Beach Club at The Boca Raton
Finesse ashore(d)
Beachswept Florida
Palm trees and powder sands are served with beach-gazing pools, a family-friendly set-up and top-notch dining at Beach Club at The Boca Raton. This recently revamped luxury retreat revels in its coastal perch — dialling up the entertainment with boat rentals, surfing and snorkeling, and easing the tempo with poolside cabanas, parent-freeing kids’ clubs and light-filled rooms and suites that are deftly calibrated for R’n’R. It’s a formula set to please all ages in search of sun, sea and first-class service.
Facilities
Rooms
207, including 13 suites.
Checkout
11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 4pm.
More Details
Rates at Beach Club at The Boca Raton do not include breakfast, but you can buy breakfast from Marisol for $30–$50 with a wide choice of cold plates and hot dishes cooked to order.
Also
There are nine accessible guest rooms (including doubles and suites); elevators give access to all floors, and eateries, the beach and pool are all at ground level, although there's no specific hoist or ramp access at the pools.
Fitness Center
Free Internet Access
Golf
Laundry
Pool
On-Site Restaurant
Room Service
Spa
At the Hotel
Private beach club, boat and watersports kit rental, tennis courts, pickleball courts, golf course, bikes to borrow, laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, USB outlets, air-conditioning, tea-making kit, Nespresso coffee machine, wet bar with free soda and snacks or (in suites) complimentary minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, flip flops, beach bag and Molton Brown bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
With their spruced-up white bedding and oak furnishings, each pad has a bright, easy-breezy feel. Larger clans will love the Grand Suite + Lanai, which has space for eight, easy access to all pools, and a dedicated butler. If you’re travelling without children, we’d suggest the Ocean View + Balcony; here, you can enjoy your morning espresso to the sound of rustling palm trees and waves lapping the sand.
Poolside
At the Beach Club itself, choose from a trio of heated, saltwater pools; one that’s child-friendly, one for adults only, and a third with day-bed and cabana rental. Or you could venture further afield and splash on a cabana beside the undulating island-dotted pool at the Harborside Pool Club.
Spa
Set in the wider resort, Spa Palmera’s mosaic detailing, glamorous chandeliers and elegant archways make sense when you realise this 50,000-square-foot wellness hub was inspired by Spain’s Alhambra Palace. Its grand interiors contain 44 treatment rooms dotted around a courtyard with gardens; as well as an outdoor spa pool, there’s also a Jacuzzi, steam rooms, sauna and hydrotherapy circuit. If you’ve had a testing afternoon on the waves, try the Lavender Fields Massage, which will root out the aches of the day.
Packing Tips
A pair of tailored Tom Ford swim trunks and a handful of Sunspel T-shirts should take you nicely from beach to bar.
Also
There’s also a gym at the Beach Club, and yoga and personal training can be arranged. The resort’s Racquet Club has Hydro Grid courts and a tennis concierge.
Children
Little Smiths of all ages are welcome and well catered for.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Dining with uninterrupted beach views tops the podium across resort.
Dress Code
Shorts and tees fly by day at Marisol and the Living Room, but all dining spots here are worthy of finer threads for evenings, and Onda has a strict code of smart pants and collared shirts for Mr Smith, so leave the flip flops back at base.
Hotel Restaurant
Mornings start at Marisol, where there’s a good choice of hot and cold dishes à la carte, and Greek-leaning plates for lunch or dinner (weekend brunches are tipped, too). Living Room is a café by day, serving coffee and patisserie till noon, then moving towards light bites — some Asian-inspired — with cocktails. Closer to the beach, winter-only Onda is the Beach Club’s adults-only dinner spot, playing host to guest chefs (a smart dress code applies). And you’ll find a menu of light bites poolside and beachside, too.
In the wider resort, you can find smash burgers at Burger Bar; a roast turkey club at Mulligans by the golf course; and Sadelle’s proffers New York staples, such as latkes and bagels. If you want to kick back by the water, drop anchor at Harbor House (don’t let the pescado tacos swim out of reach). For formal dining, book a table at Flamingo Grill, Italian Principessa Ristorante, or Japanese Bocce Club.
Hotel Bar
Beachside or by the pool, you can order drinks to your lounger; at least one coconut mojito (or mocktail), served in its shell, feels de rigueur in Boca Raton. Daytime coffee spot, Living Room, turns into a sophisticated cocktail lounge each afternoon/evening and, with its coffee-and-cream palette and sculptural furniture, looks as if it's been lifted from the pages of Architectural Digest. For after-dinner drinks, Mediterranean-inspired cocktails come with refreshing ocean breezes at Marisol Bar. Off-duty parents can enjoy a toes-in-sand margarita or Key Lime Colada at (winter only) Onda.
Last Orders
Marisol and Living Room open from 7am, and there are dining spots open around the clock across the resort, with evening service till around 10.30pm, later on weekends.
Room Service
Available from 5.30am until midnight daily.
Planes
The two nearest airports, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport, are both a 30–40-minute cab ride away. Transfers can be arranged with the hotel ($127 for up to three passengers; $158 for up to five).
Trains
Boca Raton Station is a 10-minute drive away and free private transfers can be arranged through the hotel.
Automobiles
You won’t need a set of wheels once you’re in resort — cycling or walking will suffice — but if you’re driving, valet parking is available for $55 a day.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
As you’d expect at Beach Club at The Boca Raton, daily life is taken up by lounging poolside, spells at the spa, and basking on the palm-shaded sands. However, even though the ocean looks mighty fine from the comfort of your cabana rental, there’s a surfeit of pulse-racing activities on offer — including sailing, snorkeling and surfing (tuition’s available too); or enjoy a helmed family boat trip with a pontoon rental. The resort has a full service Racquet Centre with a tennis concierge, and a clutch of tennis and pickleball courts. Golfers should make a beeline for the 18-hole championship golf course. By the lake, the Harborside Pool Club is your waterpark option with slides, a wave simulator and lazy river. The resort also offers art tours, and culinary workshops and wine tastings dot the events calendar.
Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt
This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
