I spent 4 nights at the Z Ocean.The whole experience was wonderful from start to finish.After a long flight from the UK we were welcomed to the Hotel by Domingo.With none of the imperious drama that characterises many Valets at top hotels ,Domingo gave us a sincere and warm welcome .No fuss no drama just a consumate professional at work .His professionalism was typical of every single staff member we encountered.Check-in was smooth.We stayed in room 327 ; IT WAS CAPACIOUS AND LUXURIOUS.It overlooked the pool and had a huge balcony with full size table 4 chairs AND 2 loungers .The room had great mini kitchen with coffee machine ,microwave ,fridge and cutlery etc.The shower was in a league of its own with 6 heads !! The location was perfect. Steps from the beach ,at the top the Art Deco strip,yet very quiet.Theres a Starbuks on the doorstep too.We dinned in the Front Porch cafe several times . Breakfast was excellent and the half price Happy Hour in the evening was incredible value .The food and service were faultless.This boutique Crowne Plaza is 5 star all the way !!! We had a Ball . Thanks Domingo and Co!

My wife and I have stayed at the Z Ocean Hotel 4 times, and we always stay there whenever we visit South Beach. The rooms are chic, well appointed, and comfortable, all of the staff are warm and friendly, and the location is perfect -- you can walk everywhere. If you plan ahead, you can get a pretty reasonable rate.

The resort fee includes extremely comfortable chaise lounges, towels, and an umbrella on the beach across the street. On this part of the beach there are lunch trucks with good food, so you can get lunch without leaving the beach.

The Front Porch Cafe at the hotel serves good food, but there are lots of great restaurants in the area, so don't limit yourself to the hotel restaurant. We don't eat big breakfasts, so we usually just grab something at the Starbucks across the street.

On our most recent stay, we were put in a poolside lanai suite, even tough we had booked a standard balcony suite. The poolside room is convenient if you use the pool, but you give up some privacy since there's nothing between the pool and your lanai. They also pipe in techno music for much of the day and evening by the pool, which gets a little tiring (and one night the music was on until 1:30am) -- more relaxing music would be better. However, there weren't many people using the pool (even when the hotel was full), so it was fairly quiet other than the music. On our previous stay, we had a room facing Collins Ave, on the west side of the building, which was a bit noisy at night. The south-facing balcony suites we had on our first two stays were the quietest and most private.

We've stayed at two other hotels in South Beach, but the Z Ocean Hotel is our favorite, and that's where you'll find us on our next visit to South Beach.

Had to go on business and am always impressed at quality of rooms and staff.Great convenient and quiet location on South Beach.Easy to park and great lobby for meeting as well as good breakfast and lunch place in hotel

We stayed from Sunday nite till Thursday in November. Weather nice-- location perfect, walking distance to all of South Beach- a block away from the noise etc Staff and facilities were great! Clean and from the front desk staff to the ladies bringing you fresh towels Awesome!! Hope it stays like that,we will only stay at the Z when we go to South Beach.