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I've only been here a hand full of times, but the Sagamore always seems to get better with every visit. I was here most recently for a martini party and had a great night - as did everyone else I was with. The Sagamore, attracts a good mix of intelligent people and scares away the timid.
I love the funky, almost trendy art work throughout. Easy place to keep a conversation going.
And although it takes a few drinks till you consider exploring the grounds of a hotel where you are not a guest, I highly suggest ending your visit to Social in the back - next to the pool where there is a nice bar that is never too busy and the breeze from the ocean is obvious.
Can you tell I like this place?
ALWAYS RECOMMENDED, ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.
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Imagine my surprise on Day 2 of our stay at the Sagamore, when the dear sis went on Trip Advisor and saw multiple exclamations of "do NOT get Suite 518."
Waaait a sec! That's OUR suite number!
So, what you're saying is that showers in other suites work? Crayon isn't scribbled all over other L-shaped couches with pullout beds? The art deco style is more noticeable in rooms that don't look like someones mammy was butchered there and stuffed in the closet for weeks?
After calling down to the front desk, the staff member was nice enough to bump us up from the Sagamore Suite to the King Suite for no charge. King beds in both rooms, a bar in the kitchen, gigantic flat screen TV, and a shower that worked? This was our kind of swanky. If only because the price tag during peak season goes for a whopping $1200/night.
Heated pool with attentive cabana boys. Close beach access where you can lounge on puffy white chairs for $10/day. Awesome lounge downstairs to nurse your $18 cocktails and walk around gazing at art. 4 Stars because it's amazing, minus a star because they gave us a janky suite first.
Plus, if you get back to the hotel at 6am and want to take a drunken dip in the pool with your clothes on, staff members will walk by and not say a word. Hypothetically, of course.
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I was extremely disappointed by this hotel. The worst part is definitely the service, I just went to the hotel bar, the bartender (Pedro) asked what I wanted, I said ice water, and he told me to ask someone else because he was "a little busy here." if he was so busy, why would he ask me what I wanted??!
The décor is nice, but it's pretty run-down. The hotel uses a lot of white, but most everything is a little dirty. A "clean" pool towel had a fist-sized orange stain on it. The couch cushions were tinged with dirt stains. Anyway, if they aren't going to do a good job with cleaning / maintenance, they should not use so much white.
We also ate breakfast there. My spinach omelet was quite good, until I got to the egg shell that was mixed in.
Only good things about the hotel is the art and the location. For this area though, the Shore Club is much nicer. Better pool, clean, friendly service, free beach chairs. It's just more expensive.
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7/16/2009
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I completely agree with Janelle .. while the hotel has a nice pool/bar area and somewhat friendly staff I felt the $385 price tag for our room was a bit high.
We stayed in a "luxury suite" which had a bedroom upstairs and a sofa bed downstairs. And while the room did have 2 larger balconies I do not feel it was worth my money. The sofa bed was terribly uncomfortable and the "luxury" spa products in our bathroom were far from luxurious not to mention the horribly scratchy towels. Not to mention that our door refused to stay shut unless we had it dead bolted. Also odd that the room has a pseudo stove but now pots or pans to cook.
The staff is very friendly and accommodating and since we went during the "off season" it was very quite during the day and most of the evening. During peak season the hotel hosts numerous pool parties and had a busier bar.
Friday night they had a decent DJ playing Hip-Hop and a attractive crowd gathered by the pool. And while I know Miami is pricey it still urks me that they charge $18 per drink! And they serve the drink in a plastic cup!!
Overall I enjoyed most of my stay, the art work in the lobby is interesting, the location is great ( right across from the beach) and the staff is friendly. However, next time I am going with a cheaper hotel.
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6/24/2009
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Ambiance - very well decorated. I love the ambiance.
The food was fantastic -- however, our main course arrived before our appetizers. (Are we in France?)
The service and staff - next to a joke. I brought high profile clients who own 4-5 star hotels and restaurants internationally and regret doing it. We took up 2 tables with a total of 10 guests. It took the server an hour to bring one bottle of wine...and another hour to bring the other one. (yes, 10 people means we are going to order and taste the menu)..it took longer for our food to come too. (the time was around 10:30pm--not crowded at all)..and in the wrong order to boot. Isn't it suppose to be appetizers then main course?
