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The best hotels in Miami
Eleven ranked hotels on a barrier island of pastel geometry
Miami has 11 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club leads on prestige score at 7.30 out of 10, followed by The Setai Miami Beach and Faena Hotel Miami Beach. Of those, 10 hold MICHELIN Keys, 4 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 1 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 1 are rated by La Liste.
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Miami's award-recognised hotels are almost entirely coastal, spread along the barrier islands rather than the mainland downtown. Eleven properties are ranked here, ten holding MICHELIN Keys with four at two Keys, and four carrying Forbes Five Star status. The stock ranges from restored 1930s Art Deco to beachfront towers built on former private club land.
Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside grew out of a 1930s oceanfront club, with Richard Meier residential towers alongside. The Setai Miami Beach pairs an Art Deco original with a slim beachfront tower, and Faena Hotel Miami Beach applies theatrical colour and Argentine patronage to Mid-Beach. Mayfair House Hotel & Garden sits inland in Coconut Grove, while Betsy, Esmé Miami Beach and Hotel Greystone occupy South Beach's older streets.
Every ranked hotel in Miami
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club2 Keys · Forbes · 50 Best · 77 rooms | 7.30 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; World's 50 Best No. 34 in 2024, No. 58 in 2025 |
| 2 | The Setai Miami Beach2 Keys · Forbes · La Liste · 120 rooms | 6.51 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.0 |
| 3 | Faena Hotel Miami Beach2 Keys · Forbes · 179 rooms | 6.38 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star |
| 4 | Mayfair House Hotel & Garden2 Keys · 179 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 5 | 1 Hotel South Beach1 Key · 426 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 6 | Betsy - South Beach1 Key · 130 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 7 | Esmé Miami Beach1 Key · 145 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | Hotel Greystone1 Key · 91 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Mr. C Miami Coconut Grove1 Key · 100 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 10 | The Moore1 Key · 13 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 11 | The St. Regis Bal Harbour ResortForbes | 5.07 | Forbes Five Star |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Where to stay in Miami
South Beach, particularly Ocean Drive, Collins Avenue and the Espanola Way blocks, holds the Deco conversions; Mid-Beach and Surfside offer quieter oceanfront with larger grounds; Coconut Grove and Brickell serve visitors who want banyan-shaded streets or the mainland financial district rather than sand.
When to go
December through April is the dry, temperate high season, with Art Basel in early December and the spring break weeks the busiest; hurricane-season humidity from August into October is the quietest stretch of the year.
Common questions
What are the best hotels in Miami?
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Miami are Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club, The Setai Miami Beach, Faena Hotel Miami Beach. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 11 award holding hotels in Miami in total.
How many MICHELIN Key hotels are there in Miami?
Miami has 10 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index and 4 hold two Keys.
How are the hotels in Miami ranked on this page?
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
When is the best time to visit Miami?
December through April is the dry, temperate high season, with Art Basel in early December and the spring break weeks the busiest; hurricane-season humidity from August into October is the quietest stretch of the year.
Which area of Miami should you stay in?
South Beach, particularly Ocean Drive, Collins Avenue and the Espanola Way blocks, holds the Deco conversions; Mid-Beach and Surfside offer quieter oceanfront with larger grounds; Coconut Grove and Brickell serve visitors who want banyan-shaded streets or the mainland financial district rather than sand.