Hotel pick: Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach
Restaurant pick: DOYA

Stay in South Beach, close to your Thursday work base, and meet the client in Wynwood that evening. That prioritizes getting settled for calls on arrival while keeping dinner convenient for the client. Plan a generous commute buffer for Friday’s workshop.

**Why this hotel:** Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach is on Alton Road, on the western side of South Beach. It’s a sensible business-trip base if your friend’s office is around western South Beach or Lincoln Road. I’d choose it for that location; the exact office address could change which hotel is most convenient. Ask for a quiet room with a usable desk when booking.

**Why this restaurant:** DOYA in Wynwood serves Aegean-style shared plates and cocktails, which suits an informal client dinner before a workshop. Suggest Thursday around 6–6:30 p.m., with a reservation for a quieter outdoor table, weather permitting. It can be lively, so treat this as relationship-building over dinner rather than a working session requiring quiet conversation. Confirm the table arrangement directly.

**Make Thursday workable:** If “arrive at 2 p.m.” means your flight lands at Miami International, you won’t be ready for private office calls at 2 p.m. Allow roughly 60–90 minutes from landing to being settled in South Beach as a planning buffer, not a traffic prediction; checked bags or international arrivals could take longer. Go directly to your friend’s office, with a private room and Wi-Fi arranged beforehand. Move calls to around 3:30–4 p.m. if possible. A call that starts at touchdown needs an airport fallback, and privacy or a dependable connection may be difficult.

Check into the hotel after calls. If you specifically need to take them from the hotel, obtain guaranteed room access for your arrival time; an early-check-in request alone isn’t sufficient. Booking the previous night is another option only if the hotel confirms it will hold the room for your Thursday arrival.

**Getting to the client:** For Thursday dinner, provisionally allow 45–60 minutes from South Beach to Wynwood, then adjust using live traffic. On Friday, use a similar conservative travel allowance and aim to reach the workshop 30 minutes early for setup. For a 9 a.m. start, that means leaving around 7:30–7:45 a.m. Adjust for the actual venue and start time.

**Assumptions and verification:** I’ve assumed arrival at MIA, a comfortable business-hotel budget, a small client group, and an office reasonably accessible from Alton Road. Your dates, office address, venue address, dietary needs, and budget weren’t supplied. Live web access failed, so current hotel rates, availability, amenities, restaurant hours, and reservation options remain unverified. Use the official [Kimpton Palomar South Beach website](https://www.hotelpalomar-southbeach.com/) and [DOYA website](https://www.doyarestaurant.com/) to confirm before booking. Nothing has been booked.