The Best Italian Restaurants in Miami
From the one-Michelin-star tasting-counter Boia De to Carbone's South Beach scene and the Amalfi-coast cooking of Le Sirenuse — the rooms worth the reservation.
The high bar for Italian in Miami is Boia De, the one-Michelin-star (Miami Guide) wine-bar-turned-tasting-counter in Buena Vista where the ragù lasagna and tagliolini nero with king crab built a national reputation. Around it sits a deep field of glamour and substance: Major Food Group's Carbone on South Beach, Evan Funke's Roman Mother Wolf in the Design District, and the Amalfi-coast cooking of Le Sirenuse in Surfside. These are the picks worth the reservation, each scored and verified by Dim Hour.
The range runs from handmade-pasta tasting menus to red-sauce Italian-American and coastal Southern Italian. Most of the marquee rooms are a hard Resy or OpenTable booking and firmly a splurge.
Boia De
The critical darling — a one-Michelin-star (Miami Guide) Italian counter in Buena Vista that grew out of a wine bar. The ragù lasagna, tagliolini nero with king crab, gnocchi alla Norcina, and seasonal crudo are the reasons to book. Reserve on Resy well ahead.
Carbone Miami
The South Beach scene-maker — Major Food Group's Carbone, one of the hardest reservations in the metro. Tableside Caesar, the famous spicy rigatoni vodka, veal parmesan, and the carpet bagger, in a 1950s-supper-club room. Book on Resy.
Mother Wolf Miami
Chef Evan Funke's Roman trattoria in the Design District, focused on hand-made pasta. Rigatoni alla carbonara, spaghetti al pomodoro, and tonnarelli cacio e pepe anchor the menu. A glamorous, see-and-be-seen room. Book on Resy.
Le Sirenuse Miami
The Miami outpost of Positano's legendary Le Sirenuse hotel, on the water in Surfside. Amalfi-coast cooking — scialatielli alle vongole, linguine all'astice, branzino al sale — and a Delizia al Limone to finish. The romantic special-occasion pick.
Fiola Miami
Fabio Trabocchi's refined Italian in Coral Gables, a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star room with a Wine Spectator Best of Award cellar. Lobster ravioli, tagliolini al tartufo, and a tomahawk veal chop. Book on OpenTable.
Casadonna
A grand coastal-Italian room on the Edgewater waterfront — bistecca Fiorentina, mafaldine all'astice, black spaghetti frutti di mare, and a young-artichoke starter, with a Meyer-lemon cheesecake to close. A newer big-night destination.
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