Best Western Oceanfront Resort

  • 9365 Collins Ave, Bal Harbour, FL 33154, USA

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Size: 154 x 38

Best Western Oceanfront Resort is an all-suite resort on the Atlantic Ocean, two blocks from Bal Harbour shops and dining, and approximately 15 miles from Miami International Airport. This location is also a miles from art galleries ... more on Travelocity.com

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27 reviews

86% of guests recommend this place.

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Top Reviews from Around the Web:

My stay was ok--rooms appeared clean, but there was an overwhelming musty smell--left door open as much as possible. more on Travelocity.com

I am somewhat likely to return to the Best Western Oceanfront Resort. more on TravelPost.com

The message here is, go late to the breakfast if you want a better chance at a fresh bagle. more on Yahoo! Travel

good value for the money. more on Orbitz

Allow 30mins-45mins for Valet parking to retrieve your car more on Yahoo! Travel

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5 reviews

Top Reviews From Yahoo! Travel

The most off-putting thing about this hotel is the smell. The mixture of damp and mouldiness was enough to make me gag. The windows in my room were sealed.

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more on Yahoo! Travel

Great location for beach lovers. Simple clean spacious rooms. I'm a business traveler and have stayed here 3 years in a row. Continental ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Incredible that Best Western patronizes this hotel. This can't be called a resort.
Continental Breakfast is a shame. Corridors to rooms could be found in ... more on Yahoo! Travel

At times excessive noise at the pool people bring their own radio or recordings and pool is monitored ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Too late with our travel plans to secure a reservation at our favorite beach front resort, we settled for this Best Western, having read that they just spent millions in renovations. We spent the whole week trying to spot the renovations. ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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3 reviews

Top Reviews From Orbitz

Street front parking was not good at all u only can have one car per room or get ur car tow... more on Orbitz

good value for the money. kitchenet is just the right thing to have, ref, microwave, stove, coffee, ... more on Orbitz

about a $20 cab ride from south beach. Otherwise a pretty good spot right on the beach. I'd go back huge rooms. ... more on Orbitz

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10 reviews

Top Reviews From TripAdvisor

This is an older motor hotel located oceanfront in the comfortable Surfside neighborhood of Miami Beach. It is in a quiet residential neighborhood. In its beachfront location it is flanked by newer hi ... more on TripAdvisor

Like so many other (positive) Tripadvisors here, wife and I are longtime repeat guests at this splendid, oldtime beach motel, one of the precious last of its kind. Those reviewers who get down on thei ... more on TripAdvisor

When you hear 'bed bugs" - run! We should have done it right away, but we did not. Do not make the same mistake - do not stay there. But let me start from the beginning: We have checked it at this Bes ... more on TripAdvisor

Surrounded by expensive high rise condos this place looked out of place. Walking into the room is going into a time warp back to the 60's. We arrived on the weekend and one of the T.V's wasn't working ... more on TripAdvisor

On the positive side, it is very difficult to take a sunshine yellow property decorated with marlins completely seriously. You feel as if the 1950s have collided with the 2000s, at this cheap and chee ... more on TripAdvisor

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4 reviews

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Top Reviews From TravelPost.com

This hotel is an excellent location and has good facilities. I am very likely to return to the Best Western Oceanfront Resort. I ... more on TravelPost.com

This is the oldest Best Western I have stayed in. While being refurbished, its age showed but the staff was some of the friendliest I have come across. I have traveled and stayed at Best Westerns since 1964, including those in France, ... more on TravelPost.com

It was a little dingy, but the rates were good and it was on the ocean. I am somewhat likely to return to the Best Western Oceanfront ... more on TravelPost.com

It's a nightmare to go there, it's dirty, really dirty. And the staff is very rude to everybody, in fact, the manager look like he's there to shut down the place (in order to build condos for more money. The manager is rude and don't ... more on TravelPost.com

Great Amenities at Best Western Oceanfront Resort:

  • Non-smoking
  • Smoke-free property
  • Cable or satellite tv
  • Golf
  • Medical assistance available
  • Currency exchange
  • Handicap room
  • Security
  • On-site parking
  • Business center
  • Live entertainment
  • Concierge floor
  • Meal plan available
  • Television
  • Modem
  • Newspaper
  • Complimenary newspaper in lobby
  • Onsite laundry
  • Air conditioning
  • Telephone
  • Hairdryer
  • Free newspaper
  • Television
  • Cable television
  • Alarm clock
  • Maid service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Kitchen
  • Iron

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Best Western Oceanfront Resort Website

http://www.miamiandbeaches.com

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