Rodeway Inn/Airport Miami is located between the Miami Airport and the Miami Port (downtown). The address is 1050 NW 14th St. - Miami, Florida 33136. This is where the free part comes in. This very "budget" motel offers free airport pick and AND free transfers to the Miami Port. That is a savings of $25 (a high end hotel charged me $25 for the port transfer in September in the same general area).

One side of the motel is street side to a medical complex the other side is "directly" next to a busy freeway. The motel is very worn (walk across the carpet and your feet will be black). But, if you can sleep with the freeway noise, the constant ambulance sirens and don't mind a very basic motel without any "perks" ( take your blow dryer) - the price is right for just an ovenight stay, especially if you are catching a cruise ship the next day. Being a senior, lone traveler, I did not go out after dark except to the vending machine.

Another big plus to this motel is the "Greek" restaurant on site. The music is too loud, and it looks a bit "iffy" but don't go by the looks. The main seating is open air but covered; there are a few inside tables. The menu has a good variety, most choices are under ten dollars and the food is plentiful and very tasty. Nearby local medical staff hang out here during happy hour time, and can be a bit rowdy, but the pluses outweight the minuses.

This was the nastiest, filtiest room I have ever seen. There were cockroaches everywhere and the bathroom looked like it had never been cleaned. The mamger said they were under new management and in the process of renovating. After being moved to one of the "newly renovated" rooms the only difference was new carprt. The room was still filthy and I saw cockroaches. It would be bet to avoid this place. It gives the franchise a bad name.

Although the price is right, the roaches are not. The carpets are dirty, the hallways uninviting and it does not do any justice to the clean hospitals at the University of Miami complex. The breakfast is insulting so little you want to throw it back at them...probably just to keep you in the retaurant to buy a real breakfast. The owner of the hotel has absolutely no shame and quickly tells you to speak to his staff. The only nice thing about the place is the friendly staff and the people in the restaurant. I feel sorry for the hotel staff as they have to spend time apologizing for all the problems.

This is long overdue for a major remodel. At least 20 years overdue. The walls are paper thin. It is by a busy and noisy highway. It you want a hotel to sleep at....good luck. You will need it here. They advertise a free airport shuttle. What they don't tell you is it only runs certain hours. If you have an early or late flight you are on your own. It has been at least 20 years since I stayed in a hotel this bad. No heat in rooms.