Park Central South Beach

An Art Deco oceanfront hotel on Ocean Drive with a glass-bottom rooftop pool, four in-house restaurants and the beach across the road.

Checked October 2026

For first-timers who want to wake up on Ocean Drive, walk straight to the sand and eat dinner downstairs. The trade-off is the address: you're on Miami Beach's busiest tourist strip, and that energy comes with the view.

Picking a room

The cheapest way in is the King Studio, sized for two. From there it climbs through pool-view and partial-ocean-view kings to oceanfront kings and one-bedroom suites with sofa beds. The rooms worth asking about sit in what the hotel calls Ocean Drive's newest building: terrace suites with floor-to-ceiling windows above the glass-bottom pool, including a two-king suite that sleeps six. The room listings show breakfast included, which helps on South Beach. The hotel holds 4.4 from about 2,600 Google reviews, a solid score for this stretch.

Two pools and the sand

There's a courtyard pool at ground level and a glass-bottom rooftop pool up top, which is the photo everyone takes. The beach is right across Ocean Drive, and the hotel lists beach chairs and towels as included in your room, so you don't need to rent them. Bikes are complimentary too, handy for riding the beachwalk north or down to South Pointe. There's also a fitness center, a wellness area and a programming calendar. The hotel calls itself dog friendly, so ask about the pet policy when you book.

Dinner downstairs

Four restaurants share the property, so you can skip the Ocean Drive menu-hawker gauntlet entirely. Alma Cubana does modern Cuban with a full bar. That's Amore is the oceanfront Italian with nonna-style recipes. Meet Dalia leans Mediterranean and Italian, and American Bistro covers the burger-and-salad end. None of them is a reason to cross town, but on night one, after a flight, having four options in the building is the point. The site also mentions live entertainment, so expect some noise in the evenings.

Reservations

Booking direct gets length-of-stay discounts: 15% for two nights, 25% for three to six, 30% for seven or more, plus an extra 15% for returning guests.

Good to know

Beach chairs, towels and bikes are included, so don't pay the beach vendors across the street.

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