The Top 58 Places to Eat in Miami Beach
The best places to eat in Miami Beach, by the professional record: AAA, Michelin Guide, and Miami New Times have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Stubborn Seed comes out on top.
Tambourine Room By Tristan Brandt and Macchialina Taverna Rustica hold the next two places. Miami New Times shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Michelin Guide next.
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Rank 1. Stubborn Seed
Contemporary New American
The glass-fronted kitchen puts the cooking on full display at this sleek, intimate fine dining spot on a busy Miami Beach corner. Jeremy Ford runs an ambitious tasting menu that pulls in Latin and Asian influences, and the kitchen supplies itself from its own organic farm in Redland, which is either admirable or showing off. Probably both. Michelin has given it a star, and the room fills accordingly.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
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Cocktail bites in a wood-paneled lounge come first, then you move to the intimate dining room for a multicourse contemporary menu that pulls ingredients from New Zealand, Key Largo, and wherever else the chef's attention has landed that season. Tristan Brandt holds a Michelin star here, and the room earns the quiet formality: unhurried, precise, the kind of fine dining that still believes in professional service without apology.
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Rank 3. Macchialina Taverna Rustica
Rustic Italian
- Wine Enthusiast Forward 50 Restaurants
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times Top 100 Restaurants
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A gilded woolly mammoth by Damien Hirst anchors the courtyard outside, and the gold-domed dining room inside doesn't exactly dial it down. This hotel restaurant at the Faena runs a short menu that pulls from across Asia, loosely interpreted, with dishes that move between sweet, savory, and spicy in the same bite. The kind of place where the room is doing a lot of work, and the food quietly keeps pace.
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Rank 5. Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann
Argentine Steakhouse
Beets buried under coals for eight hours is either an act of patience or a personality disorder, and at Francis Mallmann's open-fire Argentine steakhouse inside the Faena Hotel, it reads as both. The room commits fully: leopard-print booths, red cushions, gold on everything. The asado is serious, the proteins are large, and the bar at the far end fills with people dressed for exactly this kind of place.
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Rank 5. Mimi Chinese
Chinese
- Time Out The best Chinese restaurants in America
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Chinese Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 7. Hakkasan Miami
Cantonese
Getting to this moody Cantonese fine dining room means running the gauntlet of the Fontainebleau lobby, a spectacle of beach bodies and night owls that does nothing to prepare you for the dark, clubby calm inside. Ornate wooden slat dividers and sleek marble tables set the scene, the music keeps the bass low and steady, and the kitchen leans hard into high-quality seafood alongside Cantonese classics like Peking duck with all its crêpes and hoisin.
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Rank 8. Joe's Stone Crab
Seafood
Stone crab claws, boiled and chilled, served with a mustard sauce that people have been arguing about since Miami Beach was accessible only by ferry. Joe's is an old-school institution, a crab shop so embedded in the city's identity that celebrities, politicians, and regulars all wait in the same line. The dedicated parking lot across the street tells you everything about how long that wait can get. Save room for the key lime pie.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 8. Macchialina
Italian
The tiramisu gets a Miami rewrite here, dulce de leche cream under a cap of espresso granita, and that instinct runs through everything at this snug Italian restaurant on Alton Road. Tufted banquettes and a covered patio set the mood, the wine list runs almost entirely Italian, and the bar pours house-infused grappa in flavors like chai and chamomile. The pasta is made in-house, and regulars fill the room nightly like they never considered going anywhere else.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 8. Taquiza
Mexican
Blue corn tortillas made from scratch, with corn sourced from small Midwest farms and nixtamalized in-house, are what this casual beachside taco spot in North Beach built its reputation on. The chef was early to the whole process in Miami, and the operation has since grown into a local institution. Palm trees, ocean air one block over, and salsas worth asking about, especially the charred jalapeño.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 11. Lucali
Wood-fired Pizza
The wood-fired brick oven at the back of this Miami Beach pizza shop is the whole point. It's a Brooklyn transplant with plank floors and chunky tables that feel nothing like South Beach, which is part of the appeal. The 18-inch pie comes out lusciously charred with a light crust, fresh tomato sauce, and basil, and you can dress half differently if your table can't agree. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, which means the prices won't ruin dinner.
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Rank 12. Matador Room
Latin Fusion Mexican
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 13. La Leggenda Pizzeria
Neapolitan Pizza
The open oven anchors the room on Española Way, and the dough has been cold-fermenting long enough that the crust comes out airy and a little charred at the edges, the way Naples intended. This Neapolitan pizzeria keeps buffalo mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes on the non-negotiable list, and the Italian wine list is short enough to actually read. It ranks eleventh on 50 Top Pizza USA, so the tourists and the locals both know to show up early.
- 50 Top Pizza #55 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza #11 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Miami New Times Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 14. Estiatorio Milos
Greek Seafood
Some regulars skip the menu entirely and head straight to the back, where the day's fish and crustaceans are laid out on packed ice like a very glamorous geology exhibit. This is a high-end Greek seafood restaurant on South Beach, the kind where whole grilled fish and lobster anchor the table and the room skews toward people who own boats. Fresh seafood arrives multiple times a week, and the kitchen largely gets out of its own way.
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The dough slow-proofs for 72 hours, which explains a lot about the thin, blistered crust on these 13-inch pies. This Michelin-selected pizzeria is tucked into the ground floor of an office building just off Lincoln Road, easy to walk past and hard to forget once you've been. The Italian-born chef imports his flour and takes the whole operation seriously enough to name one pie after a staggering pile of fresh ginger. Small room, big ambitions, South Beach prices.
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A sliding door off Sushi Azabu's dining room inside the Stanton Hotel opens onto a pale Hinoki cypress counter where an omakase menu moves between hot and cold courses with a few quiet surprises along the way. Most of the fish is handpicked at Japanese markets and flown in weekly, and the itamae are the kind who actually enjoy questions. For Ocean Drive, the whole setup is notably low on attitude.
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Rank 17. Il Pizzaiolo
Neapolitan Pizza
The ceramic-topped tables inside this South Beach pizzeria signal that someone cares about the small touches. The Neapolitan pies come out with a high, airy crust built on a long-fermented dough, and the San Marzano tomatoes and fiordilatte are the real kind. Fresh pasta and homemade desserts round out the menu, and the Italian wine list does solid work during happy hour. A pleasant outdoor terrace handles the warm nights.
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Rank 18. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 21. Ocean Social
Seafood
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Rank 22. A La Folie Café
French Coffee
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 22. Cecconi's
Italian
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Rank 27. Akash Miami Beach
Modern Indian
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Hotel Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 15 Essential Cocktail Bars
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 36. Abbalé Telavivian Kitchen
Middle Eastern
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Rank 36. Casa Isola Osteria
Italian
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Rank 36. Katana
Japanese
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Rank 36. La Sandwicherie
French
- Miami New Times Top 100 Restaurants
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Late-Night Dining · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 36. Sérêvène
Japanese French
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Rank 36. Stiltsville Fish Bar
Seafood
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bar (Miami Beach) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 100 Best Bars in Miami
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