Miami Lakes has exactly one hotel on Main Street, three more inside town limits and a ring of options just past them, so the best hotels in Miami Lakes, FL, sort cleanly by budget. Miami Lakes Hotel on Main is the only full-service property you can walk to dinner from. Everything else sits along the Palmetto Expressway corridor or over the line in Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens, Miramar and Doral. This guide sorts them by price tier, including pet-friendly rooms and suites built for a stay measured in weeks.
How Miami Lakes Hotels Are Laid Out
Three clusters cover every hotel worth booking here. The first is Main Street, the open-air town center with about two dozen restaurants, a 13-screen cinema and a theater company. One hotel sits inside that walk, and it’s the reason most visitors pick Miami Lakes over the airport strip.
The second cluster is the commercial corridor where Miami Lakes Drive meets the Palmetto Expressway, about a mile west of Main Street. It’s a short drive rather than a walk, and it’s where the extended-stay suites and pet-friendly value properties sit.
The third cluster isn’t in Miami Lakes at all, and an honest guide has to say so. The town covers 6.51 square miles with a 2020 Census population of 30,467 (Wikipedia), too small for a full hotel market. Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens, Miramar and Doral absorb the overflow, each a drive of roughly 10 to 20 minutes depending on traffic.
The Full-Service Tier: Resort-Style Rooms on Main Street and in Doral
Two properties offer genuine full-service amenities, and only one of them is in Miami Lakes.
Miami Lakes Hotel on Main
Miami Lakes Hotel on Main at 6842 Main Street is the only hotel on Main Street, with 205 rooms including suites, two restaurants, a bar, a pool, 16,000 square feet of meeting space and 300 self-parking spaces (Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau). Guests get complimentary access to the 45,000-square-foot Miami Lakes Athletic Club, and parking outside the hotel is complimentary too. The 18-hole, par-72 Miami Lakes Golf Club, which reopened in November 2025 after a Bruce Hepner redesign, is booked separately through stay-and-play packages rather than included. Book it for the location and the golf, not for a new-build room.
InterContinental at Doral Miami
InterContinental at Doral Miami at 2505 NW 87th Avenue is the most upscale room in the ring, a drive south down the Palmetto. It has 265 rooms, an outdoor pool with a hot tub, and Blue Matisse restaurant with the Nau Lounge (Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau). Book it when the room matters more than the walk to dinner, and accept that every Main Street meal becomes a drive.
The Mid-Range Tier: Reliable Rooms a Short Drive From Main Street
Most Miami Lakes bookings land here. The differences come down to a restaurant on site, a shorter airport run or a Broward County address on a busy weekend.
Sonesta Select Miami Lakes
Sonesta Select Miami Lakes at 15700 NW 77th Court is the strongest mid-range pick inside town limits. Rooms carry a coffee maker, a mini fridge and a desk with an ergonomic chair, The Commons serves breakfast, and a 24-hour market covers late arrivals (Sonesta). It takes up to two pets per suite with no breed or weight restrictions for a $75 per-stay fee. The outdoor pool is seasonal, and covered parking costs $5 a night.
Holiday Inn Miami West, Airport Area
Holiday Inn Miami West at 7707 NW 103rd Street in Hialeah Gardens sits a short drive southwest of town. Bistro 103 serves breakfast and dinner, kids eat free, and there’s an outdoor pool, a fitness center and a complimentary 24/7 shuttle to Miami International. Book it when you want dinner on site and no second drive after check-in.
Holiday Inn Express Miami Airport Doral Area
Holiday Inn Express Miami Airport Doral Area at 8436 NW 36th Street is the pick for an early departure out of Miami International, with free breakfast, an outdoor pool and a complimentary airport shuttle. Parking runs $8 plus tax a night, and the trade is a longer drive back up the Palmetto every time you want Main Street.
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Miramar
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Miramar at 2700 SW 145th Avenue sits north over the Broward County line, with free breakfast, an outdoor pool and a fire pit. That county line is the point: when Miami Lakes fills up around a concert or a Dolphins home game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Miramar is a separate market and often still has rooms.
The Budget Tier: Free Breakfast and the Lowest Nightly Rates
Both budget properties include breakfast, the line item that decides whether a cheap room stays cheap for a family of four.
La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham Miami Lakes
La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham Miami Lakes at 7925 NW 154th Street is the value pick with an in-town address. Rooms are pet-friendly, and breakfast and parking are free. Know before you book that its fitness center and pool are closed until further notice, per Wyndham’s hotel page. At 13 miles from Miami International and 22 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, it’s the rare Miami Lakes hotel that works for either airport.
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Miami, Hialeah
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Miami at 6650 West 20th Avenue in Hialeah is a budget way to sleep close to Main Street with a hot breakfast buffet included, a short drive south. There’s a 24-hour fitness center, an outdoor pool and a patio. The trade is denser surroundings and no walkable town center.
