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Riande Continental Hotel at Bayside
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146 Biscayne BlvdMiami, FL 33132
(305) 358-4555
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
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4 reviews for Riande Continental Hotel at Bayside
4 reviews in English
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Review from Rachael L.
Miami, FL
4/2/2011
From all the bad reviews I was reading on other websites, I was afraid my stay here was going to be awful but I needed a hotel near Bicentennial Park for UMF so I booked it anyway.
I was pleasantly surprised at how wrong the reviews happened to be.
Yes this is an ECONOMY hotel. It's cheap so you shouldn't be expecting the Ritz over here. But they have the basics which is all we needed.
Our room was spacious and clean. We had clean towels and shampoo (unlike what some reviews had said). There was a mini-fridge which was convenient. The tv is tiny with not many channels but we weren't there to watch tv. The staff was friendly and very helpful.
The elevators are a problem.. The hotel has 17 floors I think but only 2 elevators that only hold 6 people each. Taking the stairs when you're up on a higher floor is not very fun and neither is waiting in line for the elevator. And parking can be a real pain. There are a few garages in the area but during "special events" prepare to pay a lot. There is a Metrorail station about a block away that could be a great alternative.
Other than that totally happy. Amazing location! -
Review from Meg P.
Boulder, CO
4/4/2011
If I could give this place less stars, I would. Don't let the nice-ish lobby fool you, the fact that the desk worker doesn't even wear a hotel-branded shirt should tell you something, and if not that then the fact that you can only have one key per room, suggesting that you leave it at the desk if both people need to be out of the room at the same time.
I suppose it should be expected for a $100 dollar a night room in downtown miami across from south beach, but seriously? The hallways smell like old smoke and dirt, and look as though they were painted by a 6 year old.
The time I spent waiting for the only working elevator the day I was there was too much time in this place, I felt dirty as I looked around the room, standing on advertisements they had let solicitors slip under the doors.
When I pulled back the shower curtain I was surprised that I *didn't* see any bugs, though I'm quite positive there were loads of them in the dirty, caved-in beds. The pillow cases were dirty, lamp shades scorched, carpet torn in various places, wood torn off of the top of the desk, everything was disgusting.
It seems as though this place should be better off considering it's location, and just a little bit of effort could save it, but they had none. The sink spigot in the room I was given still had toothpaste spit spots from the last person who stayed there. A simple wipe down and massive amounts of bleach everywhere could possibly make this place tolerable, but I'm still doubtful.
When I and the rest of my party returned to the front desk to check out, passing another party intent on leaving as we rode the elevator down, the woman at the front desk put her head down but offered no resistance, she and the rest of her coworkers know this place is a dump.
I'd rather sleep in my car than stay at this place. -
Review from nycicon L.
Brooklyn, NY
5/18/2009
I really do not even want to give this place a one...this ties in to one of the worse hotels that I have stayed in Miami.
Rooms suck!!! Just a whole lot of nothing to put it mildly.
I actually meant to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel which is located a few blocks from here but it is what it is. You would have to pay me to stay at this hotel again. It is that bad. -
Review from Jordan N.
10/31/2007
Really, I wouldn't bother checking into this hotel unless if I was expecting for the worst and didn't have any other place to get a room. But if I do get a room here, it would have to be at one of the cheapest rate in ALL of Miami.
Holiday Inn nearby is a much better choice and still an affordable one. It's just two block s down and across Bayside.
Good luck.
