The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Julia & Henry's
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Chicken Sandwich · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar (Miami) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 4. ViceVersa
Pizza
Dark wood and emerald walls create a sultry cocoon inside the Elser Hotel's ViceVersa, where Neapolitan pizza shares billing with raw bar selections—royal red shrimp with cherry bomb relish, boldly seasoned Italian appetizers—and an affogato martini that collapses the boundary between dessert and drink.
- 50 Best 2026 · #46 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Esquire 2024 · Affogato Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 5. Tâm Tâm
Vietnamese
A husband-and-husband team runs this Vietnamese supper club near downtown with no pretense and plenty of verve: fish sauce caramel wings, lamb lettuce wraps, tamarind pork ribs designed for fingers rather than forks, and a cashew cheesecake with passionfruit. There's a hidden karaoke machine too. Come as you are.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Tam Tam Wings · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 6. NIU Kitchen
Spanish
NIU Kitchen is a darkly stylish downtown Miami spot serving Spanish tapas with theatrical flair—charbroiled oysters branded tableside with hot coals, branzino tartare, paellas. The cooking balances big flavors and quality ingredients with creative restraint, best experienced as a group around glossy concrete floors.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 7. NAOE
Japanese
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying · Best of Miami New Times
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Miami) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 13. Café Bastille
French Coffee
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Rank 15. Motek
Middle Eastern
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best New Restaurant (Miami-Dade) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 17. Panamericano Bar
Pan-American Cocktail Bar
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Rank 18. Elcielo
Colombian
An open kitchen and backlit bar frame chef Juan Manuel Barrientos' elevated Colombian cooking, where tableside theater—charcoal buñuelos with black truffle, a "Tree of Life" bread service—matters as much as the food itself. The progression unfolds through small bites and palate cleansers designed to heighten each course, a deliberate architecture of flavor and spectacle.
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 20. Sexy Fish
Japanese
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Rank 21. Macondo Coffee Roasters
Columbian
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- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #6 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Pizza · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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Rank 27. CVI.CHE 105
Japanese-influenced Peruvian
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- Esquire 2023 · The Best Bars in America
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Wine List · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 33. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 34. B Bistro + Bakery
European
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Rank 38. Dolores But You Can Call Me Lolita
International
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Rank 43. Palma
Contemporary
A narrow concrete box in Little Havana where a five-person team executes an inventive, frequently changing tasting menu with impressive efficiency. Grilled baby corn wrapped in aged sirloin and roasted-plantain brioche with coconut butter justify the spare, candlelit setting.
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant (Little Havana) · Best of Miami New Times
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 45. Sagrado Cafe
Brazilian Coffee
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Rank 48. Red Rooster Overtown
Comfort Food
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- Time Out The 10 best steaks in the world
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Waterfront Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Romantic Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 56. Café La Trova
Cuban
In Little Havana, Michelle Bernstein and Julio Cabrera have built a place where live music and layered history—Cuban and Miami-Cuban—animate the room as surely as the food. Lechon with tangerine mojo anchors a menu that swings between tradition and audacious improvisation, each plate landing with purpose.
- 50 Best 2025 · #82 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #42 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 57. Kaori
Asian
Kaori elevates Asian fusion above Miami's baseline with precise, unfussy cooking—chicken liver pâté meets plantain shokupan, bluefin tuna sings in coconut-lime. A two-story Brickell room of concrete and wood hums with quiet confidence, DJ booth and all.
