi-head European steam showers and a spa-bar of products for self-pampering.
And that may be the key to this place: self-pampering. Prima-donna tendencies and celebutante fantasies are better played out elsewhere, but set only two blocks from the beach and minutes from the velvet-ropes, the Hotel St. Augustine is a perfect refuge from SoBe’s more ostentatious glamour.
- 24 Rooms
- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 42 Guest Reviews
- Hotel St. Augustine
- 347 Washington Avenue
- Miami Beach, FL, USA
- Neighborhood: South Beach
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- Bar
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Central air conditioning
- Free wi-fi
- Golf nearby
- Lounge
- Multi-lingual staff
- Offsite gym facilities
- Pets allowed (charges apply)
- Room service
- Self service parking (charges apply)
- Steam rooms
- Wake-up service
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42 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- Paula
- Stayed September 2011
- Rating: Fair
What I liked:
Location is excellent, Staff super friendly and welcoming, rooms are spacious and look good.
What the hotel could do better:
Hotel maintenance is not that great. We could notice the faded carpets and other details not really in good shape.
Main issue is that rooms were not clean. There was a weird smell and I found all sorts of mementos from previous guest...
There was an issue with a lost package received by the hotel. On such a small hotel this is not really expected.
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- Mert
- Stayed September 2011
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
good location, cozy environment
What the hotel could do better:
upgrade the ac in room as it was too loud and upgrade the corridor as it looks dirty compare to other sides of the room.
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- jean michel
- Stayed September 2011
- Rating: Fair
What I liked:
The price. 55$ for a night, it was a great value for an hotel a two corners of the beach. The room was ok and clean.
What the hotel could do better:
No service. Very basic breakfast. Hallway dirty. But for such a price in South beach, I was expecting less than that !
