The Kent Hotel

This is a nice hotel which is clearly starting to undergo refurbishment (the whole of the second floor was closed off for this reason) and, in places, it could do with this. The room was good... you're just off South Beach so the room is probably smaller than you would get in other hotels further away... it was tastefully furnished and there was enough room with our bags on the floor. The AC didn't seem to be too effective; because of the design of the room, the curtain hangs over it so put something heavy on top of it to move the curtain out of the way and then it is more effective! Wifi also kept dropping out / not working which was a little annoying as we were trying to book other things. The beds were super comfortable which was a great plus too. The hotel is well located just steps away from Ocean Drive, but far enough away not to hear the music. There are some great places to eat / bars on Washington too.

The hotel itself was very clean and well appointed. Staff very friendly and very helpful. There is a bar/restaurant attached. The food is excellent, the service so so. For example the waitress spilt a whole glass of coke over my wife and simply said oops sorry. There was no big apology or concern, something I would have expected - I was tempted to mention this, to se if it could be reflected in the bill, but the food was so good we let it go. Valet parking was $35, good value if you are not going anywhere as parking nearby costs $20 per 5 hours. We arrived at 3pm and left the following midday so saved a fair amount. There is virtually no street parking. Whilst you can park in the street, the spaces are at a premium, people will whip in very quickly while you park like and Englishman (like I do!), the only downside to the stay was the air con, somewhat noisy. But we were so tired after a night out that we slept through it. Would have stayed another night if they had the room. Re omnended for value and comfort.

For the price we paid this hotel was amazing. Friendly and helpful staff, lovely clean and spacious room, only minor thing I can find to complain about is that the wifi was patchy in our room but we weren't in there enough for it to be a problem!

The Kent Hotel was great for a couple of nights in Miami Beach... I wouldn't recommend arriving early evening on the weekend; everyone is out in their cars and it's a nightmare to park (obviously not the hotel's fault though!). I hadn't realised there was no parking at the hotel, but the valet parking was really good and no more expensive than the local car parks. Our room was large with good air-conditioning; I would think it has been recently renovated, everything felt very new. The staff were polite and friendly... no complaints at all.

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