Best Tasting Menus in Coral Gables
Tasting menus in our guide sit in the Coral Gables neighborhood. Shingo is the Michelin-starred restaurant, a 14-seat Edomae-style omakase counter with a curated, sommelier-led wine program and sake. Elyu Omakase is a 10-seat counter for Filipino-influenced Japanese omakase, with a Michelin Plate (2026), sake, and craft cocktails.
Kojin 2.0 serves a tasting menu of Japanese technique and modernist American cuisine, with a Michelin Plate (2026), an extensive wine list, and a sake program. Zitz Sum fuses Japanese technique with Italian ingredients and Latin heritage, holds a Bib Gourmand (2026), and keeps an extensive wine list. Eating House, from chef Giorgio Rapicavoli, serves a modern fusion tasting menu with craft cocktails and a curated wine program.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Eating House
On Giralda Avenue in Coral Gables, Eating House merges Argentine and Italian culinary traditions into a format that Opinionated About Dining has ranked among North America's top casual dining destinations three years running. Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli runs a kitchen where handmade pasta anchors a menu built around precise technique rather than showmanship. The result is one of South Florida's more distinctive dining addresses in its price tier.
Elyu Omakase
A small-format omakase counter in Coral Gables serving sushi and Japanese seafood preparations inside a quiet, blonde-wood room on Ponce de Leon. The format centers on technique and ingredient handling rather than spectacle or loud atmosphere. Entry pricing and booking details remain unlisted publicly.
Kojin 2.0
Kojin 2.0 holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) on Coral Gables' Ponce de León corridor, where contemporary cooking earns its credentials through menu precision rather than volume. Sitting at the $$$ price tier, it positions alongside the neighbourhood's more serious dining options without tipping into the stratospheric ranges of its starred peers.
Shingo
1 Michelin star
Shingo holds consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) at its Alhambra Circle address in Coral Gables, making it one formally recognized Japanese restaurant in South Florida.
Zitz Sum
Zitz Sum brings back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition to Coral Gables with an Asian menu that punches well above its price point. Ranked #785 on the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual North America list, it holds a 4.. At the $$ price range on Alhambra Circle, it occupies a distinct position in South Florida's Asian dining tier.
Planning tasting menus in Coral Gables
- Which tasting menu holds a Michelin star?
- Shingo holds the Michelin star on this list. The latest dated award is a star for 2025. It is an Edomae-style omakase counter in the Coral Gables neighborhood, with a curated, sommelier-led wine program and a sake program. Fourth-generation chef Shingo Akikuni uses seasonal ingredients from Toyosu Market and Florida.
- Which places serve omakase?
- Shingo and Elyu Omakase are the omakase counters on this list. Shingo is an Edomae-style counter. Elyu Omakase is a 10-seat counter for Filipino-influenced Japanese omakase, with a Michelin Plate for 2026. Both are in the Coral Gables neighborhood, and both serve at the counter.
- What do these restaurants pour?
- These menus come with curated wine, sake, or craft cocktails. Shingo is sommelier-led, with a sake program. Elyu Omakase has a sake program and craft cocktails. Kojin 2.0 has an extensive wine list and a sake program. Zitz Sum has an extensive wine list. Eating House has a curated wine program and craft cocktails.
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