I rarely write reviews, but I am sharing since I had such a hard time booking hotels for my trip to South Florida. Every hotel had so many 1 star reviews. I can assure you, GBH Surfside West was a great experience. Really beautiful and well maintained. European elegance. I actually liked our pool area more than the main hotel because there were fewer people. 1 heated pool, 1 unheated, 2 hot tubs each at ours and the main hotel. Very convenient to be able to walk to restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlors, and even the shops at Bal Harbour that has some very high end retail and restaurants. The beach has a walking trail and bike trail which were very nice. Gym was a pretty good size which was nice. I got the sense that a lot of the clientele is very wealthy foreigners, but typical upper middle class Americans were the other main contingent. I was granted late check out of 1pm which was appreciated. Very relaxing and good experience.