usa · November — April
The shift is on Brickell. Seia opened on the 54th floor of 830 Brickell in March, The Mexican on the Key in April. Karyu in the Design District is the omakase. MILĀ and Casa Tua remain the anchors of the social calendar. The new geography of the city in seven rooms.
Hotels
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5★ · Mid-BeachThe Alan Faena operation on Mid-Beach — Baz Luhrmann interiors, the gilded Damien Hirst mammoth, the most theatrical hotel in the city.
5★ · South BeachThe all-suite Asian-coded operation on Collins — three pools, the longest beachfront in South Beach, the most adult hotel on the strip.
5★ · SurfsideThe Richard Meier extension to the 1930 Russell Pancoast clubhouse — Surfside's only five-star, the Thomas Keller signature on the dining card.
5★ · Mid-BeachThe Ian Schrager × Marriott operation on Mid-Beach — Matador Room downstairs, the bowling alley and ice rink in the basement, the city's only true club-inside-a-hotel.
Festive · clubs, line-ups, long lunches
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Design District · Korean steakhouseSimon Kim's Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse — the Design District chapter of the New York mother house, the Butcher's Feast, the most precise grill in the city.
Miami River · GreekThe Greek room on the Miami River — the weekend Mykonos transposition, the live DJ, the lunch that becomes the long afternoon.
Wynwood · Asian wood-fired
Rooftop · MediterrAsianRiviera Dining Group's South Beach flagship — top-grossing independent restaurant in the United States, rooftop room, private members club above.
Members onlyMajor Food Group's members-only club in the Design District — the Manhattan import that has reorganised the city's private dining map.
Coconut Grove · GreekRiviera Dining Group's Coconut Grove flagship — elevated Greek cuisine and the AVA MM members club, the Grove's most consequential opening of the season.
EDITION Mid-Beach · Bowling & discoThe basement at the Miami Beach EDITION — the bowling alley, the ice rink, the disco, the only club-inside-a-hotel that runs the format complete.
Miami River · Lounge & rooftopRiviera Dining Group's 30,000-square-foot riverfront destination — restaurant, beach club, third-floor lounge, fourth-floor members-only rooftop above.
South Beach · Members club & restaurantThe Miguel Bosé-favourite South Beach villa — restaurant, members club upstairs, the most discreet old-money address in town.
Design District · Pharrell × David GrutmanPharrell Williams and David Grutman's Design District room — Bishop Cocktail Bar above, the Ken Fulk interiors, the social calendar's most photographed table.
Brickell · ItalianThe Cipriani family's Brickell room at the new tower — the Bellini, the Carpaccio, the format that has worked unchanged in Venice for ninety years.
Wynwood · Listening bar
Brickell · JapaneseMaster sushi chef Katsuya Uechi at SLS Brickell — the Philippe Starck dining room, the crispy rice with spicy tuna, the late-Brickell social calendar.
Brickell · NiçoiseLa Petite Maison's Brickell chapter — the Nice original by way of London and Dubai, the dining room calibrated to the financial-district lunch.
Wynwood · Mexican
South Beach · Asian
1 Hotel South Beach · Open-air cinemaThe open-air rooftop cinema on the 1 Hotel — the deck chairs, the headset audio, the format that runs through the dry season.
Authentic · the quiet rooms
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Brickell · French-MediterraneanRiviera Dining Group's Brickell room — French Riviera kitchen under Chef Michaelidis, opened February 2025 at 1101 Brickell.
Wynwood · Sushi speakeasyThe 12-seat sushi speakeasy behind a Japanese cigarette machine inside Niño Gordo — Chef Carlos García, A5 wagyu, the most theatrical omakase in town.
Indian Creek · Ocean lunch
Opened March 2026Vlad Doronin's OKO Group with The Bastion Collection (ten Michelin stars) — the Italian room and private members club on the 54th floor of 830 Brickell.
South Beach · TuscanThe Ocean Drive Tuscan room imported from the Versilia coast — the most credible old-school Italian dining room on the strip.
Opens April 2026The Dallas flagship's Brickell Key expansion — Prix Versailles laureate, ten thousand square feet on Biscayne Bay, northern Mexican cuisine at scale.
South Beach · IsraeliThe Sunset Harbour Israeli room — Tel Aviv kitchen translated intact, the hummus, the lamb kebab, the most credible Middle Eastern address in the city.
