The Top 77 Restaurants Near Oceano Kitchen
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Rank 1. Oceano Kitchen
Coastal American
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Jeremy and Cindy Bearman
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Rank 2. Florie's Bar
Southern French Cocktail Bar
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A handful of counter seats face an open kitchen where the team is quietly asking what Cuban food could be if it kept its roots and borrowed ideas from everywhere else. The Michelin-starred result is a tasting-counter experience that feels personal rather than performative, with most ingredients coming from South Florida farms and ranches. Expect refined, composed cooking: familiar flavors refracted just enough to stop you mid-bite.
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Rank 4. būccan
Contemporary New American
A short rib empanada with aji amarillo sauce has been the anchor of this Palm Beach restaurant's menu long enough that regulars would riot if it disappeared. Chef Clay Conley runs a contemporary American kitchen where crudos, pastas, and small plates rotate with the seasons, though a handful of signatures stay put. Half-orders of pasta let you try more than one, which is the kind of quiet generosity that keeps locals coming back.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South
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Rank 5. Café Boulud
French
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- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Clay Conley
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Clay Conley
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Rank 10. Queen of Sheeba
Ethiopian
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A shopping-center address in Palm Beach Gardens doesn't telegraph much, but this large, contemporary restaurant runs a genuinely globe-trotting menu under a chef whose Indian background keeps surfacing alongside duck confit egg rolls, shrimp and grits, and a solid burger. The paratha alone is a reason to order bread. It stays packed most nights, which makes sense once you realize almost nothing on the menu belongs to the same cuisine as anything else.
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Two restaurants got merged into one, and somehow it worked. This neighborhood spot in Palm Beach Gardens runs a kitchen-sink menu that swings from lamb croquetas and deviled eggs to smashburgers and pork ramen without apology. The seasonal focus keeps things moving, so the menu shifts often. Casual enough for a weeknight, but the cooking has enough range to hold your attention longer than the strip-mall address might suggest.
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Peacock motif artwork runs through the dining room, where velvet seating in green and mustard yellow sets a warmer tone than you'd expect from a strip-mall address. This is a sit-down Indian restaurant with a cocktail program, leaning into regional flavors rather than the usual greatest-hits menu. The Kerala curried beef short rib and lamb samosas with cilantro mint chutney give you a sense of where the kitchen's attention actually goes.
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Rank 15. Larb Thai-Isan
Isan Thai
A tuk tuk parked in the back of a Fort Lauderdale strip mall sets the tone at this no-reservations Isan Thai restaurant, where the menu runs well past the usual curry-and-pad-thai circuit. The kitchen leans into the northeastern Thai repertoire, and when they ask how spicy you want it, they mean it as a real question. The Michelin Guide has taken notice, and the crowd filing in on a weeknight suggests word has been around for a while.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Thai Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 18. Chef's Counter at MAASS
Contemporary New American
Eight seats face an open kitchen inside the Four Seasons Fort Lauderdale, which is about as good a view as a tasting menu gets. The chef's team works through a contemporary New American menu that pulls from French technique and Japanese ingredients, with Florida slipping in where it belongs. A Michelin star keeps it honest. Dress accordingly, and maybe clear the next morning.
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Rank 19. Evelyn's
Mediterranean
Sitting inside the Four Seasons Fort Lauderdale, this modern Mediterranean restaurant earns its own reason to show up, with a menu that pulls from Levantine cooking and slips in Floridian touches along the way. The room faces the pool and the Atlantic beyond it, which is either inspiring or distracting depending on your dining companion. The kitchen leans into spreads, skewers, and the kind of food that makes a long dinner feel easy.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best New Restaurant (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 22. Peter Pan Diner
American
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Rank 23. Maass
Open-Fire New American
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Rank 28. The Katherine
New American
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Rank 29. Louie Bossi
Comfort Food Italian
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Rank 30. Mykonos
Greek
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 36. Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
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Rank 45. Motek
Mediterranean
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Restaurant (Fort Lauderdale) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant to Come Back From the Dead · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 48. Old Heidelberg Restaurant
Old-School German
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Rank 52. PERL by Chef IP
Mediterranean Japanese
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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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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bagels (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bagels (Broward) · Best of Miami New Times
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