Andaz Miami Beach Resort & Spa

Andaz Miami Beach Resort & Spa is an oceanfront hotel at 4041 Collins Avenue in Mid-Beach. Hyatt opened it under the Andaz brand in May 2025, after redesigning the former Confidante Miami Beach, and it now runs as a full-service resort: 287 rooms, two heated pools, a spa, four food and drink outlets and direct beach access, with a daily resort fee to match.

A Mid-Beach Base, Not a Nightlife One

The location decides most of whether this hotel suits you. Mid-Beach sits between the South Beach core and the larger resort corridor to the north – quieter after dark, with a broader and less crowded beach, and considerably less street-level dining than the Art Deco district. The property faces the ocean from the east side of Collins Avenue, so guests reach the sand without crossing the road, which is a real advantage over the many Mid-Beach hotels whose beach access is a street crossing. The trade-off is that South Beach nightlife, the Art Deco district and the convention centre are a short drive or rideshare rather than a walk.

Rooms and Suites

There are 287 guestrooms including 64 suites. Rooms look out over either the Atlantic or the Miami skyline, and most have balconies. Room category matters more here than at a simpler hotel: a particular view, a balcony or a separate living area are features of specific categories rather than standard across the board, so choose them explicitly in the booking flow rather than assuming. In-room provision includes high-speed Wi-Fi, Nespresso machines, robes and slippers, and Byredo bath amenities.

Pools, Beach and Ondara Spa

Two heated outdoor pools with private cabanas sit alongside the beach operation, which provides chairs, towels and umbrellas for registered guests. Ondara Spa handles treatments on site. There is a 24-hour fitness centre, and the hotel lends bicycles and helmets for two-hour periods, which is a genuinely useful way to cover the Miami Beach boardwalk without paying for a rental. Between the two pools and the beach, this is a property designed for guests who intend to spend the day on site rather than using the room as a base.

Four Places to Eat and Drink

The food and beverage line-up is unusually strong for a resort of this size, with Jose Andres Group involvement. Aguasal serves breakfast and dinner on a Mediterranean-leaning menu. Bar Centro runs as a coffee, pastry and grab-and-go counter in the morning before shifting to cocktails and light bites later. Bazaar Meat is listed among the hotel’s named Jose Andres Group venues. Soleo covers the pool and beach service. In practice that means an arrival-night dinner, a poolside lunch and a morning coffee are all possible without leaving, which matters in Mid-Beach where the surrounding blocks are thin on restaurants. Outlet hours shift seasonally, so confirm before building an evening around a specific one.

What the Andaz Rebrand Changed

Because the property only took the Andaz name in May 2025, a good deal of the material circulating about it online still describes the Confidante Miami Beach, and that is worth knowing before you book on the strength of a review or a photograph. The building is the same and the beachfront position is unchanged, but the interiors were redesigned, the food and drink operation was rebuilt around Jose Andres Group venues rather than the previous line-up, and the spa and pool areas were reworked. Andaz as a brand sits in Hyatt’s design-led tier rather than its conventional full-service one, which in practice means fewer corporate touches, a more distinctive look, and staff who are meant to operate less formally than at a traditional resort. Guests loyal to Hyatt should note that the property earns and redeems within the World of Hyatt programme like any other Hyatt hotel, which is one of the more practical reasons to choose it over an independent property nearby at a similar rate. Anyone reading older coverage should treat descriptions of the restaurants in particular as out of date, since that is the part of the operation that changed most completely.

The Resort Fee: $55 Plus Tax

This is the number to budget for. The daily resort fee is $55 plus tax, subject to change, and it is charged per night on top of the room rate. It is not a pure surcharge – it covers a non-alcoholic welcome drink for two, two beach chairs with towels and an umbrella, pool seating, high-speed Wi-Fi, fitness centre access, refillable water bottles, food and beverage service on the beach, and the daily two-hour bicycle use. For a guest who will actually use the beach set-up and the bikes, it returns real value; for someone spending their days off property, it is close to dead cost. Over a four-night stay it adds more than $200 before tax, so compare hotels on total nightly cost rather than headline rate.

Parking Is Valet Only

There is no self-parking at all. Valet is the only option, and the rate should be confirmed with the hotel before travel, since it is charged nightly on top of both the room rate and the resort fee. Stacked together, a car turns this into a materially more expensive stay, and given that the beach is on the doorstep and the rest of the island is a short rideshare, it is worth asking whether you need one for a beach-led trip.

Arrival, Room Service and Pets

Check-in is 4:00 PM and check-out is 11:00 AM. Early arrivals can leave luggage with the bell desk and use the resort facilities while they wait, which makes an early flight workable. Room service runs 7:00 AM to midnight Sunday through Thursday and until 2:00 AM on Friday and Saturday. The hotel is pet-friendly on defined terms: up to two dogs, a $100 per-stay fee, a 50-pound limit for a single dog or 75 pounds combined for two, and at least three days’ notice required. Guests needing an accessible room should confirm availability and specific requirements directly rather than relying on the booking flow.

Who It Suits

Andaz Miami Beach suits couples, solo travellers and small groups who want a design-led resort where the pool, beach, spa and restaurants are all on one site, and who will use enough of the resort-fee inclusions to justify them. It suits a beach-led trip better than a sightseeing one. It suits less well anyone who needs self-parking, anyone wanting to walk to South Beach nightlife, and anyone optimising purely on nightly price, since the fee and valet both push the real cost up. For alternatives along the same stretch, compare the wider places to stay guide, and for planning meals beyond the property see nearby Miami Beach restaurants.