South Beach hotel rooms and turndown service
The Setai, 1 Hotel South Beach, W South Beach, the Miami Beach EDITION, the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, Loews, the Betsy on Ocean Drive, the National, the Sagamore, Royal Palm, Kimpton Surfcomber, Mondrian on West Avenue and the Standard Spa on Belle Isle — placed after check-in, or held for turndown if you want the reveal at night
Mid-Beach and North Beach hotels
Faena and Soho Beach House, the 1954 Fontainebleau and the 1955 Eden Roc — the Morris Lapidus pair that gave this coastline its silhouette — with Nobu Hotel Miami Beach inside the Eden Roc, and the Carillon at Collins and 68th: the quieter half of the island for a weekend away
Condo desks and short-term rentals
Continuum, Portofino Tower, Murano Grande, Apogee and Icon South Beach in South of Fifth, the West Avenue and Flamingo towers, Faena House and Castle Beach Club up Collins — plus the lockbox rentals that need a mobile number and a scheduled hand-to-hand handoff because there is no desk at all
Late-service restaurant tables
Prime 112 on Ocean Drive, Carbone on Collins, Casa Tua on James Avenue, Juvia above Lincoln Road, Stubborn Seed on Washington, Macchialina on Alton, Cecconi's at Soho Beach House, Los Fuegos at Faena and Joe's Stone Crab on Washington, which takes no reservations at all — South Beach books at 9:30, so the room beats the table
Proposal spots that are not delivery addresses
South Pointe Park and the pier, the Beachwalk, Lummus Park along Ocean Drive, the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Española Way, and the bay-side sunset at Sunset Harbour, Belle Isle and the Venetian Causeway — the island faces east, so the ocean gets sunrise and the bay gets sunset; flowers go to the room and travel with you
Miami Beach Marina and Sunset Harbour charters
Miami Beach Marina at 300 Alton Road by the MacArthur ramps and Terminal Island channel, plus the Sunset Harbour basin — slip number, vessel name and a crew mobile, handoff at the marina office, and a narrow window for anything with a fixed departure time