Chelsea Hotel

The Good: Location. 2 1/2 blocks from Ocean Ave and the Beach. Lincoln Rd and Española Way are 9 and 6 blocks away receptively. People watching from the outdoor patio area will keep you entertained as all the colorful of people that traverse (or stumble) down Washington Ave pass by. Finally, The Automatic Ikea Room Generator ™ derived bedroom was cute and clean. The Bad: The front desk was unpleasant, bordering on rude. The l bar/lounge/check-in is small, cramped and grossly under air conditioned. The bathroom, although clean, was designed with out doors (chic) but the shower head was too close to the opening resulting in puddles in the bathroom floor (not chic). The WiFi is only available in the lobby is really REALLY slow. The really BAD: The hotel advertises a happy-hour between 7-8 where you can get free well drinks at the bar/lounge/check-in area. The 2 bar tenders where absolutely laughable at there obvious stretching of that happy hour and trying to give out as few drinks as possible in that 1 hour. It was really comedic. They would walk around and behave as though as they were really busy but there were only 4 guests trying to get some free drinks from the bar. I tipped, they even rang the big bell. Did I get better service. No. This is why that bar is empty at 8:02. If they gave better service I would've stayed there a little longer and bought my own drinks. Ridiculous. In conclusion, for the money it's a rather sweet deal. Nice building, clean and comfortalbe. However, with so many other hotels fighting for your business why go and stay somewhere with terrible customer service?

STAYED HERE FOR 5 DAYS AND IT WAS EXTREMELY LOUD THEY HAD A DJ PLAYING FROM 10 AM UNTIL 5 AM ALL 5 DAYS. POOR LIGHTING IN THE ROOMS AND THE ELEVATOR LOOKED LIKE A CLOSET IT IS A GREAT AREA TO JUST PARTY BUT TO HAVE SOME GOOD REST AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING NO WAY.

My sister and I went to South Beach, Miami for the first time. Hotel was convenient location. [...] [...] And there was NO PARKING facilities for hotel. We had to walk to parking facility!! Service charges GALORE! Everywhere

The room, and the hotel, was very dark. Usually, when an establishment is very dark, they are trying to hide imperfections. Whether it's a dirty carpet or whatever, I don't know. The rooms were clean, but small. It could work for two people, but not four. They advertise a happy hour, but it's only the cheap stuff. For the average price we paid per night, it was just okay. The location is good. I'm used to getting more bang for my buck with hotel deals. In my opinion the "deal" price should have been the regular price. The room was cleaned everyday. The staff was hard working. Depending on what a person wanted in a hotel, I might recommend it.

Excellent staff though bartender at happy hour could have been friendlier. Rooms are adequate but kinda dark. Nevertheless the location is fantastic and the reception staff very helpful and nice.

Friendly staff, awesome bartenders. Did not like the fact that gave us room service even though I place the "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the door. A little noisy on the 1st floor at night due to bar location; not big deal for most, but troublesome when staying w/ children. Off-street parking. Close to many restaurants, cigar lounges and the beach. Rent a bike and enjoy the area.

great location...front desk very nice..."free happy hour" from 7-8 every day but it's misleading because they charge you a fee of $60 when you check out so it's not really "free". no internet station...only 1 person to bartend and wait on customers in the outside seating area so very slow service...beware of the "resort fee" they only tell and charge you when you check out...and when asked they tell you it's for the happy hour !!

For south beach it was cool right on the ave where all the clubs are at and just two blocks away from the beach for the veteran sobe goer its great

We booked the hotel because of its proximity to the Port of Miami and its relatively low cost. Being older and unaware at the time of the "party" nature of the immediate area of South Beach, we were initially a bit concerned when the shuttle bus that picked us up at the Miami airport was festooned with full-size graphics lauding the sexual nature of the associated hotels --- "Kinky sex", "What happens here stays here".,etc. Upon arrival we reluctantly (but boldly) asked if they also rented rooms by the hour. The answer, of course, was "no". Our night's stay was comfortable; the room was clean and the service was fine. This hotel served our purpose well as, in the evening, we explored the nearby South Beach entertainment area just two blocks away and taxied to our nearby cruise ship departure port the following morning. This hotel was inexpensive, clean, adequate and convenient to both the Port of Miami and South Beach. We did, however, ask for a room on the third floor at the back of the building to be as far as possible from the probable noise and music from the lobby bar. We didn't take advantage of the free early evening Happy Hour drinks.

This was a return visit... I stayed again because the price was right, and the location was perfect... this time, however, the hotel was much noisier than I recall from previous visit... I also did not recall the tv having limited channels... even basic channels... but all in all, you can't beat the location and the price.