In terms of lounging, people-watching, partying, and poolside glitz, the Shore Club ranks among the ultimate South Beach adult playgrounds, despite rather basic guest rooms. This isn't the kind of hotel where you spend a ton of your time in the rooms, anyway. Guests generally hang out in the minimalist lobby or by one of the two stylish pools, where a peek behind the cascading white curtains or...
In the fickle world of hot hotels, the Shore Club struggles to hold on to its place at the top, but does okay thanks to Florida's only Nobu sushi restaurant and, on certain nights, a celebrity clientele that would fill up an entire issue of Us Weekly. Because this hotel is infinitely more cavernous than its hipster neighbors, the Delano and The Sagamore , some publicity-shy celebrities such as...
Hotel pools in South Beach can feel like a lifestyle rebuke: You, dear guest, are ten years too old, several million dollars too poor, and countless crunches short of a six-pack. One look around the Shore Club's huge outdoor area—which includes two pools, a hot tub, and enormous lounging beds—will make you wonder: Who are these people drinking Champagne poolside on a Tuesday afternoon, anyway?...
If you have the magic open-sesame black card, this playland at the Shore Club hotel is all yours; otherwise, prepare to dress up and posture at the velvet ropes. Once inside, you have your choice of settings: lounging by the pool on Moroccan cushions with a glass of one of 75 rums from the Rumbar; on a rattan chair in the Sandbar (the sand is brought in from the beach); or in the Redroom, the...