Guides — Worth Eating Miami

Oct 25, 2026 The Best Thai Restaurants in Miami: Curry, Noodles, and Real-Deal Heat Miami's Thai scene runs deeper than strip-mall pad thai. Here are the rooms cooking real curries, Isaan grilling, and street-style noodles — from Little Havana to Coral Gables to Kendall.
Oct 25, 2026 Where to Eat in Coconut Grove: A Neighborhood Guide to Miami's Oldest Village A local's guide to where to eat in Coconut Grove — bayfront raw bars and rooftops, the Main Highway lunch circuit, old-Grove institutions, and the date-night rooms worth planning around.
Oct 25, 2026 The Best Poke in Miami: Fast-Casual Bowls, Neighborhood Shops, and Nikkei Crossover From build-your-own bowl counters to nikkei sushi bars serving it as a starter, here's where to find real poke across Miami-Dade.
Oct 23, 2026 The Best Dominican Restaurants in Miami: Mangú, Sancocho, and Late-Night Mofongo Where to find real Dominican cooking in Miami — mangú breakfasts, home-style sancocho, chimi sandwiches, and the lounges that turn dinner into a party.
Oct 23, 2026 Where to Eat in Little River, Miami: The Best Restaurants in the City's Fastest-Rising Food Neighborhood Little River went from warehouse district to one of Miami's most interesting places to eat in about five years. Here are the anchors, the Haitian and Caribbean institutions that were there first, the Citadel stalls, and the openings actually worth the drive.
Oct 23, 2026 The Miami Restaurants That No Longer Exist (and Where to Go Instead) Wolfie's, Chart House, Farrell's, Taco Viva, The Forge — a tour of the Miami restaurants that closed and took a piece of the city with them, paired with the living places that still scratch the same itch.
Oct 21, 2026 The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Miami: Pho, Banh Mi, and Bun Bo Hue Miami's Vietnamese scene is small compared to its Cuban and Peruvian counterparts, but it's real — from strip-mall pho houses in Kendall to a Viet-Cajun crawfish spot in MiMo. Here's where to find it.
Oct 21, 2026 The Best Restaurants for Holiday Parties in Miami: Private Rooms, Big Tables, and Group Menus Where to put twenty to sixty people in Miami without ruining the night — private rooms, rodizio math, rooftop terraces, and the live-music rooms that turn dinner into a party.
Oct 21, 2026 Where to Eat in Downtown Miami: A Neighborhood Restaurant Guide From courthouse lunch counters to Worldcenter rooftops, here's where to actually eat well in Downtown Miami — not the tourist trap version, the local one.
Oct 19, 2026 The Best Indian Restaurants in Miami: Modern Kitchens, Grove Institutions, and the Curry Houses Locals Swear By Miami's Indian food scene is small but better than its reputation. From Niven Patel's farm-driven Ghee to the Bombay Darbar dynasty and the strip-mall biryani spots worth a drive, here's where to eat.
Oct 19, 2026 The Best Brazilian Restaurants in Miami: Churrascaria, Feijoada, Pão de Queijo, and Açaí A guide to Brazilian food in Miami — the rodízio houses everyone knows, plus the per-kilo buffets, weekend feijoada, salgados counters, and açaí windows that Brazilians here actually eat at.
Oct 19, 2026 The Best Mexican Restaurants in Miami: Regional Cooking, Mariscos, and the Rooms Worth the Drive Miami is not a great Mexican food town, and locals know it. But the real ones are here — Yucatecan mole in a North Miami Beach strip mall, Guerrero-style seafood in Doral, and a whole Mexican Homestead most of the county has never driven to. Here's where to eat.
Oct 19, 2026 Where to Eat in Brickell: A Local's Guide to Miami's Financial District A local's map of eating in Brickell — power lunches near the towers, cheap counters and delis hiding in the lobbies, after-work bars with real food, sushi row, riverfront patios, and the international kitchens tucked between the skyscrapers.
