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Element by Marriott Miami International Airport
An airport transit stay with in-room kitchens, free shuttles, and direct walking access to the Rental Car Center.
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Element by Marriott Miami International Airport is an extended-stay airport property offering in-room kitchens, comfortable beds, and a free airport shuttle. It serves as a practical stopover thanks to low rates and direct walking access to the transit hub and Rental Car Center. However, guests frequently complain about housekeeping issues like worn linens and unvacuumed floors, poorly fitted shower doors that leak water, and an automatic 18% service charge at the restaurant. 1714515
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What travelers noticed
- Guests consistently value the location for transit, noting it is within walking distance of the Rental Car Center and MIA Mover transit hub. 1415
- Rooms feature comfortable beds and practical in-room kitchens that save guests from ordering out for every meal. 1211
- The bathrooms are notably spacious, featuring large illuminated vanities and lighted mirrors. 141811
- Travelers frequently appreciate the cheap room rates that provide an affordable way to requalify for Marriott Bonvoy status. 14
The catch
- While some guests find the rooms well insulated against airport noise, others are kept awake by passing trains and planes flying by. drawn from the full read
- The complimentary breakfast buffet divides visitors, with some praising the espresso machine, juice smoothies, and Cuban breakfast items, while others call it basic and disappointing. 4
- Service experiences vary widely between guests who describe check-in as painless and those who encounter slow front desk queues and indifferent staff. drawn from the full read
Who it's for
- — Quick airport layovers
- — Marriott Bonvoy status requalification
- — Travelers using the Rental Car Center
Skip it if
- — Light sleepers sensitive to train and flight noise
- — Guests expecting spotless housekeeping
- — Walkable neighborhood seekers
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Score breakdown
How the 80/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
87read from 1 source · Deep coverage
Location
74read from 1 source · Deep coverage
Room
88read from 1 source · Deep coverage
Service
81read from 1 source · Deep coverage
- “Everything was perfect. We also enjoyed the shuttle driver who gave us a ride to the airport. He was so nice and helpful.” 5
- “(I believe they're the same management company.) That front desk clerk is what you call a trooper! That front desk clerk is what you call a trooper! Good on her for dealing with the rush in a friendly and efficient manner. Hope her managers recognize her efforts and gives her a raise!” 16
Bed & Sleep
85read from 1 source · Deep coverage
Value
82read from 1 source · Deep coverage
Where it is, how to reach it
3525 NW 25th Street
Miami, Florida
33142 USA
Details checked 2026-09-04
Where it sits
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Stay value
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On par with what $ usually buys
Scores 2 points below the modest median of 82, across 178 hotels in the same bracket. In Miami it sits 6 points below the local median of 86.
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Modest
- This hotel
- 80
- Bracket median
- 82
- Index median
- 88
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Nothing is yet praised often enough to recommend.
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- 1 mention
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
Service
77
Bathroom
72
Room
65
Food
64
Location
54
Value
45
Noise
24
Bed & Sleep
15
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Food12 mentions
- “Food is not that good either. I had a couple of different items from the menu and at the end, it feels like microwave food which takes way to long to get once you have ordered your food.” 18
- “If I had one suggestion, it would be to have the pot of coffee available earlier. Many people were waiting for a cup in the morning.” 5
- “The Element Miami International Airport offers its guests a complimentary breakfast buffet. Which is probably one of the worst I have seen especially for that class of hotel.” 14
- “The breakfast spread is pretty decent(liked the Cuban breakfast items one day) and they have nice Juice smoothie also. Loved their Espresso machine too.” 4
- “But not for every-night dinner. You also want to avoid the restaurant because of the 18% service charge, which does not even include gratuity. A service charge for a bare minimum of service? No, thank you.” 14
- “The breakfast spread is pretty decent(liked the Cuban breakfast items one day) and they have nice Juice smoothie also.” 4
- “Guests appreciate the free airport shuttle, the daily hot breakfast buffet, and the convenient location just minutes from Miami International Airport.” 7
- “If you are hungry a lot, you can visit the restaurant located right next to the breakfast area. It's ridiculous that every order at the restaurant comes with an 18% service charge.” 18
