Stayed in the Catalina's sister hotel 'Maxine Bistro & Bar'. Only stayed for one night as part of a Miami trip whilst staying in Orlando. Beautiful bedrooms, amazingly comfy bed. The bathroom was stylish - big shower, but felt like it was too big for the room. For the night we stayed there it was perfect, don't know if it'd been as good for a week or more. The corridors to the room were all dark and musty. Plus we had to walk through the bistro to get to the lift to our floor. The Catalina was a much more beautiful building and although we only saw the lobby and reception area it seemed much brighter and welcoming. Excellent location for walking around Miami.

Location of this hotel is absolutely fantastic. Literally a block away from the beach and 2 blocks from all the shopping and restaurants in the area e.g, Lincoln road or Espanola way etc...
I was shocked to find out that the Hotel charged $32 for the valet parking, but since we arrived in the evening we just paid for it. Though to the credit of the front desk the guy did tell me about the $16 public parking about 2 blocks away, which is what I went to the next day.

The first room we were given was appointed in a stylish manner yet it was too cramped with two queens and a crib (they provided a wooden crib and not just a pack-n-play, full marks for that) hence we requested to be shifted to a room with 1 king bed as that would save space. The helpful front desk obliged quickly by giving us a choice of 2 rooms of which we picked the nearest. When we moved to this room I noticed a line of white-ish ants near the luggage area. I wasn't sure if these were termites or not hence i immediately called the front desk again and wanted a different room as my son is allergic to some termite chemical and we didn't wanna take any chances.
Again the front desk person upgraded us to a larger room in the first building (they have 3 bldgs) above the sushi restaurant, without any hassles. That sort of service, in my view goes a long way in making your stay memorable and wonderful and hence my 5 stars review to the hotel.

They gave complimentary beach cruisers (we didn't take those) as well as free beach towels and beach chairs which was pretty nice. They also have 2 pools one of which is a rooftop. Rooftop pool has good lounge area as well as decent view. They also had 7-8 happy hour with all the drinks (except very few) on the house. We did avail ourselves of this comfort and were happy with the service and < $5 appetizers..

The only complaint I have is that the entrance to the rooms is through their restaurants which gets awkward at times (more so at the lounge and bar in the first building). Otherwise their staff made our 4 days stay memorable.

They don't have microwaves in any of the rooms that we saw (not that they claim otherwise) hence people travelling with kids should make a note (there is always the hot tap water :D)

There's a ton of stuff to do in the vicinity of the hotel so you'll literally rarely be 2-3 blocks away from here. I even loved the wack to the parking lot 2 blocks away. Will def return here next time and spend more time on the beach :D

I stayed at the Catalina with a couple of girlfriends and its definitely the place to be. To start the staff was really friendly from the moment we walked in. Check in was a breeze. Make sure to stop by to see Tyrell. He has passes to everything and pretty much planned our whole trip.We spent most of the time at the roof top pool. Angy was awesome!! After hanging with her for a while out came the free shots and they kept coming! She definitely became one of the girls! Make sure to stop by the lobby bar for haapy hour! London is adorable and sure knows how to get the party going! The room itself was kind of small but didn't spend to much time in there so it wasn't to much of an issue. All in all we had a great time and we will be back

So first and foremost, this is South Beach. We weren't really expecting much more from our hotel but a comfortable sleep, reliable info and excellent service.

The service is great. The bellmen are very helpful and welcoming. Receptionists might seem stand-offish at first but they're just juggling a lot of things; once they give you their attention they give it to you fully! Be aware they do take a $100 Incidental deposit (which you'll get back so long as you don't wreck your room).

We had room #126 which was at the end of the hallway. The room itself was nice, the bed was huge and comfortable. The bathroom was a bit small but not that bad, our only complaint about the bathroom was the shower. The shower's only partition is a piece of glass with no door or curtain; so what ends up happening is the bathroom floor gets totally wet and potentially slippery. We ended up putting towels around to circumvent but coming back to a bathroom with damp towels later on was a bit irky.

This room in particular had air conditioning via vents as opposed to some other rooms that had dedicated air conditioning units. It was nice coming back to a nice cold room after the beach but halfway through the night we were FREEZING.

Another thing about these rooms is that the walls are paper thin. You can hear everything going on outside of your room. The hotel's bar and it's sister hotel's (Dorset & Maxines) has a happy hour 7pm-8pm which is awesome but if you're trying to sleep at those times... good luck!

The housekeeping did a great job cleaning the room every morning. So that wasn't an issue whatsoever.

Ultimately, we're happy with the hotel, the staff was very charming.

It's not that far from the beach and conveniently located so you're only a few minutes away from Walgreens, Liquor Stores, Lincoln Rd and Food.

We recommend going to Ocean Drive for food, its a bit further out but worth it.

If you're staying here, go to the Bamboo pool and get beach chair vouchers for the beach, it's a big win to have chairs to hang out on the beach with (for free!).