MIAMI—The Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards have been announced for 2024, and there are a few—but not many—changes for hotels, spas and restaurants in South Florida.
The awards, an international rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas and cruises, covers more than 2,000 properties worldwide. The 2024 awards, Forbes’ 66th, feature 340 Five-Star, 600 Four-Star and 503 Recommended hotels; 78 Five-Star, 121 Four-Star and 59 Recommended restaurants; 126 Five-Star and 201 Four-Star spas.
You’ll find many of the usual Miami-area suspects in the Five-Star hotel awards, including Acqualina Resort in Sunny Isles Beach and Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside, which were just named the best hotels in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
Once again, the exclusive Japanese omakase bar Naoe was the only Miami-area restaurant to earn a Five-Star rating.
Four Miami Beach restaurants earned Four-Star ratings, however: Los Fuegos by Francis Mallman and Pao by Paul Qui, both located at Faena Hotel. Two new Miami-Dade restaurants made the Four-Star list as well for the first time: Il Mulino New York at Acqualina Resort on Sunny Isles Beach and Lido Restaurant and Terrace at the Four Seasons at the Surf Club in Surfside.
Five-Star Hotels
- Acqualina Resort, Sunny Isles Beach
- Boca Raton Beach Club
- Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
- Faena Hotel Miami Beach
- Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club, Surfside
- Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
- The Setai, Miami Beach
- St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort
Five-Star Spas
- Acqualina Spa, Sunny Isles Beach
- Eau Spa at Eau Palm Beach Resort
- Spa Palmera, The Boca Raton Beach Club
- Palm Beach Spa at Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
- Spa Palmera, The Boca Raton Beach Club
- The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Miami
- The St. Regis Spa at Bal Harbour Resort
Five-Star Restaurants
- Naoe, Miami
Four-Star Hotels
- 1 Hotel South Beach
- Carillon Miami Wellness Resort, Miami Beach
- Four Seasons Hotel Miami
- Mandarin Oriental, Miami
- Miami Beach Edition
- The Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove
- The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
- The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne
- The Breakers, Palm Beach
- Trump National Doral Miami
Four-Star Spas
- The Ritz-Carlton Spa, South Beach
- The Spa at the Breakers, Palm Beach
- The Spa at The Miami Beach Edition
- Tierra Santa Healing House, Faena Miami Beach
- Valmont for The Spa at the Setai, Miami Beach
Four-Star Restaurants
- Florie’s, Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach
- Il Mulino New York, Acqualina Resort, Sunny Isles Beach
- Lido Restaurant and Terrace, Four Seasons at the Surf Club, Surfside
- Pao by Paul Qui, Faena Hotel Miami Beach
- Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann, Faena Hotel Miami Beach
Recommended Hotels
- Conrad Fort Lauderdale
- Fontainebleau Miami Beach
- Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Little Torch Key, Florida Keys
- Loews Miami Beach Hotel
- The Biltmore, Coral Gables
- The Marker Key West Harbor Resort
- The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
Recommended Restaurants
- Bourbon Steak, Miami by Michael Mina, Aventura
- Hakkasan, Fontainebleau Miami Beach
- Matador Room, Miami Beach Edition
