Leamington Hotel

This hotel is worse than the Hotel featured in American Horror Story: Hotel.
The hotel was terrible. It smelled like garbage in the lobby. The staff was terrible.
There is one elevator and it is small and extremely slow.
The rooms are very old, nasty and loaded with black mold.
The carpet is sticky, which I can imagine is probably urine or blood or vomit, or anything disgusting that you wouldn’t want to come into contact with.
I didn’t get much sleep because I felt like I was going to be brutally murdered by either the staff employees who look like prisoners or from the ghosts that haunt the building…
Do not stay at this hotel unless you want to die. If you want to die, then by all means, this is the place.

Undoubtedly the worst establishment I’ve ever stayed at, including dive hostels. Wifi doesn’t work, carpet is sticky, paint is chipping off everything, nail clipping and hair all over my room, if the a/​c isn’t on the room gets very dank and musty, worth the extra money to stay anywhere else.

This hotel is the worst，no one like！shower bad，tolit bad，windows bad，door bad！OMG！The hotel can close！

I booked because I needed a place to stay for less than 24 hours before hopping onto carnival cruise for 5 days and I’m cheap & didn’t want to pay over $ 100 to stay at YVE with my friends. Though the hotel is clean (ish) I wish I would have stayed the Holiday Inn or YVE (which are all in the same area not even a block apart).
The Hispanic staff is extremely rude to non-​Hispanic patrons, but we had no issues with staff of other races. Our flight arrived around noon so we went to the hotel to see if we could check in or at least have them hold our bags until check-​in time. The Hispanic man «working» behind the counter said we couldn’t check in until 3 but they did take our bags & lock them up in a room off of the main area. Before we left to sight-​see, my boyfriend asked the man who stored our bags if he could use the bathroom. The man claimed the bathroom was «out of order». My boyfriend asked if there was someplace he could change (out of his jeans into shorts). He was told no.
When we returned to the hotel close to 2:30 pm the man that had been there left & a Hispanic woman replaced him. Not too long after sitting there waiting for 3 pm so we could check-​in, a Hispanic man walked in and was able to check-​in no problem. (By the time he was checked in and we got our bags back from them it was 3 pm.)
We went to take the elevator to the 3^rd floor and were told it was «not working» so my boyfriend had to lug his & my 42 lb bag up 3 flights through an area that looked as if they were doing construction on it. (The bellhop offered to help, but he declined.) As we were walking through the construction towards the stairs, I noticed a bathroom and heard a toilet flush! So much for «the bathroom is out of order».
The room was a decent size, but there were vertical blinds in the windows which didn’t do a good job of keeping light out because they were old & not fitted right. The blinds are USELESS. Blinds open, blinds closed. There’s NO difference. The windows are single-​pane and you can hear EVERYTHING that goes on outside. EVERYTHING. Buses, car horns, loud people talking and the Metro Monorail that passes every 10 mins or so. Had we not did a bar crawl that night, sleeping would have been worse than what it was.
On our way out to hang with friends I pressed the elevator button to see if it worked and it came to the floor. We did not use it though just in case. When we checked-​out, we did use the elevator though. I think they were lying about that just like the bathroom.
Positives:
Clean, no bugs (boyfriend did a bug check to include bed bugs), close to beach, mall and port
Negatives:
Old, springy bed, flat pillows, needs blinds, loud outside, rude staff, minimal light in the bathroom
Overall:
I wold NOT stay there again — even if you paid me.

A lot of these people are giving this hotel a bad wrap but I really enjoyed my stay here! The price was cheap and rightly so as it is outdated but as a traveler who likes to board cheaply I don’t really mind about the amenities as long as it is clean! This place was very clean and you could smell it when you walked in the door and looked around. Also the pictures that have been posted on here give this place a bad wrap but I though it was cute for an older hotel! The people writing the bad reviews are ones who expect to board like a king on $ 50, if that’s you don’t stay here. But if you just need a quaint place to crash for the night to catch your cruise, this place is perfect. In the real world this is a 2 star hotel but with the price for what you get in service and necessity I give it a 4!

Terrible, the hot water was not working in a first room, the manager moved us to an even worse room, close to the AC system, with a huge noise. We can’t even cancel and go somewhere else!

