Just returned from a conference at Doral Golf Resort and Spa. I was there for 3 nights. The resort is about ½ hour (by cab) west of Miami International Airport. Overall I would say this is a good hotel.

The resort is made up of several buildings scattered throughout the property. All hotel rooms are housed under different ‘lodges’ with lodge #4 being the closest to the main building. None of the lodges are connected to the main building; however, they do have canopies along the pathway. Each of the lodges has its own lounge except lodge 7 and 8 which share a lounge. Lodges 4 – 8 are located north/north east of the main building and the rest are located to the south.

I stayed at lodge #7 on the first floor (guest room - garden view). Lodge #7 has 3 floors (I think it’s the same for all lodges). Each of the hotel rooms on the second and third floor has its own balcony. If you stay on the first floor, instead of a balcony, you have essentially another entrance as the so called ‘balcony’ on the first floor is connected directly to the ground/golf course so make sure you lock both doors when you leave the room.

The room itself is relatively spacious (see pics) and it has all the standard amenities that you would expect from a Marriott property. The bathroom is pretty standard as well. Please note that according to a colleague, her room at lodge #5 only has a shower stall so if you like to have a tub, make sure you confirm it when you check-in. The ambiance is that of a standard Marriott hotel room. Personally, I think it is time that they upgrade the TV to an LCD because the CRT makes the room feels a little bit dated (especially considering how cheap … err … inexpensive LCDs are these days). The beds are the same as in other Marriott hotels and you can choose either a one king-sized bed or two double beds. The room has a mini-bar in lieu of a mini-fridge. Oh and for those of you who are iPod fans, the room does not have a docking station. If you’re a Starbucks fan however, you’re in luck as they have a Starbucks counter in the main building.

Some people on this site have previously mentioned that the walls are so thin that you can hear the elevator and your fellow guests next door. I didn’t encounter such issue (my room is the second one from the elevator). I have not stayed at the other lodges so I cannot attest whether this is true for the other buildings as well.

For those of you who may not be familiar, please note that this hotel is relatively far from the beach so if you intend to go to South Beach, I would recommend that you find another hotel that is closer.

We've been in several Marriott Resorts previously in the past, and I can tell you for sure, that with this one they really got it wrong.

The very first thing that was very upseting was the fact that if you dont pay the $21 per day fee for valet parking, you have to park your car 10 to 15 minute walk from the parking lot to your building door. Imagine doing that walk with 10 bags if you decided to go shopping!! and they dont even let you drop you family members at the front door of the building - due to an obstacle place exactly with that porpuse - which was very upseting to me having my grandmother with us who couldnt walk those long distance 2 times a day.

We paid almost $2000 for a week and definetely we didnt get any 5-star-hotel treatment like we have had in many many marriotts through the years.

Another big deal is the walls are EXTREMELY thin!!! I swear could hear everything that the couple next door did and talked about! Not to mention the sound of the doors closing and the elevator ( when it worked - it broke twice the week we were there-)

Definetely never coming back!

We just returned from a 3 night stay at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. The hotel is located about 20 minutes west of downtown Miami in the suburb of Doral. It's a quiet setting and the hotel grounds are magnificent. The golfcourse and spa are beautiful. There are 5 swimming pools plus a lagoon. Please note that self-parking is quite a trek, about a 10 to 15 minute walk from the lot to the rooms. Other than that, the rooms were decent. The rooms are large, but probably need to be renovated at some point. It would've been nice to have a larger tv - old model, probably about 20 inches. We didn't eat at the hotel, but service was otherwise good. My only complaint is that after our stay, we received a bill for a mini bar charge. We never even received a mini bar key. In any case, I had to call and get it reversed. Make sure to check your bill.

Stayed at the Doral Golf and Spa for 3 nights third week of June. Problems with check in our room was not ready, so we headed to the pool. Came back several hours later only to be told it was still not ready, I could tell there was a huge conference going on so we tried to be understanding. However on the third attempt patience was starting to run thin, they did upgrade us to a fantastic room which made up for everything.
Overall stay was nice, I would definately stay at this resort again.