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The Savoy
3 reviews for The Savoy
Dear Diary,
For my non-birthday, I request a hotel suite with a balcony overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. I want doors opened for me, buckets of beer delivered to me beach-side, and a parasol covering my face while the rest of my body cooks under the Miami sun. Furthermore, diary, I would like not one pool, but two and a private entrance leading me to the sand. Thankyouverymuch.
I came to the Savoy this afternoon to hang by the pool and beach. I'm sitting in the room right now. Is it gorgeous and nouveau chic? Not really. Would I be happy if I were a tourist in Miami? Totally. Look, this place isn't trying to be an Ian Schrager hotel, and with the rates they offer ($100 for a suite), it's seriously a great deal. There's a pool bar, beach views, wifi, and *naked cabana boys. What else matters?
*turns out they weren't cabana boys
wish i had read the few reviews of this place before i decided to book my room for south beach, which of course ended up being non-refundable after booking since it was an "internet special"
don't get me wrong,
the service was good. we got a lot of suggestions and help from the front desk and the bellstand man (if you can even call him that cause there was no bellstand) was also very helpful (although i felt bad cause he was older and we had a lot of heavy luggage)
the has a cute pathway leading to the beach and they charge you a $13 "resort fee" for 2 chairs, an umbrella and towels per day. can't complain there because we spent most of our two days there laying out on the beach using those chairs. and they even have a server come out and take drink orders (a bucket, 5 beers for $25-30)
and they had two pools that we never used, but looked nice
they also provide happy hour priced drinks as well as free food for guests. the free food? delishh! haha surprisingly. ribs and chicken skewers, french fries built up like a little log cabin, it was nice.
here's the bad..
the hotel itself, i think is molding. it's quite disgusting. you can smell it as soon as you enter the building to your room. i'm pretty sure this is toxic if you decide to stay a long time, but for a short trip, it was just very unpleasent. the rooms are all different, they are somewhat dirty. floors and walls scuffed, random furniture. and the shower in our room, not designed too well. you had to get in and close the curtain before you turned it on cause the showerhead was pointed so that it would shoot out onto the bathroom floor (even having the curtain closed wouldn't prevent that actually..) our other friends had complaints about their rooms, but i can't remember what they were anymore.
I booked this hotel, on http://www.cheaprooms.com, for an extended weekend trip. It had 3.5 stars and several good recent reviews. I don't know what the hell those people were thinking but the place is a DUMP! The lobby is dark, outdated, and absolutely unwelcoming. We checked in and were told that we needed to go next door to get to our room. We walked out of the lobby and into the building next door. We looked around for elevators, a hallway, or stairs but couldn't find any. We walked into a bar/restaurant area. There was no staff or guests to be found....very odd. Apparently we were in the wrong building. We then had to walk back into the lobby to get the correct directions for where we should be going. We had to walk through a gate into the pool area and up some stairs into another building. Our room was on the third floor overlooking the pool. The room was terrible! ...dirty carpeting, worn-out furniture, dirty baseboards and walls, and a moldy ceiling. The bathroom had only one light that worked and the shower stall was disgusting! I would have worn my flip flops to take a shower.
There was no way that we wanted to stay there so I called the Marriott, down the street, and booked a room there. Since I booked through http://cheaprooms.com I was not able to get a full refund for The Savoy. Wish people had put more accurate reviews online.