The Cottages El Portal is an amazing place to stay. Having a small apartment, centrally located with a full kitchen makes vacation feel like a home away from home. Staff were friendly and prompt. From sending messages to simply saying good morning. Parking on site is plentiful, and the neighborhood is quiet and beautiful. The Patio outside was great for a romantic dinner "at home". Lounge chairs are out for sunbathing, courtyard was stunning. We will definitely will consider the Cottages again when returning to Miami. We traveled as a couple for my wife's birthday.

The host made the check in super easy!!! We liked the location because it wasn't too far away from all the attractions and beaches but far enough to be peaceful and out of congestion. We loved that it had space to spread out our belongings and a full kitchen to use if needed. It was clean and comfortable. I liked that we could park right next to our room, convenient and free.

A couple of the pillows were hard as a rock. Also, only one roll of toilet paper and no bath soap. We had to make a trip to the store for these items. Our biggest complaint was the neighbors in the unit next to us. Seems like they may actually rent this room. They were loud and woke us up super early one morning yelling at each other. We tried to turn on the fan to muffle their screaming, but after literally two hours of shouting, we got out of bed and left to get some breakfast.

Very clean! Nice fountain in front of our front door, washer and dryer right outside of our back door and eating tables outside of our back door, easy but secured entrances, Ubers arrive within 2-10 minutes, grocery stores and convenient stores nearby and some restaurants in walking distance! The owner was very quick on responding in a professional manner. Very comfortable clean bed plus a couch! And a full kitchen as you would have at home.

A little too much wild life.. sometimes even got inside our property, but we aren’t afraid of bugs and things lol.

There is no smoking inside the apartment which is a great accomodation for people with allergies. That is priceless. It is very safe and quite in the yard and surrounding. I go for a walk every evening. Mike is very responsive and nice on the phone. Communication with him is stress free. I am able to cook for myself because I am experiencing allergies at the moment. The kitchen have eventhing a home need.

All of the pans/pots in my apartment are old. All scratched and the coated aluminum in the pans are peeling off which was a concern for me to cook in. Mike need to make sure all the pans/pots are up to date and safe for people with allergies to use it. The AC in my room is very loud even when I turned it on low. I found myself hard to fall asleep.

Price to quality relationship. Cozy, homey feeling. The cottage is equipped with everything you may need. Very calm and pretty neighborhood. Great contact and responsiveness from proprietor. Superb wi-fi with zero issues.

Some cleanliness issues, the cottage seemed to be cleaned only at surface levels, needed some deep cleaning in corner areas and around furniture. Luckily the proprietor and housekeeping responded to my request quickly and cleaned it up very nicely!

The cottage is cute and the set up is pretty nice. The full kitchen is so convenient.

There is insects you have to spray for roaches and fire aunts cus they roam in the kitchen but I found out that very common over there so I just sprayed and left the kitchen light on. The bed isn’t to comfortable ether.

Cottages El Portal is truly a home away from home! We really enjoyed the neighborhood (Lucio wine is a must go if you like natural wines!), the free parking on premises, the cottage was clean, lots of storage space and comfy, the TV has every channel/app you need, the bathroom is big and the best part is you can cook thanks to a fully equipped kitchen (we even had smoothies in the morning thanks to the mixer that was available). We will be back for sure!

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it was perfect and quiet! I definitely would rent again from them.

The property was actually great! but it would be nice if there was a way for customer service or a phone number for you to call to speak to someone. We did have a hard time finding the apartment number and also the pass code to get access to the key! good thing maintenance was there he was able to call the owner and they explained to me a couple apartment numbers were changed. But I don’t think if the maintenance man was there I would have had a hard time with communication! other than that, it’s a beautiful place to stay at.

Comfortable, clean and well-equipped apartment with a full kitchen. The property has been updated nicely and includes a courtyard and common areas for sunning or relaxing. The location is in an upscale area of north-central Miami close to many restaurants, markets and other services. We also like that all units are ground level with a private entrance and lots of free parking.

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Everything. It is away from main attractions but not too far that uber rides were not insanely expensive. We could make it to south beach in about 25min with no problem, 10min from Brickell, 5min to design district... there are so many restaurants around it and also a Starbucks by the end of the street. I felt super safe during my whole stay :)