Stayed here for 2 nights. This hotel, or at least the suite we had was a dump. The bed was sinking in the middle, the bathroom was dirty, and the carpeting was stained all over. Also be advised that you have to pay a $19 fee for every night that you stay. It covers a few things including a newspaper, which we never received. It is a 2.5 star hotel at best. One positive is the location.

Stayed at the Royal Palms at the end of June and had a great experience. When we arrived at the hotel we asked for a larger room (3 of us staying together) and we were immediately upgraded for free to a suite with an ocean view - completely remodeled with everything from a beautiful bathroom, pull out couch, balcony and fridge within mini - kitchen.

Staff is accommodating as long as you ask nicely. I was skeptical before we arrived due to a lot of bad press this place gets but we were pleasantly surprised with our room and staff. They had a nice pool area with towels and lounges but you cant beat the beach. The bar and outdoor service is over priced and within a 2 minute walk you can find lots of happy hour hot spots along the beach.

Great place for young singles / couples. Great location to access nightlife, shopping and restaurants.

Overall a great price - and a good place to stay at the beach

We stayed at the Royal Palm from June 25-29th. We were there for my cousins batchlorette party. When we first walk in the lobby is very pretty, the elevator was pretty, but when we get to our floor which was the 16th floor, there were men painting!!! The whole place smelt like paint! There were hand made signs! So we get the room, the key didn't work, after trying 4 times, it finally worked. So we get inside the room and it was the smaller than a walk-in closet, with two double beds. It smelt like there was a dog in there. The sheets were dirty, the carpet was filthy, the bed skirt on both beds were REALLY DIRTY! So we go and check out the bathroom and i have never seen anything so discusting in my life!! There was mold on the ceiling, of the shower. The toilet was broken. So we went down stairs to complain at the front desk. We started off by complaining about the painting, the manager said he didn't even know that there was painting go on! Then we were talking about the other problems, he was looking at us like we had six heads. He then said that he would upgrade us to another room, with a king size bed, (there were four of us). i asked if he could bring in a cot or something for the other two, but he said that the room would not fit it. i suggested that they give us a suit, The manager said that one was not available at the time, but that there would be one in about an hours, well 5 hours later, he called us, and told us that a bellman was coming to get us, and our bags, to bring us to our "suite". It took him one hour to get there. We finally get to the suit and that too was dirty, but it was a little better. There was no refrigator, no safe. There were two sinks, but one did not work. There were two plasma T.V.'s but one did not have a remote. Overall this place sucked and i would not recomend it to any one!!!!!!

We booked our trip through American Airlines Vacations. There were several choices of hotels in Miami. We chose the Royal Palm because it was located directly on the beach. After booking the trip, I would periodically check the reviews. I am so glad we didn't get spooked and change our reservation. By the reviews you would think this place was a total dive and almost inhabitable for humans. We found it to be lovely. We had booked a King Suite and upon check-in we were advised we were upgraded to a 2 bedroom suite. It was wonderful! It was bigger than some apartments I have been in. Yes, the carpet could use some updating but the room was clean and spacious. We had four of us (myself, my husband, my 17 year old daughter and her boyfriend). It was wonderful to have 2 full baths when it came time for everyone to get ready to go out to dinner. The area is very expensive to eat. Most restaurants say they are half price for dinner but the regular price is so high that half price is still expensive! The hotel has direct access to the beach. There are people there to get you beach chairs and set up umbrellas for you. They have towels you can take to the beach. They have 2 pools, a larger pool which was more active right by the bar and a smaller pool which was more quiet. They did have waiters and waitresses coming by to see if you wanted to order any drinks or food but they were not pushy. Overall, we had a great time. The hotel staff was very friendly also and very accomodating. Don't let a few bad reviews influence your decision to stay at the Royal Palm. We will probably not be visitng Miami Beach again just because there are lots of other places to visit but if we did, we would not hesitate to stay at the Royal Palm again!