Residence Inn by Marriott Miami Beach South Beach

Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach is a 116-suite extended-stay hotel at 1231 17th Street. It’s in the West Avenue corridor of Miami Beach’s South Beach neighborhood. Every room centers on a kitchenette and a separate living area, rather than a standard hotel-room layout. That sets Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach apart from the shorter-stay hotels clustered closer to Ocean Drive. It’s a practical choice for travelers staying several nights or longer.

Inside Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach

Rooms pair a full kitchenette with a pull-out sofa and a flat-screen television. An on-site laundry facility pairs with housekeeping, for guests who need to do wash mid-stay. See the full room and suite layouts for exact bedding configurations and square footage. The hotel serves a daily complimentary hot breakfast to every guest. The buffet includes scrambled eggs, sausage, roasted potatoes, waffles, yogurt and fresh fruit, plus made-to-order omelets on weekends. The property also runs a fitness center, a business center, and an event venue for small meetings. Free Wi-Fi covers guest rooms and common areas.

The signature feature is the rooftop pool: an infinity-edge pool deck above the building with city and bay views, open to hotel guests for laps or lounging. It is the kind of amenity that is easy to overlook when comparing extended-stay hotels by room photos alone. It’s what differentiates a stay here from a standard suite-only property nearby.

Check-In, Check-Out, and Booking

Check-in at Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach starts at 4:00 PM and check-out is at 11:00 AM. Rooms are bookable directly through the hotel’s own reservation system or by phone. Guests arriving outside standard check-in should call ahead to confirm early or late arrival. Front-desk staffing at extended-stay properties is not the same as a full-service resort.

Parking and Getting There

Parking is not complimentary in either form. Valet runs about $45 a day for a standard vehicle, rising to roughly $55 plus tax for an SUV and $70 plus tax for an oversized vehicle; self-parking is available on site and also carries a charge. Rates move, so confirm at booking, but budget for parking as a fixed daily line, rather than an optional one.

Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach also charges a mandatory nightly destination fee of about $25 per room, added to the room rate regardless of parking or car use. Independent tracking of Marriott’s published fees puts the current amount at $25.08 per night as of early 2026. Confirm the exact figure at booking, since destination fees change periodically. The address sits on 17th Street between the West Avenue and Alton Road corridors. It’s more of a residential-commercial stretch of South Beach than the tourist strip along Ocean Drive. That means less foot traffic and noise at night. It also means a longer walk to the sand than a purely beachfront hotel offers.

Pet Policy

Pets are welcome at Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach, with up to two pets allowed per room and a non-refundable pet fee of $150 per stay. That makes it one of the more workable options in the neighborhood, for travelers who do not want to board an animal during a multi-night trip.

Who Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach Suits

This property is built for longer stays, rather than a single weekend. Think business travelers working in Miami Beach for a week, families who want a kitchen to cut down on restaurant spending, or anyone relocating temporarily who needs laundry access and real counter space. Guests who want to be steps from Ocean Drive nightlife or a beachfront pool deck will find the West Avenue-area location and rooftop-only pool a weaker match for that specific trip. The tradeoff is a quieter block and kitchenette suites built for staying put, rather than a single overnight visit.

Limitations to Know Before Booking

The pool is rooftop and shared, not a private beach club. There is no direct beachfront access from the property itself. Parking is not free at Residence Inn Miami Beach South Beach — both valet and self-parking carry separate daily charges. Guests who plan to walk rather than drive should factor in the distance from 17th Street to the actual shoreline.

Nearby Context

The 17th Street address places the hotel within the same general corridor as the Miami Beach Convention Center and the municipal government buildings around Convention Center Drive. It sits a few blocks removed from the Lincoln Road pedestrian mall. The Greater Miami and Miami Beach visitor bureau’s hotel listing also places it within the convention district. That location trades immediate beach frontage for a shorter drive to the convention district. That matters most for guests booking around events or conferences, rather than a straight beach vacation. It also puts everyday errands within a short drive, rather than directly on a tourist strip.

What the Kitchenette Actually Changes

The kitchenette is the whole argument for this hotel over a conventional room nearby. It’s worth being concrete about what it changes. Each suite has a refrigerator and a microwave alongside counter space and a separate living area. Breakfast is already covered by the hotel buffet. Lunch can be assembled rather than bought, and dinner leftovers do not have to be thrown away. Over a week that is a materially different food bill from eating three restaurant meals a day on Ocean Drive. A casual lunch for two there rarely comes in under fifty dollars. The nearest full supermarket sits on Alton Road, a short walk or a very short drive west. That makes a stock-up shop on arrival genuinely practical, rather than theoretical.

The on-site guest laundry compounds the same logic. A longer trip can be packed lighter, and a family does not need to carry a week of clothes per person. None of this matters for a single weekend night, and that is precisely the point. The hotel is priced and configured for the guest staying long enough that self-catering and laundry outweigh being a short walk from the sand.

Accessibility

The property publishes a fuller accessibility provision than most extended-stay hotels in the area. It offers pool lifts, both permanently mounted and portable, plus accessible-height beds, grab bars at the shower and toilet, wide clearance to the shower and toilet, and hallways at least 36 inches wide. A pool lift in particular is worth knowing about. A rooftop pool is otherwise the amenity most likely to be unusable for a guest with limited mobility. Confirm the specific accessible room category at booking, rather than requesting it on arrival.

Plan a Longer Stay Near Lincoln Road

The property suits travellers who will use a kitchenette, breakfast, laundry and the rooftop pool better than a one-night Ocean Drive itinerary. The 17th Street address is near the Convention Center and within easy reach of Lincoln Road. It’s about 10.8 miles from Miami International Airport. For eating out beyond the kitchenette, see nearby Miami Beach restaurants. If beachfront access is the priority instead, compare the broader Miami Beach places to stay collection.