Superior Room, 1 King Bed | Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished
Check availability

Reviews of Notebook Miami Beach

3 out of 5
Notebook Miami Beach
216 43rd st, Miami Beach, FL

Reviews

4.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 78 out of 653 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 88 out of 653 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 116 out of 653 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 93 out of 653 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 278 out of 653 reviews" "

5.2/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.4/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Joseph

I like the location close to the beach. I didn't like the fact they didn't have towels and they didn't have a iron
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Valerie

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a “king room” and got 2 twin size (indiv) beds. The decor is tacky(roof is brown), the curtains did not stop the sun so we woke up with a tan, there is no AC you can control.. there is a cental vent you can’t make cooler and it was very warm. There is a fan you turn on by pulling a chain. No water or fridge…. The sheets were white but actually brown and the towels were so old and broken in they were very very thin. We honestly spent the night and left early to shower elsewhere.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I checked into my room to find the bed was broken, the toilet was broken and there was no hot water. After being told repeatedly that the maintenance guy was coming, I was eventually told that he wouldn’t be there until the next morning. So I checked out and found another hotel, and was promised a full refund. Not only have they not refunded anything a month later, but now the manager is completely ignoring my emails and calls. To make it worse, Expedia refuses to help when I made the reservation through them. DO NOT STAY HERE. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY. Something similar was also happening to a pair of young women who were also attempting to stay at this sh!thole of a hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shanteal

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They had the air conditioning on full blast when it was already freezing cold and raining outside! The water pressure in the shower was strong and there was no shower head..
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Dayana, Lincoln

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am very sorry I put my family to this situation, the hotel was TERRIBLE!!! As soon we got there I told the person on the front our room was dirty, our sheets had stains of blood, and i requested another sheets they didn’t offer to go and look at the room or change the sheets for me. The dresser had trash from previous people there which I also told them, I asked several times for towels and NEVER got them, when I went to the front I had to request back the wet towels I gave them so at least I can have something. At the end of my stay i didn’t wanted to argue since they charged me RESORT fees in which is ridiculous!!! Make sure if you are going to charge ppl those charges at least have clean towels and a clean room for them is very disrespectful and dishonest what you are doing to your guests! DO NOT STAY HERE save yourself of a bad experience!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Christina, Dayton

Traveled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I know it’s Spring Break time. So the price sky rock. I got back from Cruise. That ok, but when you in the room, is nice, clean and roomy. I got the corner room on 3rd floors. Got both view window. Inside the bathroom, there are only 1 tiny shampoo pouch. The door and toilet are within 1 inch apart. Bath tub didn’t drain. After 11pm hot water shut down. Boys I thought I was in some sort of Poor Country. There are many patches on surrounding wall inside bathroom. Need to update and switching out new door. AC unit no switch control in your room. I had no choice that I have to choose this place at the time. For 1 night $200, is the lowest at the time. No refund, so beware when you book. Some noise you could heard. My 3 star is generous.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Helmar Jhayhamen

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are rude, elevator was not working, one staff more concerned about his crypto than being swift in attending people who wants to checkin. No hair dryer, room was dirty, just no. For anyone who is sacrificing comfort and peace of mind over the price, don’t. Never Again
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Lisa

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Proximity to the beach was very good. Staff were friendly and helpful. Pictures and decor in hotel were cool. Rooms needed more updates. Elevator broken so had to carry luggage upstairs.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Manuel

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This facility should be shut down and placed under new management. Day time staff had terrible attitudes and cleanliness is not a thought at this establishment. The management has some archaic rule that due to COVID they can't clean the bed sheets everyday, which doesn't make sense because a virus declared pandemic is even more reason to up cleaning measures at a hotel, excuse me, MOTEL. There were gnats constantly coming out of the drains in the bathroom and I had to kill a few roaches throughout my stay. The floors and furniture were dirty and I had to use Lysol wipes that I went and purchased out of my own pocket to have some sense of comfort. When inspecting the bed when I got there there was tons of clumped hair left on the sheets from the previous guest. The toilet was in disarray and had to be flushed multiple times for bodily waste to go down fully. There was no hot water during the second night. Also the elevator wasn't working and it seemed like it hasn't worked in a while and there were no plans to get it up and running anytime soon. The luggage storage smelled like straight urine. And the vending machines had extremely overpriced snacks and drinks. And the resort fees this place charges are a scam and they should make that more transparent prior to booking. Shout out to the night time staff they were very kind and helpful. I do not recommend staying here.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

