The Setai, Miami Beach
Miami · United States
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Character and identity
The Setai occupies a 1930s Art Deco building and an adjacent oceanfront tower on Collins Avenue, with 130 suites done in what the property calls Asian Style Deco: dark teak, black granite, French limestone, and antique grey brick lifted from a Shanghai building and relaid in the two-storey lobby. Three Art Deco infinity pools, each held at a different temperature and hedged for privacy, sit between the lobby and a private beach. Dining runs from Jaya's Asian cooking to The Ocean Grill's seafood and the solar-powered Setai Beach Kitchen. The spa, a Valmont partnership, has just four private suites drawing on Balinese, Indian and Tibetan traditions. Service is quietly anticipatory, with a deliberate hush across the public spaces.
Who's it for
Best for:
Couples and design-literate solo travellers who want South Beach's location without its noise, and who place serenity, considered architecture and a serious bed (handmade DUXIANA, Frette linens) above scene-and-be-seen energy. Food-focused guests do well here, as do spa regulars and anyone happy to pay top-of-market rates for calm.
Should look elsewhere:
Families needing structured kids' programming will find little aimed specifically at children, despite suite kitchens and a family pool. Party-seekers and value hunters should pass: rates run the highest on the beach, and the mood is hushed rather than buzzy. The spa also lacks a dedicated relaxation lounge.
Bottom line
What you are paying for here is silence and polish in a part of Miami that offers very little of either, delivered through genuinely beautiful architecture and a bed worth the airfare alone. Book a Tower Ocean Suite for the floor-to-ceiling Atlantic views; couples and spa-minded travellers will feel the rate justified, while families and night-life seekers should look elsewhere on the strip.
Location
What this place offers
- 24-hour room service
- Bar
- Beach
- Meeting rooms
- Outdoor pool
- Pet friendly
- Restaurants
- Spa
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi in public areas