Aventura · Kosher Japanese
South Beach · ItalianThe Lincoln Road Italian room from the Babe team — pasta cut behind the bar, the late-night register, the antidote to Lincoln Road.
Coral Gables · Northern Italian
Opens 2026 · Wagyu omakaseThe US debut of Tokyo's Oniku Karyu — one-Michelin-star wagyu omakase, Tajimaguro premium beef, the most anticipated Design District opening of 2026.
Bal Harbour · Japanese
Design District · Greek-TurkishThe Design District Aegean garden — Greek-Turkish small plates, the white-and-blue courtyard, the lunch the gallery crowd books for the chef.
Wynwood · HandrollsThe 25-seat Wynwood handroll counter under Michelin chef Yasu Tanaka — Japanese fish, French-Japanese desserts by Yann Couvreur.
South Beach · Sunday buffet
North Beach · Sushi conveyor
Brickell · HandrollsMiami's first dedicated hand-roll bar — the Brickell counter format, four-handroll set at lunch, the most direct way to eat sushi in the city.
Wynwood · NeapolitanBrickell · IzakayaThe Brickell izakaya — sashimi counter, robata, the late-Brickell dinner that runs without the suit-and-tie register of the larger rooms.
Miami Beach · ItalianTables
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Allapattah · Italian-AmericanThe LA Italian-American room's Miami chapter — the Sunset original transplanted to the Rubell Museum, the green booths, the LA Woman pizza.
South Pointe · Waterfront steakhouseThe South Pointe steakhouse on the water — the cruise-ship view, the dry-aged sirloin, the long terrace that handles the boat-watching.
Wynwood · Bakery & café
Brickell · French boulangerieBiloula Monnier's French boulangerie and wine shop on Brickell — the croissants, the baguette tradition, the wine programme that runs deep into Burgundy.
Miami Beach · BrunchCoconut Grove · Coffee
Downtown · French brunch
Coconut Grove · BagelsWynwood · Coastal Mexican
Coral Gables · Coffee
Aventura · Borekas & IsraeliSurfside · Waterfront seafood
Design District · Ice cream & cerealThe Ronnie Fieg ice-cream and cereal counter inside the Design District flagship — the soft serve, the cereal milkshakes, the after-shopping stop.
Wynwood · Coffee & wine
Coconut Grove · All-day caféThe New York French café group's Coconut Grove chapter — the nutty chocolate chip cookie, the lavender latte, the all-day room the neighbourhood orbits.
Wynwood · By the slice
Brickell · Onigiri & matcha
Wynwood · All-day
Brickell · Israeli café
Coconut Grove · Open-top handrollsThe New York handroll group's Coconut Grove chapter — the open-top temaki format, the chefs from Masa, the counter that books a week ahead.
Wynwood · Late-night cookiesThe late-night Wynwood cookie counter — fresh-baked through the night, the after-bar exit, the only address that handles three in the morning.
Coral Gables · Italian
Island Gardens · MarinaThe Watson Island marina deck — the view of the skyline, the casual fish kitchen, the right lunch between the boat and the city.
Bakery · CroissantsThe croissant programme that the bakery community in Miami concedes — the laminated layers, the morning sell-out, the only address worth lining for.
South Miami · Ice creamThe South Miami small-batch ice-cream counter — the rotating flavours, the cones the locals queue for, the only address worth crossing US-1 for.
Sport · tennis, padel, polo, golf
Book the court · the green · the chukkers — handled personally.
Golf · 18 holes · MembersEighteen holes in the old Gables — banyans, coral rock walls, the historic round inside Miami that the Doral conversation has forgotten.
Private aviation · jets
Charter a jet · point to point — handled personally.
Opa-Locka · Fort Lauderdale ExecOut of Opa-Locka or Fort Lauderdale Executive for Cabo, New York, Caribbean — NetJets, Flexjet, VistaJet.
Clubs & members rooms
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Downtown · Open-format clubThe downtown techno institution — the terrace, the sunrise sets, the only club in Miami that does the all-night-into-morning proposition seriously.
Private members clubThe Major Food Group's invitation-only club in the Design District — Carbone family service, the only true private dining members club in the city.
Members clubThe South Beach members club at the 1941 Sovereign Hotel — the rooftop pool, the dining room downstairs, the most international membership in the city.