- “For dinner, you can eat at the on-site restaurant "The Salon". Which is located next to the lobby and breakfast area. The food is ok, but really just ok. Nothing close to what I would call delicious.” 14
- “No real issues with the breakfast. It was hot and the powdered eggs were cooked.” 17
- “The next morning I went downstairs to breakfast. It wasn't a feeding frenzy like it had been at the Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach, but there wasn't a lot to choose from.” 10
- “I stayed at the Marriott MIA airport. Good enough, decent restaurant and airport shuttle” 15
Service39 mentions
- “Very nice rooms and great service!” 5
- “Everything was perfect. We also enjoyed the shuttle driver who gave us a ride to the airport. He was so nice and helpful.” 5
- “The property itself is great but personnel is the huge negative factor here. But on the other side it full reflects the Miami-attitude, as I call it. Nobody in town seems to care.” 18
- “Once parked, we entered an airlock before being greeted courteously by two staff at the reception counter.” 11
- “Nice hotel.. people nice.. great shuttle service .. will stay in September ..” 5
- “Ive stayed at the Regency Miami Airport by Sonesta and had no problems at all. Friendly staff and they offer an airport shuttle” 1
- “to earn some bonus points. However, the staff didn't honor the sign I put on the doorknob and still cleaned my room. Sometimes only halfway and just made the bed but didn't actually clean anything.” 14
- “General service of the hotel staff is bad. Breakfast is supposed to be starting at 6:30 a.m. during the week. Somehow the staff confused the starting time of the breakfast as the starting time of when to start putting out items for the hotel guests.” 18
- “(I believe they're the same management company.) That front desk clerk is what you call a trooper! That front desk clerk is what you call a trooper! Good on her for dealing with the rush in a friendly and efficient manner. Hope her managers recognize her efforts and gives her a raise!” 16
- “Besides having a terrible service, they are actually very generous if it comes to upgrades. If the Executive Suite is available during my reservation, I get upgraded if I ask during check-in.” 14
- “a Green Choice" sign on my hotel door the first night to get additional points. Housekeeping completely ignores it and still services the room. A few days into one of my stay I told the front desk and they told me that they will inform housekeeping and will also add the points. Housekeeping never got informed and still services the room.” 18
- “Agree with "Honolulu Blue" (must be a Detroit Lions fan) that the hotel is OK. It was probably very nice hotel in its day. Rooms are small, but adequate and clean.” 20
- “The Marriott, Courtyard, and I think RI are on a shared compound with shared shuttle service that was pretty reliable when I used it - stayed at the Courtyard but walked over to the Marriott next door for Starbucks” 15
- “I noticed that the breakfast staff was busier talking to themselves instead of cleaning off the tables.” 18
- “Guest reviews say good things about the helpful staff and proximity to the airport” 8
- “Front desk service sucks, the rooms are dated but would stay there again.” 20
- “Besides having a terrible service, they are actually very generous if it comes to upgrades.” 14
- “Seamless check-in and the staff is very helpful with any questions you may have” 5
- “It's ridiculous that every order at the restaurant comes with an 18% service charge. Their service is bad and I am not blaming the one and only waitress working at the restaurant. I blame the hotel for not hiring another person.” 18
- “I liked the rooms and the staff was awesome.” 4
- “Both days we had to ask for towels as the staff had not proactively taken away the previous days dirty towels and stocked new. The first day I was handed by the front desk room towels (just fine) but the second day we had to wait almost an hour to get clean pool towels.” 17
- “I liked that I could check in on the app, open my room with my phone, and check out without having to go to the front desk.” 20
- “The only time when it comes to waiting times is when I arrive simultaneously with the airport shuttle or if you are a passenger on the shuttle. Their check-in team is nice and friendly but not the fastest.” 14
- “Also, the front desk team needs more training. Some of them don't even know how their dry cleaning service works, others promised me that they will send the forms I requested to my room but they never even try.” 18
- “Stayed at the Element at BWI and experienced difficulties with the pick up shuttle and the front desk which were snooty and unfriendly. When I called for the pickup they said they would contact the driver who would call me when he finished other pickups. Sooo after two hours on a rainy night the shuttle finally came at 10pm. No apologies.” 17
- “The inside of the lobby was nice, as was the person checking me in.” 10
- “Comfortable rooms, good service.” 5
- “The Check-In was painless and they honored my Platinum status with Starwood.” 18
- “Unfortunately, the staff attending the breakfast is not very focused on doing their job. Most of the time they stand in a corner and chit-chat rather than cleaning off tables from dishes which got left behind by lazy guests or wipe the tables down.” 14
