Riu Florida Beach

Pros: good value for money, excellent breakfast buffet
Cons: not much

Looking for hotels in Miami Beach can be a bit challenging - there are perhaps too many of them and not too much that distinguishes them in any obvious ways.

The one distinguishing mark that the RIU Florida Beach Hotel featured was a special...

Pros: Beautiful beach front view. Clean rooms, good food. Nice job on lobby renovation.
Cons: Street side rooms very loud. Thin walls.

My family stayed at this hotel for a family vacation and it was nice. We were greeted with fresh squeezed orange juice upon check in - this was a very nice touch. The room appeared to be clean, but the carpets could have used a cleaning from the water ...

Pros: Great view of the ocean (Oceanfront rooms)
Cons: Hot pink and green colors; 2 double beds only

My husband and I stayed at this hotel for our honeymoon. I did not expect to walk out on the balcony to a perfect view of the ocean. It was awesome. The room itself was okay considering we were always out enjoying the beach and the city. All the rooms at this hotel had 2 double beds, which we turned into a king by pushing them together. There was also a stocked mini fridge(if you opened anything there was a charge). We only used it to keep beverages we purchased cold. The lobby is nicely decorated and dim. When you walk out into the back of the hotel you will find a pool, tennis table, bar hut, and some huge hammocks. We enjoyed laying out in the hammocks. When you leave that area you are on boardwalk(a long wooded path up and down the beach. Or you can continue past boardwalk and run in the sand towards the ocean. In the evenings, there would be a group singing on the stage behind the bar while people sip on their drinks. I tasted a drink called I believe Riu Punch -numbs the lips!