Oct 17, 2026 Where to Eat in Doral: A Neighborhood Guide to Miami's Venezuelan Capital Doral looks like office parks and chain plazas, but it holds the best arepas, cachapas, and pan de bono in South Florida. A guide to the Venezuelan counters, Colombian kitchens, panaderías, and international rooms worth the drive.
Oct 17, 2026 The Best Sushi in Miami: Counters, Neighborhood Spots, and Nikkei Rolls Miami sushi runs from $30 hand roll counters to $300 tasting menus. Here's where to go for a great nigiri plate, a serious roll, or a late-night sushi fix — sorted by the kind of night you're actually having.
Oct 17, 2026 The Best Wine Bars in Miami: Natural Wine, Bodega Bars, and Bottle Shops That Pour From natural-wine dives in Little River to a hotel wine room on Miami Beach, here's where to drink well in Miami without a cover charge, a DJ, or a $28 cocktail.
Oct 15, 2026 Thanksgiving Dinner in Miami 2026: Where to Eat and What's Open Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26, and Miami's version of it looks nothing like a New England postcard. Here's where to book — oceanfront hotel dining rooms, steakhouses, waterfront tables, Cuban kitchens, and the markets that will sell you the whole dinner to carry home.
Oct 15, 2026 The Best Argentinian Restaurants in Miami: Parrillas, Milanesas, and Malbec From old-school parrillas to Ocean Drive steakhouse rooms, milanesa houses, Italo-Argentine pizza, and bakeries stacked with facturas — where to eat Argentinian food in Miami right now.
Oct 15, 2026 The Best Restaurants in Hialeah: What to Eat in Miami's Most Underrated Food City Cuban bakeries at six in the morning, Nicaraguan fritangas, churrasco in strip malls, and cafeterias that have been open since the seventies. A guide to eating well in the city most Miami food writing skips.
Oct 13, 2026 The Best BBQ in Miami: Texas Brisket, Cuban Smoke, and the Pits Worth the Drive Miami barbecue is what happens when Texas brisket culture lands in a city that has been roasting whole pigs for seventy years. Here are the best BBQ restaurants in Miami-Dade — the Texas transplants, the Cuban pits, the old-guard institutions, and the neighborhood smokers locals actually drive for.
Oct 13, 2026 Where to Eat in Miami Beach: A Local's Guide Beyond Ocean Drive Ocean Drive is where tourists eat. Here's where Miami Beach actually eats — from Cuban diner institutions to Lincoln Road classics, hotel splurge rooms, and the late-night spots that stay open after everything else closes.
Oct 13, 2026 The Best Dessert Shops in Miami: Ice Cream, Key Lime Pie, and Late-Night Sugar Miami eats dessert in Spanish — helado de mantecado, paletas, churros — and then chases it with key lime pie and a 2 a.m. cookie. Here are the ice cream counters, pie windows, and sugar shops worth the drive.
Oct 11, 2026 Haitian Food in Miami: A Guide to Griot, Diri ak Djon Djon, and Where to Eat It Miami has the largest Haitian community in the United States, and some of the best Haitian food anywhere. Here's what to order — griot, diri ak djon djon, legume, pikliz, pâté — and the 21 restaurants and bakeries across Little Haiti, North Miami, and beyond that do it best.
Oct 11, 2026 The Best Steakhouses in Miami: Chophouses, Parrillas, and Neighborhood Cuts From dry-aged chophouses on Miami Beach to Argentinian parrillas and Little Havana institutions with six-figure review counts, here's where to actually go for a great steak in Miami.
Oct 11, 2026 The Best Family-Friendly Restaurants in Miami: Where Kids Can Be Loud and the Food Still Delivers A parent's-eye guide to eating well with kids in Miami — noisy casual rooms that won't flinch at a dropped plate, patios with space to roam, special-occasion dinners that still work with a six-year-old, and weeknight fixes that get everyone fed fast.
