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Shore Club Miami

Miami, United States

Maintaining its reputation as the party hotel on South Beach, the Shore Club Miami is the place to see and be seen. To stay here is to hang with the cool kids – stellar crowds flock to its retro lobby and sprawling manicured lawns. Home to Nobu, Skybar and a luxurious poolside area, this art deco hotel is a nocturnal playground for grown-ups.

Need to know

• Rooms 309, including 67 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $295.00, excluding tax at 13 per cent.
• More details Breakfast is an additional US$35 a person.
• Facilities Gym, spa/treatment rooms, gardens laundry, Prive hair salon, on-site shops, valet parking, in-room beauty treatments, WiFi. In rooms: king- or queen-size beds, flatscreen TV, iPod sound-dock, air conditioning, minibar and Malin+Goetz bath products.
• Poolside Shore Club Miami’s two elevated infinity-edged pools and hot tub are surrounded by enormous daybeds, piled with bright Moroccan cushions. The luxurious tropical poolside setting provides easy access to the beach.
• Check-out Midday, though this is flexible for an extra half-day rate. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Baby cots are available free of charge and extra beds can be put into rooms for US$25 a night. The hotel also provides a babysitting service using local nannies, for approximately US$20 an hour. There’s no children’s menu in either restaurant. More...
• Eco-friendly Awarded the First Green Hotel in Miami Beach, the Shore Club certainly does its bit for the environment – it’s involved in a beach cleanup scheme and is heavily into recycling.
• Also For those who fill their Chanel handbag with Chihuahuas, pets are welcome to stay at the Shore Club Miami for a non-refundable fee of $100. But a pre-holiday diet may be required, as those over 25 pounds will be turned away.

Food and drink at Shore Club Miami

• Hotel restaurant

  The Miami offshoot of phenomenally successful LA establishment Ago, the Shore Club’s restaurant was opened last year by chef Agostino Sciandri and partner Robert DeNiro. Trendy and casual during the day, it adopts a more sophisticated tone by night, serving excellent Italian trattoria-style cuisine – tagliatelle ai Carciofi – and regional wines. The other restaurant is a branch of the world-famous Nobu, serving up high-end Japanese dishes such as black cod and yellowtail sashimi.

• Dress code

  From pool to party.

• Top table

  For romance, dine al fresco by the infinity pool.

• Last orders

  Both restaurants close at midnight Monday to Thursday, at 1am on Friday and Saturday, and 11pm on Sunday. The bars stay open till 3am.

• Room service

  24 hours.

• Hotel bar

  Skybar is Shore Club’s main night-time attraction. The Redroom has both an indoor section and a garden. Inside, the den-like space is styled with sumptuous Moroccan furnishings and dim, sexy red lighting, while outdoors, the cobalt blue hues of the lantern-lit lounge area are reminiscent of the Matisse-inspired palette of Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. The hotel’s two other bars, Rumbar and Sandbar, are situated outside and provide the ideal venues for poolside posing. Surrounded by white sheer curtains, Rumbar serves 75 different rums while Sandbar is a smaller, beachside haunt, reserved for exclusive, private parties.

Shore Club Miami 1901 Collins Avenue, Miami, 33139