The Top 100 Restaurants Near Tropical Chinese Restaurant
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Dim Sum · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Dim Sum · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Hot Dog · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 5. Recoveco
Contemporary
In this South Miami wine bar, chefs Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez compress bold technique into a tiny space with seasonal small plates that defy convention. The chicken liver mousse with peppercorn speculaas and starfruit jam sets the tone for cooking that transforms humble ingredients with precise, unexpected flavor.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Chicken Liver Mousse · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez
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Rank 6. Ghee Indian Kitchen
Indian
Niven Patel's suburban warehouse glows with mango wood and walls lined with spice jars—a room designed to match the boldness on the plate. Ghost pepper naan arrives puffed and crackling; Kerala lamb emerges from coconut broth fall-apart tender. Sourcing from his own farm, Patel works a tight menu of precisely calibrated heat and depth that belies the strip-mall setting.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Mohamed Ali Alkassar and Niven Patel - Alpareno Restaurant Group
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 7. 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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In Coral Gables, Daniel's Miami strips the steakhouse down to craft and restraint, trading grandeur for the clarity of dry-aged beef and Florida's own vegetables. Thomas Angelo's vision feels grounded in place rather than formula, a restaurant that knows when to stop talking and start listening.
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Rank 10. Tina in the Gables
French
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Brunch · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 11. Ariete
French-influenced New American
Beltran's Coconut Grove dining room marries new American cooking with classical French technique, its dimly lit patio draped in greenery. The tasting menu showcases his gift for creative combinations and silky sauces, from fluke with conch escabeche to venison tartare with bone marrow sabayon.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Michael Beltran
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Rank 13. Vinya Table
New American
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Allegra Angelo
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Wine List · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 14. Matsuri
Sushi
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Japanese Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 16. Vegan Cuban Cuisine
Vegan Cuban
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Rank 17. Cafe Bonjour
French
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Suburban Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 21. SNDWCH
Italian-Inspired
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Rank 23. El Mago de las Fritas
Old-School Cuban
- 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. Beauty & the Butcher
Steakhouse
A gleaming central bar and floor-to-ceiling wine cellar frame this sizeable room, where the menu ranges from croquettes and crudo to pristine steaks, everything made in-house. The Caesar salad—a tower of gem lettuce, snow peas, and aged Parmesan—exemplifies how Beauty & the Butcher balances comfort, creativity, and refinement without strain.
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Rank 27. Kojin 2.0
Contemporary Japanese
Pedro and Katherine Mederos return with a menu that marries Japanese sensibility to contemporary technique—foie toast on rye gives way to bone marrow panna cotta with house-made coffee shoyu, goat cheese cavatelli in butternut squash, creamsicle ice cream. The cooking is unafraid of contrast, balancing risk with genuine approachability across tasting menus and a la carte alike.
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Rank 28. Chug's Diner
Cuban
A spare storefront in Coconut Grove where Chef Michael Beltran drives a Cuban kitchen at breakneck pace, all dangling plants and crowded booths. The oxtail ajiaco arrives deep and restorative; sandwiches tower on pillowy Cuban bread; pastelitos with guava and cream cheese flake apart warm in your hands. Speed and care don't usually coexist, but they do here.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Martini · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Breakfast · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 30. Cotoletta
Milanese Italian
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant (Coconut Grove) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 31. Los Félix
Mexican
In a Coconut Grove dining room of natural materials and careful acoustics, Chef Sebastian Vargas builds Mexican cuisine around heritage corn and local seafood—grouper from Key West grilled in banana leaf with hazelnut emulsion, corn cake with crab and charred plantains. Restraint and ingredient quality are the points.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 32. Shaddai Fine Lebanese Cuisine
Modern Middle Eastern
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Mediterranean Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 33. La Jamoteca
Spanish
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Barbecue · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 35. Bachour
Bakery
An industrial space framed by a rose arch opens into Chef Antonio Bachour's bakery theater, where counter seating faces the glass-enclosed kitchen. Jewel-toned macarons, pistachio-striped croissants, and flan-filled confections that mimic fruit sit beside crab tostones and croquettes—a studied balance between lunch and dessert.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Antonio Bachour
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar Food · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 37. Tullio
Venetian Italian
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Rank 38. Frenchie's
French
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Rank 39. Pisco y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 41. Façade
Coffee
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Rank 44. Luca Osteria
Italian
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Rank 46. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 48. Erba
Italian
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Chef · Best of Miami New Times · Niven Patel
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 49. Apocalypse BBQ
Miami-Influenced Barbecue
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Rank 51. Pisco Y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 56. Ichimi Ramen Bar
Noodles
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Place to Dine with Dogs · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 13 Best Breakfast Restaurants
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Rank 63. Flanigan's
Seafood
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Sports Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 65. Krüs Kitchen
Seafood
Glass and daylight define this Coconut Grove space, where Chef Sebastián Vargas operates an upstairs market-driven kitchen sourcing from small farms alongside organic wines. Grilled prawns with saffron sabayon and smoked coconut rice with wild-caught crab showcase a confident hand with seafood, while a percentage of proceeds supports the chef's nonprofit initiatives.
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Rank 68. Koko
Mexican
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Rank 72. Madroño Nicaraguan Cuisine
Nicaraguan
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Rank 75. Mamey
Global
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Mohamed Ali Alkassar and Niven Patel - Alpareno Restaurant Group
- The New York Times 2022 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 77. Caffe Abbracci
Italian
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Rank 80. Pascal's on Ponce
Contemporary French
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Rank 81. Eating House
Argentinian Italian
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Rank 83. Islas Canarias Restaurant
Classic Cuban
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Croquetas · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Cuban Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 13 Best Breakfast Restaurants
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Rank 85. Domaselo
Bakery
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Rank 86. Sea Siam
Pan-Asian
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Rank 87. SNDWCH
Italian-Inspired
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Rank 91. Amerlia's 1931
Neo Cuban
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Rank 93. Versailles
Cuban
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Cuban Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 95. Pisco y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 96. Le Bouchon Du Grove
French
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A narrow storefront in Little Havana wrapped in emerald tile and brass, where a perpetual line waits for Cuban sandwiches built on house-made bread around week-marinated pork. The lechon—shredded meat dressed in garlic-cilantro aïoli—arrives heavier but no less compelling than its grilled counterpart.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Cuban Sandwich · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Waterfront Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 100. Bombay Darbar
Indian