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Delano Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida, United States · Delano · High Luxury
Robert Swartburg's 1947 tower on Collins Avenue, named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became the lifestyle hotel of the 1990s when Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck reopened it in white in 1995. A long pool and a lobby of curtains made South Beach feel like a film set; today Mimi Kakushi pours Japanese cocktails for hotel guests and members on the fourth floor, while Gigi Rigolatto feeds the pool.
- 194 rooms
- Opened 1947
- Neighborhood: South Beach
- Architect: B. Robert Swartburg
- Interiors: Philippe Starck
About Delano Miami Beach
- At 14 stories plus a rooftop fin, it was among the tallest postwar MiMo hotels in Miami Beach when it opened.
- Lenny Kravitz's Florida Room, a subterranean lounge with a Lucite piano, debuted in 2007; the lobby Rose Bar and Café Delano still hold the ground floor.
- Starck's all-white rooms, Dalí and Gaudí chairs, and billowing lobby curtains defined the design-hotel decade that followed.
History
The Delano was designed by B. Robert Swartburg and built in 1947 at 1685 Collins Avenue, named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At 14 stories plus a rooftop fin it was one of the tallest early Miami Modern hotels in South Beach. Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck renovated the interiors and reopened the house in 1995 as an all-white lifestyle hotel whose lobby curtains and long pool became a 1990s South Beach signature. Lenny Kravitz opened the Florida Room, a subterranean lounge with a Lucite piano, in 2007. Today Gigi Rigolatto and the Bellini Bar hold the ground-floor pool; Mimi Kakushi on the fourth floor serves hotel guests and Delano Members Club only. One hundred ninety-four rooms remain on file.
The setting
Delano Miami Beach is a South Beach hotel on the north side of South Beach in Miami Beach. The Bass is roughly 7 minutes' walk; Miami Beach Botanical Garden is roughly 9 minutes' walk. The architecture is the museum. Walk the Deco Historic District at blue hour, then Lincoln Road or Espanola Way when Ocean Drive gets loud. Collins is the flagship stretch between the hotels.
Restaurants and bars
- Gigi Rigolatto Miami Beach — Poolside · Italian
- Bellini Bar — Bar
- Gigi Pool & Bellini Bar — Poolside · Italian
- Mimi Kakushi Miami Beach — Poolside · Japanese
- Mimi Kakushi Bar — Bar · Japanese-inspired cocktails
- Café Delano — Café · Coffee, pastries, light fare
- Rose Bar — Bar
Amenities
- Pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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