The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Motek
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Rank 1. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 2. Asiatiko
Japanese Steakhouse
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Rank 3. Hadekel 1
Israeli
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Rank 4. PERL by Chef IP
Japanese/Mediterranean
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Rank 6. Neverland Coffee Bar
Coffee
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Rank 7. Il Mulino New York
Southern Italian
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Rank 14. Champagne Bar
Hotel Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 3 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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Rank 15. Sesame
Israeli Bakery
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Rank 17. The Surf Club Restaurant
New American
The Surf Club wraps diners in Art Deco amber—vintage bar, plush banquettes, the careful glamour of a private club that happens to be open to guests. Thomas Keller's Florida debut trades innovation for precision: a crab cake gains spice and freshness, lobster thermidor finds new life through sauce, and the chocolate soufflé, when available, justifies its reputation.
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Rank 18. Thanks To Harrison
Midcentury Cocktail Bar
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Rank 19. Krakatoa Indonesian Cuisine
Indonesian
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Rank 23. Cotoa
Ecuadorian Peruvian
Chef Alejandra Espinoza builds her North Miami dining room around Ecuador's rhythms and flavors, with warm light and curated music setting the tone. Mahi mahi arrives suspended in a silken coconut-ginger sauce with crisp watermelon radish; cassava croquettes and chicken tortellini follow with similar precision. The cooking feels generous without fuss, rooted in something real.
- The Infatuation 2025 · #5 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 24. Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 26. Lido Restaurant at The Surf Club
Coastal Italian
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bagels (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bagels (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 30. Chayhana Oasis
Uzbek Middle Eastern
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Rank 32. Makoto
Japanese
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Rank 35. Edan Bistro
Basque Spanish
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Basque Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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Rank 47. Tinta y Café
Cuban Coffee
- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #2 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Tostada · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Breakfast · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 50. Taquiza
Mexican
A former web developer grinds and griddles blue corn tortillas daily, sourcing grain from Midwest farms for tacos of melting lengua and fried mahi. Palm trees frame the North Beach counter where sharp salsas and ocean proximity justify the devoted following.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #70 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
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Rank 52. Tambourine Room By Tristan Brandt
Contemporary
Inside the Carillon's wood-paneled lobby, Tambourine Room begins with cocktails before seating you in an intimate dining room designed for whispered conversation. Tristan Brandt's multicourse menu moves between continents—New Zealand venison, local snapper, porcelet with caviar—each plate finished with the precision of a jeweler.
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Rank 54. Sunny's
Steakhouse
A Little River steakhouse where art deco glamour meets casual Florida swagger, the room hums with the kind of crowd that makes you want to linger. The beef speaks for itself, but the bone marrow vinaigrette and schmaltz-fried potatoes suggest a kitchen unafraid of small luxuries.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Food & Wine 2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 61. 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 62. Caracas Bakery
Venezuelan Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Jesus Brazon and Manuel Brazon
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Manuel and Jesús Brazón
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bakery · Best of Miami New Times
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Wine Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 64. 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 66. 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 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
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Rank 69. La Natural
Wood-fired Pizza
Little River's La Natural draws crowds with wood-fired pies built on a cold-fermented crust, topped with everything from za'atar to burrata, in a concrete bunker lit like an underground party. The natural wine list and thoughtful starters—papaya with kumquat among them—suggest a pizzeria that takes its craft seriously.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant (MiMo/Little River) · Best of Miami New Times
- Esquire 2021 · #16 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 70. El Bagel
Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bagels (Miami-Dade) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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Rank 71. 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 Chicken Sandwich · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 74. 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 75. 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 78. Katana
Japanese
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #30 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
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Rank 80. SilverLake Bistro
American/French/Latin
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Rank 81. Phuc Yea
Vietnamese
Chef Cesar Zapata's Vietnamese restaurant in MiMo is a glowing red warehouse with a resident DJ and a cavernous appetite for spectacle. Crispy imperial rolls and pho crowded with hickory-smoked short rib arrive boldly seasoned and generously portioned, meant for sharing and singing.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Restaurant (MiMo/Little River) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 82. B & M Market
Caribbean
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Rank 83. Tran An
Comfort Food Vietnamese
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Vietnamese Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 84. 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
- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
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Rank 85. Hakkasan
Cantonese Chinese
You enter through the Fontainebleau's din into a darkened room of marble and carved wood screens, where bass pulses beneath the clatter of plates. Hakkasan pivots between Cantonese tradition—silken dumplings, lacquered duck—and lighter contemporary turns, scallops curried with lily bulb among them.
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Rank 86. 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 87. 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 88. 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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Rank 89. Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann
Argentine Steakhouse
Francis Mallmann's open-fire Argentine grill inside the Faena Hotel matches its theatrical leopard-print décor with beets buried eight hours under coals. Big proteins and a bustling bar sustain the intensity of the room.
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Rank 90. 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 91. Boia De
Contemporary Italian
Between a laundromat and medical center, a neon-pink door opens onto a forest-green dining room where chefs Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer blur Italian tradition with playful invention. Crispy polenta gives way to house-made pasta and veal sweetbreads spiked with jalapeño—food that asks what Italian cooking might become in Miami's hands.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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Rank 92. Walrus Rodeo
Wood-fired New American
The team from Boia De sets up shop in a corner spot fueled entirely by wood fire, where vegetables claim surprising prominence on a playful menu. Carrot tartare with carrot top salsa and mustard green pasta sheets stuffed with lamb ragù show restraint and wit, while charred quail captures backyard barbecue at its best. It's casual enough for families, refined enough to matter.
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 93. 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 94. Ogawa
Sushi
In a warm-wood room anchored by bold art, Masayuki Komatsu's omakase unfolds with uncommon range: hay-smoked mackerel and vinegar-marinated snapper give way to pristine nigiri—needlefish with ginger, flash-fried shrimp, cuttlefish caviar—each piece a small argument against convention.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Japanese Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 95. Fiorito
Argentine-Inspired
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Midwest · Jason Rickard and Jordan Rickard
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Argentine Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 96. Zitz Sum
Asian
Pablo Zitzmann's dumpling pop-up evolved into this Coral Gables ground-floor restaurant, where a Colombian chef fearlessly blends Asian and Italian influences. Dishes like charred cabbage with Fresno chili butter and shrimp har gow with tamarind-black garlic chutney prove the cooking's gutsy originality.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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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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- 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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- 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