- “The other thing you can not see in the photo is that the floors were filthy and if you walked around either in socks or bare feet they were black in no time at all.” 17
- “The biggest negative point is the staff here. I had many issues while staying here.” 14
- “Pros.... check in was great, shuttle service was prompt and pleasant.” 5
- “Others from the staff remembered me from previous stays and were quite nice.” 17
- “Stayed at the Element at BWI and experienced difficulties with the pick up shuttle and the front desk which were snooty and unfriendly.” 17
- “Cons....Rooms weren't clean. Floors weren't vacuumed and linens were worn. I expected more from a Marriott hotel.” 5
- “As I usually arrive by car, check-in is most of the time quick and easy.” 14
- “Sometimes only one waitress is working at the restaurant. She at least tries to keep up but sometimes can't if there are too many people. The hotel should give here a little bit more help. Service is really not the best and could be improved.” 14
- “Another guy didn't know how dry cleaning works. When I tried to drop off my bag with the paperwork inside, he told me that they don't do that at the front desk and I have to go to the guest laundry facilities. It took me a bit of explaining for him to understand.” 14
- “staff was great. very friendly and helpful” 5
Location15 mentions
- “I'm staying there! Shuttle to airport and train in. Easy peasy” 1
- “The gates can be opened with your room key or by ringing the buzzer. This makes me feel safer, because the neighborhood in which the hotel is located, is not the best.” 18
- “On the bright side, you get at least a fully fenced property with automatic gates. The gates can be opened with your room key or by ringing the buzzer. This makes me feel safer, because the neighborhood in which the hotel is located, is not the best.” 18
- “The hotel is located next to Palmer Lake, a six-minute shuttle ride to the airport, in an otherwise isolated location.” 22
- “You can walk to the rental car center and transit hub, which offers connections on Metrorail, Tri-Rail, Metrobus, Greyhound, and Megabus. This makes it very convenient to reach different parts of the city with public transportation and you don't even have to bring a car.” 14
- “Excellent location and short but courteous shuttle trip to Miami airport.” 5
- “To get to the Element Miami International Airport from the airport, the most convenient way is by taking their complimentary shuttle bus.” 14
- “Take advantage of great DayPass rooms at Element Miami International Airport.” 8
- “I stayed at that Sheraton MIA Airport recently. It worked well for me. I had no problem grabbing the shuttle.” 20
- “The neighborhood is probably a "iffy" location; plan to eat elsewhere.” 4
- “The Element hotel also has a shuttle to the airport and it might ever drop you off at the train, but I'm not sure.” 1
- “If you are not renting a Car, just take Element's efficient & free Van Shuttles to the Airport (3 minutes away) and take a Taxi to the Port(flat rate $24).” 4
- “I had read some mixed reviews on the airport shuttle but we had no issues.” 12
- “The Element and Sheraton are near nothing but both are walking distance from the MIA Mover and Rental Car Center in case you don't want to rely on shuttles” 15
- “Guests appreciate the free airport shuttle, the daily hot breakfast buffet, and the convenient location just minutes from Miami International Airport.” 7
Room15 mentions
- “The room is equipped with everything you need for a great stay.” 18
- “Never a big fan of Element to begin with. I felt like it was furnished with Low End IKEA furniture.” 17
- “Things improved once I got to the room. It was dated, but not too bad; snug, but not too small. It had all the hotel room basics and was perfectly suitable for a 9-hour anonymous stay.” 20
- “We got a studio perfectly suited to families with its long kitchen and two queen size beds. The bedroom side of the kitchen is separated by the office. The layout makes the space narrow in terms of circulation. But overall, it's pretty good.” 11
- “This work desk also has a glass top, which looks great but is very inconvenient. First of all, it's probably hard for housekeeping to keep it spotless (if they care that much) and again, you have to use a mousepad if you want to use a mouse with your pc.” 14
- “Hotel was nice, room was comfortable and clean.” 5
- “The living room was clean and pretty large, and had two levels of window shades.” 10
- “On the left side was a work desk which had a glass top. These desks look nice and you could see what was in” 14
- “The hotel was nice and the room was clean.” 5
- “Once I opened the door, I was positively surprised about the room. It's a pretty spacious studio room with everything you need for an extended stay.” 14
- “Hotel is fine. They were a little busy and frantic in the lobby, our whole floor smelled like pot, but our room was very nice and quiet and did not smell.” 5
- “When you walk into the room you will see a bunch of closets on the wall to your left. Perfect for additional storage.” 14
- “Everything was great room did have a chemical smell” 5
