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11 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 11 Restaurants
✨ Fine Dining, Luxury Shopping, Special Occasions
Luxury shopping meets high-end dining in a walkable outdoor district. Every major fashion house and some of Miami's best restaurants.
Known for: Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Institute of Contemporary Art
Don't miss: Michael's Genuine, MC Kitchen, Mandolin Aegean Bistro, OTL
💡 Mandolin is set in a 1940s house with a Mediterranean garden -- the best patio in Miami. Book for lunch on a weekday.
Top 10 in Design District
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Cote Miami
Korean Steakhouse · Michelin 1 Star (Miami Guide)
Simon Kim's Michelin-starred 'Korean steakhouse' opened 2021 in the Design District as the second location of the NYC original. The Butcher's Feast (four premium cuts grilled table...
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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
French · Michelin 1 Star (Miami Guide)
The Miami branch of Joël Robuchon's globe-spanning open-kitchen concept, in the Design District. Counter-seating surrounds a black-and-red lacquered kitchen; the mashed potatoes wi...
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Le Jardinier Miami
French / Vegetable-Forward · Michelin One Star (multiple years)
Alain Verzeroli's vegetable-forward French restaurant in the Design District — Michelin-starred since 2022, a glass-and-greenery room engineered around farm-driven plates and one o...
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Mother Wolf Miami
Italian
Evan Funke's Roman-inspired trattoria inside the Moxy Miami in the Design District — a Miami branch of his buzzy LA original. Handmade pasta in the tradition-first Funke style, ser...
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Karyu
Japanese Wagyu Omakase · Time Out Miami Best New Restaurants 2026
Ten-seat Design District omakase counter — wagyu courses sourced from a single family-run Japanese ranch, seasonal menus, and curated sake pairings. Newer than Naoe and Ogawa, bett...
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Michael's Genuine Food & Drink
New American · James Beard Best Chef: South (Michael Schwartz, 2010)
Michael Schwartz's farm-to-table flagship in the Design District — a pioneering locavore menu that helped define the modern Miami dining scene. Wood-oven pizzas, seasonal vegetable...
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Contessa Miami
Italian / Northern · Time Out Miami Best Brunch; Major Food Group concept
Major Food Group's theatrical Northern Italian in the Design District — jewel-toned dining room, high-end Italian imports, and an elevated brunch program that makes the case for da...
90
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Ghee Indian Kitchen
Indian · James Beard Semifinalist (Niven Patel)
Chef Niven Patel's farm-to-table Indian restaurant — produce from his family's Rancho Patel farm in Homestead feeds the menu. Spice-forward, regional Indian flavors in a refined De...
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Swan
Mediterranean
Pharrell Williams and David Grutman's Design District scene restaurant in a David Rockwell-designed space with a rooftop bar (Bar Bevy) above. Seasonal Mediterranean menu, theatric...
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Itamae AO
Peruvian-Japanese / Nikkei · Valerie Chang — JBF nominee, Miami Herald 10 Best
Chef Valerie Chang's Design District Peruvian-Japanese omakase — a Nikkei tasting menu that leans on Peruvian ceviche tradition through a Japanese technical lens, and one of the mo...
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