Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Miami Beach
Nine restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award. Four hold a Best of Award of Excellence: JAYA at The Setai in City Center, Mirabella in Miami Beach, Catch in South of Fifth, and The Joyce on Española Way. Five hold an Award of Excellence: Estiatorio Milos in South of Fifth, Zaytinya in South Beach, La Grande Boucherie Miami in South of Fifth, Hasalon Miami in South Beach, and Donna Mare Italian Chophouse in Mid Beach.
Three more restaurants on the list carry exceptional wine programs: Setai Caviar & Champagne Weekend Brunch in Miami Beach, A Fish Called Avalon in South Beach, and Mareva1939 in South Beach. Estiatorio Milos in South of Fifth has the largest list described here, 670 bottles across 255 selections, leaning toward Mexico and California, with sommelier Victor Itza Pacheco.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
A Fish Called Avalon
Deep wine list
On Ocean Drive, A Fish Called Avalon sits at the intersection of South Beach's open-air energy and seafood-focused cooking that draws on Florida's coastal pantry. The address places it squarely in one of Miami Beach's most-trafficked dining corridors, where alfresco tables and proximity to the Atlantic set the terms of the experience. For visitors working through the neighbourhood's range, it represents the casual, seafood-leaning end of the Ocean Drive spectrum.
Catch
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Catch brings the South Pointe end of Miami Beach into the seafood-and-nightlife conversation, a category where provenance, pacing, and room energy matter as much as the plate. With few public specifics on chef, awards, pricing, or format, the smarter read is contextual: this is a Miami Beach dining decision shaped by coastal appetite, high-social evenings, and the expectations that come with a South of Fifth address.
Donna Mare Italian Chophouse
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Donna Mare Italian Chophouse occupies a Collins Avenue address in Miami Beach, where the Italian-American chophouse format meets South Florida's coastal dining scene. The restaurant sits within a neighbourhood corridor that spans everything from Art Deco diners to contemporary seafood rooms, giving it a distinctive identity in a market that increasingly rewards sourcing transparency and culinary specificity.
Estiatorio Milos
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Estiatorio Milos on Miami Beach holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition, placing it among the more-reviewed Greek restaurants in North America. The wine program runs to 670 bottles across 255 selections, with sommelier Victor Itza Pacheco steering a list that leans toward Mexico and California. Lunch and dinner service runs daily at 730 1st St, with pricing firmly in the upper tier of Miami's Mediterranean category.
Hasalon Miami
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Hasalon Miami occupies 404 Washington Ave in the South Beach core, where the format built by the Tel Aviv original translates to Miami Beach's appetite for theatrics and late-night energy. The restaurant operates in a tier of experience-forward dining where the structure of the evening, movement, music, sequence, carries as much weight as what arrives on the plate.
JAYA at The Setai
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Jaya at the Mayflower Hotel on Miami Beach holds consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings for North America, placing it among a small set of Asian restaurants in South Florida that attract serious critical attention. Chef Vijayudu Veena leads a kitchen with a pan-Asian scope across breakfast, lunch, and dinner service. For Miami Beach, that level of sustained OAD recognition is notable company.
La Grande Boucherie Miami
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
La Grande Boucherie brings the grand Parisian brasserie format to Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, translating a dining ritual built on theatrics, generosity, and French technique to one of South Florida's most energetic corridors. The room, the pacing, and the menu architecture all signal a specific register: something between a celebration and a habit, formal enough to command attention but designed to be repeated.
Mareva1939
Deep wine list
Mareva1939 occupies a Collins Avenue address that carries the full weight of Miami Beach's Art Deco era. The venue draws a loyal returning crowd rather than a passing tourist trade, positioning it within a small tier of South Beach addresses where atmosphere and historical context do as much work as the menu. Details on current format and pricing are best confirmed directly at 1677 Collins Ave.
Mirabella
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Mirabella occupies a stretch of the strip where the hotel corridor meets serious dining ambition. The address at 4441 Collins positions it within reach of both the Art Deco district and the quieter, residential northern reaches of the beach, a dual identity that shapes the room's character and the expectations guests bring to the table.
Setai Caviar & Champagne Weekend Brunch
Deep wine list
The Setai's weekend brunch on Collins Avenue occupies a different tier from Miami Beach's standard hotel buffet circuit, anchoring the experience around caviar service and champagne pours inside one of South Beach's most architecturally serious hotel properties. For a city where Sunday morning excess is practically a civic tradition, this format raises the stakes considerably. Expect a format built for deliberate pacing, not crowd-pleasing volume.
The Joyce
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On Española Way, one of Miami Beach's most architecturally preserved streets, The Joyce occupies a setting where the Mediterranean Revival surroundings do much of the scene-setting before you step inside. The address places it squarely in the mid-Beach corridor, where casual Cuban counters and seafood-forward bistros define the immediate neighbourhood, making The Joyce a point of contrast worth seeking out.
Zaytinya
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
The format, shared plates built around Turkish, Greek, and Lebanese tradition, suits the open, social rhythm of the neighbourhood. It positions itself clearly within the Andrés restaurant group's national footprint rather than as a standalone local experiment.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Miami Beach
- Which Wine Spectator tier shows up most on this list?
- Award of Excellence is the Wine Spectator tier that appears most often on this list, on five restaurants: Estiatorio Milos in South of Fifth, Zaytinya in South Beach, La Grande Boucherie Miami in South of Fifth, Hasalon Miami in South Beach, and Donna Mare Italian Chophouse in Mid Beach. Best of Award of Excellence appears on four: JAYA at The Setai in City Center, Mirabella in Miami Beach, Catch in South of Fifth, and The Joyce on Española Way.
- Which neighborhood on this list has the most wine restaurants?
- South Beach has the most wine restaurants on this list, with four: Zaytinya, Hasalon Miami, A Fish Called Avalon, and Mareva1939. Zaytinya and Hasalon Miami hold an Award of Excellence. A Fish Called Avalon and Mareva1939 carry exceptional wine programs, with natural wine at Mareva1939.
- How big is the wine list at Estiatorio Milos?
- The wine list at Estiatorio Milos in South of Fifth has 670 bottles across 255 selections. Those selections lean toward Mexico and California. Sommelier Victor Itza Pacheco steers the list at the restaurant. The wine program at Estiatorio Milos is sommelier-led.
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