Miami Restaurants

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1. Official Tourism Site: Miami Dining
2. Concierge.com: Miami Restaurants  
3. Frommer's: Miami Restaurants
4. Fodor's: Miami Restaurants  
5. TripAdvisor: Miami Restaurant  
6. Travel + Leisure: Miami Restaurants
7. Zagat: Restaurants In Miami 

• NOTE: Restaurants mentioned on this page plotted on Google Maps

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Miami Local Cuisine

• Chispa Restaurant (Coral Gables) Latin American, Phone: 305-648-2600 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Simply put, Chispa rocks. The brainchild of star chef Robin Haas (formerly of Baleen), this cavernous, stylish nouveau Latin restaurant will blow you away. "

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rated   (Note: Community Rating; may change)

• Versailles (Little Havana) Latin American, Phone: 305-444-0240 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation: "This Little Havana standard will win no awards for decoration—it's actually an avalanche of kitsch with chandeliers and mirrors meant to emulate the French palace."

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "A glorified diner, the place sparkles with glass, chandeliers, murals, and mirrors meant to evoke the French palace."

• • Fodor's Review: "Cubans meet to dine on Calle Ocho in what might be the most ornate budget restaurant you'll ever see, all mirrors and candelabras."

• The Fish Joynt (North Miami Beach) Latin American, Phone: 305-936-8333 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "People jonesing for an out-of-this-world high that won't get them arrested can usually be found lining up at this small neighborhood seafood spot where the frills are on the fish and not the decor."

• • TripAdvisor 4.5 Rated   (Note: Community Rating; may change)

• Latin American Cafeteria (Downtown) Latin American, Phone: 305-663-2600 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The name may sound a bit generic, but this no-frills indoor-outdoor cafeteria has the best Cuban sandwiches in the entire city."

Miami High-End Restaurants

• Quattro Gastronomia Italiana (Miami Beach) Italian, Phone: 305-531-4833 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation : "Club king Nicola Siervo's other new spot (aside from Mokaï) is this upscale Italian restaurant on Lincoln Road that opened in August 2006."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Azul (Downtown) Eclectic, Phone: 305-913-8288 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Azul is one of the most upscale, prettiest -- and priciest waterfront restaurants in town. The views of the city skyline are stunning and rival the food -- well, almost."

• • Fodor's Review : "This sumptuous eatery has truly conquered the devil in the details."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Table 8 (South Beach) American Regional, Phone: 305-695-4144 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation : "Save a little room for the superb, if toxically sweet, desserts, such as a melting peanut butter brownie and delicate carrot cake with cream cheese mousse."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "After years of speculation, star chef Govind Armstrong, who got his start at the age of 13 with Wolfgang Puck at L.A.'s legendary Spago, opened a branch of this L.A. hot spot on South Beach."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Emeril's Miami Beach (South Beach) Creole, Phone: 305-695-4550 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "In a city where restaurants pride themselves on celebrity sightings and snooty service, Emeril's is a spicy breath of fresh air."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Prime One Twelve (South Beach) Steaks/Chops, Phone: 305-532-8112 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation : "The prime beef is spectacular and carefully cooked, as are all the sides, such as four-cheese truffle mac(aroni) and rum-baked sweet plantains..."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "A sleek steakhouse ambience and bustling bar (complete with dried strips of bacon in lieu of nuts) plays second fiddle to the beef, which is arguably the best in the entire city."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

Miami Moderate Restaurants

• Ortanique on the Mile (Coral Gables & Environs) Caribbean, Phone: 305-446-7710 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "You'll be greeted as you walk in by soft spiderlike lights and canopied mosquito netting that will make you wonder whether you're on a secluded island or inside one of King Tut's temples."

• • Fodor's Review : "[F]rom the breezy interior decorated like a Jamaican terraced garden to the exquisite pan-Caribbean cuisine."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Cafe Ragazzi (Miami Beach) Italian, Phone: 305-866-4495 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "This diminutive Italian cafe, with its rustic decor and a swift, knowledgeable waitstaff, enjoys great success for its tasty, simple pastas."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rated   (Note: Community Rating; may change)

• Macaluso's (South Beach) Italian, Phone: 305-604-1811 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "This restaurant epitomizes the Italians' love for -- and mastery of -- savory, plentiful, down-home Staten Island-style food."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Grillfish (South Beach) Seafood, Phone: 305-538-9908 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "From the beautiful Byzantine-style mural and the gleaming oak bar, you'd think you were eating in a much more expensive restaurant..."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

Miami Affordable Restaurants

• El Toro Taco Family Restaurant (Coconut Grove) Mexican, Phone: 305-245-8182 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Fabulous, and I mean fabulous, Mexican fare, from the usual tacos, enchiladas, and burritos drenched with the freshest and zestiest salsa this side of Baja, is what you'll find here in abundance."

• A La Folie (South Beach) French, Phone: 305-538-4484 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Reflecting the positive things about our former allies, A La Folie is an authentic French cafe in which wooden booths and walls full of foreign newspapers and magazines make you have to take a second look at your plane ticket to make sure you're still in Miami."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Dogma Grill (Downtown) American, Phone: 305-759-3433 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Owned by a former MTV executive, Dogma will change the way you view hotdogs, offering a plethora of choices from your typical chili dog to Chicago style with celery salt, hot peppers, onions, and relish."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rated   (Note: Community Rating; may change)

• Crepe Maker Cafe’ (South Miami) French, Phone: 305-233-4458 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Create your own delicious crepes at this little French cafe. You can choose from ham, tuna, black olives, red peppers, capers, artichoke hearts, and pine nuts."

• Scotty's Landing (Coconut Grove) Seafood, Phone: 305-854-2626 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation : "The menu warns, "We are not responsible for well-done orders, special requests, or natural occurrences"—how much more laid-back Miami can you get?."

• • Fodor's Review : "Its motto -- "by boat or by car, come as you are" -- attracts a mix of young and old professionals, beach bums, and boaters, plus the occasional seasoned tourist."

Miami Vegetarian Restaurants

• Here Comes the Sun (North Miami) Phone: 305-893-5711 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "One of Miami's first health-food spots, this bustling grocery-store-turned-diner serves hundreds of plates a night, mostly to blue-haired locals."

• Sara's Kosher Restaurant (North Miami) Phone: 305-891-3312 Google Map

• Happy Cow: Miami Vegetarian Restaurants
• VegGuide.org: Miami Vegetarian Restaurants