review luxury St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort in Miami

hotels cheap rates review - review luxury St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort in Miami : The St. Regis Bal Harbour in Miami. The 243-room hotel and two residential towers, with 245 residences, opened last Thursday after a six-year, more than $700 million re-development from what was once a Sheraton.

Designed by the interiors firm Yabu Pushelberg, the resort features West African Movinque wood and Chinese God Flower Stone marble commissioned from a private quarry. The hotel and residences also offer the signature St. Regis Butler Service, a Remède Spa and J&G Grill by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

Speaking of dining, J&G Grill offers high-quality meats and fresh fish, vegetables, and fruit from the local market, plus a temperature-controlled wine vault with 2,500 bottles of wine.

The resort also features an oceanfront grill for casual dining called Fresco with South American-influenced cuisine and Atlantico, a breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant with Mediterranean influences and an emphasis on seafood. Poolside cabana and beach services include an adults-only pool area with day cabanas.

The 14,000-square-foot Remède Spa includes 12 treatment rooms, a full-service salon, men's and women's lounges, sauna and steam rooms, and a high-tech fitness center with an ocean view.

A St. Regis Children's Club features educational programs and interactive games and a teen program with age-appropriate excursions.

Rooms also have ocean views. But you will pay for that. Rates start at $850. (Suites start at $1500.) For that price, James promises a combination of "elegance and travel."

Readers, would you skip South Beach for a luxurious experience up north?