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Mayfair House Hotel & Garden
Miami, Florida, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
Kenneth Treister opened Mayfair House in 1985 in Coconut Grove, a copper-clad building at 3000 Florida Avenue with hand-carved archways, stained glass, and a garden atrium that looked like nothing else in a city of glass towers. Designer Goodrich reopened the 49 rooms in 2022 after a two-year, $50 million restoration, and chef Giorgio Rapicavoli leads Mayfair Grill. Michelin gave the house One Key in 2026, AAA rates it Four Diamond, and Conde Nast put it on the 2026 Gold List.
- 49 rooms
- Opened 1985
- Neighborhood: Coconut Grove
- Architect: Kenneth Treister
About Mayfair House Hotel & Garden
- Kenneth Treister, drawing on Gaudi and Florida tropical modernism, opened the copper-clad house in 1985.
- Reopened in September 2022 by New York studio Goodrich after a two-year, $50 million restoration; 49 rooms, no two alike.
- Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli at Mayfair Grill; Michelin One Key 2026, AAA Four Diamond, Conde Nast Gold List 2026.
History
Mayfair House Hotel and Garden was designed by Kenneth Treister, a Miami architect and artist whose work drew on the organic, expressionist tradition of Antoni Gaudi and the tropical modernism of the Florida school, and opened in 1985 as an immediate architectural sensation in Coconut Grove. At a moment when Miami's hospitality architecture was dominated by glass towers and beachfront monoliths, Treister built something that looked like nothing else in the city: a building entirely clad in sculpted copper, with hand-carved archways, handcrafted stained glass, cascading fountains, and a central garden atrium whose lushness blurred the line between interior and exterior. The biophilic logic running through Treister's design (natural forms, organic materials, and living plantings in every aspect of the structure) was genuinely ahead of its time in 1985, anticipating by decades the language that contemporary wellness-oriented hospitality would eventually adopt. Rooms were accessed via outdoor corridors looking down into the vibrant courtyard; each was individually finished, with no two exactly alike; the door knockers, the archways, and the sculptural details were conceived as artworks rather than construction elements. The hotel immediately became a local landmark and artistic attraction, its eccentricity read as a genuine expression of Coconut Grove's bohemian spirit rather than a developer's affectation.
After years of operation and several rounds of renovation that obscured some of Treister's original intentions, Mayfair House closed for a comprehensive two-year, $50-million renovation and reopened in September 2022. New York studio Goodrich led the restoration, working deliberately within Treister's original vocabulary: honoring the copper facade, the archways, the atrium, and the maximalist spirit while updating guest rooms and introducing new food and beverage concepts. Lighting design firm Lightswitch restored the natural, floral lighting logic that Treister had embedded in the building from the beginning. Michelin recognized Mayfair House Hotel and Garden with Two Keys in its 2025 guide, acknowledging a property whose distinctiveness is architectural at its root: a forty-year-old building that remains the most original hotel in Miami.
The setting
Mayfair House Hotel and Garden occupies 3000 Florida Avenue in Coconut Grove, Miami's oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood — settled by Bahamian craftsmen and fishermen in the 1870s and later home to Tennessee Williams, David Crosby, and Madonna. Reopened in 2022 by designer Goodrich, the hotel preserves architect Kenneth Treister's original 1985 vision of a structure threaded with tropical gardens and open-air terraces, steps from CocoWalk's curated dining and the bayfront. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is thirty-two minutes by transit; the Pérez Art Museum Miami is forty-six minutes — situating the hotel in the cultural orbit of greater Miami while maintaining the Grove's leafy remove.
Restaurants and bars
- Mayfair Grill — Restaurant · Globally-inspired, chef-driven grill · Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli
- Fountain Lounge — Bar · Cocktails and light bites
- Sipsip — Bar · Tropical, Caribbean-inspired bites and cocktails
Amenities
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Condé Nast Traveler Gold List (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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