Miami Spice: Deal or No Deal? The Final Tally

Lee Klein

Gazpacho at Palme d'Or -- it's a deal

​We have spent the past couple of weeks going over Miami Spice menus and categorizing each as being either a deal (a bargain at $50 after tax/tip/etc.) or no deal (usually because of inferior menu selections or just not any real break from regular menu pricing). Links to the nine parts to the series are listed below. After that are the findings filed according to neighborhood. If you see a number in parenthesis next to a listed restaurant -- such as (9) after Asia de Cuba's listing -- it means the restaurant is linked to a different category other than neighborhood (in this case, Asia de Cuba is listed in part 9, "final menus").

one (intro)
two (Asian)
three (steakhouses)
four (hotels)
five (Coral Gables)
six (Coconut Grove)
seven (all points North)
eight (South Beach)
nine (final menus)

SOUTH BEACH
DEAL:
Asia de Cuba (9)
Bond St. Lounge (4)
Meat Market (9)
Red The Steakhouse. (1)
BLT at The Betsy
Blue Door at Delano
DeVito South Beach
Fogo de Chao Churrascaria (3)
La Marea at The Tides (3)
Quinn's South Beach
Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante
Solea (4)
Tamara at National Hotel (4)

NO DEAL:
Emeril's Miami Beach (4)
Kaspia Miami
Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi (2)
Mr. Chow (2)
Philippe Chow (2)
Quattro Gastronomia Italiana
STK Miami (3)
SushiSamba Dromo (2)
Wish (4)

Keep going for Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Mid Beach, Downtown/Design District, and all points North.

ALL POINTS NORTH
DEAL:
94th Aero Squadron
Chef Allen's
Shula's Steak House Miami Beach (3)
Tuna's Raw Bar & Grille

NO DEAL:
Michy's
Ocean Prime
The Grill on The Alley

CORAL GABLES
DEAL:
Charlotte Bistro
Christy's Restaurant
La Palma Ristorante
Novecento 900
Palme d'Or

NO DEAL:
Fontana (9)
Pascal's On Ponce
Randazzo's Little Italy
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

COCONUT GROVE
DEAL:
Gibraltar
Ideas Restaurant

NO DEAL:
Bizcaya at the Ritz-Carlton
The Chart House

DOWNTOWN/DESIGN DISTRICT
DEAL:
Novecento 900 - Brickell

NO DEAL:
Area 31 (9)
Sra. Martinez (9)
Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill (9)
Tony Chan's Water Club (9)

MID BEACH
DEAL:
Gotham at Fontainebleau (3)
Hakkasan at Fontainebleau (2)
Morton's The Steakhouse Miami Beach (3)
Scarpetta at Fontainebleau (4)

NO DEAL:
Essensia Restaurant & Lounge (4)
Vida at Fontainebleau (4)