East Miami Hotel

Miami

For a warm welcome, alluring colour and imaginative cocktails, check out this 40-floor building in the heart of Brickell, Miami’s Financial Centre. EAST Miami, part of the Hong Kong-based Swire Hotels group, opened two years ago and has already walked off with three Miami Hospitality Design Awards. At night, with the help of ingenious lighting, two busy bars and an adventurous restaurant, the hotel becomes a place of dancing colour. The 300 large rooms follow the same warm, minimalist design, and include a slightly surreal view of the surrounding high rises through big windows. Just before sunset, head to Sugar, the rooftop-garden bar, which serves up magnificent views of downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay alongside saké cocktails, steamed scallop dumplings and other Asian- inspired nibbles. At the heart of EAST is Quinto La Huella, where chef Nano Crespo produces the flavours of Uruguay in the asado – meats or sometimes fish, grilled on a metal parilla over wood or charcoal with a skill that only a few truly master. Doubles from £306.