LPM is a fancy French restaurant in Brickell. It’s expensive, but it delivers a solid fine dining experience.

Carbone is a South Beach restaurant that just isn’t worth the trouble it takes to get a table.

Cote is an excellent Korean steakhouse in the Design District where dinner feels like a performance.

Mr. OmaKase is an excellent omakase in Downtown that’s not too formal, but incredibly delicious.

Hiyakawa is an upscale Japanese restaurant in Wynwood. It has some really beautiful architecture and very good sushi too.

Strawberry Moon is a South Beach hotel restaurant. The Mediterranean food isn’t particularly memorable, but the interior design is.

The Wagyu Bar is a very casual steakhouse on Coral Way that serves some really expensive cuts of steak.

Red Rooster is an Overtown restaurant good for a fun, loud dinner.

Osteria Morini is an Italian restaurant in a South Beach hotel. It’s a little touristy, but the pasta is very good and the outdoor seating is pretty.

Uchi is an upscale Japanese restaurant in Wynwood that serves some of the best sushi in Miami.

Mamey is a Caribbean restaurant inside Coral Gables’ Thesis Hotel with good food and cocktails.

Leku is an upscale Basque restaurant located in Allapattah’s Rubell Museum, and the food tastes as good as it looks.

Osaka is an upscale nikkei restaurant in Brickell. The sushi is very good, but most other plates fall short.

Intimo is a fancy Nikkei restaurant in South of Fifth. The food’s not bad, but the interior is ridiculous and so bright you’ll need sunglasses.

Nativo is an upscale Venezuelan restaurant on the 25th floor of a Brickell hotel. It’s pretty formal, but the food is great.

Sushi By Bou is a six-seat omakase inside the old Versace Mansion in South Beach. It’s definitely a special occasion spot.