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#1 tallest hotel in Florida · Elser
The Elser Hotel
Miami, United States · completed 2021
Highest room
560 ft
about 171 m above the street
Top room floor
48th
hotel floors 1–49
Building height
571 ft
174 m · 49 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus condo-hotel
How high is The Elser Hotel?
The Elser Hotel is an Elser hotel in downtown Miami, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 48th floor, roughly 560 ft (171 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Washington Monument.
The hotel fills a 49-floor tower that rises 571 ft (174 m) and was completed in 2021; the building also holds condo-hotel. Guest rooms stop at floor 48, one floor below the top of the building.
It ranks #1 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. It has the highest hotel rooms in Miami on our list, 70 ft above JW Marriott Marquis Miami.
A standard room typically costs around $250 a night, close to the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
The Elser Hotel & Residences stands on NE 5th Street in downtown Miami, steps from Biscayne Bay, and offers residential-style accommodation ranging from studios to three-bedroom suites, all with full kitchens and washer-dryers. Its amenities include a resort-style rooftop pool, the Bayview Rooftop Bar & Kitchen overlooking the bay, the ViceVersa Italian aperitivo bar in the lobby, a fitness complex and a bay-view yoga deck.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The Elser Hotel and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
#1The Elser HotelMiami
#2JW Marriott Marquis MiamiMiami
#3Conrad MiamiMiami
#4Signia by Hilton Diplomat Beach ResortHollywood
#5Seminole Hard Rock HollywoodHollywood
#6Fontainebleau Miami BeachMiami Beach
#7Hyatt Regency OrlandoOrlandoMore tall hotels in Miami
Other Miami hotels on our list, by highest room.
JW Marriott Marquis Miami
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 490 ft
Floor 40 · 502 ft tower
Conrad Miami (Brickell Arch)
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 485 ft
Floor 36 · 487 ft tower
EAST Miami
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 410 ft
Floor 35 · 516 ft tower
Four Seasons Hotel Miami
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 405 ft
Floor 36 · 789 ft tower
InterContinental Miami
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 355 ft
Floor 33 · 366 ft tower
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
🇺🇸 Miami · rooms to 330 ft
Floor 30 · 340 ft tower
Questions about The Elser Hotel
What floor are the highest rooms at The Elser Hotel?
The highest guest rooms at The Elser Hotel are on the 48th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–49 of the 49-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Elser Hotel?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 560 ft (171 m) above street level, about level with the top of the Washington Monument. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the The Elser Hotel building?
The building is 571 ft (174 m) tall, with 49 floors, and was completed in 2021.
Is The Elser Hotel the tallest hotel in Miami?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 9 Miami hotels on our list, ahead of JW Marriott Marquis Miami (490 ft).
What else is in the The Elser Hotel tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds condo-hotel.
How much does a night at The Elser Hotel cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.