Esme Hotel in Miami Beach

Highly recommend not staying here.

The hotel looks nice on the surface and the location is good (albeit a bit unsafe as it’s apartment vibes with multiple entrances from the strip so anyone can walk in at any time). But overall, I wouldn’t stay again and don’t recommend.

The staff aren’t that friendly. The decor is quite tired and the building we stayed in was damp and smelt of it really strongly. The toilet also didn’t flush and water ran in it most of the night. The TV didn’t work either. And we had to get some to fix the safe (and they didn’t come for over 45 mins despite saying it would be immediate).

The music they play at the weekends is so loud you basically can’t sleep. With the doors and windows of the room closed it’s still like being in a club. So we literally had to speak up in the room to even hear each other. And the staff just dismiss any comment about it.

When we arrived, they’d also given new guests keys to an existing guests room so they’d just let themselves into someone’s room. The staff weren’t phased by this at all. So just seems quite unsafe.

The breakfast you add on is just stale toast/bagels and croissants with some juice, porridge, and coffee. So definitely not worth the cost.

For the extras advertised, they’re not friendly/forth coming with them, so you either have to ask a couple of times and figure things out yourself, or you don’t get anything.

Disappointed to have spent money to stay here which I’ve not really had with a hotel before.

For starters, the staff couldn’t be nicer and the location is great. The hotel is nicely designed and all of that was great, but the rooms are soooooo small. There was barely enough room for 2 of us in the room. The bed said it’s a queen but it felt more like a double bed. Good luck fitting 2 suitcases in there. If I were a solo traveler then I would maybe consider this again but I wouldn’t travel here with another person, not enough space. There also wasn’t a trash can in the room which was odd. Anyways nice idea and could be great just needs bigger rooms.. I wouldn’t stay here again and would just pay more for a more luxury stay.