Mr & Mrs Smith

Soho Beach House

Miami, United States

Soho Beach House hotel’s bright white 16-storey building lords it over its Miami Beach surroundings, with a Cowshed Spa, an A-list restaurant, retro quirks and a rooftop pool.

Need to know

• Rooms 50, including six suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $325.00, excluding tax at 13 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($325) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates exclude breakfast.
• Facilities Cowshed Spa, gardens, gym, library, selection of DVDs and CDs, photo booth, screening snug and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, iPod dock, minibar and Cowshed products.
• Poolside The pool in the gardens is graced with sun-loungers and waiter service; there’s also a plunge pool on the rooftop, flanked by fans and overlooking the Atlantic.
• Check-out Midday, but flexible, subject to availability and a charge (free up to 1pm: 25 per cent of the room rate between 1pm and 3pm; 50 per cent of the room rate from 3pm until 6pm; 100 per cent of the room rate after 6pm. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Little Smiths are welcome. Cots and extra beds can be added to rooms free and babysitting is available with a local nanny (request this in advance). Bear in mind that some areas are child-free.
• Also Smokers can light up in the alfresco smoking areas and out on the terraces.

Food and drink at Soho Beach House

• Hotel restaurant

  Cecconi’s in Mayfair has built up a loyal London following, so it was canny of Soho Beach House to host Miami’s outpost. Set in the gardens, the restaurant’s design blends the bohemian and the glamorous: elegant sea-blue chairs and chunky wooden tables positioned under the shade of trees threaded with fairy lights. Expect a Mediterranean bent: goat’s cheese and black truffle pizza, lobster spaghetti, and Kobe beef tartare with truffle and pecorino. If you’re seeking something lighter, nibble on cicchetti (Italian small plates) in the hotel’s Cuban-style Club Bar.

• Dress code Cool and casual: vintage shirt or frock, Ray-Bans, flats and a nonchalant air.
• Top table Nab one of the huge chesterfields in the garden. The restaurant serves non-guests too, so it’s worth booking your seats.
• Last orders Cecconi’s serves food from 8am until midnight, Monday–Wednesday; 7am until 1am, Thursday–Saturday. Breakfast service stops at 11.30am; lunch is 11.30am–5pm; dinner is 5pm until midnight. For night owls, there’s a midnight menu, served from 11pm–1am.
• Room service The 24-hour room service includes items from the restaurant menu and a selection of light snacks.
• Hotel bar

  Three: the Club Bar is inspired by Forties Havana; Tiki Bar is located between the beach and the pool area; the adults-only bar on the eighth-floor is opposite the plunge pool, with dazzling Atlantic views.

Soho Beach House 4385 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, Miami, Florida 33140