This long-standing beach hut is a surfer hotel, seaside restaurant and happening night spot all rolled into one.
Nikki Beach Miami, 1 Ocean Dr., South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida +3Ĥ8.
There are now Nikkis from Koh Samui in Thailand to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico – not to mention the desert resorts of Las Vegas and Marrakech, where Nikki has created a modern-day mirage. Tropez-style chill joint by day, with raised “opium beds” and linen-covered loungers, it turns into an al fresco nightclub after dark, when international DJs man the decks on weekends. This cool club with a rep for its strict door policy – be irresistibly beautiful or don’t turn up without a reservation - didn’t invent the beach bar, but it did reinvent the genre for a generation who may never have felt the sand between their manicured toes. Nikki Beach: reservations and good-lookers only.
