Fashion Boutique Hotel

We stayed at the Fashion Boutique Hotel from November 19th to November 21st. The Hotel is small, but clean. There are only 2 floors. We had to carry our suitcase up to the second floor (not really an issue). Our original room was a king-sized bed. The room was big enough, clean, and bright. There were a few issues: 1) The air conditioning didn't work 2) The smoke detector wasn't working, and 'beeped' every 10 seconds 3) The wifi wouldn't reach our room I called to the front desk a few times, but the gentleman working there didn't answer. I went to go see him, and told him I was calling him, but he shrugged, and said the phone didn't ring. He seemed very unconcerned about missing a phone call. For the air conditioner, he told me there was nothing he could do. For the smoke detector, he told me to just unplug it from the ceiling (seriously), and for the wifi, he just told me that it was 'unfortunate'. He did offer to switch rooms for us. We took him up on the offer. The second room was two double beds. He said he had no more rooms with king sized beds, which was sort of disappointing, but at least it had air conditioning, wifi, and a working smoke detector. All in all, the hotel was nice enough, but I wouldn't go in with high expectations.

No elevator. You have to lug your baggage up stairs.. How does this place exist without being ADA compliant? Only one little trash can in the entire room. Teeny tiny room. No complimentary breakfast and you have to pay $3 for a Nepresso.pod if you want coffee. Staff didn't acknowledge us when we came in from dinner. Oh, and my daughter saw TWO rats running around on the patio when she went out for a smoke. I do not recommend.

On our way back from a trip to Portugal, we decided to stay in South Beach for a night to see some friends. We're very familiar with the city and hotels, as we used to live there. We chose Fashion Boutique Hotel for two reasons: location and price. All we needed was a bed and a shower and it served its purposes. The rooms are a little kitsch but it's a pretty Art Deco building with a small courtyard in front of the entrance. The rooms don't have coffee pots and they charge $3 for a pod to use their machine in the lobby. I went around the corner to the Cuban cafe (Las Olas Cafe) instead. They charge a $100 room deposit. I don't know why as there are no amenities in the hotel - nothing to charge to your room. Self-parking is available for $35 a day with another mysterious deposit of $50. There is a private gated lot across Washington on 6th St. for $35 a day and the City lot on 7th is only $20 per day. The terrace on the 1st floor overlooking Washington Ave. was closed for construction. Hopefully they will build a small bar up there. The room was clean and featured a mini-fridge and safe.