The Long-Stay Tier: Suites With Kitchens for Weeks, Not Nights
Extended-stay suites are built for longer bookings, which makes them the practical tier once a trip runs past a week or two. Both have kitchens, pools and pet policies.
Candlewood Suites Miami Lakes
Candlewood Suites Miami Lakes at 8079 NW 154th Street is the obvious long-stay pick in town, about a mile west of Main Street, with a full kitchen in every suite and an outdoor pool. People on a multi-week relocation hit the same wall in week two: the suite holds clothes and a laptop, not the boxes that arrived ahead of the furniture, and a 5×5 storage unit, about the size of a small closet, covers that overflow.
Staybridge Suites Miami Doral Area
Staybridge Suites Miami Doral Area at 3265 NW 87th Avenue is the backup when Candlewood is booked, with kitchens, free breakfast, an outdoor pool and pets allowed. Families who’ve sold one house and not yet closed on the next often land in a suite like this for a month, with the contents of a one-bedroom apartment in a 10×10 unit while they house-hunt.
Parking, Pets, Storms and What Actually Walks
Parking is the easiest part of staying in Miami Lakes and the detail booking sites rarely mention. Main Street carries more than 1,600 free spaces and the hotel on it has 300 of its own, also complimentary, so you neither pay nor circle. Sonesta Select charges $5 a night for covered parking, so check the fee at any hotel outside town.
Walkable options are narrow but real. From Miami Lakes Hotel on Main you can reach every Main Street restaurant, the cinema, the theater and the boutiques on foot, and the town runs Freebee, a free electric on-demand ride service, every day of the week with shorter Sunday hours. From any other hotel in this guide, you’re driving to the parks, the golf club and the Miami Lakes restaurants worth the trip.
Season matters more than most visitors expect. Winter is the crunch: in January 2026 more than eight of every 10 hotel rooms in Miami-Dade County were occupied, WLRN reported. Late summer is the opposite, hot, wet and inside an Atlantic hurricane season that runs June 1 through November 30 (National Hurricane Center), which is why rates bottom out then. Book refundable rates in that stretch and expect a heavy afternoon storm most days rather than a washout. The same humidity is why anything left behind long-term belongs in climate-controlled storage in Miami Lakes rather than a garage. For a month-by-month read, see our guide to the best time to visit Miami Lakes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best hotels in Miami Lakes?
Miami Lakes Hotel on Main wins on location, since it’s the only hotel on Main Street and the only one that includes athletic club access and sells stay-and-play golf. Sonesta Select is the best mid-range room, La Quinta Inn and Suites the best value with breakfast included, and Candlewood Suites the best pick for a stay longer than a week.
Is Miami Lakes a good area to stay in?
Miami Lakes is a planned town of about 30,500 people built around 23 man-made lakes, with a walkable town center, free parking and a quiet residential feel. It suits visitors who want a low-key base about 15 miles northwest of downtown Miami. It doesn’t suit anyone who wants to walk to the ocean, since every beach is a drive away.
Which hotels in Miami Lakes have a pool?
Most of them, with two exceptions worth knowing. La Quinta’s pool and fitness center are closed until further notice, and Sonesta Select’s outdoor pool is seasonal. Miami Lakes Hotel on Main, Candlewood Suites, InterContinental, Staybridge Suites and the four Holiday Inn properties all list an outdoor pool, so confirm before you book if a swim is the plan.
Is the Don Shula Hotel still open in Miami Lakes?
The property at 6842 Main Street is still open, but the Shula’s branding was retired when The Graham Companies renamed it in January 2022, the Miami Laker reported. It now operates as Miami Lakes Hotel on Main, the steakhouse is ML Steaks + Sports and the course is Miami Lakes Golf Club, reopened in November 2025 after a redesign. Older listing sites still carry the former name, so search by the address if you get confused.
What’s the nicest area to stay in Miami?
For a first visit to greater Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables and Brickell carry the nicest hotel stock, and all three are a real drive from Miami Lakes in traffic. Miami Lakes trades that for free parking and a quieter street. Pick it when you’re here for golf, a stadium event, a meeting or a relocation.
Storing What Won’t Fit in a Hotel Room
A hotel room holds a suitcase, not a household, and a good share of Miami Lakes stays are relocations wearing a shorter name. Value Store It in Miami Lakes rents month-to-month with no long-term contract, the same way a hotel booking works.
The lineup runs wider than the two sizes most people picture. A 10×5 unit or a 5×10 unit holds the contents of one room, and a 5×15 unit takes a studio apartment. Move up to a 10×15 unit for a two-bedroom apartment, a 10×20 unit for a three-bedroom home or a 10×30 unit for a four-bedroom home. If you’d rather not guess, the storage size guide does the math.
If your stay turns into a move, we can hold the boxes until the keys arrive. Our guides to things to do in Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes golf courses will fill the days between check-in and check-out.
