Italian · Buena Vista · Michelin 1 Star (Miami Guide)
Chefs Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer's 36-seat Italian in a Buena Vista strip mall — Michelin-starred 2022 on the first Miami guide. Handmade pasta, wood-grilled meat/fish, and a list of idiosyncra...
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Le Sirenuse Miami
Italian / Amalfi · Surfside · Forbes Travel Guide Five Stars (Hotel)
The Positano legend's only outpost outside Italy — a coral-and-cream room at the Four Seasons Surf Club, with hand-rolled scialatielli, candy-pink linens, and Amalfi Coast wine pairings the rest of Mi...
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Mother Wolf Miami
Italian · Design District
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, served in a theatrical ...
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Lucali Miami Beach
Pizza · Sunset Harbour · Michelin Recommended (NY original has national reputation)
The Miami Beach outpost of Mark Iacono's Carroll Gardens pizza shrine — by-the-slice candles, a singular pie, and a wait that can take hours. BYOB on the Sunset Harbour branch.
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Viceversa
Cocktail Bar / Italian · Downtown Miami · North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#46); 2025 James Beard "Best New Bar" finalist
Award-winning Miami bartender Valentino Longo — ex-head bartender of the Four Seasons Surf Club Champagne Bar and Bombay Sapphire's 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender — opened Viceversa in the lobby of T...
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Carbone Miami
Italian-American · South Beach · Major Food Group Miami flagship — one of the hardest reservations in the metro
Major Food Group's Collins Avenue Carbone — the Miami answer to the Thompson Street original. Spicy rigatoni vodka, captain-led service, a room humming with the same mid-century Italian-American energ...
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Fiola Miami
Italian · Coral Gables · Forbes Travel Guide Four Stars, Wine Spectator Best of Award
Fabio Trabocchi's Coral Gables Italian — the Washington-DC star expanded south with the same lobster-ravioli-and-rare-Barolo program. The Gables' most ambitious tasting-menu room.
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Rao's Miami
Italian / Red Sauce · South Beach
The Manhattan red-sauce shrine that finally accepted reservations — landed at the Loews South Beach in 2024 with the original lemon chicken, baked clams, and meatballs intact. Already the hardest rese...
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Il Mulino New York at Acqualina
Italian Fine Dining · Sunny Isles Beach · Time Out Miami Best New Restaurants 2026; Forbes Travel Guide (Acqualina Resort)
NYC's Greenwich Village institution at the recently-renovated Acqualina Resort — branzino carved tableside, classic Northern Italian execution, and an oceanfront veranda that justifies the drive north...
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Contessa Miami
Italian / Northern · Design District · 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 daytime indulgence at ...