(Eater Miami) 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami, Spring 2024

Where to dine and drink in Miami

by Olee Fowler @oleefowler  Updated Apr 9, 2024, 9:30am 

The most frequently asked question Eater Miami receives is, “Can you recommend a restaurant?” The goal of the Eater 38 is to answer that question with a list of Miami’s top restaurants, spanning the city’s best cuisines and neighborhoods. The restaurants on this list cover the entire city, span myriad cuisines, histories, and locations, and collectively satisfy any restaurant needs.

Every couple of months, the list is updated to add pertinent restaurants that were perhaps omitted or have newly become eligible (which means they’ve been open for more than six months, but usually closer to a year) or have made meaningful recent changes.

Have a suggestion for somewhere we might have missed? You can nominate the restaurant by dropping us a note at miami@eater.com.

Phuc Yea

As one of the restaurants credited with helping the resurgence of the historic MiMo district (before that, it served as Miami’s original pop-up restaurant), Phuc Yea offers modern Vietnamese cuisine that’s heavily influenced by owners Cesar Zapata and Ani Meinhold’s roots. The colorful and industrial setting is a perfect backdrop for dishes like caramel chicken wings, seafood curry, fried chicken, and the simple but flavourful PY noodles made with plenty of garlic and parmesan cheese. Another plus: its lively bar serves as a top spot for a post-meal drink or happy hour.