Booked this hotel for our trip to Miami for Ultra Music Festival. Not worth saving a couple hundred bucks over the span of 3 days.
I’ve stayed in many hotels in many developing countries; this was the worst hotel I’ve ever been in. I honestly don’t know what they do with all the extra money, as the rates are only about 10% cheaper than the competition for the high traffic weekend. We were cheap and took a chance on a lowly rated hotel. Never again.
The good: Some of the staff were friendly. I hope they get paid well because they have to put up with a lot of complaining I’m sure.
The bad: Everything else. The hotel smells like pee, bathrooms don’t have door knobs, nothing seems to have been upgraded or replaced in a couple decades.
I understand this hotel is supposed to have «the basics». but it’s much less than what you’d expect. We left a day early and paid half-​price for a nice place on South Beach (The Riviera South Beach. Great spot). Our last day at the Leamington was non-​refundable because it was UMF weekend, but our group had no regrets about leaving and paying extra for a nice place to stay after a long weekend of partying.

BRING YOUR OWN WASHCLOTHS!!!
My friends and I just needed a place to crash the night before our cruise. We knew this place looked kind of sketchy or «seedy» as some would say.
What you are basically paying for is the fancy website, fancy business cards, the tiny elevator, and the décor as soon as you step out of the elevator. After that, everything goes down hill from there. The hallway smelt like a gas station public restroom. The bedsheets had stains on them. There is no room service. We asked for extra towels and had to get them ourselves. When I went to get the fresh and clean towels, I was handed one with a short, black, and curly hair that looked extremely similar to a pubic hair. Needless to say, my friends and I didn’t feel comfortable taking showers (they also DONT provide washcloths) and we prayed that the stains on our sheets didn’t have diseases in them.
The continental breakfast is toast and coffee. So the best option if you want breakfast is to hit the 7 Eleven around the corner.
The service was not all that great, but I will say that they were sometimes helpful.
If you have a low standard for hotels and just need somewhere to crash and not shower, this is may be an option for you.

I am not planning on coming here again. A one time experience was good enough. Of course I did not expect much from this place since it was dirt cheap for being walking distance to everything in downtown Miami. We just needed a place to stay for the night before our cruise took off the next day.
Our flight came in at 9am and there was no way we could checked in any earlier than 3pm. This was expected since the check in for many hotels are usually around that time anyways.
The outside of this hotel looks very old and run-​down. The lobby looks decent, but the rooms were hideous and disgusting. The hallways smelt like a locker room.
We had trouble getting into our room due to the poorly installed locks on our door. The carpet felt like there was a thick layer of dirt packed on. I was afraid of taking off my shoes… I even showered with my sandals because the shower looked pretty gross as well. There was not enough room in the bathroom to even close the door as I showered or used the toilet. It took a good 10 minutes until I was able to get warm water from the shower.
On the plus side to this was the functioning A/​C. Too bad there was no way to control it. We were freezing in our rooms and had to request more blankets from the front desk. Other pluses were the clean sheets and lack of infestations. I’ve been to nice hotels like Embassy Suits in Anaheim, CA where they had huge infestation problems!
I have my shares of bad hotels, but this ones really takes the cake. Overall, I didn’t let this bad hotel ruin my amazing trip to Miami! I was lucky enough to have found somewhere to sleep for a night.