While we were eating, one side of the table collapsed on top of my clients and spilled foor all over them. A few minutes later, the other table collapsed, the wine bottle broke on the table and my client was cut trying to get out of the way. They turned around and said to me: your friend suggested this place? Your friend has poor judgement in fine dining.
Needless to say, I wanted to crawl in a hole and stay there the remaining part of the night. We left after we ate and jetted next door and continued the night..at least we got our bottle service less than 10 minutes.
I love the location, I love the decors..the management and staff needs a hospitality spring cleaning. I was so dissappointed with the hospitality service.
My clients and I don't mind spending money if the service is on point -- but on scale of 1-5. I give the service 2.
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6/24/2009
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Lovely and playful contemporary art fills this space.
Great spot to retreat to with some highbrow buddies for a casual shindig.
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While one shouldn't expect the same level of luxury as a mainland resort, our stay at the Sagamore was everything we were looking for out of a south beach hotel. "The Art Hotel" is decorated wildly with contemporary art throughout the lobby, rooms, stairwells, and even room keys setting a relaxed, anything-but-up-tight atmosphere that permeates the facility as well as its guests. It's an all suite hotel, and we were thrilled with our spacious abodes with the "Sagamore suite" designation, which were all Apple-like at twice the space and half the price of the nearby Delano and Ritz.
Service was friendly and responsive from valet, front desk, restaurant, and beach-side. The rooms are well appointed with nice linens, giant sectional sleeper sofas, relatively new TV's, pimpin' iPod docking speaker systems, kitchens, and fast wifi. The only thing we found lacking was the tiny gym, but I'd personally rather run on the beach any day, anyway.
This hotel gets three stars based on the lobby and the pool/lounge area alone. To me it's a little pretentious, in terms of price, the staff, and the crowd that stays here, and I enjoyed staying in other hotels more. The room was nice, but the bed was a little uncomfortable. The weekend I went a couple of rappers were there as well, so the place was overrun with groupies. The most annoying part is that the hotel's location is so far from everything! I mean I figured it was far, and bc of this it wasn't my choice to stay here. Clubs, restaurants, etc are a bitch to get to on foot. Lincoln Road is close though, and so is Jerry's Deli for breakfast/lunch. If you're clubbing though, take a cab!
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Every time I come to Miami, I try and stay at the Sagamore. Great location (walking distance to most of the clubs, shopping, dining), trendy, hip, beautiful decor. I love the clean white decor, the beautiful rooms and the happening scene at night.
The entire hotel is made up of ALL suites and bungalows, so the rooms are all very spacious and often triple the size of most hotel rooms. You can get a 900sf bungalow vs. a 350sf room at the delano for the same price, if not cheaper. Also, I liked the suites better than the bungalow....thought it was a bit annoying to walk up and down the spiral staircase to get from the living room to the bedroom. The Sagamore is right on the beach, so you can choose to lay out by the pool or get some chairs on the beach.
Just stayed here last weekend with some girlfriends and loved every minute of it! We indulged the sun's rays by the pool side...and watched Lance Bass hanging out with some bosomed lady. Nice. I love Miami!
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This hotel was really great. We stayed in the penthouse which offered a roof top deck. The pool was great. Service was top notch. Definately would stay here again
I love the clean white ambience and decor of this place. It's so modern and beautiful. I've never stayed here but I always go for the great scene at night in the back outside with the big bar, great music.
It's one upscale hotel - worth the stay. Right up there with the Delano and Setai.
God I love South Beach!
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This place is insane during Memorial Day Weekend where all the hip hop crowd goes to party in South Beach. I was gate crashing or hotel-hopping, if you want to be polite about it, different venues and I saw Russell Simmons pull up in a shiny black SUV, almost unrecognizable...till I saw like the 20 sets of Louis Vuitton luggage with him (no Kimora in sight). This was back a few years ago, but I still remember feelin' a lil' star struck at that. And yes, this place is very sleek, bring your best appearance at this venue.