stefan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Julianne

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I wouldn’t stay there again. Not very clean and no toilet paper at room. They charged us an extra fee when we got to the hotel ($20 a day) even though we paid through Expedia. Staff and location was nice but that was about it!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

florinda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It would have a been a quaint, no so glamorous- less than but doable experience, BUT the room was terribly dirty. Hair was on the follow omg with crumbs. The shower rod was rusted and the tub not cleaned. Eww! I can deal with not new but not clean, not okay. The walls and dirt were painted over instead of cleaned. Such a waste. It really could have been a vibe. We left immediately. Staff was nice though refunded parking fee but also like “byeeeee”. A whole refund felt in order. Did I mention hair and food EVERYWHERE? Shout out to the Cavalier for taking us in and being clean!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Gwen

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One of the two front desk workers was rude and lazy. Barely got off his phone to check me in. Elevator does not work. Our bathroom had not been cleaned. There was sand and hair in the bathtub. No towels were in our room upon check in and we had to go downstairs to ask for towels twice. I paid for this hotel in full with exception to a $40 destination fee only payable at the property. The guy checking us in ask for the $40 payment and took my card to ring it out. I was charged $45 dollars instead. I later realize they also charged a separate transaction of $246.30 that I did not authorize. Again, my hotel was paid for. Now I can not get through to the merchant.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Roberto

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Alma

Disliked: Amenities
The location is great but the room and bed is really bad (squeeky) The bathroom is dated and below par. The only positive thing I can say is the location
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Mariana Doralice

Disliked: Staff & service
Good
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Pedro

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lachonta

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was no face towels, no iron, no ice bucket, elevator was out of order the entire trip. I was very disappointed with the hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lorna

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was no towels in the room, there was a used bar of soap in the shower covered in hairs. Really run down motel
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Janice

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mentioned above
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bruce

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rude and incompetent clerks. So rude that my wife refused to even go to the room. We found another hotel. I would like my money back.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Lestres

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ilyusya

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

joshua

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They had no towels in the room no toilet paper . Charged me fake fees . Racist Spanish owned I’m bilingual and I would listen to Spanish guest get charged 100 security deposit when I was charged 400.00. They charged me 362.00 when I checked out a day early. I used my tshirt to dry off when I got out of the disgusting shower I want refunded. I’ve already contacted my attorney I take videos of my room everytime I leave. It looks like a Russian brothel
Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

byron

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Simon on 2024/2/26
It will be a pleasure to serve you again!!! Att Simon

2/10 Terrible

dalinet

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
terrible!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Juris

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked twin room but only double was available. Or they just couldn’t be bothered to change anything as the key was already given to us without telling it’s not the room we booked.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The curtains on the window were mismatched. The shower water temperature was inconsistent. Room was not cleaned in 3 days. The room didn't even have a trash can.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unprofessional and rude staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brandon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
They did not have face towels and they charged me twice for staying because of bad paperwork

8/10 Good

Lisa

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This property is older and not as posh as a lot of hotels in the area. It has fun and kitschy decorating. It is only one block from the beach and walking/bike path and just across the street from the canal. Parking is $30 (FYi a parking ticket is $36 or there is a parking garage across the street for $48) the parking area is challenging to get into and there is a high curb restricting access. They do not have wash cloths. Our room was clean, there is some general wear on the floors. The room had a small safe and a minifridge, but no microwave. We were supplied beach towels. Room was not serviced daily, so make sure you hang your towels.

2/10 Terrible

Itzick

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No toilet paper. No towels. Unclean linen. Broken bathtub faucet. Mold and mildew in the bathroom. Unfriendly service. Surprise fees… etc.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Mary

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for I guess. The notebook was a convenient place to stay with the trolley nearby, which could take you to all kinds of places for free, but there are NO amenities at all! (you can’t even get extra towels or trashcan liner.) They have some vending machines, but that is it. The paint on the walls and the 100 yr old door fixtures in the room was so thick, we couldn’t close the closet or bathroom doors and you could tell that the room was cleaned, but there was still stray hairs in the corners of the rooms. The pillows were FLAT and the bedding was from the 80’s. The worst part was there was a light outside of our window so bright that no matter how late it was at night it was difficult to sleep, because the windows have no blinds! This place is BARE BONES. Don’t take room #103 if you need a dark room to sleep!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Osniel

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
drugged people, very dirty hotel, no towels, a lot of noise. Terrible experience, I don't recommend it even to my worst enemy. stay away from this place
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Poor value for the money
Nothing overly friendly staff. No soap in the bathroom. The sink only spits out hot water. The safe isn't locked down. The area where they hold your bags after checkout has a keypad but you can just open the door there's no security
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tony

