Comedy Inn — Restaurant in Palmetto Bay

I had such a bad experience here that it essentially ruined my birthday.

This will be a long story, but worth reading before you decide to spend money at this awful spot.

My friend and I drove 4 hours from Orlando to this roach-infested motel to see a comedian we both are huge fans of. Initially we were even going to book a room here for a few nights, however a man was arguing with the front desk over his "wife waking up with cockroaches on her head," for which the front desk's response was essentially "too bad, no refund." Terrible customer service from quality inn aside, I wasn't really phased. Booked a much nicer room in downtown Miami for significantly LESS than what this run-down hotel would have cost. Didn't bother me, at least I still get to enjoy the comedy show, right? Wrong.

We arrive on the later side and have to sit against the wall next to about three drunk old guys, the type that don't know how to shut up and enjoy the show. Before long they are making some side conversation and light heckling towards the openers in a way that is irritating to all.

Eventually the owner comes up and tells my friend something that I can no longer remember, but it was something along the lines of us being scolded and warned. I found it strange at the time, but figured we were being mistaken for the guys on our right (who are 2.5x our age and foreign, clearly a different group). Rather than try to clear it up, I figured that I'd continue to be a respectful audience member (no phone out, no side conversation, no comments, just watching and laughing). I figured by being on good behavior the owner would eventually realize that it was a different group causing noise, right? Wrong.

A few minutes into the main act, we are approached by the owner and asked to leave. Imagine being (relatively) sober, respectful, quiet, and just trying to enjoy a show on your birthday and now you're getting thrown out as if you've been the antagonist heckler for the past hour. It was extremely confusing at the time, but we followed out into the main lobby.

Once in the main lobby, we were quickly handed a few crumpled up bills (LESS money than we had actually paid to attend the show, by the way; not even the courtesy of a full refund) as the owner asked us to "Please just leave." I turned, confused, to the openers who were now chilling in the lobby and asked them if we were the ones disrupting their sets. They looked as confused as I was, but agreed that we were not the ones causing trouble.

If I was given the human decency of being offered ONE reason to explain why we were being kicked out, I'd have happily understood and left with the self-awareness that "Hey, maybe I was being a jerk."They wouldn't tell us anything. At the time, I was convinced that someone wealthy at the show must have had a wife eyeing us and bribed them to kick us out, but looking back I believe this owner just lacked the intelligence to kick out the correct group of people.

If I got kicked out for anything resembling a decent reason, I'd be giving the owner a phone call and an apology rather than a bad review.

So, congrats man; you ruined my birthday for no good reason. If you feel you had a valid reason to kick me out that for some reason you didn't want to share in the moment, I'd love an explanation. I'd also love an explanation for your completely arbitrary refund amount which was less than the ticket price.

Advice to the owner: Next time you kick someone out of your roach-infested lowquality inn, make sure it's the right group of people and not just the people who got stuck sitting next to them. Space the seats out a little farther if you've really got that hard a time telling the difference the first 3 times. Better yet, drop the Napoleon complex and let the comedians roast/boot hecklers on their own. You're terrible...

Our reviews had over 36 million views so far this year. We do not get paid we just love to eat and have fun. We really love Comedy Inn. It is in a very average motel you must go inside to find it. It is really hidden but that is its charm. Holds about 80 people so all seats are good seats, cheap and they include free drinks. Drinks are strong hard liquor or bottled beer. The comedians are fantastic. Our headliner was Aaron Berg who just got a show on national TV so we were impressed. He was super funny. We saw him at Gotham Comedy Club a year ago in NYC and he had a whole new routine and was super funny. If you get a chance to see Aaron Berg, he is worth it. The other comedians and the MC were very funny too. We went to the 10:30 pm Sat set and it was not over until 12:30 so we thought that was a great deal. Front row is a few buck extra but worth it. A lot of regulars there scoop up the tickets early so reserve asap. You have to go to their website to sign up for an email and then they email you the line up when it is set. It is a secret club and one of the best times we have had in Miami!!!! We plan to go many times more. the hotel has a nice Cuban restaurant with dancing that looked like it would be fun to go to before the show as well. Check out all of our photos and all of our reviews. If we do not like it we do no review it so all of the ones you see are places that are fantastic. Follow us if you like. We had over 36 million views so far this year and we thank you for that. We don't get paid, we just love to eat. Be sure to click on "RobH" at the top of this review to see all of them and to follow us if you like good food and FUN. If we do a review it is...

This place is one of the best comedy clubs I have ever been to and I’ve been going to comedy shows around the country for years. The staff is extremely friendly and inviting. As soon as I walked in I grabbed a drink from the beautiful ladies behind the bar and was led to my seat by another beautiful lady. At first you might think “a comedy club in a quality inn?” and then as soon as you step through the doors you feel as though you have somehow stepped into one of the legendary comedy rooms in NYC. The whole Vibe is surreal. I can’t believe this place exists in Miami. I highly recommend this spot to anyone looking for an incredible night out. I can’t wait until...