Fontainebleau Miami Beach 1954 Morris Lapidus mid-century-modern with LIV Nightclub
#9 in Top 20 Miami for A Bachelorette  ·  ★★★★★

Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Mid-Beach Morris Lapidus icon, LIV Nightclub — the historic-bachelorette flagship.

"Mid-Beach Morris Lapidus icon, LIV Nightclub — the historic-bachelorette flagship."

9.5Room & Design
9.5Service
9.7Location

Why Fontainebleau Miami Beach for a bachelorette

Fontainebleau Miami Beach opened in 1954 — the working Morris Lapidus-designed mid-century-modern hotel that defined the working post-war Miami glamour aesthetic, and the working hotel that hosted Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and the working Rat Pack (the working 1959 Sinatra movie 'A Hole in the Head' was filmed at the property). One thousand five hundred and four rooms across the multi-tower property, the upper-tier Sorrento Penthouse (with the working 7,500-square-foot multi-bedroom layout and the working private rooftop pool) is the working milestone-flagship, and the multi-bedroom Tresor Junior Suite is the working group-of-six option. The asset is the working LIV Nightclub — the highest-grossing nightclub in Miami (the working LIV-and-LIV-Beach combination is the working centerpiece of South-Florida nightlife since 2008), and the working bachelorette weekend-at-Fontainebleau is built around the working LIV booking. Hakkasan, Stripsteak by Michael Mina, Scarpetta, and the working Pizza-and-Burgers casual options handle the working dining programme. Fontainebleau is the right pick for the working historic-bachelorette where the LIV centerpiece and the Morris-Lapidus heritage are the working assets — the working centerpiece is the working Saturday-night LIV booking and the working Bleau Bar lobby cocktail.

Best room to request

Sorrento Penthouse (the working milestone flagship) or Tresor Junior Suite for the working group-of-six option.

Concierge tip

Pre-book LIV Nightclub for working Saturday-night through the hotel concierge — the working bottle-service-table is the working group centerpiece. Eat at Hakkasan or Stripsteak by Michael Mina for the working group dinner. The working Bleau Bar lobby cocktail is the working pre-club ritual.

The wider context

Fontainebleau Miami Beach sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Miami for a Bachelorette list. It scored an aggregate 9.6/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a bachelorette-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Miami neighbourhood, see Mid-Beach and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.

If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.

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