Oct 9, 2026 The Best Colombian Restaurants in Miami: Bandeja Paisa, Arepas, and a Michelin Star A complete guide to Colombian food in Miami — where to find bandeja paisa, sancocho, lechona, pandebono, and chuzos, from $12 Kendall counters to the only Colombian restaurant in America with a Michelin star.
Oct 9, 2026 Where to Eat in Wynwood: A Neighborhood Guide to Miami's Best Restaurants From all-day cafes and taco windows to date-night tables and gelato counters, here's where to eat in Wynwood — Miami's mural-covered, always-hungry arts district.
Oct 9, 2026 Cafecito and Ventanita in Miami: How to Order Cuban Coffee Like a Local Colada, cortadito, café con leche: what to order at the ventanita window, how to drink it, and the Miami counters worth crossing town for.
Oct 7, 2026 Where to Eat in the Design District: A Local's Guide to Midtown and Edgewater Too The Design District, Midtown, and Edgewater form one walkable corridor along Biscayne Boulevard — Michelin dining next to Hermès, quick-bite counters in a shopping-center food court, and a wave of bayfront newcomers. Here's where to actually eat across all three.
Oct 7, 2026 The Best Coffee Shops in Miami: Specialty Roasters, Cafecito Windows, and Cafés Worth Sitting In Miami drinks coffee two ways at once — a 75-cent colada passed through a window on Calle Ocho, and a single-origin pour-over in Wynwood. This guide covers the city's best specialty roasters, Cuban coffee counters, bakery-cafés, brunch spots, and laptop-friendly neighborhood cafés.
Oct 7, 2026 The Best Restaurants in Miami to Take Your Parents Where to eat in Miami when your parents are in town — Miami institutions, quiet Coral Gables rooms, waterfront tables, and reliable classics that work across decades and dietary preferences.
Oct 5, 2026 The Best Peruvian Restaurants in Miami: Ceviche, Nikkei, Chifa, and Pollo a la Brasa Miami's Peruvian scene runs deeper than ceviche. Here's where to eat it — plus Nikkei counters, chifa dining rooms, charcoal chicken, and the modern criollo kitchens redefining all of it.
Oct 5, 2026 The Best Date Night Restaurants in Brickell Where to take a date in Brickell — from Michelin tasting counters and skyline rooftops to loud scene restaurants, quiet Italian rooms, and steak dinners that stretch past midnight.
Oct 5, 2026 Where to Eat in Little Havana: A Local's Guide to Calle Ocho and Beyond Little Havana is Miami's most-visited food street — and yes, some of it is a tourist trap. Here's how to eat Calle Ocho like a local: the icons worth the line, the new-guard Cuban spots, the surprises that aren't Cuban at all, and where to drink when you're done.
Oct 3, 2026 The Best Restaurants in Coral Gables: Where to Eat on Miracle Mile and Beyond A complete guide to the best restaurants in Coral Gables — Michelin-starred counters, Spanish tapas, old-school Italian, steakhouses, date-night rooms, and the brunch spots locals actually go to.
Oct 3, 2026 The Best Seafood in Miami: Raw Bars, Stone Crab, Ceviche, and Fish Shacks A guide to the best seafood in Miami — the oyster bars and crudo counters, the stone crab institutions, the Peruvian ceviche rooms, the white-tablecloth fish houses, and the strip-mall fish markets that fry snapper better than anyone.
Oct 3, 2026 Michelin Star Restaurants in Miami: How the Stars Work and Who Holds Them in 2026 One star, two stars, Bib Gourmand, Selected: what every Michelin rating actually means, how the anonymous inspectors decide, and the complete list of Miami's 2026 star holders.
