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#10 tallest hotel in Florida · Setai
The Setai Miami Beach
Miami Beach, United States · completed 2004
Highest room
385 ft
about 117 m above the street
Top room floor
38th
hotel floors ~5–38
Building height
386 ft
118 m · 38 floors
Typical rate
$900
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus residences
How high is The Setai Miami Beach?
The Setai Miami Beach is a Setai hotel in Miami Beach, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 38th floor (an estimate), roughly 385 ft (117 m) above the street: about 70 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower.
The hotel occupies floors 5–38 (approximately) of a 38-floor tower that rises 386 ft (118 m) and was completed in 2004; the rest of the building holds residences. Its lowest guest floors start around 50 ft up.
It ranks #10 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. In Miami Beach it ranks #2 of 6; Fontainebleau Miami Beach has the highest rooms there, at 420 ft.
A standard room typically costs around $900 a night, above 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 Setai occupies an oceanfront block at Collins Avenue and 20th Street in South Beach. It pairs a restored Art Deco building by Henry Hohauser, which opened in 1937 as the Dempsey-Vanderbilt Hotel, with a glass tower of ocean suites and private residences that opened in 2004; Jean-Michel Gathy designed the Asian-influenced interiors. Facilities include three temperature-controlled pools, a Valmont spa and the restaurants Jaya (South Asian), Japón (Japanese) and Ocean Grill.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The Setai Miami Beach and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
#7Hyatt Regency OrlandoOrlando
#8EAST MiamiMiami
#9Four Seasons Hotel MiamiMiami
#10The Setai Miami BeachMiami Beach
#11InterContinental MiamiMiami
#12Trump International Beach ResortSunny Isles Beach
#13Miami Marriott Biscayne BayMiamiMore tall hotels in Miami Beach
Other Miami Beach hotels on our list, by highest room.
Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Trésor Tower)
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 420 ft
Floor 35 · 434 ft tower
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 270 ft
Floor 16 · 272 ft tower
Eden Roc Miami Beach
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 230 ft
Floor 20 · 240 ft tower
W South Beach
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 220 ft
Floor 19 · 230 ft tower
SLS South Beach (Ritz Plaza)
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 185 ft
Floor 11 · 204 ft tower
Questions about The Setai Miami Beach
What floor are the highest rooms at The Setai Miami Beach?
The highest guest rooms at The Setai Miami Beach are on the 38th floor. The hotel occupies floors ~5–38 of the 38-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Setai Miami Beach?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 385 ft (117 m) above street level, about 70 ft higher than the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the The Setai Miami Beach building?
The building is 386 ft (118 m) tall, with 38 floors, and was completed in 2004.
Is The Setai Miami Beach the tallest hotel in Miami Beach?
Not by highest room. Fontainebleau Miami Beach has higher rooms (420 ft vs 385 ft), and The Setai Miami Beach ranks #2 of the 6 Miami Beach hotels on our list.
What else is in the The Setai Miami Beach tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds residences.
How much does a night at The Setai Miami Beach cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $900 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.