Peruvian / Nikkei · Brickell Key · Forbes Travel Guide, Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Gastón Acurio's Brickell Key flagship at the Mandarin Oriental — bayside terrace overlooking the Brickell skyline, ceviches and tiraditos that turned Miami onto serious Peruvian cooking.
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Sugar at East Miami
Rooftop Bar / Asian · Brickell
East Miami's 40th-floor rooftop garden — bonsai-bordered cocktail bar with steamed-bao snacks and a 360-degree skyline view of Brickell. The most photographed Brickell rooftop, justifiably.
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Smith & Wollensky Miami Beach
Steakhouse · South Pointe · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
The white-clapboard chophouse on the southern tip of South Pointe Park — a port-side classic where USDA Prime cuts come with cargo-ship views. The southern bookend to Joe's Stone Crab.
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Klaw Miami
Seafood / Steakhouse · Edgewater
A multi-level seafood and steak destination inside the former Miami Women's Club — one of the Biscayne waterfront's more theatrical restaurants. A rooftop bar with bay views crowns the building.
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Rosa Sky Rooftop
Rooftop Bar / Latin · Brickell
AC Hotel Brickell's 12th-floor rooftop — Latin-leaning cocktails, ceviche, and the most photogenic view of Brickell's skyline from below. Built for golden hour.
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Watr at the 1 Rooftop
Rooftop / Sushi · South Beach
The 1 Hotel South Beach's open-air rooftop — Nikkei-Peruvian sushi and a Pacific-leaning cocktail menu served around the property's 18th-floor pool, with the most considered design of any Collins Aven...
A Meridian Avenue rooftop on top of a boutique property — a Japanese-meets-Mediterranean menu from Chef Michael Ginor, a palm-canopy outdoor lounge, and one of the most-photographed dinner rooms on th...
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Bellini Coconut Grove
Italian / Rooftop · Coconut Grove · Time Out Miami Best Brunch
Upscale Italian rooftop in Coconut Grove — pasture-raised egg dishes, lobster-and-caviar Benedict, and a Sunday brunch that uses the canopy view as a feature, not a backdrop.
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Bayshore Club Coconut Grove
American / Waterfront · Coconut Grove
The Coconut Grove Sailing Club building reborn as a waterfront American restaurant — Pan-Latin small plates, raw bar, and a wraparound deck that is the neighborhood's most picturesque sunset spot.
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Joia Beach
Mediterranean / Beach Club · Watson Island
Watson Island's daytime Mediterranean beach club — sand-floor dining with a Miami-skyline view across Biscayne Bay, the kind of long Saturday lunch that ends with someone ordering a third bottle of ro...