Oct 3, 2026 Where to Eat During Art Basel Miami Beach 2026: A Restaurant Guide for Miami Art Week Art Basel Miami Beach runs December 4-6, 2026, with VIP preview days on December 2-3, and the restaurants around the Miami Beach Convention Center fill up fast. Here's where to eat before, during, and after the fair — from quick lunches near the showfloor to the splurge rooms where the deals actually get made.
Oct 3, 2026 The Best Date Night Restaurants in South Beach: Romantic Spots for Every Kind of Night From Michelin tasting counters to hidden Italian courtyards and sultry, scene-y dining rooms, here are the most romantic restaurants in South Beach — and how to pick the right one for your night.
Oct 3, 2026 New Miami Restaurants Fall 2026: The Openings Actually Worth Trying A curated look at what actually opened across Miami-Dade between late August and the end of September 2026 — a Coral Gables cafe wave, a Downtown pho shop, a Wynwood cluster, a Grove Isle Italian room, a relocated French bistro, and a quieter month than summer's burger-and-bakery boom.
Sep 12, 2026 The Best Happy Hours in Miami: Where to Drink and Eat for Less Miami Spice ends September 30, but the city's happy hours run all year. Here are the oyster deals, Brickell after-work rooms, sunset specials, and neighborhood bar-food bargains locals actually use.
Sep 12, 2026 The Best Sports Bars in Miami: Where to Watch the Game A local's guide to the best sports bars in Miami — the big-screen rooms, the neighborhood Dolphins bars, the soccer pubs that open at 7 a.m., and the places where the food is actually worth ordering.
Sep 12, 2026 Best Nicaraguan Restaurants in Miami: Fritangas, Churrasco, and Quesillo Miami has the largest Nicaraguan community in the country, and its food scene runs from Sweetwater steam-table fritangas to white-tablecloth churrasco houses. Here's how to order, what to eat, and the 21 places worth the drive.
Sep 6, 2026 Best Chinese Restaurants in Miami: Dim Sum, Cantonese BBQ, and Sichuan Heat Miami's Chinese food is thinner on the ground than in most big American cities — but the roast-duck houses, dim sum carts, and Sichuan kitchens that are here are worth the drive.
Sep 6, 2026 The Best Bagels and Jewish Delis in Miami: Lox, Pastrami, and Where to Break the Fast From the old-school Miami Beach delis to the hand-rolled newcomers in Wynwood and MiMo, here are the bagels, lox platters, and pastrami sandwiches worth the trip in Miami — timed for the High Holidays.
Sep 6, 2026 The Best Ramen in Miami: Tonkotsu, Shoyu, and Neighborhood Noodle Shops From Momi's cult tonkotsu in Brickell to the neighborhood ramen shops of Kendall, Cutler Bay, and North Miami Beach — where to find a proper bowl of ramen in Miami.
Aug 29, 2026 The Best Rooftop Restaurants in Miami: Where to Eat With a View From Brickell's skyline lounges to South Beach hotel terraces and Wynwood's warehouse rooftops, here are the Miami rooftop restaurants worth going up for — grouped by neighborhood.
Aug 23, 2026 New Miami Restaurants Summer 2026: The Openings Actually Worth Trying A curated guide to the Miami restaurants that opened in summer 2026 — new Greek and Italian rooms, a $250 omakase counter, a burger wave, and a stack of bakeries — with the ones already earning real reviews, not just press releases.
Aug 23, 2026 Best Miami Spice Restaurants 2026: The Deals Actually Worth Booking Miami Spice 2026 lists 389 restaurants, and most of them are not why the program exists. These are the 19 rooms where three courses at $40–$65 is a genuine steal — steakhouses, Peruvian counters, Italian rooms, and neighborhood gems, booked before September 30.
Aug 19, 2026 The Best Bakeries in Miami: Pastelitos, Sourdough, and the New Pastry Wave Miami's bakery scene is four traditions stacked on top of each other — Cuban counters, artisan sourdough, world-class pastry chefs, and the Latin American panaderías in between. Here's where to eat all of it.
