I haven’t been to Miami in over a year and since then a ton of new hotels have sprung up all over town. Of course, I had to check them all out to see what is new on the scene and how they all stack up against Miami’s New Yorker/LA’er  favorites: The Shore Club, Delano, and the Setai.

Kelly Wearstler’s husband owns this place and from my computer in NYC, this seems like an ideal place to stay. But, someone who looks at the Tides’ website and then pulls up to their doorstep without further information will be in shock. It’s facade is gorgeous, but it is in the below Lincoln Road in the less ritzy more raunchy South Beach, and it is literally sandwiched between two very noisy (gay) bars.

Second, while the hotel is a beachfront, at this end of town, Ocean Drive lays between the hotel strip and the beach, and so the Tides has a shared private beach area of the public beach with the Hotel Victor.

Third, the rooms are small and have low ceilings and no balconies. While they are luxuriously textured and beautifully furnished, the actual rooms still have a dankness about them because it is not a newly constructed building.

However, it is gorgeous! I loved the lobby, loved the bar out front and absolutely LOVED the rooftop pool. Would I stay there? Yes…