Really pretty special hotel with a great swimming pool and spa. ONLY drawback was the cost of everything. $35 for a Mojito, I mean come on

My wife and I spent almost 3 weeks at this hotel and enjoyed every minute. The hotel is lovely and the staff are very helpful and polite. It was so good, that it was difficult to leave the hotel to go exploring. My wife managed this quite well by developing tours of the Aventura shopping mall. This is very close to the hotel and they run a free shuttle bus

We stayed in a deluxe room overlooking the resort. The room was spacious and well presented.

There are two pools. The original pool is certainly for the older folk with no kids. It is usually quiet and there are plently of loungers, a bar and the option for food to the poolside. There is also a livelier pool complex which has cabanas (at a charge) plus water slides for the young - and not so young. There is also a grill there so you can spend the entire day there quite easily.

Restaurants are great. The Bourbon Steak House is very good and the steaks have to be seen and eaten to be believed. Breakfast buffet in the Cassata Grill is excellent and there are a variety of items available that will suit all ages.

As with all smart hotels in Miami, there is a charge for valet parking (currently $30 per day). That being said, the service is very good with a phone ahead facility that ensures your wheels are there as you depart the building.

I would recommend this hotel for all ages.

I just got back to The Turnberry Isle. I will say that it's a 5 Star Hotel and one of the nicest I have stayed at. I am a travel agent and have an opportunity to travel quite often and very economical. I personally wouldn't be writing this review if I didn't get a good deal because I could have never afforded to stay there.... with that being said....

I have never stayed at a Fairmont and was very impressed. It was more relaxed than a Ritz Carlton, but the service was just as nice. The valet was very expensive ($30.00) but I knew that before going to the hotel. The Resort Fee is $12.00 per person. the bellman brought our bags to the room and when I tried tipping him, he said it's part of the Resort Fee. An employee would come to the room each night to offer ice and bottled water (free of charge) which is something I have never gotten unless I was staying in the Concierge.

I ate breakfast every morning because the buffet was included. Otherwise, the bill was $70.00 for two people. I ordered a glass of wine for $15.00 (house... by the way) and thought that was a little much. We only ate breakfast there and went out for dinner. There is too much to do outside of the hotel.

The hotel has a free shuttle to the mall which has plenty of restaurants and we were also given a ride to Chili's to eat dinner in their sedan. I'm sure there near by restaurants they will take you to. The pools are amazing and fantastic for children. They also have a kids club, but I didn't travel with my daughter, so I can't give feedback about the club. I actually didn't see any children at the hotel with an exception of a birthday party which was no interruption at all. I never went to the gym, but should have. I never actually saw the beach, but went to the beach club to pick someone on the shuttle up while finishing at the mall and it looked very nice.

It's a beautiful hotel, but please don't go there on a budget. Life wouldn't be good. I will recommend it to any client who has the money to spend and I will definitely go back. Again....... I have stayed at plenty of hotels and love this the most!!!!!! I have no complaints!

We stayed at this hotel as part of a Florida tour with Virgin Holidays for two nights.

The hotel is immaculate and everything you would expect from a hotel of this rating and price. Out of the five hotels we stayed in while in Florida this was the nicest.

The main swimming pool is huge with it's own small waterfall, lazy river ride and a water slide - which was not working while we were there. You are provided with a sun bed towel along with a towel to dry down after being in the pool. Although we hardly needed it as it was above 30 degrees centigrade for our stay. There is also a Grille by the pool although we didn't really want to spend the best part of $50 to $80 on lunchtime snacks. ( Two fruit smoothies were $21.56 without a tip!) There was also a restaurant on site but we preferred to find our own.

I used the gym facilities while there, and they were pretty good. There was almost all the machines you would require and free weights too. And best of all it was nearly empty both times i went.

The hotel is opposite a huge shopping mall, which contains four large department stores along with many other shops, and a few ok restaurants.

We didn't get chance to visit the beach club unfortunately, but there was a free bus service there which ran every fifteen minutes from 9am.

My only real complaint was the parking issue. On arrival i attempted to find somewhere to park while trying to avoid the valet parking, as i know there is a charge for this - as i had done in all the previous hotels we had stayed in throughout Florida. I twice tried to park and was told no i must valet park! So eventually i gave in and stopped right in front of the hotel where two valet guys immediately attempted to open our doors before we had even stopped! Our luggage was then rushed out of the car by another extremely eager bell boy, and my car was taken away to a carpark somewhere on site. About an hour later i realised i had left some stuff we needed in the boot/trunk. So i telephoned the valet reception and asked if it would be possible for me to get the small items out of the boot myself. Apparently this was not allowed so they had to get my car. After walking down to the valet reception, i then waited a further ten minutes for my car just to get my trainers/sneakers and gym gear out of the boot. This just seemed so ridiculous. You have to pay for valet parking, you are not allowed to go to your own car, and you have to be incovenienced waiting for your car to turn up whenever you want it. At the end of our stay we where appalled to find the valet parking was $30 per day before tax! The hotel isn't even in the main part of Miami! As we had been giving tips to the valet parking guys, despite not being completely happy with the arrangement, i refused to pay for this as we had not been told about the charge, (even though i suspected there would be one), nor had we the option to park elsewhere. (The mall across the road is free parking, although i'm not sure i would like to park there overnight).

I also believe there is a $15 or $18 charge per person per day, as this was mentioned on some of the literature in our room. Although we were not charged for this possibly because we had a deluxe room.

Overall a nice hotel just expect to spend a lot of money there!