Aug 15, 2026 The Best Food Halls in Miami: Where to Graze, Sip, and People-Watch A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to Miami's best food halls — from Wynwood's art-district markets to Doral's live-music courtyards — where one table can cover tacos, dumplings, natural wine, and dessert.
Aug 12, 2026 Stone Crab Season in Miami: When It Starts, What It Costs, and Where to Go Florida stone crab season runs October 15 to May 1. Here's what the claw sizes actually mean, what you should expect to pay, and the Miami dining rooms and fish markets worth the money.
Aug 9, 2026 The Best Italian Restaurants in Miami: Trattorias, Pasta Bars, and Big-Night Rooms A guide to the best Italian restaurants in Miami, from decades-old red-sauce trattorias and Neapolitan pizzerias to chef-driven pasta counters and the marquee rooms worth dressing up for.
Aug 7, 2026 Miami Spice by the Numbers: 390 Restaurants, 25 Years, and What the Data Actually Says We counted every restaurant on the 2026 Miami Spice roster — by neighborhood, by cuisine, by Google rating, by Michelin nod, by chain. Plus the 25-year participation curve, the price ladder since 2002, and the one number the tourism bureau stopped publishing.
Aug 7, 2026 Miami Spice, Explained: 25 Years of the Deal That Keeps Restaurants Open in August How Miami Spice went from a post-9/11 rescue plan with about 50 restaurants to a 390-restaurant institution — the real economics behind the prix-fixe, why some kitchens sign up and others quietly sit it out, and how to tell a great Spice menu from a sad one.
Aug 7, 2026 Who's In and Who's Out: Miami Spice 2026 vs. 2025 We compared the official Miami Spice rosters from 2025 and 2026 restaurant by restaurant. Around 104 restaurants joined, around 94 dropped off, and the churn tells you more about Miami dining right now than the headline count does.
Aug 3, 2026 The Best Vegan Restaurants in Miami: Where to Eat Plant-Based in the 305 A guide to the best vegan and plant-based restaurants in Miami, from full-service dining rooms in Little River and Coral Gables to vegan Cuban ropa vieja in Kendall, plant-based burgers in Miami Gardens, cold-pressed juice bars, and dairy-free gelato in Wynwood.
Jul 30, 2026 The Best Chefs in Miami: The Powerhouse Names Behind the City's Restaurant Scene Meet the James Beard winners, Michelin-starred talents, and homegrown visionaries shaping Miami dining — and where to taste their cooking around the 305.
Jul 26, 2026 Miami-Born Restaurant Chains: From Pollo Tropical to Pura Vida The local chains that actually run Miami's daily diet — chicken wars, Cuban bakery counters, and the homegrown brands that never left the 305.
Jul 19, 2026 The Best Burgers in Miami: Smashburgers, Fritas, and Chef-Driven Classics A guide to the best burgers in Miami — from the smashburger counters of Wynwood and the Argentine burger bars that changed the game, to Cuban fritas, chef-driven patties, and the late-night dives that have been feeding this city for decades.
Jul 9, 2026 The Best Sandwiches in Miami: From Cuban Classics to Gourmet Subs From the perfectly pressed Cubano to Italian subs, banh mi, and the beloved Pub Sub — here's where to find Miami's best sandwiches, across old-school counters, new-wave shops, and gourmet markets.
Jul 6, 2026 Miami's Money Machines: 12 Local Restaurants on America's Top 100 Independents (2025) MILA didn't just top Miami—it out-earned every independent restaurant in the country. Here are all 12 local names on Restaurant Business's 2025 ranking of the highest-grossing independents, by the numbers.
Jul 3, 2026 The Miami Omakase Guide: Where to Sit at the Counter From two Michelin-starred rooms to hidden hotel counters, a members-only club, and Miami's only kosher omakase — here's where to eat chef's-choice sushi across Miami-Dade, grouped by the experience you're after.
