The location of the hotel is very convenient, close to everywhere. The rooms are clean and the service is good. The pool is small but you do not prefer pools to sea in Miami.

I enjoy staying at the quaint art deco hotels in Miami....and I UNDERSTAND that most are not fully renovated so the windows will leak air and NOISE. If you cannot tolerate this type of "roughing it," book the $400 places or Eden Roc!

BUT, that said, some hotels are better than others here. I have stayed at the Blue twice. Once, I had a majoy road side, second floor...it was awful. Boom boom book ALL NIGHT LONG. (I think bars close at like 430 am...so MIND THAT in booking). Breakfast was ok.

Second time, room was quieter...off a side. It was clean, but not luxurious. Beds were comfortable. No bugs. Bar - good.

Location is great...with a parking deck not too far away. I would consider the Blue again...but I am still shopping for that hidden Sobe gem. Or, winning the lottery! Relax.....your in South Beach, Mon!

Maybe we got unlucky. It was a decent hotel until the weather got cold and we noticed that the heating didn't work in the room. They sent a technician who supposedly fixed it and said that it works now we just have to wait for the room to get warm. But it never did. Same thing happened with the second and the third technicians. The offered another room to us but when we checked we saw that the heating wasn't working in that room either. The temperature was 66 in both rooms. Not unbearably cold, just uncomfortable. Heat was working in the lobby and bar area though.
Then we didn't have water. They fixed it in a few hours.
We left a day early since we didn't want to be uncomfortable in a cold room. We were not able to get a refund but they waived the parking fee.
They were doing construction work on the floor, so stairs were closed. We took the elevator but the elevator is very slow and difficult to operate, with double doors.
We were given coupons for the bar, but the bar didn't have what we wanted (espresso or bottled water), so we didn't use the coupons.
Breakfast was okay, though coffee was really bad.
Maybe we got unlucky but this was our experience with this hotel.

The rooms are small and spartan. Absolutely no counter space in the bathroom, our window was broken so the room was covered with gnats. Doing construction on this property, which they do not inform you about-we were awoken at 6:00 am during our vacation. Since it was their property, they should have coordinated noisy work to be done at more reasonable hours. There was a line to complain at the front desk, so by our turn, there were no more rooms to switch to. Overpriced-would get more ammenities at a Motel 6. At least the internet worked well.