My husband and I have always enjoyed staying at the Winterhaven in South Beach. It is right on Ocean Drive, very reasonably priced, with a wonderfully renovated Art Deco interior. The room rate includes a continental breakfast which you can take out onto their front patio for a view of the ocean, sipping your coffee with piped in soft jazz music...delightful! They have a small martini bar that they set up in the evenings which is nice for a pre-dinner cocktail.

Their website is here: http://www.winterhavenhotelsobe.com/

See pictures at the link below.

Robin http://lostluggagelounge.com/Miami2002/miami1.htm