Ocean Drive

Drinks are ridiculously priced, $25 for a beer, menus in every restaurant almost the same. Prices for drinks on the menus are for the smallest drinks ever. Entertainment is really good but itll cost you.

Stay 2 blocks back from the beach and you will have a great night at normal Miami prices

A group of us stayed on South Beach for a week, celebrating a birthday. We were a bus ride from Ocean Drive and visited it a few times. Restaurants,bars, good food and fun music pouring onto the streets while we people-watched. Fabulous! During the day we had lunch washed down with a giant cocktail. We also had an evening meal there at a different restaurant, sorry I can't recall the names but there's plenty of choice.

Look for the spot where apparently a fammous scene from Scarface was filmed, there's a plaque on the wall.

Not forgetting Versace's house where he unfortunately met his demise. We took pics outside, you pay if you want to look inside but we didn't bother.

We watched some brilliant live singing by trans people, such fun and a good laugh.

Don't leave Miami without paying Ocean Drive a visit. I recommend it.

Ocean Drive is infamous. This lovely strip of road running about 10-12 blocks in South Beach is the place to be seen in your luxury sports car or open top cruiser. The bars and restaurants are packed with people watchers and you can look out through the palms towards the beach and Atlantic Ocean. When the sun is shining this is the place to be.

A must visit destination night and day when in Miami.

The main portion of Ocean Drive in the was converted over for pedestrians only.

During the daytime, it was quiet and nice especially allowing one to take time and just explore the Art Deco hotels and area. No traffic jams caused by cars slowing down and backing up traffic (unlike my first visit a long time ago).

At nighttime, there were significantly more people out walking and milling around with the bars and restaurants packed. Seating extended out from the hotels and into the streets. Live entertainment from bands, soloists or big screen TVs created a raucous atmosphere at some of the hotels. The Clevelander and the Palace Bar were some of the busiest.

We were staying on ocean drive I loved tgi back in england but was disappointed as food and service was not so good . We sat outside the table was wobbly After ordering our drinks and food we got asked for a credit card the waiter said it was in case we left !! We obliged but felt uncomfortable doing so waited nearly 20 minutes for drinks to arrive .
When my ribs arrived the fries were cold having waited a while it seemed like the meal had sat waiting under a lamp . We were also asked for 20% gratuity which we paid . In england we tip on service if it’s good but when a gratuity is expected I don’t agree especially when the food and service wasn’t up to standards .

Restaurants on ocean drive are nice with indoor and outdoor seating. Most restaurants include 20% gratuity in your check. Cost is around $16-$50 a person. Drinks are $20 and up. Beach is right there, and Lummus park. Goos for families during the day not so much in the evening.

The change witnessed over the years since the early 1990s is not for the better but getting worse every year. Between 5th and 17th Street Ocean Drive has lost its charm. The once beautiful and exclusive hotels now have a noisy Median food front where it is a waste of money to stay at these once beautiful Art Deco hotels. Why would you stay in any of these very expensive Art Deco hotels when it is so noisy and full of tourists day and night? Once a year during Art Deco weekend in early January this is a fun place to walk along when the whole of “Ocean” is blocked off between 5th and 13th Street. Something needs to be done about all those terrible Mexican restaurants along the Ocean Drive “strip” before people will decide to go elsewhere.

We drove down Ocean Drive in the morning, then returned in the evening for dinner. Driving there in daylight enabled us to enjoy the varying architecture. After dark the area is hoppin'. Music spills from many restaurants, which appeared to be full with lively patrons. Palm trees are wrapped with lights of varying colors, creating a colorful atmosphere. The area was very clean.

It's an ugly tourist trap!!

All of the beauty of the amazing Art Deco architecture dissolves around the most tacky collection of nightclubs, restaurants and cheap souvenir shops.

It's a stunning stretch of buildings, best seen in the morning when you go for a long walk on the boardwalk and stop at News Cafe for s mediocre breakfast.

This was an incredible place until the very early 2000s. After that, it became a collection of cheap bars with hustler promoters trying to get their menu close to your eyes, and bad loud music echoing all over the place. I feel sorry for those who choose hotels on Ocean Drive. It must be hell at night.

I am a travel agent and I was in Miami Beach for a tour with a group. Ocean Drive is a street full of joy and vitality for its various places with characteristic food, music and shows, but also for its huge white sand beach and Atlantic Ocean transparent. I recommend spending at least one or more days here to relax and have fun. The buildings are in Art Deco. Until late in the evening there will be music, food and joy