- “Housekeeping never got informed and still services the room. There is also no "Do not Disturb" sign anywhere in the room.” 18
- “The guy working the shift wasn't able to find them and told me that he will send them to my room. After 45 minutes of waiting and nobody delivering the forms, I went back down to the front desk to ask what's happening. He completely forgot about the forms and a colleague of him was actually able to find the forms right at the front desk.” 14
Noise3 mentions
- “Even tho, that Marriott states on their website, that the windows are soundproofed, you still hear them flying by. It doesn't distract me at all, but if you have a light sleep, it's maybe something to consider.” 14
- “Stylish rooms include kitchens and flat-screen TVs, and some have lake views. However, airplanes constantly fly overhead, which can lead to noise.” 22
- “Hotel was very dirty and very noisy. Train nearby passing all night.” 5
Bed & Sleep2 mentions
Bathroom8 mentions
- “The one thing I like most about Starwood-Hotels is the shampoo and conditioner dispenser in the shower. You don't get these small bottles. Instead, you have a nice big dispenser.” 18
- “The glass doors do not meet at all and the attempt to use a plastic sweep did not work so water pours onto the floors outside when you shower unless you very carefully direct the water flow at the back wall of the show and then do what you can to keep the water away from the doors.” 17
- “Inside the shower, you find dispensers for your body wash and shampoo rather than these little bottles. Many people argue what's better or more sanitary and so on. In my opinion, this is great, as you don't produce a bunch of plastic waste while using a few bottles every day.” 14
- “The bathroom was perfect with a shower and a sink. Large washing containers were available in the shower.” 11
- “The bathroom was huge and very well illuminated.” 18
- “The bathroom is relatively big in these kinds of rooms. You get a nice big vanity with a lighted mirror on the wall.” 14
- “Down the hallway on the way to the bedroom was the bathroom. The shower had wall-mounted shampoo, conditioner and soap which I'm not a fan of, and the shower itself seemed to be low-flow.” 10
- “Lastly, and not surprising, the sink was cracked.” 17
Value7 mentions
- “Breakfast is included in the room rate, which is a plus. It's pretty basic though. Breakfast sandwiches, scrambled eggs, bagels, cereal, yogurt, and apples were offered, along with juice and coffee.” 11
- “I basically like this place only because of the cheap rates which allow me to requalify for my Marriott Bonvoy status relatively cheap.” 14
- “You can try to avoid this fee by parking outside, on the side of the road as many people do, but the Element Miami International Airport is not located in the best neighborhood, and especially in Miami I wouldn't trust to leave any valuables in my car period.” 14
- “All in all, the Element Miami International Airport Hotel is comfortable and suitable for families and travellers. What's more, the cost of the room is affordable.” 11
- “The only advantages of this property are the low rates you can usually book it and the size of the room you get for it. Most of the time, their standard rooms run below $100 USD.” 14
- “If you are considering Sheraton look online at various sites for deals. I was able to find a great rate.” 20
- “Once parked, we entered an airlock before being greeted courteously by two staff at the reception counter. We were told parking was $20/day. Not knowing the area, we chose to pay the fee. The check-in to our room was quick.” 11
View1 mention
- “The view of the surrounding area was not very exciting but I could see the city in the distance which was cool.” 10
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- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
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- 6Element Miami International Airporthotelplanner.comReview site2025-10-23RecentRead originalhotelplanner.com
- 15Looking to book one night near MIA : r/marriottreddit.comForum thread2024-12-21Ageing3 quotes used
“The Marriott, Courtyard, and I think RI are on a shared compound with shared shuttle service that was pretty reliable when I used it - stayed at the Courtyard but walked over to the Marriott next door for Starbucks”
Read originalreddit.com - 22Element Miami International Airport Reviewoyster.comReview site2024-08-17Ageing4 quotes used
“Rooms are stylish and make efficient use of space, with rotating flat-screen TVs on cabinets attached to writing desks.”
Read originaloyster.com - 17Has Marriott Bonvoyed the Element Brand? (Revieweyeoftheflyer.comReview site2024-02-05Ageing12 quotes used
“Never a big fan of Element to begin with. I felt like it was furnished with Low End IKEA furniture.”
Read originaleyeoftheflyer.com - 1Hotels by Miami Airport : r/UMFreddit.comForum thread2024-01-09Ageing5 quotes used
“I'm staying there! Shuttle to airport and train in. Easy peasy”
Read originalreddit.com - 11Element Miami International Airport | Marriott Bonvoymilesopedia.comReview site2022-04-16Ageing6 quotes used
“Once parked, we entered an airlock before being greeted courteously by two staff at the reception counter.”
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