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This one night stay was the worst hotel experience I've had. Upon entering the hotel, based on the lobby, I thought this was going to be a fun, funky little place to stay. We would have faired better to sleep in the airport....the floor would have been more comfortable than the bed we had......that's saying a lot since the Miami airport is a hot mess! We had 1 towel for 2 people, we requested more and got one.....also requested washcloths and they said they would get some to us....never saw the washcloths. Customer service was definitely LACKING. The best parts of this hotel ... 1. The decor, Jim Morrison, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Marley etc.... posters, covered the walls. 2. The outside entrance had a small area that we were able to sit at for 2-hours, with all our luggage, and enjoy a 6-pack, some Cheetos and lots of people watching. 3. It's close to plenty of restaurants and bars....if only we didn't have to drag our suitcases around as they had no place to store them for us while we waited and I would not trust them, based on their lack of customer service, to keep my property safe. PSA Stay AWAY it's too much money for a below par hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

DEIVI

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I don’t like the experience staying in the hotel
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Gustavo

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not great
For a 200 bucks a night hotel this is definitely not great. I understand that the location is great but the rooms are literally like a poor hotel in the 70’s. But the sheets were clean. The soap were so small I needed to ask for extra and they gave me on towel and that’s it. They didn’t do the room. Anyway, I guess Miami is crazy now with the prices but still. Get an apartment for the same money. Much better
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Altricia

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was horrible. They had no wash clothes available. No microwave in the rooms. The elevator was broken. The picture in the room had a bullet hole. The water pressure based upon other rooms flushing the toilet. The toilet flush was horrible. The tv only did Spanish as language. The remote didn’t work for the tv. The side lamps didn’t work. Attitude from the staff about towels not being available. Floor was nasty. Everything out dated nothing like the pictures. Not able to control the temperature in the rooms. We was freezing every night. I would love a refund because everything was an inconvenience.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Edin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Luke

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

William, Prosper

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Based on the description I did not expect many amenities. But the cleanliness was unacceptable. Saw roaches when the front desk showed me to the ice machine, the linens were soiled, and it did not look like the bathroom had been cleaned. I would not recommend this property.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Saleh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rude, dirty, nasty, old, unprofessional front desk. Elevator not working. The only thing is good about this place the location

2/10 Terrible

Saleh

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

daniel

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is very old an outdated. You can't control the a/c in your room, it is always on, it was so cold at night. TV never worked, I went to tell front desk and the guy said he was too busy handling other situations that I should come the next morning to talk to another guy. Very slow and rude front desk employees.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Erin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was horrible. I felt completely unsafe and left after 30 mins. It smelled, was dirty and noisy.

2/10 Terrible

Raquel

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is a joke. I arrived late last night and was greeted with a very rude receptionist. He told us we had to pay another $68 for resort fee plus $100 for a security deposit. Of course none of this was told to us when we booked the hostel (we don’t even consider this a hotel). The rooms are nothing like you see online. We were told we had one of the best rooms and I have never been more disgusted in my life. We asked for towels and the guy dropped. It. On. The. Floor. And then proceeded to give it to us anyways. With all the hair and dirt still on the towels. The toilet did not work, no tissues were provided. The shower only had cold water. The sheets looked like they had not been washed in years. The electricity did not work in our room, the AC was controlled by the front desk. It reeked like weed the entire time. It was a horrible experience. We were supposed to stay for 3 nights, but we ran out after the first night. I would never recommend this “hotel” to anyone, even the homeless. I’m sorry, I wish I can say this was an exaggeration but this is the truth.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Julia

The lobby definitely tricks you into thinking this is a nicer hotel than it is. “Motel” should be the word used. Walls are paper thin and had no hot water. However, you pay for what you get. It’s a cheap stay and a great location. The staff was helpful and if you only need it for a place to sleep for the night it’s not a bad stay.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Raymond

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The worst Hotel EVER!!!
My one day stay was horrible. No 📺 TV service working. No light bulbs in lamps. No wash 🧼 towels. No hangers in closet to hang garments. No items such as iron or radio 📻 or hair blower. Nothing normally expected in a hotel 🏨 room. It was absolutely freezing with no room temperature control options. Just freezing blasting air conditioner…. The worse hotel stay in my life. ℹ originally wanted to stay 5 days but after that one night stay I booked into another hotel 🏨 on the beach!!! This was an F-. Sooooo BAD.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024