Reality show tipoff: P.Diddy had his Making the Band 3 girls (Dannity Kane, girl band) stay at this venue when they were taped in Miami Beach.
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I am not going to repeat the same elements of luxury and opulence already mentioned in previous reviews, but will simply add Sagamore, Delano, or Setai are the most upscale hotels in Miami/SoBe...PERIOD.
Sagamore achieves perfection in Miami South Beach vacationing venues. The beach side cabanas in the back of the hotel each offer 42" plasmas, comfy over-sized sofas to lounge in, and makes for the perfect place to catch the cool Atlantic Ocean breeze while star gazing (the night sky AND the kind sitting in the cabana next to yours) and sipping on your bottle of champagne on ice.
If you can, make sure to get a lower-level beachfront room. They are the most requested, and for reason- They are larger than the standard rooms, have multiple floors, and that open right onto the cabanas and beach giving you direct access to the beach 24/7. Trust me...you'll thank me later!
Oh, and during your stay be sure to check out Miami Social. This is the club/restaurant inside the hotel. Hotel guests usually have free access to this area, and even have separate curbside express entry into this club. So no hefty covers to pay at the door or waiting in the long lines with the general public. (Read my review on Social Miami for info, but I will say...drinks are a bit pricier than most other upscale Miami clubs...but well made, the food is excellent and portions are generous, and the women are absolutely GORGEOUS and outnumber men 2:1 to 5:1, depending on the night..
I was lucky enough to stay at the Sagamore last July with a bunch of my close friends. I love Miami to begin with so I'm smiling to myself as I write this review. The hotel consists of bungalows and suites. You may think they are overpriced but when you break it down between a few people it's not so bad. Plus, I always feel I'd rather pay more and get better quality than save a few bucks and stay in a dump!! I've never stayed this far up South beach so it was nice for me to check out this area. It's close to The Delano and lots of restaurants and shops. The staff was great, and in typical Miami fashion, they were gorgeous. I'm not an artsy person but it did give the Sagamore it's appeal. The Sagamore is located right on the beach (damn when is winter in NYC going to end), which is great, but I really enjoyed my time by the pool. Everyone was friendly, no matter color or creed or whatever!! I'd definitely like to stay at the Sagamore again.
can you say hedonistic? I knew you could.
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Bar scene - very swanky and fun. Drinks super overprices. We paid something like $18 for an absolut and soda and were all thanking the sweet heavens we knew we were too drunk to appreciate Grey Goose or Kettel One. The outside area is really cool - very Zen like with fountains and little rock gardens around the sidewalks -- and yet very clubby at the same time. Good music, no dancing. Cool to come and see the bar/outside area but don't plan on staying here for the night. We got there pretty late (around 2:00 a.m.) and a lot of people were having a drink there before heading to an actual club.
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I have stayed at the Sagamore three separate times so far, the latest experience was for a week in March 2007. And this is by far my favorite hotel in Miami to date. This is a small privately owned hotel, not a hotel chain... and it shows. If you like cool, sophisticated settings, a great display of modern and contemporary art, attentive, polite service and large, clean dust free rooms, then this is your hotel in South Beach. I stayed in one of their two level Ocean Villas, that comes complete with a living room and a kitchenette, and after a day or so I felt like I was totally at home. Unlike any other hotel I've ever stayed in the Sagamore prides itself on the cleanliness of its rooms, using flooring and fabrics that actually repel dirt and dust. So if you are someone who insists on your hotel room being clean like me... then you will love the Sagamore. The hotel doesn't have a gym though, but they have an arrangement with the Delano next door so you can use theirs for $20.00 a visit. The Sagamore also has an amazing restaurant named Social. Try the Kobe Beef Sliders if you like burgers, and the Friday night party there is THE place to be in South Beach.
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just for the bar scene: fri and sat are crowded. dress up, because it's quite a scene, but kinda what you expect from these hotel bars (think expensive, small drinks). for some reason, when we went there were so many cheesy, short men. kudos on the music!
