Beach Apartments by Design Suites

The shower head broke while shower

The shower appeared to need some touching up visually (some peeling paint, shower head leaking, etc.), and the “ocean view” advertised for our room was mostly overlooking the roof. However, aside from those two things, the room itself was great. A slight nitpick though - the soaps in the bathroom smelled like burning chemicals, almost like the type of chemical used in perms at hair salons. Outside the room, the property was very busy most times of the day, making the elevators and car valet services difficult to utilize without crowding and/or long waits. With that in mind, overall the stay was very good, especially for the price. The aforementioned hiccups should just be kept in mind if planning to stay here.

The rooms are old. The bathroom needs to be remodeled, the bathtub is so old. The bedroom was fine, but this time the room was in the back of the building with a long small window on the top of the wall looking to a roof and the ocean was a little bit in the view. Last year U had a beautiful view looking to the water canals of Collins Avenue. No this time. Awful.

The stay was great with the best part being the closeness to the beach. The hotel had portable fold up chairs to take to the beach which was nice. The apartment could benefit from some updating but it was good. We enjoyed our stay here.

The elevator was a "smart" elevator. Didn't always seem to be all that smart. Not timely. 90% of the time stairs were taken. Slowness of elevator is my only complaint. Positives: Hotel was clean, staff was friendly and helpful! The restaurant service was always prompt has a great vibe. Location is great!