Watr at the 1 Rooftop

An 18th-floor rooftop at the 1 Hotel South Beach with Japanese-influenced seafood, sushi, $25 cocktails and a wide ocean view.

Vérifié octobre 2026

Go for a sunset drink or a splurge dinner with the Atlantic below you. The view earns its keep, but $24-plus cocktails with a 19% service charge on top make this an occasional treat.

The view and the menu

Eighteen floors above Collins Avenue, Watr sits on the roof of the 1 Hotel with the Atlantic laid out in front of you. The kitchen calls its food Japanese-influenced: sushi, fresh seafood and coastal plates, split across lunch, dinner and sunset menus. Google's summary calls it Peruvian-Japanese, which gives you a sense of the style. The kitchen fries without seed oils, a detail the hotel is proud of. Food is served daily from 11 am to 11 pm, and there's a kids menu, so a family lunch works. It holds a 4.4 from about 2,000 Google reviews, which is solid for a hotel rooftop at this price.

What to drink and what it costs

Cocktails run $24 to $28. The Mia Mai Tai is $25, the Samurai Negroni with Dos Hombres mezcal and shiso is also $25, and the frozen piña colada is $28. A canned Sapporo or South Beach Light costs $11 if you just want something cold with the view. Now the math: a 19% service charge goes on every check, plus another 2% on food. Bottle service starts around $500 and climbs to $2,000 for Clase Azul Añejo. Budget for the extras, because the price on the menu is not what you'll pay.

The door after sunset

Daytime is easy. The hotel asks for a relaxed-casual, beach-to-brunch look, and the white cabanas fill with guests and the lunch crowd. After sunset the dress code shifts to chic-casual, and the site says plainly that this decides whether you get in. Bar service runs past the kitchen: until midnight Sunday through Wednesday, 1 am Thursday, and 2 am Friday and Saturday. Saturdays bring a weekly event called Sun Meets Moon, and Sundays have animal spirit card readings, which is very South Beach. Book ahead for sunset, since that's the hour everyone wants.

Réservations

Book a table through the hotel at 305-604-1000, especially for sunset.

Tenue

After sunset, skip the swimsuit-and-flip-flops look: chic-casual is required to get in.

Bon à savoir

Expect 19% service on the whole check plus 2% on food, so don't tip twice by accident.

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