Let me start by saying I travel a lot and have never been treated so badly by an entire staff. I get to my hotel early (aka 6am) and Ask if any rooms were available to check In early. I’m told no it’s not possible until 3 o’clock Yet I go online n it has it availble to book online? So I ask again because it was online n they say i can do early check in but I would have to pay extra which I said the first time I asked if I could and they said it was not possible … Yet I could after I complained? At first they told me it was 60 $ to check in early if we got in at 8:30. We just got to our room around 11:20 and were still charged 45 $ even after 3 hours of us waiting and being skipped over. We were also one of the first ppl waiting in the lobby and after being told I was first to get a room since I paid extra yet multiple people who came after us were given rooms first. When I tried to talk to a woman who worked there she was extremely rude when I expressed my concerns about people who came after us checking in n having a room before us and then argued they didn’t have a room which they did because they brought their bags to the room. Came back after realizing she was wrong n said I didn’t know what type of reservation they had & that I was wrong instead of apologizing for being skipped over multiple times. We had actually just gotten off a cruise together with the people who had purchased rooms after us and even though they had the EXACT reservation we did except and arrived at least 30 minutes after us … They and multiple others received rooms first after waiting 3 hours being told we were first on the list. On top of waiting almost 5 hours for our room, there was no elevator. Not only was there no elevator but the staff didn’t offer to help with bags so me and my sister both 5’0″ tall had to carry 3 huge bags up 3 flights of stairs with no help. After I tried to talk to coworkers who Rudely ignored us multiple times when asking questions to workers either because they were rude or couldn’t speak English which is ironic because the hotel states how great it is for everyone because they are bilingual. This wouldn’t be a big deal if they helped to ge someone who understood to answer our questions but just ignored us n continued doing what they were doing. The hotel says it includes satellite channels. The channels were 1 – 27 and out of those the Missing channels included 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27. Then there are channels that do not even work At all which included channel 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24. It also says free wifi yet the Wifi won’t work and the password is not correct. We waited three hours for them to clean a room to find the Sheets are dirty & stained. Not only that but the entire room smelled musty. It says there’s triple sheet bedding on a laminated piece of paper on the bedside table that includes all these amenities like the tv channels and wifi that do not even work, therefore that is false advertisement. On top of that there was no working light in the bathroom and there was mold on the ceilings. The shower did not even look sanitary to wash my dog in, let alone myself.
The blinds are completely uneven/​broken and don’t block the sun because there all facing different ways. Even better, our door doesn’t even close all the way leaving a super big space towards the bottom which is not safe at all and you can see the outside light through the side of the door. When I then asked to talk to a manager i was told there was no manager on duty and there won’t be a manager there for the next 2 days. After asking for a number to reach a manager or asked if I could leave my number she told me no her manager would not care anyways. Apparently there’s no one besides the extremely rude people up front to take care of it. They told me I couldn’t talk to the manager unless something was seriously wrong or someone had a serious accident. I found my situation to be an extremely important matter and was given no help on how to get ahold of whoever is in charge. I spent over 120 $ on a room with the early check in to find there was no working tv channels no wifi and no one to fix the problem. When I called the front desk because they said there was no one else I could talk to hayb then put me on hold for 17 minutes before hanging up. Called back twice with no answer. By this point I have an attitude with the lady because after calling her repeatedly until Haybi answers finally telling me I could get a refund I go downstairs with all my luggage to find out she cannot actually give me the refund, & told Me I had to call Expedia and gave me the number. I did not even book my reservation through them it was through Hotwire so I don’t get why she gave me a completely wrong number for my refund. After expressing my concern about there being no manager on duty, even though it was mine & my sisters hotel room, she told me she didn’t have to talk to me even though I was a paying customer. NEVER AGAIN!

I would not even rate this hotel one star. It was by far the worst hotel I have ever been to in my life. We came straight from a cruise and were exhausted. Check in is at 3, and they tell us there’s no way to get in early. There’s no proper waiting area. They then tell us we can get in early for $ 66 extra dollars. FINE. We will pay whatever just so we can get in the room. After waiting from 6AM to 11AM, we got a room. This was also after NUMEROUS people who came after us received rooms before us! HOW can people coming after us be getting rooms first? Then they lie and say nobody is getting rooms before us as we are watching people go up to their room who came 30 – 45 minutes after us from the same cruise! The staff was so ignorant from the moment we walked in. They even made us pay $ 45 after all that hassle to check in 4 hours early. There was no elevator. We had to carry heavy luggage up the stairs ourselves! The room was disgusting. The sheets had stains all over them. There was mostly Spanish channels on the tv. Maybe 2 English. Air conditioner in the window barely works and is louder than hell! Bathrooms tiny and disgusting. Everything is old and broken down. I would NEVER recommend anyone stays here! I could have gotten a great hotel for the same price! STAY away if you want to have a good vacation! HORRIBLE place!!! Wifi does not work either!

Agree with all previous reviews. This place is horrific. It’s a flophouse. a transient hotel. They lost my reservation as well, and ‘graciously’ put me up in the ‘spare’ room. FOR ONE NIGHT of my 4 night reservation.
Window-​mounted Air Con rattled all night, blinds didn’t close all the way, shower dripped all night, and a definitive lack of hot water. Not to mention that the entire property smelled like a porta-​john and the single elevator was broken, forcing people to drag their suitcases up the fire stairs. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS. The Yve around the corner is just a little bit more expensive, and amazing in comparison. All you have to do is say «Leamington» and they will roll their eyes and give you a special rate.

One of the worst hotels I have ever stayed in. Our ac stopped working middle of the night and we had to move to a different room. The bathroom is so small, I couldn’t even sit on the pot ! And I am only 5ft 7 in. Terrible place. No parking and elevator does not work.

