Mid-Beach Miami Bachelorette Guide: Faena, EDITION, and the Better Pool

Why Mid-Beach for a Bachelorette

Mid-Beach is the stretch of Miami Beach roughly between 24th and 63rd Street. It is quieter than South Beach, has the best concentration of design hotels in the city, and gives your group a real beach without the foot traffic.

The trade-off is that Mid-Beach is less walkable to nightlife. The fix is to base your group here, do your pool and beach days in the neighborhood, and Uber into South Beach for the late nights.

Where to Stay

Faena Miami Beach

Best for: The bachelorette who wants the most over-the-top Miami experience | Price: $600 to $1,200 per night

Faena is decorated in glamorous cinematic style with red velvet, gold leaf, and a gilded woolly mammoth skeleton encased in glass on the beach. The pool deck is one of the best in the city, and the Living Room lounge has a live band on Thursday nights.

This is the splurge stay. Block rooms or book a couple of suites for the bridal party and use the property as your home base.

The Miami Beach EDITION

Best for: A more design-forward group | Price: $450 to $800 per night

The Miami Beach EDITION has a bowling alley and an ice-skating rink on property, which sounds gimmicky and is actually a great Friday night before everyone wants to go out. The rooms are crisp and white, the pool is beautiful, and the property is calmer than Faena.

Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Best for: A bigger group that wants a resort feel | Price: $350 to $700 per night

The Fontainebleau is the biggest of the Mid-Beach hotels and the easiest to book a room block at. It has multiple pools, LIV nightclub on property for the nights you do not want to leave the building, and a beach club that holds large groups comfortably.

Freehand Miami

Best for: A budget-conscious group that still wants the design hotel feel | Price: $200 to $400 per night

The Freehand is technically just into Mid-Beach and runs more like a hip hostel with a great pool, a serious cocktail bar in the Broken Shaker, and rooms that are clean and stylish for the price. The trade-off is smaller rooms and shared bath options.

Where to Eat and Drink in Mid-Beach

Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann

Best for: The bridesmaids dinner | Price: $80 to $130 per person

Los Fuegos is the open-fire Argentinian restaurant inside Faena, and it is the move for the most photographable dinner of the weekend. The wood-fire grill is the centerpiece of the room and the lamb shoulder for the table is the order.

Order this: The lamb shoulder for the table at $95 per person and a couple of bottles of Malbec.

The Veranda at Faena

Best for: A tropical, theatrical dinner | Price: $90 to $150 per person

The Veranda hosts the Samsara Cabaret, a sultry theatrical performance with aerial choreography that runs on select nights. Book the dinner-and-cabaret package and you have your entire Saturday evening planned.

The Broken Shaker

Best for: An afternoon cocktail by the pool | Price: $14 to $18 per drink

The Broken Shaker at the Freehand has been on every World's 50 Best Bars list for years. The cocktails are excellent, the courtyard is loose, and the room handles a bachelorette group of eight to ten without anyone batting an eye.

Order this: The Painkiller at $16 and the rotating frozen drink of the season.

Matador Room

Best for: A polished Mid-Beach dinner without going Faena | Price: $60 to $90 per person

Matador Room at the EDITION is a Jean-Georges restaurant with a Latin and Caribbean lean, and the dining room is the prettiest one at the property. The bar is the move before dinner.

How to Plan a Mid-Beach Weekend

• Friday: Arrive, pool at your hotel, dinner at Matador Room or Los Fuegos, drinks at the Living Room lounge inside Faena.
• Saturday: Beach club morning, lunch poolside, drinks at the Broken Shaker, dinner-and-cabaret at the Veranda, Uber to South Beach for nightlife.
• Sunday: Brunch at the hotel, beach day, sunset drinks at one of the rooftop bars on Collins.

Planning Tips

• Mid-Beach is a 12 to 18 minute Uber from South Beach nightlife. Budget around $20 each way.
• Book the hotel block at Faena, EDITION, or Fontainebleau three to four months out for weekend rates.
• The Broken Shaker, Living Room at Faena, and Matador Room bar all take walk-ins. Reserve dinner. The bars are easier.
• Boats out of Mid-Beach pick up at the Miami Beach Marina, which is closer to South Beach. Factor in a 15-minute transfer.
• If your group is mostly women under 30, the EDITION feels right. If your bride wants the glamour version of Miami, choose Faena. If you need 10 plus rooms with one phone call, Fontainebleau is the easiest block.