Which Miami hotels scored five-star ratings?
Forbes Travel Guide added 22 new hotels added to the five-star list this year that includes 175 properties from around the world.
“While the 2017 group of winners is the most diverse in terms of size, location and style, one overarching theme that ties them together is that each delivers its own distinctive experience. New Five-Star hotels range from the brand-new fresh and inventive Faena Hotel Miami Beach and the recently restored grand dame Ritz Paris to over-the-top all-suite hotel The Ritz-Carlton, Macau,” Forbes said in a press release.
Also on the 59th annual list were four repeat Miami-Dade winners.
In the restaurant category, Brickell sushi restaurant NAOE made the list again this year with five stars.
In all, eight hotels in Florida earned five stars, including the Ritz-Carlton, Naples; Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa and Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach.
This year’s awards were Forbes’ most diverse, with accolades for hotels in 20 new destinations and 38 new properties joining the list with top honors. The awards signal another year of success for area hotels after a decades-long dry spell that ended in 2013 when the Mandarin and Acqualina earned five stars.
1. Faena Miami Beach
Faena has art at every turn. The spa at Faena. 
Alan Faena, owner and visionary behind the Faena Arts District. 
Faena's Los Fuegos Restaurant. A treatment room tub at Faena's Tierra Santa Healing House spa. Photo by Todd Eberle.
Forbes Travel Guide’s annual hotel awards celebrated inventiveness this year — so it’s no surprise it extended its five-star distinction to the wildly singular Faena Hotel Miami Beach.
Faena Miami Beach, 3201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; www.faena.com.
2. Mandarin Oriental
Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Miami. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami The pool at the Mandarin Oriental. La Mar at Mandarin 
Azul at the Mandarin Oriental Miami. 
The Mandarin Oriental at night. The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental
Brickell’s Mandarin Oriental was one of 11 hotels on the globe to win a triple five-star award for its hotel, Asian-American fusion restaurant, Azul, and spa, marking the fifth consecutive year the Mandarin makes triple five-star.
Mandarin Oriental, 500 Brickell Key Dr, Miami; www.mandarinoriental.com/miami
3. Acqualina Resort & Spa
Acqualina Hotel Backrubs at the Acqualina Resort & Spa. Poolside at the Acqualina Resort & Spa, a Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond hotel in Sunny Isles Beach.
Acqualina Resort & Spa in Sunny Isles Beach also earned five stars for the fifth straight year, including for its spa, Acqualina Spa by ESPA.
Acqualina Resort & Spa, 17875 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach; www.acqualinaresort.com
4. St. Regis Bal Harbour
The St. Regis Bal Harbour The St. Regis Bal Harbour St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort in Puerto Rico 
The bar and sushi lounge at the St. Regis Bal Harbour is a happy hour haven (Handout) Photographer:Stephen Flint The dining room at Atlantikós, a new Greek restaurant at The St. Regis A corridor in the St. Regis Bal Harbour lobby St. Regis Bal Harbour
The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort earned the distinction for the fourth year in a row.
St. Regis Bal Harbour, 9703 Collins Ave, Bal Harbour; www.stregisbalharbour.com
5. The Setai
The pool at the Setai Setai Entertainment room The courtyard at the Setai The Setai Lounging at the Setai The spa area of the Setai The Beach at the Setai
The Setai in Miami Beach was also awarded five stars, marking its third straight award.
The Setai Hotel Miami Beach, 2001 Collins Ave, Miami Beach; www.thesetaihotel.com
This story was originally published February 26, 2017 at 10:02 PM.