This hotel is ridiculous there is NO PARKING and the rooms smell horrible. When i asked for about moving rooms i was told they are all the same. The elvator was broken i was not told. They need to renovate the hotel badly. The service was adequate however I will not be coming back.

This hotel is beyond disgusting ! The rooms are far far far far away from what’s called or meant to be clean ! Bathrooms are full of mold, this hotel almost falls apart. Absolute no friendly staff (probably the hotel employs homeless people, at least they look like that), no elevator working, roaches on the fire stair cases, even roaches in the hotel rooms. No window to open, the A/​C was broken and from the old outdated A/​C unit comes a foul odor smell, almost like PEE as the window faced the north side of the building where all the homeless are residing at night under neigh !
I can only say ONE SIMPLE THING: $ 65.00 per night an absolute JOKE ! This hotel is not even worth $ 20.00 a night. Exempt you are getting exited about sharing the rooms with roaches and other insects !
Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present «The Leamington Hotel, Downtown Miami»
Shut the f… place down !!! A note to the «Health Department of Dade County»
God Bless America

Cheap hotel in downtown, you get what you pay for. Elevator is out so you have to take the back stairwell, very small rooms smell funny and bathrooms feel grimy. Convenient location to downtown. No parking though, need to find lot nearby.

If you are looking for anything more than the absolute minimum basic place to lay your head for a few hours, keep on looking. No elevator, no internet, no bath mat or washcloth, no comforter/​bedspread, no vending. However, there are a lot of restaurants and shopping very close by. The hotel staff were extremely nice and helpful. Hotel will drop off at airport and cruise port but does not pick up from either.

I picked this hotel because it was super cheap. However, I was severely disappointed to learn that they don’t even have parking! There are parking lots in the surrounding blocks, but you still have to walk distances ranging from moderately far to really far in order to get back to the hotel. And of course, one has to pay separately for the parking lots. Since we were staying multiple nights we had no choice but to pay the «overnight fee,» which was $ 20 per night. So THAT’S how these people make money! No wonder the hotel was so cheap!
As for the hotel itself, if you judge it from the exterior façade, it is an old, run-​down building with shady people on the outside, loitering. If you judge it from the lobby, it looks like a respectable establishment, and you might chastise yourself for jumping to conclusions about judging a book by its cover. And finally, if you judge it by the rooms themselves, you realize you were right the first time. They had the bright idea of making the lobby renovated and nice-​looking, but the rooms couldn’t be more atrocious!
In our room, the front door has a non-​functional doorknob. You have to hold it a certain way before you can lock it. The bathroom door does not lock at all. The toilet doesn’t flush very well. And there is no A/​C! Well there is, but there’s no button to control it! Basically we’re at the mercy of whatever temperature it happens to be, depending on whether the air vent decides to be on or off.
The elevator happened to be out of service during our stay, so we’ve had to climb stairs to our fourth story room. At least I am getting some exercise in? The «continental breakfast» is nothing more than toasted bread and coffee. If that’s not your thing, tough luck. The «free breakfast» will not be to your satisfaction. And there’s free wi-​fi! That’s one of the main reasons I picked this location. However, the wi-​fi is super slow. My piece of garbage phone loaded Google Maps faster than my laptop did using their wi-​fi, so fortunately I was still able to find where I needed to go.
In short, use this place only if you’re desperate. And you don’t have a car. And you don’t need internet or don’t mind slow one.

Flew into Miami a day before our cruise, so getting a room for just one night, we didn’t think it would be TOO much of a disaster.
…I think we spoke too soon.
An elevator with a hand crank/​sliding door that’s only operated by someone til midnight.
A 5^th floor that the stairs don’t extend to, therefore being UNABLE to reach said 5^th floor after midnight. That’s right kids, you sleep on that 5^th floor and there’s a fire in the middle of the night, you’re screwed.
Oh, not to mention the NO air conditioning and bolted windows in our 4^th floor room. I have breathing problems and that is just unacceptable.
We stayed for 20 minutes, checked out, and went to a Holiday Inn a town or so away.
Forget one star, that place should be burned to the ground, with no one in it of course.
Aren’t there Better Business Bureau laws for places like this?’

This was a very old smelly hotel, but it was cheap for Miami. period. The restroom was clean and I never saw any bugs. I never figured out why the fourth floor rooms didn’t have AC units, but the lower floors did. We needed an AC window unit. There are plenty of places to walk to from the hotel to eat (try Sparky’s BBQ). Also, the shuttle service to the airport and/​or port is very convenient. We just stayed one night before our cruise left so it wasn’t that bad.