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On July 12th, my party of 8 checked into the Bentley South Beach. I booked the penthouse, my cousin booked the premier one bedroom and my friends booked 2 studio doubles, totaling 4 rooms. At around 2pm, 3 out of 4 rooms were ready: the double studios and 1 bedroom. My penthouse was still being cleaned. While I waited for my room to be finished, we all went to the 1 bedroom suite and within 15 minutes, we were met with a knock on the door. When my cousin opened, it was the check-in employee, SAM and security informing us of loud noise. It was 2:45p and we were just talking about our plans for the week. We kindly said, "OK" but were thoroughly confused. We even checked the hotel's quiet hours policy on their website, and it listed 11p-9a. Therefore, why were we notified in the afternoon when we were JUST talking?
On 7/14, around 9:30a, my friend answered the room phone and woke me up stating the manager needed to speak to me. When I answered the phone I was told that I was speaking with the general manager, NOURA who was also in her 30s and Spanish and that my party and I had until 11am to vacate the premises or police would be contacted. I asked her what warranted this call. NOURA told me my party and I have been a disturbance the entire time we've been here. I asked when was I ever told about a disturbance, she could not answer the question. NOURA refused to have any dialogue and repeated that we had until 11a, no exceptions and that if we went past 11a, she would add late charges on all of our bills. I hung up the phone in disbelief and rushed to contact everyone to let them know about our eviction. We all raced to pack our belongings and meet downstairs.
When we got down, we tried to have another conversation with NOURA. SAM was at the receptionist desk again and we even asked her why she never mentioned anything such as a warning if we were that boisterous. She remained silent. We asked for time stamps of when we received visits/phone calls regarding any disturbances. NOURA literally answered, "the staff did not write that information down. I asked her what is the policy/procedure when receiving a noise complaint, NO ANSWER. HOW DO YOU AGGRESSIVELY EVICT GUESTS FOR NOISE DISTURBANCES WHEN YOU HAVE 0 WRITTEN OR VISUAL PROOF THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED OF ONE. NOURA could not answer any questions. She then said, "I would've kicked you all out last night but I knew you would have nowhere to go." Excuse me? I paid over $1500 to stay at this racist God-awful establishment, don't ever tell me what I can and cannot do for myself.
When I asked to get the information to the owners of this hotel because I am sure they would want to know how NOURA is running the place, she said she was the owner. ??? So she went from being the general manager, to the owner? Interesting. My entire party was humiliated, robbed of an entire night's stay, discriminated against all because we are Black women. So many issues we had, including the exceptionally rude security guard who yelled at us for holding the elevator until more ppl came, and not one of us made a complaint!!! One of my friends later told me that the same day as check-in, the rude security man went to their door to complain of noise and that if he had to come back, they would receive a written warning. My friend said they were just talking as well and wanted to speak to the manager because she felt at that point it was harassment, but didn't want to cause issues.
If my friend was threatened with a written warning, WHY DIDN'T ANY OF US RECEIVE ONE PRIOR TO OUR EVICTION???? Literally makes no sense.
This experience has traumatized my entire group and completely ruined my birthday trip. If you care about human decency and want to be treated with respect, DO NOT STAY AT THIS ESTABLSIHMENT!! Please read all the reviews, they are not lying about the employees here. They will disregard you, humiliate you, rob you and violate you the first chance they get. ESPECIALLY if you are a person of color, DO NOT STAY HERE! Give your money business to a chain hotel and save you the trouble. read more