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant (Brickell) · Best of Miami New Times
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 61. Zeru Miami
Basque Spanish
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Basque Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Spanish Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 63. The River Oyster Bar
Modern Seafood
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Rank 68. Latin Cafe 2000
Cuban
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Rank 71. Garcia's Seafood Grille & Fish Market
Cuban Seafood
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Rank 72. Jackson Soul Food
Southern
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Rank 73. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Modern French
In Miami's Design District, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon assembles its signature counter kitchen beneath rosewood and leather, where a bread basket arrives before seared scallops in cilantro broth give way to lamb in eggplant cups. The execution is precise, the plating theatrical, and the final chocolate sensation justifies the pilgrimage.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best French Cuisine Restaurant
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Rank 74. Brasserie Laurel
French
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Rank 75. Mignonette
Modern Seafood
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #30 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
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Rank 79. Lil GreenHouse Grill
Southern
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Rank 81. COTE
Korean Steakhouse
A neon corridor thrums with bass as you enter this Korean steakhouse, where aged beef gleams in a display room like precious inventory. Simon Kim's team moves through the room with practiced ease, seasoning each dish with precision and guiding diners through cuts of marbled beef, stews, and a kimchi Wagyu paella that justifies the ceremony.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
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Rank 83. Zak The Baker
Bakery
A color-splashed storefront in Wynwood announces baker Zak Stern's return home, where Swedish and Israeli apprenticeships inform his kosher breads and pastries. Avocado toast and crispy fish on brioche draw steady crowds, but the seasonal concha—burnished, pillowed—justifies a visit on its own.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
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Rank 84. Stubborn Seed
Contemporary New American
Chef Jeremy Ford's corner restaurant commands attention with a glass-fronted kitchen and industrial-chic room where Latin and Asian impulses collide across an ambitious tasting menu. Celery root croquette with beef bacon jam gives way to ricotta gnudi with Manchego foam; a five-acre farm in Redland supplies much of the produce. The cooking trades in controlled risk—bold without losing itself.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 85. Amara At Paraiso
Latin-Inpired
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Romantic Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Coffeehouse (Miami-Dade) · Best of Miami New Times
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
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Rank 90. Gramps Getaway
Tropical
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Outdoor Dining · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Outdoor Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Best Waterfront Dining
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Rank 91. Hiden
Sushi
Behind an unmarked Wynwood door that requires a code, Chef Seijun Okano composes spare, deliberate omakase from fish flown in multiple times weekly, each piece pressed into rice he tempers at the start of service. The counter moves with balletic precision and encourages conversation, leaving you wondering how the city outside remains unaware.
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 93. Michael's Genuine
New American
A Design District mainstay where the well-heeled mingle with anyone seeking seasonal cooking executed with restraint. Michael Schwartz's kitchen works the wood-fired oven and house-made pastas with equal authority, while the lush courtyard—strung with fans and heat lamps—has become as much a fixture of Miami dining as the food itself.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Michael Schwartz
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Happy Hour · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 94. Mandolin Aegean Bistro
Mediterranean
A whitewashed courtyard rimmed with mature trees and orchids sets the scene at this Aegean bistro, where mezze and grilled fish sandwiches anchor a menu rooted in Turkish and Greek tradition. The creamy baked feta and honey pie with salted shortbread suggest a kitchen attuned to both restraint and pleasure.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Greek Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 95. Pasta
Italian
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant (Wynwood) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 96. Macchialina
Italian
A cramped dining room of tufted leather and a covered patio draws locals nightly to this Italian spot. The kitchen excels at house-made pasta—silken spaghetti with tomato, cacio e pepe—while an Italian-forward wine list and infused grappas anchor the bar. Tiramisu arrives reinterpreted with dulce de leche and sea salt espresso granita, a small gesture toward Miami that feels earned.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 97. Pao by Paul Qui
Asian
Beneath a gold dome crowned with a Damien Hirst unicorn, Paul Qui's dining room commands the Faena with theatrical grandeur and a short menu that pivots across Asian influences with ease. Scallop aguachile with black lime and roasted bass with chili patis prove the place earns its architecture through cooking that swings from sweet to spicy without hesitation.
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Rank 98. maman
French-Inspired Coffee
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
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- The Infatuation 11 Of The Best Donuts In America
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Doughnuts · Best of Miami New Times