Salads.
The standard sort consists of shredded mixed greens or iceberg lettuce and sliced tomatoes with a choice of dressing: creamy, tomato-flavoured French, Russian (mayonnaise, tomato ketchup), Thousand Island (mayonnaise, chilli sauce, pickle relish), Italian (oil, vinegar. garlic, herbs) and Roquefort.

Cole slaw is often served with hamburgers, sandwiches or fried fish. Usually the shredded cabbage and carrot are mixed with mayonnaise, but a sweet vinaigrette dressing may also be used.

Many restaurants feature a self-service salad bar, laden with greens and a variety of garnishes. A salad can be a meal in itself. Chef’s Salad combines ham, turkey. tongue. roast beef or other cold meats and sliced tomatoes on a bed of iceberg lettuce.

Raw spinach salad is topped with sliced onion, mushrooms and hard-boiled egg. Popular with garlic lovers, Caesar salad blends crisp romaine lettuce and hard-boiled egg with croutons in a garlic-flavoured parmesan dressing.

Florida fruit salads are frequently -but not always- composed of fresh fruit.

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Brunch
This hybrid of breakfast and lunch leans more towards the former, though alcohol is admissible, especially a morning pickme-up like a Screwdriver or Bloody Mary. You can eat any breakfast food, though the classic dish is eggs Benedictpoached eggs and ham on English muffins (rather like a crumpet), topped with Hollandaise sauce.

Seafood pancakes and chicken à la reine (in a cream sauce with mushrooms) are popular for brunch, too. A lot of Miami Beach and Coconut Grove hotels feature a brunch buffet on Sundays.

Sandwiches
The deli variety includes corned beef, turkey, roast beef, smoked tongue and pastrami (a kind of cured beef) stacked on your choice of bread-white, wholewheat, rye, pumpernickel-or rolls.

Lox (smoked salmon) and cream cheese are a popular Jewish combination, served on a bagel. Pita or Arab flat bread may be filled with tuna (tunny), egg or chicken salads. A club sandwich is a layered collation of chicken, bacon, tomato and lettuce with mayonnaise on toast. You’ll have a job stretching your mouth around a Cuban sandwich -it’s piled so high with sugar – cured ham, pork, Swiss cheese (an American original) and pickles.

Leave it to the Cubans to improve on the hamburger: the frita adds minced pork to the beef, as well as garlic, paprika, vinegar and spices. A cheaper place to eat real Cuban is on Collins Avenue in South Beach at the angle between 14th or 13th.

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Miami’s best restaurants are concentrated in the Gables, the Grove and the Beach. You can dine on the oceanfront, in sight of the sea, in Deco surroundings or a garden setting, around an open hearth. Gamble while you eat at the race track, dog track or jai-alai fronton.

Or have a meal at one of the theme restaurants that evoke medieval Spain or Tudor England.

In the more elegant establishments, jacket or jacket and tie are required, but for the most part you can cultivate a casual appearance. A lot of oceanfront hotels ban improperly attired swimmers from indoor restaurants, so be prepared with shoes and a cover-up. Coffee shops serve sandwiches, salads, light meals and snacks-but no alcohol.

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What our Guests say:

1) Nice place, with good service. I always prefer outdoor seating, this place has a nice patio. Unfortunately the food quality takes a backseat to the intricate dish decor.

2) Nice place but I digested 2 days after. Too expensive for all that butter..

3) More of a great experience than great food. Definitely something to see. As for the complaints of price, you get what you pay for.

4) Fancy presentation, friendly service, nice night.

5) All the courses are for 3 people !!! I had a lobster tail of 2,7 kg (really a lobster caled ALIEN III) !
Overpriced but we had a great service.

6) Worst Ever. Very Las Vegas. Just Awful. Swordfish Served On A Sword!! Popcorn Shrimp On Real Popcorn. Funny For A Minute, And Very Nice Garden But Loud 80s Soundtrack. Never Again.

7) Great presentation, food has improved exponentially over the years.
Raymond is the go-to guy! tell him i sent you!

8) Tasty food, great presentation… try the BG Sea Monster! Great presentation, awful food.

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Arguably one of South Beach’s most glamorous Hotels. It’s an historic 1930’s villa which belonged to the never forgot Fashion Designer Gianni Versace, which lends to its unique and enchanting atmosphere, featuring a blend of Persian, Egyptian and English style.

Each suite is individual and has inlaid furniture, wall mosaics and Italian marble baths. This 5-Star Hotel in South Beach furnished with unique furniture especially made by the designer. There is a Cigar room, a terrace on the ocean and a caviar lounge – a fairytale hotel.

Recently has changed ownership to the famous Restaurant in Miami Beach: Barton G. Its a very exclusive location in the middle of Ocean Drive and its a expensive restaurant.

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What our Guests say:

1) Why not take a tour of Casa Casuarina – now Villa Barton G. – (formerly Gianni Versace’s mansion). You’d love it! For the best night life, I believe you’d have a blast at Passion Night Club. The biggest and the hippest club out there now.

2) Pool Mondrian on Sundays partys Mynt, Loui, Set and thats it dont bother going anywhere else.

3) Mokai on friday nights, Mynt lounge on Saturday nights and Sundays Nikki beach best place to be.

4) You all should pre-party at Segafredo downtown or Irish Pub downtown Friday night around 9pm.

5) Delano, Phillipe’s, The Raleigh, the W (a must) and Louis – all a great time.

6) Enjoy a drink by at sunset at Smith & Wolensky by South pointe park.

7) Nikki Beach during March is a must.

8) Come by Mokai Monday and Friday, Louis Tuesday and Saturday, Set Thursday and Sunday, and Mansion on Wednesday. Restaurants I would do Nobu, Prime 112, Prime Italian, Philippe, Mr. Chow.

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What our Guests say:

1) In front of other famous and glamour Restaurant in Miami, the Prime, Nemo offers good food, nice ambience (outdoor also).
I remember a great duck and beef spicy salad.

2) Amazing seabass,perfect lobster, and sweaty ousters.
Try cucumber gazpacho!
Thank’s guys,keep rollin!

3) Very noisy inside, and rushing to close the place at midnight

4) Good for lunch.

5) Go for sunday brunch! Its buffet style with great selection, meats, pastas, veggies, salad, sushi… lots of fun things & a land of desserts!

6) Have the spicy beef salad!

7) Great food and people watching!

8) Nemo has an amazing spicy thai beef salad starter, and the wine list is good. Great ambience, too.

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What our Guests say:

1) Amazing risotto!!!

2) Among the best in Miami – the terrace is a must.

3) Small selection of food but best Sushi in Miami !

4) Kind of fancy Hotel’s restaurant but nothing much. Small selection of dishes and the wine list too small….

5) Just OK. Wouldn’t recommend. But do go to the Delano for drinks by the pool.

6) Really love it – get a table on the terrace. Tracey

7) Check your bill twice!

Blue Door
1685 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139 – Delano Hotel.
Telephone: (305).674.6400

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