Has anyone heard anything about Ramada Plaza Marco Polo Beach Resort? There are some very ugly reviews but some positive as well. Nothing seems real current. Anyone lately?
Confused on reviews for this hotel - nothing new lately...
Not family friendly, ethnic senior citizen haven.
Confused on reviews for this hotel - nothing new lately...
Is that for the entire Sunny Isles area or just this one place in particular?
Sunny Isles Beach is known as very family friendly beach unlike South Beach which is topless,an adult playground.
Where do you want to stay? Sunny Isles is a small area in North Miami Beach. It is about a 30 min. drive from South Beach. It%26#39;s not a bad location, but it is a more mature crowd (40s+) and more family-oriented. Not much to do around there except hit the beach of go shopping at Aventura Mall (located 5 mins. away). A nice hotel in that area would be the Trump Sonesta Sunny Isles.
I%26#39;ve just been there (2006-Apr-6 to 2006-Apr-9).
This hotel has gotten really hammered by people in this forum. It%26#39;s not that bad. They are in the process of replacing the carpeting in the hallways. The rooms are large and have fridges in them that actually get cold. The rooms are clean... they%26#39;re a bit dated, but I had no problems with the rooms being dirty. There was some wallpaper peeling in my room, but nothing to freak out about.
People need to keep in mind that this is a Ramada, not a Windham or Marriott. If you demand 5 star service open up your wallet and pay for it, don%26#39;t expect it from a 3 star resort.
I also saw someone mention roaches... saw only one and that was down by the pool/beach well away from the hotel.
The A/C was a little noisy, but I turned it off and had the window open most of the time because I don%26#39;t like A/C. You can turn the fan down and that cuts the noise.
There is a free breakfast that is pretty much muffins, bagels, bread, cereal... standard stuff. Only one toaster and there%26#39;s usually a line for it.
There is an $8 a day resort fee that seems a little unnecessary. Also the parking situation isn芒聙聶t the best. Only valet and there aren芒聙聶t many options. Meter parking across the street, but it芒聙聶s a quarter for each 15 minutes and they run 24/7. Valet was supposed to be $8 a day, but when a friend came to visit me there he had to pay $10.
Also had some trouble at checkout. We booked a flight/hotel package through U.S. Air and the hotel kept asking us for a voucher from them for the room. We didn芒聙聶t have one and almost got charged for the room twice. We got U.S. Air on the phone and they were going to take care of it.
There is a grocery store in walking distance to the hotel (a Publix). They have beer and wine... and groceries. That芒聙聶s a few blocks south of the hotel. A few blocks south of the Publix are some restaurants in a small strip mall. I ate at two of them芒聙娄 I forget their names, but they were good.
The beach is nice芒聙娄 big and practically empty when I was there. Ocean was nice, too. Pool was hot芒聙娄 very hot. They need to knock the heater down a few notches. It was like swimming in a big hot tub.
You芒聙聶re going to be far from Miami Beach and South Beach. Tried to save some money and took a bus to SoBe. It was $1.50 each way, but took 40 芒聙聯 45 minutes each direction. Not bad if you芒聙聶re not in a rush. This hotel is almost in the middle of Ft. Lauderdale and SoBe.
I picked up a hack cab at the airport. He was charging $40 to get to this hotel芒聙娄 he got us lost and it ended up taking an extra 30 to 40 minutes to get there. Will never take an unlicensed taxi again.
That芒聙聶s all I can think of. Overall I would stay at this hotel again. Very good location for kids芒聙娄 will keep them out of trouble since it芒聙聶s out of the craziness of SoBe and Miami Beach.
Hope this helps.
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