The Turnberry Isle is a beautiful resort about 20 minutes outside of South Beach Miami. I was staying in the hotel for a business conference which used all of the ballrooms on site. The staff was incredibly helpful and the conference area is very spaceous. The catering for the conference lunches and dinners was average, but generally that's the case with group dining. What was very nice about the hotel is that things weren't spread out so much that it took a long time to get from one area of the resort to the other.

While the hotel is a little dated , overall it's a lovely place. The rooms are very large with comfortable beds, quiet and dark for sleeping and each with a nice private balcony. The bathrooms are huge, seperate shower and giant tub (large enough for two). There is also a seperate dressing area and vanity so would work well if you are sharing a room. The grounds have two great golf courses, nice swimming pools, great gym and spa. The food in the Cascata Grill and Bourbon Steak were gourmet, on par with NYC restaurants.

I didn't have a chance to visit Aventura Mall but heard it was great shopping. The one real downside to the resort is that you are not on South Beach and evening nightlife is a good 20 minute cab ride away. If you have to be at the resort or want to get away and have a quiet evening on the property this works well. If you want to be on the beach and enjoy Miami nightlife, stay in South Beach.

Overall a positive view of this property.

First, the good. Beautiful resort locale (although I only saw the golf course and pool, didn't partake). Logical and compact layout of the core hotel property, which is a strong plus -- there is no reason to make the core far-flung just because the acreage is plentiful.

My room was gorgeous. Note, though I got what must have been a triple upgrade: convention rate standard room was the booking, and ended up top floor corner, huge room with huge bathroom and two balconies overlooking the golf course and fountain.

The service by people was very good. Efficient, pleasant check-in and check-out, good bell service at port cochere, good maid service, etc. One thing they do which is just spectacular is that if you don't pick up your wake-up call (I was in the shower) they send someone to your room to knock on the door and make sure you're up. Over the top awesome.

Technology service could stand to be better. Of 40 or so television channels on the 35" (or so) widescreen LCD, only 2 or 3 were actually in high definition, the rest were stretched or cropped standard def -- unacceptable in 2012 for a high-end property. The free in-room WiFi is your sole in-room broadband option, and was a mixed bag. Quite speedy when it worked, but dropped in and out frequently and was occasionally unavailable altogether; not at all suitable for doing work over VPN / Citrix, although just barely passable for streaming Netflix or HBO Go to your iPad, where the buffering can overcome most of the drops. (A one-hour show I had to reestablish connection and restart showing maybe only 2 or 3 times.) The worst thing on the tech front is that many places in the conference center have poor or no 3G signal and the hotel will provide conference center WiFi only for a fee of $75 (yes, seventy five) dollars per day. That is also simply unacceptable.

Room service was speedy and priced at or even a bit below the standard for a premier property. Did not eat in either of the hotel's restaurants. Hotel business center is spare to say the least, high charge and a slow connection, but does offer free boarding pass printing. Did not use the gym.

In terms of location, beware that Aventura is a long and expensive ($40-$60) cab ride to South Beach, downtown Miami, etc. If you're there for a conference or on-site or nearby resort and beach recreation or flying in and out of Fort Lauderdale, it's a great spot, but it's not particularly logical if you're flying in and out of Miami Int'l and going to be mostly doing things in Miami proper or South Beach.

The Turnberry Isle Resort is a beautiful resort with a classic Mediterranean feel. The pools are lovely. There is a centrally located "adult" pool, which is excellent for laps and sunbathing. There is a larger pool with a waterslide, a lazy river, a kiddie pool and cabanas near the tennis courts. The cabanas were great and had a television, a ceiling fan, a refrigerator and a changing room. The lazy river was fun except there were very few tubes available for its use. My children loved the waterslide. The resort's location, in the midst of highrise condomiums, detracted somewhat from the ambience. Additionally, one must take a shuttle bus to the beach and beach club.

My husband I stayed at Turnberry for our 15th wedding anniversary. The service was awesome. The bellhops were very welcoming and the attendant Emanda who checked us in was also very accommodating. We checked in very late but all the people we encountered were still very nice and engaging. We are vegans and the buffet at breakfast had several options and the chef at the steak restaurant made us a vegan meal. All the food was exceptionally good. The beach club was very nice too. Some other reviewers commented on the shuttle to the beach but we didn't mind it. It's about a 7-10 min. ride from the resort to the private beach. They provide complimentary umbrellas and chairs. Drinks are also provided at a cost. Beach was not crowded and very clean. Spa was awesome too. We had a couples massage. Now, Turnberry is expensive in terms of drinks and food but you get great food and service. You can go to Walgreens for snacks or toiletries. Also the mall is within walking distance along with Walgreens. I think Miami is expensive so I guess it's to be expected. We will be back. Great time.