Selina Miami Gold Dust — Hotel in Miami

We need to set realistic expectations in life, but not be rammed over by ne'er-do-wells. It is a property that has shared/hostel rooms along with private ones. Mid-Century modern properties in Miami are referred to as MiMo (Miami Modern). This one was designed by acclaimed architect Maurice Weintraub. The area was once bustling and thriving, but ran down turning into a boulevard-of-broken-dreams for Miami, becoming synonymous with prostitution and drug addicts. During the last few real estate booms, it has entered various upswings, and benefited from the overall emergence of the downtown area, as a desirable place to live. Let us be clear: it is not by any means a “great neighborhood.” Steps away, you will find one of Miami’s best….you heard right…strip clubs. A bit further down there is a Chinese massage parlor……hmmmmmm….Whether it will fully gentrify is anyones guess. This courtyard-style motel, with an exterior catwalk, was partially renovated. Overall the rooms are good. The bathroom was not truly remodeled to reflect prevailing layouts in hostel properties - but it’s OK. Beds and mattresses are rather good. Although the A/C is a wall unit, it does blow COLD. However, it makes quite a bit of noise - both inside the room, and as you walk along and hear multiple units going on at the same time. There is a shared kitchen. The ambiance there is one rooted in progres and the evolution of people - truly a place to connect. But this is the general scope of how it works - it’s a DIRTY business, where what they give you is that comraderie with people, so you don’t focus on seeing what they do as a company. The pool needed a complete overhaul. They did minor things to its and installed an illuminated image of a fat lady diving in, next to yet another illuminated palm tree sculpture. They play 60’s music that makes you feel like you are in a Martin Scorsese film, and it takes away from the effect of the shabby pool, and concrete that badly needs restoration. The property it’s on the river and there are parts of the building that are sagging, likely do to problems with the foundation. The lobby is small, of limited function, and decorated with “retro” (used, thrift store style) items. It’s cheaper than buying things that are actually good. They started with an excellent concept - to create something bohemian and avant-garde….but at a low price-point they have to take economics into factor and deferred maintenance prevails throughout, reflecting the need for capital improvements. But it’s the way THEY work! Most staff are likely undocumented workers….I’m ALL for supporting people who want to better their lives. Is this business taking a proactive approach to helping people? NO! It’s about paying them NOTHING, working long hours, and for them to “understand” that in that dirty business, they need to “play ball” or make sure that the door doesn’t hit “it” on the way out. Who else is going to do this, on crummy wages, with the exorbitant cost of living in Miami? The restaurant basically works during office hours - they had better hours before, but had to cut them back. They put so little effort into it, that people just won’t come. There is a co-working space above the lobby. It has a few desks and there is what should be a conference room in the back. It has a few tables, but it’s more of a miscellaneous space that amount to a windowless space with little more than nothing, that they needed to do far more to. It’s just that they can call it a “co-working space,” and be a part of the trend. Staff make sure not to cross the line where they are blatantly slime balls…but every time they can, they will “get” you.although at $50 a night for a shared room…that’s already done…they just need to not make it look bad, by keeping guests calm as they are getting nailed by people who wake up in the morning, to hire undocumented aliens who wake up in the morning to:...

Initially we had high expectations of this place because of the great reviews and high ratings but our stay here was very okay. The standard room was much smaller than I thought and there was only 1 little drawer the keep your clothes in so we mainly kept our clothes in our suitcase. I liked how there was a kitchen there so you can even make your own food if you wanted to and there was a nice view of the river. Most of the staff was very kind to us but the security guards always had issues with us parking in certain spots because they have a little bar there and have valet parking. You have to ask to get your room cleaned and you have to ask early in the day if your want your room to get cleaned. One of the days we bought a bottle of tequila and had plastic shot glasses and only had a few shots that night. The following day we got our room cleaned and came back to the shot glasses missing and 80%of the tequila bottle gone.. we talked to the worker at the front desk and he told us that the manager would call us and she never did so the worker gave us 2 tickets for a free drink.. Honestly I would recommend hiding everything in your suitcase if you want to get your room cleaned to avoid any issue like this. I do think this place is in a good spot that is near some nice restaurants but if you’re looking for a place to be comfortable I would recommend going...

Booked a family room for 3 nights for a girl’s trip to Miami, it was decent for the price but we left feeling unsatisfied.

First impression: dirty. The lounge/coworking space by the check-in area had furniture that looked like it was brought straight from the vintage store without any cleaning off. Our room had many stains on the walls, sheets, and pillowcases. The shower did not drain well, so for our first two nights we had to shower in an inch of water (this was resolved by housekeeping by our third night, thankfully).

Location was decent, near a lot of good restaurants, but the parking situation was very frustrating. No problem parking during the day, but at night there is no parking because of bar patrons, so we had to circle around the residential area nearby for street parking.

Lastly, we wish we felt safer while staying here. During check-in, the receptionist said our room number out loud, and then asked for our room number again to assign us a parking pass while other people in the lobby could hear. It made us uncomfortable knowing that strangers knew what room we were staying in, and I do wish the receptionist asked us for the name the reservation was under instead of the room number. There were also 1 or 2 men on property that would make comments at us, and one night it sounded like fireworks were being lit on or near...