Jun 20, 2026 From Bad Bunny to Pitbull: Miami’s Hottest Celebrity‑Owned Restaurants From Bad Bunny's Gekko to Trick Daddy's soul food in Miami Gardens, here's where Miami's biggest stars—musicians, actors, and hometown legends—are betting big on the dining scene.
Jun 16, 2026 Arepas, Tequeños, and Pabellón: Your Guide to Venezuelan Food in Miami From split-and-stuffed arepas and folded cachapas to late-night patacones and family-style parrilladas, here's where to eat Venezuelan food across Miami-Dade — neighborhood by neighborhood, dish by dish.
Jun 8, 2026 Miami Steakhouses 101: Understanding Every Type of Steak Temple "Steakhouse" means a dozen different things in Miami — clubby American chophouses, Argentinian parrillas, Brazilian rodízio, Wagyu-driven rooms, and Latin grills. Here's how to tell them apart, and where to eat each one.
Jun 5, 2026 Inside Miami's Empanada Scene: Argentinian, Colombian, Venezuelan and Beyond Few cities pack as many empanada traditions into one place as Miami. Argentinian baked half-moons, crunchy Colombian corn pockets, oversized Venezuelan fritters, Chilean pino, Peruvian ají amarillo beef, and Cuban-bakery picadillo all live within a short drive of each other. Here is how to tell the styles apart and where to find the best version of each around Miami-Dade.
May 31, 2026 A Guide to Mediterranean Food in Miami: What It Means and Where It Fits In Miami, the category is especially flexible. Some restaurants use “Mediterranean” to describe Greek or Turkish food; others use it for Lebanese, Arab, Israeli, Moroccan, or broader Middle Eastern menus. Many modern restaurants also use the term to suggest a coastal, fresh, vegetable-forward dining style.
May 1, 2026 The Best Cheap Eats in Miami: Where to Eat Well for Under $20 Miami has a reputation for $28 cocktails and valet-only parking, but the city's best eating still happens at ventanitas, taquerias, deli counters, and pizza windows. Here's where to eat exceptionally well for under $20 — and often under $15.
May 1, 2026 Miami Late-night eats Miami after midnight — Cuban ventanitas, French dive sandwich shops, and the diners that keep the city fed when nothing else is open.
May 1, 2026 Best Miami brunch The brunch spots Miamians actually go to — eggs, mimosas, and that lazy weekend energy. Sorted by rating with at least 200 reviews.
May 1, 2026 The Best Waterfront Restaurants in Miami: Dining on the Bay, River, and Ocean Where the view is the point. A guide to Miami's best waterfront dining — real water views and outdoor seating on the Miami River, Biscayne Bay, the marinas of Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne, and the Surfside oceanfront.
May 1, 2026 Best Pizza in Miami Miami's best pizza, organized by style — Neapolitan and wood-fired, New York slice shops, Detroit and pan, Roman, and the chef-driven pies rewriting the rules. Whether you want a date-night Mister O1 or a fold-and-walk slice, start here.
May 1, 2026 Best Cuban Restaurants in Miami: The Classics Every Local Knows A guide to the Cuban restaurants that define Miami — from the Calle Ocho institutions and ventanita coffee windows to the Hialeah cafeterias and modern reinterpretations reshaping the classics.
Apr 28, 2026 Old Miami Restaurants: The Classic Institutions That Still Feed the City Restaurants have opened and closed across Miami for a hundred years, but a handful of institutions never stopped serving. Here are the Cuban dining rooms, frita counters, and seafood houses that have defined the city for generations.
Apr 28, 2026 The Best Affordable Michelin Restaurants in Miami: Bib Gourmand Picks Under $50 Miami's Michelin Guide isn't all tasting menus and month-out reservations. These Bib Gourmand and Guide-listed spots let you eat genuinely great food for around $50 a head — often less — with a walk-in and a good appetite.